2006 Minnesota Statutes

138.93 GRANT-IN-AID ASSISTANCE; NON-STATE-OWNED HISTORICAL
INTERPRETIVE CENTERS.
    Subdivision 1. State assistance. The state may pay part of the cost of construction of
non-state-owned historical interpretive center projects. The state's share may not exceed 50
percent of the cost of any project. In regions 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11, expenditures from appropriations
by the 1977, 1978, and 1979 legislature shall be considered part of the state share of the project
cost for the purposes of this section. No more than ten percent of the state's share of future
appropriations pursuant to this section may be used for professional services. Development
regions are the regions designated pursuant to section 462.385. There shall not be more than one
state assisted project in each region.
    Subd. 2. Selection process. Each regional planning commission, except in regions 3, 4, 9, 10
and 11, may request designation of a non-state-owned historical interpretive center. Applications
shall be received by the commission for 180 days thereafter. Applications shall be in the form
prescribed by the Minnesota Historical Society and include a master plan in accordance with the
Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Act of 1975. The regional planning commission may establish an
advisory committee of 20 members from the region to make recommendations.
    Subd. 3. Designation. After receipt of the regional planning commission's recommendation
and review of the master plan in accordance with subdivision 5, the Minnesota historical
society shall designate the center and notify the owner applicant and the regional planning
commission of the designation; however, in region 4, the Red River Valley Center at Moorhead is
designated; in region 10, the Mississippi Interpretive Center at Winona is designated; in region
9, the Agricultural Interpretive Center at Waseca is designated; in region 3, the Lake Superior
Museum of Transportation and Industry is designated; in region 11, the historic Washington
County Courthouse at Stillwater is designated.
    Subd. 4. Master plans. The owner shall prepare and submit to the regional planning
commission a master plan for the development and management of the center, in a format and
detail appropriate for the project. The regional planning commission shall choose a project and
report its choice to the Minnesota Historical Society. The Minnesota Historical Society shall
make the master plan available for review and comment by the public and other state agencies
for at least 30 days.
    Subd. 5. Master plan review and approval. The Minnesota Historical Society shall review
the master plan to determine whether it:
(a) provides for development of the center in a manner consistent with the purposes of
this section;
(b) recognizes historical values and resources that relate to the area involved;
(c) provides an historical program based on sound historical research; and
(d) meets the requirement of section 138.92.
Within 60 days after receipt of a master plan, the Minnesota Historical Society shall notify
the owner that the plan has been reviewed, and forward its recommendations for any changes it
might suggest. The owner shall review the recommendations and notify the Minnesota Historical
Society of the disposition made of them. The plan may be approved by the society only after all
conditions of this section have been met. The society shall forward all approved master plans
to the appropriate regional planning commission and the owner. If the society rejects a project
chosen by a regional planning commission the commission may again request applications in
accordance with subdivision 2 in the subsequent fiscal year.
    Subd. 6. Appropriation requests. The Minnesota Historical Society may seek appropriations
for grant-in-aid assistance pursuant to this section and sections 16A.10 and 16A.11.
History: 1980 c 614 s 90; 1981 c 356 s 170; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1987 c 312 art 1
s 26 subd 2; 1993 c 163 art 1 s 24