Minnesota Legislature
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Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session
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Laws of Minnesota 1983
CHAPTER 344--H.F.No. 1310
An act relating to capital improvements; authorizing
the acquisition and betterment of public land and
buildings and other public improvements of a capital
nature with certain conditions; requiring review of
the concept of a revolving land fund; providing for
art in state buildings; authorizing issuance of state
bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1982, sections 85.015, by adding a
subdivision; 473.147, subdivision 1; and 473.436,
subdivision 5; proposing new law coded in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 16.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums set forth in the column designed "APPROPRIATIONS"
are appropriated from the state building fund, or any other fund
designated, to the state agencies indicated, to be expended for
the acquisition and betterment of public land and buildings and
other public improvements of a capital nature, as more
specifically described in the following sections of this act.
SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION $27,943,000
NATURAL RESOURCES 20,326,800
ENERGY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 17,325,000
MILITARY AFFAIRS 360,000
TRANSPORTATION 8,442,700
EDUCATION 850,000
STATE UNIVERSITIES 3,360,000
COMMUNITY COLLEGES 470,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 21,456,300
CORRECTIONS 17,000,000
PUBLIC WELFARE 2,805,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2,280,000
BOND SALE EXPENSES 111,900
TOTAL $122,730,700
Trunk Highway Fund 10,285,700
Building Fund 112,445,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 2. ADMINISTRATION
To the commissioner of administration
for the purposes specified in this
section $27,943,000
(a) Replace PCB transformers-
statewide $300,000
(b) Replace high-voltage oil
switches in capitol complex loop 180,000
(c) Emergency contingent account 335,000
This appropriation is available for
expenditure with the approval of the
governor after consultation with the
legislative advisory commission
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
3.30.
(d) Renovate capitol 1,255,000
(e) Landscaping in the capitol complex 375,000
(f) State History Center 400,000
This amount includes funding for
program and structural planning of the
State History Center and provides for a
project design competition in
cooperation with the Capitol Area
Architectural and Planning Board, in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 15.50, subdivision 2(e). The
project will utilize the existing
Historical Society building in
conjunction with the Mechanic Arts High
School site. It will include the
connection of the State History Center
to the proposed district heating
system. All design considerations will
conform to the comprehensive plan for
the Capitol Area, established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 15.50,
subdivision 2(a).
(g) Judicial Building 100,000
This amount includes funding for a
study of program needs and site
selection for the judicial branch
within the Capitol area complex.
(h) Acquire MEA Building 2,750,000
This appropriation, or so much thereof
as is necessary, is for all costs of
acquisition by direct purchase of the
Minnesota Education Association
building at 55 Sherburne Avenue, St.
Paul, Minnesota.
(i) MEA building renovations 385,000
This appropriation is for renovation of
the MEA building and connection to the
district heating system.
(j) Rehabilitate and make energy
modifications to the state office
building 19,000,000
This appropriation may be used in part
for temporary relocation of the
occupants of the state office building
during the renovation. The windows of
the renovated building must be capable
of being opened.
(k) Life safety projects in the
capitol complex 1,020,000
(l) Transportation building 1,843,000
(1) Life safety projects 765,000
(2) Replace heating and
cooling coils 50,000
(3) Improve elevators 728,000
(4) Remove PCB transformers 300,000
The appropriations in items (1) to (4)
are from the trunk highway fund.
Sec. 3. NATURAL RESOURCES
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of administration or the commissioner
of natural resources for the purposes
more specifically described in the
following subdivisions of this section 20,326,800
Subd. 2. To the commissioner of
administration to install sewer system
connection at Lake City headquarters 30,000
Subd. 3. To the commissioner
of natural resources for dam safety
projects 626,800
(a) Analysis, design, and repair
of publicly owned dams 100,000
(b) Lake Zumbro dam 125,000
(c) Lanesboro dam 100,000
(d) Granite Falls dam 301,800
Subd. 4. To the commissioner
of natural resources
to acquire and better public outdoor
recreation lands and capital
improvements as more specifically
described in the following
paragraphs of this subdivision 19,670,000
(a) For acquisition of state parks and
recreation areas, as listed and
described in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 85.012 and 85.013 2,500,000
(b) For betterment of state parks and
recreation areas, as listed and
described in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 85.012 and 85.013 3,450,000
(c) For acquisition and betterment
of state trails and trails within state
parks and other units of the outdoor
recreation system
as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section 86A.05 and Laws 1980, chapter
614, section 164 3,725,000
$2,000,000 is for the state trail in
Ramsey and Washington counties
authorized by this act.
