1.1                                        A bill for an act&#10;1.2     relating to local government; authorizing the city of Pennock to acquire a &#10;1.3     certain parcel of real estate and appurtenant building and to expend city funds to &#10;1.4     improve the building and convey the parcel to a private entity; authorizing the &#10;1.5     city of Pennock to issue bonds; restricting the sale or lease of certain property &#10;1.6     listed on the National Register of Historic Places; providing for conveyance &#10;1.7     of certain surplus state land to a local government unit; requiring a study for &#10;1.8     Grand Mound State Historic Site;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota &#10;1.9     Statutes, chapter 15.&#10;1.10    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.1.0"></a>1.11        Section 1. <ins><b>[15.995] HISTORIC PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDINGS.</b></ins>&#10;1.12    <ins>A city located within 150 miles of the Minnesota State Capitol that has a population, </ins>&#10;1.13    <ins>according to the 2000 census, of more than 7,000 and less than 8,000 and is located in a </ins>&#10;1.14    <ins>county that has a population according to that census of more than 31,000 and less than </ins>&#10;1.15    <ins>32,000 must not sell, lease, or contract property it owns that is listed on the National </ins>&#10;1.16    <ins>Register of Historic Places, unless the  political subdivision first:</ins>&#10;1.17    <ins>(1)  notifies the Minnesota Historical Society and waits at least two years, during </ins>&#10;1.18    <ins>which the political subdivision must request of and receive from the Historical Society a </ins>&#10;1.19    <ins>study of the best use of the property in order to ascertain and preserve the historical value </ins>&#10;1.20    <ins>of the property and ensure public use; and </ins>&#10;1.21    <ins>(2) requests of and receives from the Department of Administration an inventory and </ins>&#10;1.22    <ins>appraisal of the affected real and personal property to determine its value. </ins>&#10;1.23    <ins>The Department of Administration and the Minnesota Historical Society must jointly </ins>&#10;1.24    <ins>report their findings to the chairs and ranking minority members of legislative committees </ins>&#10;1.25    <ins>with jurisdiction over state government finance. The requesting political subdivision must </ins>&#10;2.1     <ins>pay the Minnesota Historical Society and the Department of Administration for services </ins>&#10;2.2     <ins>provided under this section.</ins>&#10;2.3     <ins><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b></ins><ins>This section is effective the day following final enactment.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.2.0"></a>2.4         Sec. 2. <ins><b>CITY OF PENNOCK; ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE, EXPEND CITY </b></ins>&#10;2.5     <ins><b>FUNDS, AND CONVEY TO PRIVATE ENTITY.</b></ins>&#10;2.6     <ins>The city of Pennock may purchase a certain parcel of real estate in the city consisting </ins>&#10;2.7     <ins>of four city lots and an appurtenant building formerly operated as a convenience store </ins>&#10;2.8     <ins>known as Phil's Corner on the terms and conditions that may be agreed upon between </ins>&#10;2.9     <ins>the city and the current owner of the parcel, and the city may expend city funds to make </ins>&#10;2.10    <ins>necessary improvements to the building. Once acquired and improved and in order </ins>&#10;2.11    <ins>to ensure the continued economic vitality of the city, the city may convey the parcel </ins>&#10;2.12    <ins>and building by sale or lease to a private person, firm, partnership, corporation or other </ins>&#10;2.13    <ins>entity for a nominal consideration or on whatever terms and conditions the city and the </ins>&#10;2.14    <ins>private entity may agree upon in order for the building to be operated as a commercial </ins>&#10;2.15    <ins>establishment.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.3.0"></a>2.16        Sec. 3. <ins><b>BONDS.</b></ins>&#10;2.17    <ins>The city of Pennock may issue general obligation bonds of the city in the aggregate </ins>&#10;2.18    <ins>principal amount not to exceed $250,000 to finance the project authorized by section 2. </ins>&#10;2.19    <ins>The bonds must be issued in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 475, except </ins>&#10;2.20    <ins>that a referendum under Minnesota Statutes, section 475.58, is not required. The debt </ins>&#10;2.21    <ins>represented by the bonds is not included in computing any debt limitations applicable to </ins>&#10;2.22    <ins>the city, and the levy of taxes required by Minnesota Statutes, section 475.61, to pay </ins>&#10;2.23    <ins>the principal of and interest on the bonds is not subject to any levy limitation otherwise </ins>&#10;2.24    <ins>applicable to the city.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.4.0"></a>2.25        Sec. 4. <ins><b>CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND AT BRAINERD </b></ins>&#10;2.26    <ins><b>REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER.</b></ins>&#10;2.27    <ins>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, or any other </ins>&#10;2.28    <ins>law, administrative rule, or commissioner's order to the contrary, the commissioner of </ins>&#10;2.29    <ins>administration may convey to a local unit of government for no consideration all or part of </ins>&#10;2.30    <ins>the real property at the Brainerd Regional Treatment Center for public purposes consistent </ins>&#10;2.31    <ins>with the master plan and reuse study. The conveyance must be in a form approved by the </ins>&#10;2.32    <ins>attorney general and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.</ins>&#10;3.1     <ins>(b) The commissioner may require the local unit of government to reimburse the </ins>&#10;3.2     <ins>state for all or part of any campus redevelopment funded and completed by the state.</ins>&#10;3.3     <ins>(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.23, the commissioner of </ins>&#10;3.4     <ins>administration may convey to one or more local units of government for no consideration </ins>&#10;3.5     <ins>all or part of the personal property determined by the commissioner of human services to </ins>&#10;3.6     <ins>be no longer needed for human services operations.</ins>&#10;3.7     <ins>(d) If a local unit of government sells any property conveyed under this section to a </ins>&#10;3.8     <ins>private entity, the sale must be at fair market value.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.5.0"></a>3.9         Sec. 5. <ins><b>GRAND MOUND STATE HISTORIC SITE STUDY.</b></ins>&#10;3.10        <ins>Subdivision 1.</ins> <ins><b>Study.</b></ins> <ins>The Minnesota Historical Society, in consultation with </ins>&#10;3.11    <ins>Koochiching County, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, interested Indian tribes, </ins>&#10;3.12    <ins>and other interested groups and individuals, shall study the future of the Grand Mound </ins>&#10;3.13    <ins>State Historic Site.</ins>&#10;3.14        <ins>Subd. 2.</ins> <ins><b>Report to legislature.</b></ins> <ins>The Minnesota Historical Society shall report </ins>&#10;3.15    <ins>its findings and recommendations to the appropriate legislative committees by January </ins>&#10;3.16    <ins>30, 2007.</ins>&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.6.0"></a>3.17        Sec. 6. <ins><b>NO LOCAL APPROVAL; EFFECTIVE DATE.</b></ins>&#10;3.18    <ins>Under Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 645.023, subdivision 1a, section 2 is </ins>&#10;3.19    <ins>effective without local approval on the day following final enactment.</ins>&#10;