SF 187

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/06/2012 01:53pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; modifying previous appropriations; adding
an option for the use of bond premiums; specifying a prioritized location for
one veterans cemetery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.641,
subdivision 7; 16A.642, subdivision 2; Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 7,
subdivision 3, as amended; 9, subdivision 5; 16, subdivision 6; Laws 2008,
chapter 179, sections 15, subdivision 8; 18, subdivision 6, as amended; 19,
subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3;
Laws 2010, chapter 189, sections 6, subdivisions 2, 4; 7, subdivision 20; 14,
subdivision 3; 19, subdivision 4; Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23;
Laws 2010, Second Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 7, is amended to
read:

Subd. 7.

Credit of proceeds.

(a) Proceeds of bonds issued under each law must be
credited by the commissioner to a special fund, as provided in this subdivision.

(b) Accrued interest deleted text begin and any premium deleted text end received on sale of the bonds must be credited
to the state bond fund created by the Constitution, article XI, section 7. new text begin Any premium
received on the sale of the bonds on or prior to December 1, 2012, must be credited to
the state bond fund. Any premium received on the sale of the bonds after December 1,
2012, must be credited to either the bond proceeds fund where it is used to reduce the par
amount of the bonds issued or the state bond fund.
new text end

(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, proceeds of state bonds issued under the
Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a), must be credited to the bond proceeds fund
established by section 16A.631.

(d) Proceeds of state highway bonds must be credited to the trunk highway fund
under the Constitution, article XIV, section 6.

(e) Proceeds of bonds issued for programs of grants or loans to political subdivisions
must be credited to special accounts in the bond proceeds fund or to special funds
established by laws stating the purposes of the grants or loans, and the standards and
criteria under which an executive agency is authorized to make them.

(f) Proceeds of refunding bonds must be credited to the state bond fund as provided
in section 16A.66, subdivision 1.

(g) Proceeds of other bonds must be credited as provided in the law authorizing
their issuance.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Cancellation.

new text begin (a) new text end If the commissioner determines that the purposes for
which general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or for which general fund
monies were appropriated are accomplished or abandoned, after consultation with the
affected agencies, and there is a remaining authorization or appropriation for a specific
project of $500 or less, the commissioner may cancel the remaining authorization or
appropriation for that project.

new text begin (b) If a premium received on the sale of bonds is credited to the bond proceeds
fund, pursuant to section 16A.641, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the corresponding bond
authorization to which the premium is attributable must be reduced accordingly by the
commissioner.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end The commissioner must notify the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and
the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee of any bond authorizations or
general fund appropriations canceled under this subdivision.

Sec. 3.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2007,
chapter 122, section 4, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 59, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants

25,000,000

For the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.161.

The commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate, based on need.

This appropriation includes money for the
following projects:

(a) Austin

(b) Albert Lea

(c) Browns Valley

(d) Crookston

(e) Canisteo Mine

(f) Delano

(g) East Grand Forks

(h) Golden Valley

(i) Grand Marais Creek

(j) Granite Falls

(k) Inver Grove Heights

(l) Manston Slough

(m) Oakport Township

(n) Riverton Township

(o) Roseau

(p) Shell Rock Watershed District

(q) St. Vincent

(r) Wild Rice River Watershed District

For any project listed in this subdivision
that the commissioner determines is not
ready to proceed or does not expend all the
money allocated to it, the commissioner may
allocate that project's money to a project on
the commissioner's priority list.

To the extent that the cost of a project in Ada,
Breckenridge, Browns Valley, Crookston,
Dawson, East Grand Forks, Granite Falls,
Montevideo, Oakport Township, Roseau,
St. Vincent, or Warren exceeds two percent
of the median household income in the
municipality multiplied by the number
of households in the municipality, this
appropriation is also for the local share of the
project. The local share for the St. Vincent
dike may not exceed $30,000.

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.642, this appropriation is available until
December 31, 2011.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 9, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Grass Lake

2,200,000

To acquire conservation easements, reroute
County Ditch 23A, construct water control
structures, and plant vegetation in order
to restore the Grass Lake prairie wetland
basin adjacent to the city of Willmar
in Kandiyohi County. new text begin Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
bond authorization and appropriation of bond
proceeds for this project are available until
December 31, 2012.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Rail Service Improvement

3,700,000

For the rail service improvement program,
to be spent for the purposes set forth
in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50,
subdivision 7.

(a) $700,000 is for a grant to the McLeod
County Railroad Authority to acquire
land for and to design and construct a
railroad switching yard facility in Glencoe.
This appropriation is not available until
the commissioner determines that funds
sufficient to complete the project are
committed to the project from nonstate
sources.

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.642, this appropriation and
its corresponding bond authorization is
available until December 31, 2014.
new text end

(b) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Minnesota
Valley Regional Rail Authority to rehabilitate
up to 33 miles of railroad track from
Gibbon to Norwood-Young America. The
commissioner may not make the grant until
the commissioner has determined that the
authority has obtained a commitment for
at least $495,000 in federal funds for the
project. A grant under this paragraph is in
addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee
for this project made by the commissioner
under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46
to 222.62.

Sec. 6.

Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8. Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training Center

deleted text begin 3,655,000 deleted text end new text begin 2,955,000 new text end

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for
a grant to Olmsted County to new text begin acquire land for,
and to new text end design, construct, furnish, and equip
the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public
Safety Training Center in Olmsted County.
The facility must include, but is not limited
to, a live burn training simulator, a driving
range, and a weapons training facility.