(d) For acquisition of state forests
listed and described in Minnesota
Statutes, section 89.021 470,000
(e) For betterment of R. J. Dorer
memorial forest described in Minnesota
Statutes, section 89.021, subdivision
33 230,000
(f) For betterment of state forest
recreation listed and described in
Minnesota Statutes, section 89.021 380,000
(g) For betterment of state forest
roads and bridges 1,150,000
(h) For acquisition of fishing
management lands including riparian
rights and other interests therein
needed for management of waters for
primary wildlife use and benefit and
for access to fishing waters pursuant
to Minnesota Statutes, section 97.48,
subdivisions 8, 11, and 15 240,000
(i) For acquisition of wildlife
management areas pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes, sections 97.48, subdivision
13, and 97.481, and wetlands under the
water bank program pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, section 105.392 4,090,000
(j) For betterment of wildlife
management areas, acquired pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, sections 97.48,
subdivision 13, and 97.481 575,000
(k) For acquisition of scientific
and natural areas designated pursuant
to Minnesota Statutes, section 84.033 400,000
(l) For betterment of natural and
scientific areas designated pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, section 84.033 60,000
(m) For acquisition of wild, scenic,
and recreational rivers, designated
pursuant to sections 104.25 to 104.40,
and canoe and boating routes,
portages, and camp sites, as listed and
described in Minnesota Statutes,
section 85.32 250,000
(n) For betterment of canoe and
boating routes, portages, and camp
sites as listed and described in
Minnesota Statutes, section 85.32 50,000
(o) For betterment of public
accesses to public waters pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, section 97.48,
subdivision 15 920,000
(p) For acquisition of public
accesses to public waters pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, section 97.48,
subdivision 15 1,180,000
Lands in this subdivision shall be
acquired by the commissioner of natural
resources and in accordance with
policies established in Minnesota
Statutes, sections 86A.01 to 86A.09.
Those acquired for each unit of the
outdoor recreation system shall be
suited for the purpose of that unit and
suited for management in accordance
with the principles applicable to it.
The commissioner of natural resources
shall submit semiannual work progress
reports to the legislative commission
on Minnesota resources, in the form
requested by the commission, and shall
submit a work program to the commission
and request its recommendation thereon
before expending any money appropriated
by this subdivision for any purpose.
The commission's recommendation shall
be advisory only. Failure to respond
to a request within 60 days after
receipt shall be deemed a negative
recommendation. Work programs
involving land acquisition shall
include a land acquisition plan. No
parcel may be acquired unless it is
covered by an acquisition plan.
Within two years after the acquisition
of fee title to any land purchased
pursuant to this section, the
commissioner shall offer for sale in
the manner provided by law other lands
of equal acreage.
The approved complement of the
department of natural resources is
increased by 26 unclassified
positions. These positions are a
continuation of the positions
authorized by Laws 1981, chapter 304,
section 4 and shall be paid for from
either or both of these appropriations.
None of the amounts authorized in
subdivision 4 of this section, except
for $500,000 in paragraph (g) and
$1,000,000 in paragraph (i), shall be
expended until the commissioner of
natural resources has presented a
prioritized list of projects to the
1984 session of the legislature and to
the chairmen of the senate finance
committee and the house appropriations
committee and the chairmen have given
their approval. No bonds authorized
pursuant to the appropriations in
subdivision 4 shall be sold before July
1, 1984, except for: (1)$500,000 in
paragraph (g) and $1,000,000 in
paragraph (i); or (2) bonds that the
commissioner of finance determines are
needed before that date.
Sec. 4. ENERGY, PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT 17,325,000
To the commissioner of energy, planning
and development for payment to the
metropolitan council established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 473.123.
The commissoner of energy, planning and
development shall transfer this amount
to the metropolitan council upon
receipt of a certified copy of a
council resolution requesting payment.
The appropriation shall be used to pay
the cost of the acquisition and
betterment by the metropolitan council
and local governmental units of
regional recreation open space in
accordance with the council's policy
plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 473.301 to 473.341, including
relocation costs and tax equivalents
required to be paid by Minnesota
Statutes, sections 473.315 and 473.341.
(a) Of the amount appropriated by this
section, the metropolitan council may
expend no more than $400,000 for staff
and independent professional services
necessary to acquire and better open
space and for the performance of duties
of the metropolitan council under this
section.
(b) Laws 1981, chapter 304, section 2,
is amended to allow the expenditure of
up to $400,000 for staff and
independent professional services
during the biennium ending June 30,
1985.
(c) Of the amount appropriated by this
section, the metropolitan council shall
use $50,000 for site selection,
planning, and working drawings for the
metropolitan speed skating rink
recommended pursuant to Laws 1981,
chapter 304, section 3.
(d) The publicly owned land on Big
Island in Lake Minnetonka shall be
designated as a regional park by the
metropolitan council.
(e) With respect to grants for
acquisition in the central riverfront
regional park, the council shall, to
the maximum extent possible, require
acquisition of non fee interest in the
housing out parcel on Nicollet Island
where consistent with continued housing
use and the overall development of the
park.
(f) The legislature recognizes the
intent of the Minneapolis park and
recreation board and the Hennepin
county park reserve district to achieve
a coordinated functioning of their
respective systems, including the
establishment of a policy and procedure
for answering adequate operational
funding and an equitable sharing of
associated financial responsibility for
both systems.
(g) None of the amounts authorized in
this section shall be expended until
the metropolitan council has presented
a prioritized list of projects to the
1984 session of the legislature and to
the chairmen of the senate finance
committee and the house appropriations
committee and the chairmen have given
their approval. No bonds authorized
pursuant to this section shall be sold
before July 1, 1984, except for bonds
that the commissioner of finance
determines are needed before that date.
Sec. 5. MILITARY AFFAIRS
To the adjutant general for the
purposes
specified in this section 360,000
(a) Install heating plant at
Worthington 100,000
(b) Replace roofs statewide 260,000
Sec. 6. TRANSPORTATION
To the commissioner of transportation
for the purposes specified in this
section 8,442,700
Subdivision 1. Central Shop 3,227,000
Subd. 2. Chemical Storage Sheds 313,000
Subd. 3. East Grand Forks truck station 244,000
Subd. 4. Henning truck station 229,000
Subd. 5. Mapleton equipment storage 325,000
Subd. 6. Grand Rapids equipment storage 670,000
Subd. 7. Rum River Rest Area 909,700
Subd. 8. Split Rock Rest Area 620,000
Subd. 9. Golden Valley office addition 980,000
Subd. 10. Morris Maintenance Headquarters 925,000
Subd. 11. If the commissioner of
transportation does not have sufficient
money to match all available federal
aid for road and bridge construction
during the biennium ending June 30,
1985, the commissioner shall defer some
or all of the buildings in this section
until it is possible to match federal
aid.
The appropriations in this section are
from the trunk highway fund.
Sec. 7. EDUCATION
To the state board of education for
post-secondary vocational technical
construction in the school districts
listed in this section 850,000
Independent School District No. 206,
Alexandria
Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, Independent School District
No. 206, Alexandria, may construct an
addition to its area vocational
technical institute to replace a
temporary building subject to the
following conditions: (1) approval of
the school board; (2) availability, at
the time of construction, of
unencumbered funds in the district's
area vocational technical institute
building construction fund equal to or
exceeding $600,000; (3) the cost of
construction shall not exceed the total
cost of $600,000; (4) the addition
shall be used for the carpentry
program; (5) the size of the addition
shall meet the guidelines of the
department of education; (6) the entire
cost of construction shall be from the
area vocational technical institute
building construction fund of
Independent School District No. 206,
Alexandria.