This appropriation new text begin or any portion of it new text end is deleted text begin not deleted text end
available deleted text begin until deleted text end new text begin when new text end the commissioner has
determined that deleted text begin at least an equal amount
has been committed deleted text end new text begin it has been matched,
dollar-for-dollar, new text end from nonstate sources.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from December 27,
2007.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2010,
chapter 399, section 5, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Hennepin County Medical Center

820,000

For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip deleted text begin an
outpatient clinic and deleted text end new text begin a new text end health education
facility at Hennepin County Medical
Center deleted text begin that includes teaching clinics and an
education center deleted text end .

Sec. 8.

Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

Building 17 HVAC Replacement

deleted text begin 3,955,000 deleted text end new text begin 1,655,000 new text end

deleted text begin To replace the sections of the campus-wide
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
system that serve Building 17 deleted text end new text begin To predesign,
design, and replace heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning systems serving the south
wing of Building 17 new text end .

Sec. 9.

Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Veterans Cemeteries

1,500,000

Of this amount, up to $500,000 is
to acquire land located in deleted text begin Redwood
County deleted text end new text begin southeastern, southwestern, new text end and
northeastern Minnesota for publicly owned
veterans cemeteries, to be operated by
the commissioner of veterans affairs. The
commissioner also must seek donations of
land for the cemeteries. The balance of the
appropriation is to predesign and design
the cemeteries. new text begin Federal reimbursement of
design costs for each cemetery must be
deposited in the state treasury and credited to
a special account and is appropriated to the
commissioner of veterans affairs to design the
remaining cemeteries. Following completion
of all legislatively authorized Minnesota
state veterans cemeteries, final new text end federal
reimbursement of predesign and design costs
is appropriated to the commissioner for asset
preservation of veterans homes statewide,
to be spent in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 16B.307.

Sec. 10.

Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Alpha Building Demolition

deleted text begin 755,000 deleted text end new text begin 265,500 new text end

To demolish the Alpha Building.

Sec. 11.

Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Storage new text begin and Maintenance new text end Building

deleted text begin 129,000 deleted text end new text begin 618,500 new text end

To new text begin design, new text end construct new text begin , and equip new text end a storage new text begin
and maintenance new text end building on the site of the
demolished Alpha Building.

Sec. 12.

Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 20, is amended to read:

Subd. 20. St. Mathias Trail Paving - Fort Ripley

50,000

For a grant to the deleted text begin city of Fort Ripley deleted text end new text begin township
of St. Mathias new text end to pave a trail in St. Mathias
Park.

Sec. 13.

Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. State Emergency Operations Center

2,250,000

To the commissioner of administration to
predesign and design a new state emergency
operations center in Arden Hills.

The commissioner of administration must
consult with the commissioner of public
safety in the predesign and design. This
appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has reported to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the house of
representatives and senate committees with
jurisdiction over public safety policy and
finance, capital investment, finance, and
ways and means, how the Arden Hills site
will be adequately accessible in the event
of a disaster that adversely affects major
transportation corridors.

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.31, subdivision 5, the commissioner
of administration, at the request of the
commissioner of public safety, may acquire
land, utility and road easements, and any
other necessary right of access or use from
the federal government or other applicable
parties for the state emergency operations
center proposed to be located in Arden Hills.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Minneapolis Veterans Home

deleted text begin 9,450,000 deleted text end new text begin 11,750,000 new text end

deleted text begin To remodel building 16 to accommodate
a domiciliary program, demolish the north
wing of building 17, and design, construct,
furnish, and equip up to a 72-bed single
occupancy person-centered nursing care
building, including site improvements and
amenities for building and program support deleted text end new text begin
To predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip the renovation of Building 16
to accommodate a domiciliary program,
demolish the north wing of Building 17,
predesign a new Building 17, and design,
construct, furnish, and equip the north
wing of the new Building 17, including site
improvements and amenities for building
and program support new text end .

Sec. 15.

Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23, is amended to read:

Sec. 23. PLANNING NEW VETERANS CEMETERIES.

new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine a suitable site and plan for
three new state veterans cemeteries, one to be located in northeastern Minnesota, one to
be located in southeastern Minnesota, and one to be located in southwestern Minnesota.
In determining the site for a cemetery, the commissioner shall consider available public
land options and shall seek proposals for donated land from interested counties, local
communities, civic organizations, veterans service organizations, and individuals.

new text begin (b) For determining the veterans cemetery site in southeastern Minnesota, the
commissioner shall give priority consideration to land owned and proposed for donation
by the county of Fillmore.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end The commissioner's planning process for a state veterans cemetery must include,
at a minimum, the following actions:

(1) determining the need for the cemetery;

(2) investigating the availability of suitable land for the cemetery;

(3) assessment of impacts of the cemetery;

(4) encouragement of support from veteran service organizations and local
governments; and

(5) preparation and submission of a preapplication for a grant from the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs for commitment of funding for establishing the cemetery.

new text begin (d) new text end By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the chair and ranking
minority member of the house of representatives and senate committees having
responsibility for veterans affairs with a report of the commissioner's progress in
implementing this section.

Sec. 16.

Laws 2010, Second Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision
5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Dam Renovation and Removal

$

1,000,000

To provide cost share for the renovation
or removal of publicly owned dams new text begin and
for publicly owned streambed restoration
adjacent thereto new text end in the DR-1941 area under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511 and
103G.515.

Sec. 17. new text begin 2008 AUTHORIZATION REDUCED.
new text end

new text begin The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8,
is reduced by $700,000.
new text end

Sec. 18. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Section 16 is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end