Independent School District No. 891,
Canby 70,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the construction
shall not exceed $84,200, whether paid
from state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 917,
Dakota county 63,000
The appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the construction
shall not exceed $75,000, whether paid
from state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 22,
Detroit Lakes 68,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the construction
shall not exceed $80,000, whether paid
from state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 697,
Eveleth 105,000
This appropriation is for restroom
facilities. The total cost of the
construction shall not exceed $125,000,
whether paid from state, local, or
federal money.
Independent School District No. 423,
Hutchinson 235,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the construction
shall not exceed $276,800 whether paid
from state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 77,
Mankato 59,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the project shall not
exceed $70,000, whether paid from
state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 583,
Pipestone 34,000
This appropriation is for floor repairs
for the meat cutting program.
The total cost of the construction
shall not exceed $40,000, whether paid
from state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 625,
St. Paul 85,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the project shall not
exceed $100,000, whether paid from
state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 819,
Wadena 90,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the project shall not
exceed $107,200, whether paid from
state, local, or federal money.
Independent School District No. 861,
Winona 41,000
This appropriation is for roof repairs.
The total cost of the construction
shall not exceed $48,400, whether paid
from state, local, or federal money.
Joint Independent School District No. 287,
Suburban Hennepin
Joint Independent School District No.
287, Suburban Hennepin, may construct
an addition and remodel the Xenium Lane
office building to provide additional
space for special education and
secondary vocational education
programs. Funding for this project
shall be provided from the local
building construction fund in an amount
not to exceed $1,900,000.
Sec. 8. STATE UNIVERSITIES
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
more specifically described in the
following subdivisions of this section 3,360,000
Subd. 2. Bemidji Campus
This appropriation is for the following
projects: 670,000
(a) Replace roofs at Bangsberg
hall and Hagg-Sauer hall 220,000
(b) Correct water infiltration
and structural deficiencies at
maintenance-receiving warehouse 100,000
(c) Replace bleachers at Glas field
house and Physical Education Gymnasium 350,000
Subd. 3. Mankato Campus
Correct water infiltration problems
at Trafton hall 850,000
Subd. 4. Southwest Campus
Replace theater stage lighting system 80,000
Subd. 5. St. Cloud Campus
(a) Replace theater stage lighting system 80,000
(b) It is the intent of the legislature
that any assessment by the city of St.
Cloud for construction associated with
the replacement of the Tenth Street
bridge shall be made only upon
completion of construction and upon
notice of assessment and shall not
exceed $500,000. The state departments
of transportation and administration
shall work with the city of St. Cloud
and the project architects to assure
the state university system that the
structural integrity of the facilities
on the St. Cloud State University
campus is not damaged as a result of
the construction and utilization of the
Tenth Street bridge.
Subd. 6. Winona Campus
Restore Phelps hall foundation and
building exterior 180,000
Subd. 7. Systemwide
Remove asbestos fireproofing material 1,500,000
Sec. 9. COMMUNITY COLLEGES
To the commissioner of administration
to replace roofs systemwide 470,000
Sec. 10. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Subdivision 1. To the regents of
the University of Minnesota for the
purposes more specifically described
in the following subdivisions of this
section 21,456,300
Subd. 2. Minneapolis Campus 19,154,000
(a) Supplement to the School of Management
and Hubert H. Humphrey Institute facility
due to delay in project 1,664,000
(b) Construct music facility on
the West Bank Campus 15,990,000
None of this appropriation shall be
used for the concert auditorium. The
university is encouraged to secure
donations from nonstate sources for
that facility.
(c) Civil and mineral engineering
equipment 1,000,000
This appropriation is available upon
submission of required documentation
that the state money has been matched
by an equal amount in contributions of
money or equipment from nonstate
sources. The contributions must be
made after July 1, 1983, in order to
qualify to match the state funds.
Subd. 3. Duluth Campus 1,943,000
(a) Supplement due to delay in
construction of greenhouse 30,000
(b) Supplement due to delay in
renovation of school of business space 50,000
(c) Natural resources research
institute 1,200,000
No portion of this appropriation may be
spent until the following two events
have occurred: (a) the receipt of
title to the Sage building from the
federal government, and (b) the receipt
of a $1,800,000 grant for the
construction from the federal
government. If the federal grant and
the title to the building are not
forthcoming, the university may request
money for rental of space for the
institute from the general contingent
account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
section 3.30.
(d) Prepare working drawings for a
physical education and recreational
sports complex 663,000
Subd. 4. Morris Campus
Supplement due to delay of remodeling
Behmler hall 43,000
Subd. 5. Northwest Experiment
Station - Crookston
Supplement due to delay of construction 4,000
Subd. 6. Southwest Experiment
Station - Lamberton 165,300
(a) Supplement due to delay of
construction 17,000
(b) This appropriation is for the
state share of the purchase price of a
270-acre parcel of land near the Southwest
Experiment Station 148,300
Subd. 7. Southern Experiment
Station - Waseca
Waseca city sewer relief 95,000
Subd. 8. Hormel Institute - Austin
Supplement due to delay of construction 52,000
Subd. 9. Soudan
Construct physics laboratory 500,000
This appropriation is available upon
submission of required documentation
that each dollar of state money has
been matched by money contributed from
nonstate sources.
Sec. 11. CORRECTIONS
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
more specifically described in the
following subdivisions of this section 17,000,000
Subd. 2. Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Stillwater 700,000
Repair of roofs,
gutters, rainleaders,
and downspouts
Subd. 3. Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Sauk Centre
(a) Reshingle and repair Evers cottage roof 22,000
(b) Fire and life safety projects 125,000
Subd. 4. Minnesota Correctional
Facility - St. Cloud
(a) Fire and life safety projects 560,000
(b) Replace roofs on food service, laundry,
and warehouse; upgrade insulation to code, reroof
Reshape building and reroof Cell House C 260,000
(c) Replace sewer serving administration
building and cell house 65,000
Subd. 5. Minnesota Correctional Facility -
Red Wing
Fire and life safety projects 268,000
Subd. 6. Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Shakopee
Construct a new prison for women 15,000,000
This appropriation is for the total
cost of planning, designing,
constructing, and equipping the
facility. $500,000 is available
immediately and $14,500,000 is
available after April 1, 1984.
Sec. 12. PUBLIC WELFARE
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes more
specifically described in the following
subdivisions of this section 2,805,000
Subd. 2. Anoka State Hospital 490,000
(a) Administration
building and tunnel ramp repair 290,000
(b) Air conditioning, boiler replacement,
and pool repair in Miller building 200,000
Subd. 3. Faribault State Hospital
Install privacy screens for Elm, Hickory,
and Seneca cottages 65,000
Subd. 4. Fergus Falls State Hospital
Replace emission control unit 450,000
Subd. 5. State Hospitals and Nursing
Homes
Systemwide roof repair and replacement 800,000
Subd. 6. State Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Systemwide fire and life safety projects 1,000,000
No money appropriated for fire and life
safety projects shall be used for
removal of fire escape slides at any
state hospital or state nursing home.
Sec. 13. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
To the Minnesota historical society for
the purposes specified in this section 2,280,000
(a) To construct an
underground microfilm vault 630,000
(b) Install humidity
controls in historical society building 40,000
(c) Renovate the Charles A.
Lindbergh house 110,000
(d) Agriculture Interpretive
Center at Waseca 1,500,000
The limitations provided by Minnesota
Statutes, section 138.93, subdivision
1, do not apply to construction
financed under this subdivision. The
improvements shall be constructed on
land owned by the state or pledged to
be conveyed to the state.
Funds shall be provided only for the
purpose of providing capital
improvements. Before issuing any bonds
under this subdivision, the
commissioner of finance shall obtain a
written contract from the operator of
the Agricultural Interpretive Center
establishing the terms and conditions
for the repayment of the sum of
$1,500,000 plus interest. The debt
service payments paid by the center
shall be identical to the debt costs of
the state for the bonds sold to provide
funds to finance capital improvements
in this act including capitalization
costs. The principal and interest
payments shall be for a period of 20
years. The first payment shall be made
in the third year following the sale of
the bonds and shall continue for 20
years. Funds not required for payments
to the center shall be invested by the
state board of investment and the
interest shall be credited to the
general fund. Payments back to the
state of Minnesota by the center shall
be credited to the general fund.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, section 272.02, the
operator of the Agriculture
Interpretive Center shall pay property
tax on all tillable land included in
the center.
Sec. 14. BOND SALE EXPENSES
To the commissioner of finance for bond
sale expenses pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.64, subdivision 4 111,900
Sec. 15. [BOND SALE; DEBT SERVICE.]
To provide the money appropriated in this act from the
state building fund the commissioner of finance upon request of
the governor shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an
amount up to $112,445,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and
with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections
16A.63 to 16A.671, and by the Constitution, Article XI, Sections
4 to 7.
Sec. 16. [CONSULTATION REQUIRED.]
No land shall be purchased and no buildings shall be
purchased, constructed, or erected on lands of the University of
Minnesota until the regents have first consulted with the
chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the
house appropriations committee and obtained their
recommendations, which are advisory only.
Sec. 17. [REVIEW OF PLANS.]
The commissioner of administration, the commissioner of
transportation, and the board of regents of the University of
Minnesota shall not prepare final plans and specifications for
any construction or major remodeling authorized by this act
until the using agency or department has presented the program
and schematic plans and cost estimates for all elements
necessary to complete the project to the chairman of the house
appropriations committee and the chairman of the senate finance
committee and the chairmen have made their recommendations
thereon. The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or
refusal to make a recommendation promptly is deemed a negative
recommendation.
Sec. 18. [APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION; TRANSFER.]
Upon the awarding of final contracts for the completion of
a project for construction or other permanent improvement
authorized by this act, the commissioners of administration and
transportation and the board of regents of the University of
Minnesota as to appropriations made to them may transfer any
unencumbered balance in the project account to any other project
enumerated in the same section of the appropriation act as the
project about to be completed. The money transferred pursuant
to this section is appropriated for the purposes for which
transferred. The commissioners of administration and
transportation and the board of regents of the University of
Minnesota shall report to the chairman of the house
appropriations committee and the chairman of the senate finance
committee on any transfer made pursuant to this section.
Sec. 19. [APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION; FEDERAL MONEY;
EXCEEDING AUTHORIZED COST.]
The commissioner of administration, the commissioner of
transportation, and the board of regents of the University of
Minnesota shall apply for the maximum federal share for each
capital improvement project for which money is appropriated by
this act. Encumbrance or expenditure of money in excess of the
project authorization shall be made only after the commissioner
of administration, the commissioner of transportation, and the
board of regents, as appropriate, have consulted with the
chairman of the house appropriations committee and the chairman
of the senate finance committee and the chairmen have made their
recommendations thereon. The recommendations are advisory
only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation promptly is
deemed a negative recommendation.
Sec. 20. [METHODS OF ACQUISITION.]
Where money has been appropriated by this act to the
commissioner of administration to acquire lands or sites for
public buildings or real estate, acquisition may be by gift,
purchase, or condemnation proceedings. Condemnation proceedings
shall be pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 117.
Sec. 21. [REVOLVING LAND FUND STUDY.]
The commissioner of natural resources shall review the
concept of a revolving land fund and report to the legislature
by January 15, 1984 with his findings and recommendations.
Sec. 22. [16.321] [ART IN STATE BUILDINGS.]
Subdivision 1. [PERCENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ART.] An
appropriation for the construction or alteration of any state
building that is enacted on or after the effective date of this
act may contain an amount not to exceed one percent of the total
appropriation for the building for the acquisition of works of
art, excluding landscaping, which may be an integral part of the
building or its grounds, attached to the building or grounds or
capable of being displayed in other state buildings. Money used
for this purpose is available only for the acquisition of works
of art to be exhibited in areas of a building or its grounds
accessible, on a regular basis, to members of the public. For
the purposes of this section "state building" means a building
the construction or alteration of which is paid for wholly or in
part by the state.
Subd. 2. [EXEMPT BULDINGS.] A building for which the
appropriation is less than $500,000 for construction or
alteration or a building for which the commissioner of
administration has determined that this section is inappropriate
is exempt from the requirements of this section.
Subd. 3. [UNUSED FUNDS.] If an amount made available under
subdivision 1 is not expended for works of art for the building,
the unexpended portion is available to the Minnesota board of
the arts for the commission or purchase of works of art for
state buildings existing or for which an appropriation was made
prior to the effective date of this act and is not available to
pay construction costs of the building.
Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 85.015, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 14. [STATE TRAIL, RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.]
(a) The trail shall originate at milepost 446.19 on the Soo Line
Railroad right-of-way in the Southeast Quarter of Section 19,
Township 29 North, Range 22 West, Ramsey County, and shall
extend in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the Soo
Line Railroad right-of-way to milepost 438.33 in the Southwest
Quarter of Section 5, Township 29 North, Range 21 West, in
Washington County, and there terminate.
(b) The trail shall be developed primarily for hiking and
nonmotorized riding.
(c) In addition to the authority granted in Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.015, subdivision 1, lands and interests in
lands for the trail may be acquired by eminent domain.
(d) The commissioner of natural resources, after consulting
with all local units of government affected by the trail, and
with the commissioner of transportation and the metropolitan
council, shall prepare a master plan for the trail. After
completion of the master plan, any land or interest in land not
needed for the trail may be disposed of by the commissioner of
natural resources as follows:
(1) by transfer to the department of transportation, the
historical society, or another state agency;
(2) by sale at not less than the purchase price to a city,
town, school district, park district, or other political
subdivision whose boundaries include or are adjacent to the
land, for public purposes only, after written notice to each of
these political subdivisions; or
(3) if no offer to purchase is received from any political
subdivision within one year after the completion of the master
plan, then by public sale, at not less than the purchase price,
upon notice published in the manner provided in section 92.14,
and otherwise in the same manner as trust fund lands are sold,
so far as applicable.
All proceeds derived from sales of unneeded land and
interest in land shall be deposited in the state bond fund. For
the purposes of United States Code, title 23, section 138, and
title 49, section 1653(f), any land or interest in land not
needed for the trail and transferred to another state agency, or
sold, does not constitute permanent park, recreation area, or
wildlife or waterfowl refuge facility land.
Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 473.147,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. The metropolitan council after consultation
with the parks and open space commission, municipalities, park
districts and counties in the metropolitan area, and after
appropriate public hearings, shall prepare and adopt a
long-range system policy plan for regional recreation open space
as part of the council's metropolitan development guide. The
plan shall substantially conform to all policy statements,
purposes, goals, standards, and maps in development guide
sections and comprehensive plans as developed and adopted by the
council pursuant to the chapters of the Minnesota Statutes
directly relating to the council. The policy plan shall
identify generally the areas which should be acquired by a
public agency to provide a system of regional recreation open
space comprising park district, county and municipal facilities
which, together with state facilities, reasonably will meet the
outdoor recreation needs of the people of the metropolitan area
and shall establish priorities for acquisition and development.
In preparing or amending the policy plan the council shall
consult with and make maximum use of the expertise of the
commission. The policy plan shall include a five year capital
improvement program, which shall be revised periodically, and
shall establish criteria and priorities for the allocation of
funds for such acquisition and development. The legislature in
each bonding measure shall designate an anticipated level of
funding for this acquisition and development for each of the two
succeeding bienniums.
Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 473.436,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [BUS PURCHASES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.] In
addition to obligations outstanding on January 1, 1980 1983, the
commission may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds or
other obligations in an amount not exceeding $9,000,000
$12,000,000 for the purposes of purchasing and rehabilitation of
buses and related equipment, and constructing maintenance and
other buildings, bus shelters and road related improvements.
Sec. 26. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
This act is effective the day following final enactment.
Approved June 14, 1983
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes