Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 1996, Regular Session
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CHAPTER 463-H.F.No. 3273
An act relating to public administration; authorizing
spending to acquire and to better public land and
buildings and other public improvements of a capital
nature with certain conditions; authorizing issuance
of bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1994, sections 16A.632, by adding a
subdivision; 16A.641, subdivision 8; 16A.695, by
adding a subdivision; 16B.24, subdivisions 6 and 6a;
41B.19, subdivision 1; 41B.195; 124C.73, subdivision
1; 134.45, subdivisions 5 and 6; 135A.046; 268.917;
and 475.58, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota
Statutes 1995 Supplement, sections 16A.28, subdivision
5; 16B.335, subdivision 1; 240A.09; 473.894,
subdivision 11; and 473.901, subdivision 1; Laws 1990,
chapter 535, section 3, subdivision 3; Laws 1994,
chapter 643, section 11, subdivision 11, as amended;
section 19, subdivision 8, as amended; section 21,
subdivision 4, as amended; section 23, subdivision 20;
section 27, subdivision 2; section 35, subdivision 3;
and section 79, subdivision 8; Laws 1995, First
Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 13;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 268 and 446A; repealing Minnesota Statutes
1994, sections 15.50, subdivision 5; 116.162, as
amended; and 446A.071, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
and 8; Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section
446A.071, subdivision 2; Laws 1994, chapter 643,
section 24, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund,
to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent to
acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public
improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act.
SUMMARY
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $ 93,931,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 93,804,000
CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 19,100,000
CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 6,879,000
RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT 2,373,000
NATURAL RESOURCES 39,676,000
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 3,000,000
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 3,550,000
PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY 22,100,000
BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 14,750,000
AGRICULTURE 41,275,000
ADMINISTRATION 48,485,000
AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION 21,600,000
MILITARY AFFAIRS 1,120,000
CORRECTIONS 94,154,000
HUMAN SERVICES 8,807,000
VETERANS HOMES BOARD 740,000
TRANSPORTATION 49,639,000
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 3,500,000
ECONOMIC SECURITY 3,500,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 5,950,000
PUBLIC SERVICE 4,000,000
GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 69,410,000
BOND SALE EXPENSES 608,000
TOTAL $ 651,951,000
Bond Proceeds Fund 597,110,000
Transportation Fund 10,000,000
Trunk Highway Fund 36,053,000
General Fund 8,253,000
Highway User Tax Distribution Fund 535,000
APPROPRIATIONS
$
Sec. 2. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES
Subdivision 1. To the board of
trustees of the Minnesota state colleges
and universities for the purposes specified
in this section 93,931,000
Subd. 2. The board of trustees is
requested to conduct a thorough
evaluation of all buildings under its
jurisdiction to determine the condition
and the repair and betterment
requirements. The evaluation shall
include a review of the energy
efficiency of all major building
systems. The information should be
compiled for each campus and summarized
for the entire system.
Subd. 3. Higher Education Asset
Preservation and Replacement 16,000,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.
This appropriation may not be spent for
renewal.
Subd. 4. Alexandria Technical College
The board may use up to $300,000 in
revenue bonds under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 136A.25 to 136A.42, to
construct parking facilities for
independent school district No. 206 and
the technical college to settle land
acquisition issues resulting from the
merger. The parking facilities may be
located on land owned by the school
district. Debt service on the revenue
bonds must be paid with parking fees
and other charges. The board may also
use money from other sources to pay for
the construction of the facilities.
Subd. 5. Anoka Hennepin Technical College
The board of trustees of the Minnesota
state colleges and universities may
acquire the aviation management
facility and corresponding real
property leased for use by the Anoka
Hennepin technical college at the Anoka
county airport, according to the terms
of the existing lease-purchase
agreement.
Subd. 6. Anoka Ramsey Community College
(a) Addition and Remodeling 10,430,000
Design, construct, furnish, and equip
an addition and remodel existing space
to provide classrooms, a learning
resource center, computer labs, a
developmental learning center, science
labs, nursing and student services
facilities, offices, and a campus
center.
(b) Design and construct a replacement
energy plant and service elevator 4,510,000
Subd. 7. Fond du Lac Community College 3,600,000
Construct a residence facility that
provides cultural education experiences
for Indian students to meet the
statutory requirement that the campus
serve statewide Indian needs.
Subd. 8. Hibbing Community and
Technical Colleges 4,500,000
Construct additions and install related
electrical and mechanical utilities at
the community college site to prepare
for collocation of programs.* (The
preceding subdivision was vetoed by the
governor.)
Subd. 9. Hutchinson Technical
College 2,000,000
Design and construct a heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning
system.
Subd. 10. Itasca Community College
The board may use up to $600,000 in
revenue bonds under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 136A.25 to 136A.42, toward the
purchase of Wannigan Residence Hall.
The balance of the purchase price must
come from nonstate sources or from a
grant from a state agency. The board
may not provide a grant.
Subd. 11. Mankato State University
(a) Construct a hazardous
waste facility 270,000
(b) Construct a chiller
plant addition 1,050,000
Subd. 12. Mesabi Community
College 1,230,000
Design and construct improvements for
code compliance and life safety;
telecommunications upgrades;
mechanical, heating, venting, and air
conditioning improvements; and
electrical upgrading.
Subd. 13. Metropolitan State University,
Minneapolis Region Campus
In selecting a site for Metro State
University, west metropolitan
Minneapolis region campus, it is the
intent of the legislature that the
board of trustees determine how best to
improve the delivery of comprehensive,
quality educational programs. The
board shall seek input from the
communities, business interests,
elected officials, and other interested
parties, including the University of
Minnesota. Priority shall be given to
sites that are under the authority of
the board, including consideration of
consolidating the Metro State programs
with other Minnesota state college and
university campuses to form a fully
integrated and consolidated campus
under a single administration. The
board shall report its recommendations
to the 1997 legislature. The board
must not enter into any agreements
regarding the lease or purchase of a
site until the site has been approved
in law.
Subd. 14. Metropolitan State University,
St. Paul Region Campus
(a) Acquire Land Adjacent to the Campus 1,600,000
(b) Power Plant Annex, Building C 1,200,000
Construct campus loading dock, Seventh
Street entrance and handicapped access,
site development, landscaping, and
lighting.
(c) Library 200,000
Design a library for the St. Paul
campus. This appropriation must be
matched by an equal amount from
nonstate sources.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 15. Minneapolis Community
College 4,330,000
Design and construct modifications to
the air handling system and fire alarm
system, replace temperature control
system, air handling units, and
chillers.
Subd. 16. Moorhead State
University
(a) Acquire land within the
campus boundaries 1,400,000
(b) Construct a storm water drainage
system for the campus 1,800,000
Subd. 17. North Hennepin
Community College 3,846,000
Design, remodel, construct, furnish,
and equip phase 2 of the learning
resource center.
Subd. 18. Staples Technical
College 225,000
Design and prepare contract documents
for replacement classrooms on the west
campus.
Subd. 19. St. Cloud State
University Library 29,500,000
Construct, furnish, and equip a new
library.
Subd. 20. Vermilion Community
College 1,890,000
Design and construct improvements for
code compliance, telecommunications
upgrade, mechanical upgrades, heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning
improvements, and electrical
modifications.
Subd. 21. Willmar Technical
College 2,150,000
Construct major modifications to the
heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning systems, install a
sprinkler system and telecommunications
cable trays.
Subd. 22. Winona State
University 2,200,000
Construct a chiller plant addition.
Subd. 23. Debt Service
(a) The board shall pay one-third of
the debt service on state bonds sold to
finance projects authorized by
subdivisions 6, item (a); 7; 8; 14; 16,
item (a); 17; 18; and 19. After each
sale of general obligation bonds, the
commissioner of finance shall notify
the board of the amounts assessed for
each year for the life of the bonds.
(b) The commissioner shall reduce the
board's assessment each year by
one-third of the net income from
investment of general obligation bond
proceeds in proportion to the amount of
principal and interest otherwise
required to be paid by the board. The
board shall pay its resulting net
assessment to the commissioner of
finance by December 1 each year. If
the board fails to make a payment when
due, the commissioner of finance shall
reduce allotments for appropriations
from the general fund otherwise
available to the board and apply the
amount of the reduction to cover the
missed debt service payment. The
commissioner of finance shall credit
the payments received from the board to
the bond debt service account in the
state bond fund each December 1 before
money is transferred from the general
fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.641, subdivision 10.
Sec. 3. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Subdivision 1. To the board of regents
of the University of Minnesota for the
purposes specified in this section 93,804,000
Subd. 2. Higher Education Asset
Preservation and Replacement 12,000,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.
This appropriation may not be spent for
renewal.
The commissioner of finance shall not
release the appropriation in this
subdivision until the University of
Minnesota has provided to the
commissioner a list of buildings that
will be decommissioned.
Subd. 3. Facility Renewal 6,200,000
Renovate existing classrooms and
instructional spaces.
The commissioner of finance shall not
release the appropriation in this
subdivision until the University of
Minnesota has provided to the
commissioner a list of buildings that
will be decommissioned.
Subd. 4. Crookston 3,050,000
Design, construct, furnish, and equip a
controlled-environment science facility
and construct a connecting road.
Subd. 5. Duluth 1,430,000
Design a library.
Subd. 6. Morris
(a) Renovate Humanities and Fine
Arts Building 2,300,000
(b) Science Building 2,720,000
Design a science laboratory addition,
student support facilities, power plant
addition, and physical education
addition.
Subd. 7. Twin Cities
(a) Architecture Renovation 9,000,000
Design, renovate, furnish, and equip
the architecture building.
(b) Haecker Hall Renovation 12,000,000
Design, renovate, furnish, and equip
Haecker Hall and related space.
(c) Magnetic Resonance Research
Building 3,500,000
Design, construct, furnish, and equip a
new magnetic resonance research
building.
(d) Minnesota Library Access
Center 38,500,000
Construct, furnish, and equip the
Minnesota library access center to
house the university's archives and
special collections, immigration
history research center documents and
collections, to store less frequently
used library materials for state
university, private college, city,
county, and regional libraries in the
state, and to house Minitex services.
(e) Molecular and Cellular
Therapeutics Facility Remodeling 3,000,000
Remodel and equip the molecular and
cellular therapeutics facility,
including the modification of
utilities, air filtration, and
distribution systems, to accommodate
new research programs.
Subd. 8. Willmar Poultry
Testing Laboratory 104,000
Pay the difference in an exchange of
land and facilities for the poultry
testing laboratory in Willmar.
Subd. 9. Debt Service
(a) The board of regents shall pay
one-third of the debt service on state
bonds sold to finance projects
authorized by subdivisions 4; 5; 6,
item (b); 7, items (a) and (c) to (e);
and 8. After each sale of general
obligation bonds, the commissioner of
finance shall notify the board of
regents of the amounts assessed for
each year for the life of the bonds.
(b) The commissioner shall reduce the
board's assessment each year by
one-third of the net income from
investment of general obligation bond
proceeds in proportion to the amount of
principal and interest otherwise
required to be paid by the board. The
board shall pay its resulting net
assessment to the commissioner of
finance by December 1 each year. If
the board fails to make a payment when
due, the commissioner of finance shall
reduce allotments for appropriations
from the general fund otherwise
available to the board and apply the
amount of the reduction to cover the
missed debt service payment. The
commissioner of finance shall credit
the payments received from the board to
the bond debt service account in the
state bond fund each December 1 before
money is transferred from the general
fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.641, subdivision 10.
Sec. 4. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of children, families, and learning, for
the purposes specified in this section 19,100,000
Subd. 2. Youth Initiative Grants 16,000,000
For grants to local government units to
design, furnish, equip, repair,
replace, or construct parks and
recreation buildings and school
buildings to provide youth, with
preference for youth in grades four
through eight, with regular enrichment
activities during nonschool hours,
including after school, evenings,
weekends, and school vacation periods,
and that will provide equal access and
programming for girls. The buildings
may be leased to nonprofit community
organizations, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695, for the same
purposes. Enrichment programs include
academic enrichment, homework
assistance, computer and technology
use, arts and cultural activities,
clubs, school-to-work and work force
development, athletic, and recreational
activities. Grants must be used to
expand the number of children
participating in enrichment programs or
improve the quality or range of program
offerings. The facilities must be
fully available for programming
sponsored by youth-serving nonprofit
and community groups, or school,
county, or city programs, for maximum
hours after school, evenings, weekends,
summers, and other school vacation
periods. Priority must be given to
proposals that demonstrate
collaboration among private, nonprofit,
and public agencies, including regional
entities dealing with at-risk youth,
and community and parent organizations
in arranging for programming, staffing,
transportation, and equipment. All
proposals must include an inventory of
existing facilities and an assessment
of programming needs in the community.
(a) Enrichment grants within the
city of Minneapolis 5,000,000
Of this amount, at least $2,500,000
must be used in the neighborhoods of
the Near North Side, Hawthorne,
Sumner-Glenwood, Powderhorn, Central,
Whittier, and Phillips.
(b) Enrichment grants within the
city of St. Paul 5,000,000
Of this amount, at least $2,500,000
must be used in the neighborhoods of
Summit-University, Thomas-Dale, North
End, Payne-Phalen, Daytons Bluff, and
the West Side.
The remaining $2,500,000 is available
citywide, with priority for some of the
remaining amount given to proposals by
public/private partnerships currently
offering after-school enrichment
programs in low-income areas in
conjunction with a neighborhood-based
organization. Up to $100,000 of the
remaining $2,500,000 may be used to
develop urban sports facilities for
at-risk inner city youth, including
those older than eighth grade.
(c) Enrichment grants outside
of the cities of Minneapolis
and St. Paul 6,000,000
Priority must be given to school
attendance areas with high
concentrations of children eligible for
free or reduced school lunch and to
government units demonstrating a
commitment to collaborative youth
efforts.
$500,000 is to the city of Bloomington
for after school enrichment activities
in the northeast Bloomington study area.
The commissioner of children, families,
and learning must make a grant of at
least $1,000,000 to a school district
that is a part of a collaborative
effort that has at least two other
school districts, is multicultural and
multijurisdictional, and has previously
received a facility planning grant for
collaborative purposes.
(d) Each grant must be matched by $1
from local sources for each $2 of state
money. In-kind contributions of
facilities may be used for the local
match. The value of in-kind
contributions must be determined by the
commissioner of finance.
(e) Preference must be given to
projects for which at least ten percent
of the youth initiative grant is
expended using youthbuild under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 268.361 to
268.367, or other youth employment and
training programs, for the labor
portion of the construction. Eligible
programs must consult with appropriate
labor organizations to deliver
education and training.
Subd. 3. Independent School
District No. 38, Red Lake 100,000
For a grant to independent school
district No. 38, Red Lake, for the
construction of a classroom space for
interactive television instruction.
This grant is only available if the
district rebuilds other space with
insurance proceeds.
Subd. 4. School Building Accessibility Grants 2,000,000
For grants to local school districts
according to Minnesota Statutes,
sections 124C.71 to 124C.73. Grants
are contingent upon a dollar-for-dollar
match by nonstate sources.
Subd. 5. Library Accessibility 1,000,000
For grants to public libraries for
accessibility capital projects under
Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45.
Grants are contingent upon a
dollar-for-dollar match by nonstate
sources.
Sec. 5. CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION
Subdivision 1. To the
commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section 6,879,000
Subd. 2. Instructional Resource Facility 6,879,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip a new instructional resource
facility.
Sec. 6. RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT
Subdivision 1. To the
commissioner of administration for the
purposes specified in this section 2,373,000
Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 750,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
The commissioner of administration
shall give priority to replacement and
repair of roofs and replacement of
windows.
Subd. 3. Demolition of Dow Hall 1,000,000
To demolish Dow hall and the old
industrial building at the Minnesota
state academy for the blind in order to
remove potential safety hazards. This
appropriation is also available to
construct surface parking on the site
following demolition.
A historical marker must be placed at
the site, which must include one or
more artifacts of the original building
and must explain the history and
significance of Dow Hall.
Subd. 4. Exterior Lighting 556,000
To design and construct exterior
lighting.
Subd. 5. Sidewalk Replacement 67,000
To design, remove, and reconstruct
deteriorated sidewalks at the Minnesota
state academy for the blind. This
appropriation is from the general fund.
Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
natural resources or another named officer
for the purposes specified in this section 39,676,000
Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 500,000
To the commissioner of administration
to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
The commissioner of natural resources
shall determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 3. Office Facility
Completions 1,800,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip service facilities at
consolidated office sites.
Subd. 4. Fergus Falls
Office Consolidation 2,300,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip office and service facilities for
the consolidated area headquarters in
Fergus Falls.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 5. State Park and Recreation
Area Building Rehabilitation 2,400,000
For improvements of a capital nature to
repair, rehabilitate, construct, or add
to state park buildings throughout the
state, according to the management plan
required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
86A. The commissioner shall determine
project priorities as appropriate based
upon need.
Subd. 6. State Park and Recreation
Area Building Development 1,750,000
To construct, furnish, and equip new
buildings and associated utilities in
the state park system, according to the
management plan required in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 86A. $500,000 of
this amount is for an interpretive
center at Lake Bronson state park. The
commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate based upon
need.
Subd. 7. State Park and Recreation
Area Betterment and Rehabilitation 1,450,000
To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate
improvements of a capital nature at
state park and recreation area
facilities throughout the state,
including, but not limited to, resource
management projects, trail
rehabilitation, campground
rehabilitation, and road and bridge
repair. The commissioner shall
determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 8. State Park and
Recreation Area Acquisition 1,750,000
For acquisition from willing sellers of
private lands within state park and
recreation area boundaries established
by law. The commissioner shall
determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 9. Metro Regional Park
Rehabilitation, Acquisition, and
Development 9,400,000
This appropriation is for payment by
the commissioner of natural resources
to the metropolitan council. The
commissioner shall pay the amount on a
reimbursement basis to the metropolitan
council upon receipt of a certified
copy of a council resolution requesting
payment. The appropriation must be
used to pay the cost of rehabilitation,
acquisition, and development by the
council and local government units of
regional recreational open-space lands
in accordance with the council's policy
plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 473.315. The metropolitan
council, in cooperation with the city
of St. Paul, must develop a plan and
fund the restoration of oak savannah
remnants in two regional parks in
Ramsey county. This appropriation must
not be used for research, planning,
administration, or tax equivalency
payments. This appropriation may be
used for the purchase of homes only if
the purchases are included in the work
program required by law and they are
expressly approved by the legislative
commission on Minnesota resources.
Subd. 10. Mississippi River
Grant 700,000
This appropriation is for a grant to
the Minneapolis park and recreation
board, working in cooperation with the
city of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis
Community Development agency, to
acquire or develop land along the
Mississippi Riverfront in both the
Central Mississippi Riverfront park and
upper harbor area. If the park board
acquires land, the city and the
Minneapolis Community Development
agency must match the appropriation
from nonstate sources.
The funds appropriated under this
subdivision may not be used to acquire
land of a company engaged in the scrap
metal business.
Subd. 11. Trail Rehabilitation 500,000
To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate
improvements of a capital nature on the
Luce line trail, the Douglas trail, and
the North Shore trail. The
commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate based upon
need.
Subd. 12. Trail Acquisition
and Development 4,000,000
For acquisition and development of a
capital nature on state trails as
specified in Minnesota Statutes,
section 85.015. The commissioner shall
determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
$500,000 of this appropriation is for
acquisition and construction for the
Shooting Star trail and Goodhue Pioneer
trail portion of the Douglas trail,
provided that any land acquired must
provide a complete trail segment that
connects to a community or another
trail segment.
Subd. 13. Blue Earth/Minnesota
River Trail Acquisition 230,000
This appropriation is from the general
fund for capital planning for Blue
Earth/Minnesota river trail acquisition
and other recreational opportunities
within the Minnesota river valley. The
trail is to run along the Blue Earth
river from Mankato to the Iowa border
and along the Minnesota river from
Belle Plaine to the South Dakota
border. The commissioner must work
with local communities and citizens for
trail planning purposes. Planning for
other recreational purposes may include
public water accesses, canoe and
boating routes, and recreation areas
within the Minnesota river valley and
tributaries.
Subd. 14. Mesabi Trail System 500,000
For a grant to the St. Louis and Lake
counties' regional railroad authority
for completion of the primary segments
of the Mesabi trail system. This
appropriation is available to the
extent matched by money from other
sources.
Subd. 15. Well Inventory
and Sealing 696,000
To seal inactive wells on state-owned
land.
$276,000 of this appropriation is from
the general fund. The commissioner
shall determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 16. Dam Improvements 1,560,000
For the emergency repair,
reconstruction, or removal of publicly
owned dams throughout the state.
$910,000 of this appropriation is for a
grant to Rochester public utilities for
the repair of the Lake Zumbro
hydroelectric dam. The commissioner
shall determine remaining project
priorities as appropriate based upon
need as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 103G.511.
Subd. 17. Flood Hazard
Mitigation Grants 1,490,000
For the flood hazard mitigation grant
program to local government units for
capital improvements to prevent or
alleviate flood damages. The
commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate based upon
need.
Subd. 18. Forest Road and
Bridge Projects 250,000
For reconstruction, resurfacing,
replacement, or construction of
improvements of a capital nature to
state forest roads and bridges
throughout the state. The commissioner
shall determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 19. RIM Fisheries Improvement
Projects 250,000
For fish habitat improvement projects
of a capital nature statewide,
including installation of aeration
systems and shoreline stabilization.
The commissioner shall determine
project priorities as appropriate based
upon need.
Subd. 20. RIM Fisheries
Acquisition 300,000
For acquisition of trout and warm water
stream easements and aquatic management
areas. The commissioner shall
determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 21. RIM Wildlife, SNA,
and Prairie Bank Improvements 900,000
For development, protection, or
improvements of a capital nature to
wildlife management areas, state lands,
scientific and natural areas, and
prairie bank areas throughout the
state. The commissioner shall
determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Subd. 22. RIM Wildlife and Natural Area
Land Acquisition 3,500,000
To acquire land for wildlife management
areas under Minnesota Statutes, section
97A.135; to acquire land for scientific
and natural areas under Minnesota
Statutes, section 84.033; to acquire
native prairie bank easements under
Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96; for
the critical habitat private sector
matching account under Minnesota
Statutes, section 84.943; and for
acquisition and wetland restoration
under the North American Waterfowl
Management Plan. The commissioner
shall determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
$500,000 is for scientific and natural
areas and native prairie bank easements.
Subd. 23. St. Louis River
Land Acquisition 2,200,000
To acquire and preserve undeveloped
lands located along the St. Louis,
Cloquet, and Whiteface rivers. This
appropriation is available only if
approximately 4,000 acres of
privately-owned land identified in the
St. Louis river management plan have
been donated to the state.
Subd. 24. McQuade Public Access 500,000
For acquisition and development of a
public access on Lake Superior in the
city of Duluth, the town of Duluth, and
the town of Lakewood. This
appropriation must be matched by a
total of $350,000 from the iron range
resources and rehabilitation board and
nonstate sources and is contingent on
sufficient land owned by the cities and
the town, the value of which may not be
applied as part of the required match,
being made available to complete the
project.
Subd. 25. Eagle Creek Matching
Contributions
The first $1,500,000 of contributions
of land received after June 8, 1995, by
the state from private sources in the
Eagle Creek watershed may not be used
as match for the critical habitat
private sector matching account under
Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.
This subdivision is effective
retroactively to June 9, 1995.
Subd. 26. Residential Environmental
Learning Centers
After the first $12,500,000 in nonstate
matching money has been committed for
the Long Lake Conservation Center, the
Deep Portage Conservation Reserve, the
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning
Center, the Northwoods Audubon Center,
and the Forest Resource Center, as
required in Laws 1995, First Special
Session chapter 2, article 1, section
48, the specific appropriations for
these facilities in Laws 1994, chapter
643, section 23, subdivision 28, must
be distributed and administered
separately for each facility. The
balances of these specific
appropriations must be matched as
required in Laws 1995, First Special
Session chapter 2, article 1, section
48, for each facility separately.
Matching funds raised after January 1,
1992, and spent or committed to be
spent to plan, design, or construct
these facilities are eligible to count
toward the required match. The
predesign and design requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335, do
not apply to the specific
appropriations for these facilities in
Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 23,
subdivision 28.
Subd. 27. Laurentian Environmental
Learning Center 750,000
For a grant to independent school
district No. 621, Mounds View, for
capital improvements at the Laurentian
Environmental Learning Center,
including remodeling of existing
buildings, construction of new
buildings, demolition, roadway and
parking improvements, trail
improvements, and handicapped access
improvements. $250,000 of this
appropriation is available immediately.
The balance is available to the extent
matched by money from other sources.*
(The preceding subdivision was vetoed
by the governor.)
Subd. 28. Work Program
The commissioner of natural resources
must submit a work program and
semiannual progress reports in the form
determined by the legislative
commission on Minnesota resources and
request its recommendation before
spending any money appropriated by
subdivision 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13,
14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, or 27 of
this section. The commission's
recommendation is advisory only.
Failure to respond to a request within
60 days after receipt is a positive
recommendation. Work programs
involving land acquisition must include
a land acquisition plan.
Sec. 8. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 3,000,000
To the office of environmental
assistance for the solid waste capital
assistance grants program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.
Grants under this section are exempt
from the requirements of Minnesota
Statutes, section 16B.335.
Sec. 9. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of the pollution control agency for the
purposes specified in this section 3,550,000
Subd. 2. Red Wing Combined Sewer Overflow 3,350,000
For a combined sewer overflow grant
under Minnesota Statutes, section
116.162, to the city of Red Wing to
complete construction and separation of
its combined sewer system. This
appropriation must be matched dollar
for dollar from local sources. It is
the expectation of the legislature that
this will be the final appropriation
for the combined sewer overflow program.
Subd. 3. Automated Water
Quality Monitoring Systems 200,000
This appropriation is from the general
fund for ten permanent water quality
monitoring stations and equipment at
river and stream locations throughout
the state.
Sec. 10. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
Subdivision 1. To the public
facilities authority for the purposes
specified in this section 22,100,000
Subd. 2. Matching Money for
Federal Grants 4,000,000
For state matching money for federal
grants to capitalize the water
pollution control revolving fund and
the state drinking water revolving fund
under Minnesota Statutes, sections
446A.07 and 446A.081.
Expenditure of this appropriation is
limited to the minimum amount necessary
to match the allotment of federal money
to Minnesota. This appropriation must
be used for qualified capital projects.
Subd. 3. Wastewater Infrastructure Program 17,500,000
For loans to municipalities under new
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
This appropriation must be used for
qualified capital projects.
The wastewater infrastructure program
in new Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.072, is a continuation of the
program in Minnesota Statutes 1994,
section 446A.071. Any money previously
appropriated for the purposes of
Minnesota Statutes 1994, section
446A.071, is appropriated for the
purposes of this subdivision.
Subd. 4. Red Rock Rural Water
System 600,000
For a grant for up to 80 percent of the
cost of design and construction of an
elevated water tank and mainline for
the Red Rock rural water system, a
public water system authorized under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A.
Increased demand on the Red Rock rural
water system has resulted in problems
including dangerously low water levels
in an existing storage tank. This
appropriation is intended to allow the
Red Rock rural water system to address
these problems while avoiding
prohibitively high water rates. This
appropriation is available only if the
commissioner of natural resources finds
that the Red Rock rural water system
has instituted a uniform rate for water
service and has in place an approved
emergency and conservation plan as
required in Minnesota Statutes, section
103G.291, subdivision 3.
Sec. 11. BOARD OF WATER AND
SOIL RESOURCES
Subdivision 1. To the board
of water and soil resources for the
purposes in this section 14,750,000
Subd. 2. Area II Minnesota
River Basin 250,000
For grant-in-aid on roadside stormwater
retention projects initiated by local
governments in area II in the Minnesota
river basin.
Subd. 3. RIM and PWP Conservation
Easements 11,500,000
This appropriation is for the following
purposes:
(a) to acquire conservation easements
from landowners on marginal lands to
protect soil and water quality and to
support fish and wildlife habitat as
provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.515; and
(b) to acquire perpetual conservation
easements on existing type 1, 2, 3, and
6 wetlands, adjacent lands, and for the
establishment of permanent cover on
adjacent lands, in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.516.
(c) Up to $1,500,000 may be used for
the acquisition of limited conservation
easements that allow cropping or
grazing at reduced payment rates on
land that is currently or within the
last two years has been enrolled in the
federal Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP), under United States Code, title
16, section 3831. The board, in
conjunction with the commissioner of
agriculture, must select counties for
participation in the program based on:
(1) the number of CRP acres; (2) the
number of whole farm CRP acres; (3) the
number of highly erodible CRP acres;
(4) local soil conservation initiatives
in place; (5) the potential for
negative water quality impacts from CRP
acres converted to agricultural crop
production; and (6) the potential to
complement public wildlife lands and
other conservation lands, including
protected grassland prairies. A
conservation easement must be for 20
years and require that the activities
on the enrolled lands comply with a
conservation plan that will limit soil
erosion within the soil loss tolerance,
as defined in rules adopted under
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.411.
Payments for conservation easements and
practices under this program are as
follows:
(1) to establish permanent conservation
practices required by the conservation
plan, for the installation of permanent
livestock watering systems, or for the
installation of permanent fencing for
grazing systems, up to 75 percent of
the total eligible costs, not to exceed
an average of $75 per acre; and
(2) ten annual payments each equal to
five percent of the payment rate for
20-year easements acquired under
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515
for land restricted to grazing and
haying under the conservation plan; or
(3) ten annual payments each equal to
two and one-half percent of the payment
rate for 20-year easements acquired
under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.515 for land where cropping is
allowed under the conservation plan.
The board may only acquire an easement
under this paragraph after it
determines that there is adequate
funding appropriated to make the annual
payments required for the duration of
the easement and the landowner agrees
to convey at least ten percent of the
landowner's CRP land in a permanent
easement under Minnesota Statutes,
section 103F.515. Priority must be
given for land being conveyed or leased
to beginning farmers, as defined under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41C.02,
subdivision 6. Up to 20 percent of the
appropriation may be used for
professional and technical services
related to acquisition of the
easements. By March 15, 1997, the
board, in conjunction with the
commissioner of agriculture, shall
report to the finance division of the
senate environment and natural
resources committee and the house of
representatives environment and natural
resources finance committee on the
acquisition of easements under this
paragraph. The report must include an
analysis of the need for expansion of
the program to all agricultural areas
of the state in order to protect water
quality and provide necessary wildlife
habitat, and the adequacy of payments
under the program.
Subd. 4. Road Construction
Wetland Replacement Credit 3,000,000
To acquire land for wetlands or restore
wetlands to be used to replace wetlands
drained or filled as a result of the
repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation
of existing public roads, as provided
in new Minnesota Statutes, section
103G.222, paragraphs (m) to (o), if
1996 House File No. 787 is enacted.
Subd. 5. Work Program
The board of water and soil resources
must submit a work program and
semiannual progress reports in the form
determined by the legislative
commission on Minnesota resources and
request its recommendation before
spending any money appropriated by this
section. The commission's
recommendation is advisory only.
Failure to respond to a request within
60 days after receipt is a positive
recommendation. Work programs
involving land acquisition must include
a land acquisition plan.
Sec. 12. AGRICULTURE
Subdivision 1. To the
commissioner of agriculture for
purposes specified in this section 41,275,000
Subd. 2. Rural Finance
Authority 41,000,000
To the rural finance authority to
purchase participation interests in or
to make direct agricultural loans to
farmers under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 41B. This appropriation is for
the beginning farmer program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.039,
the loan restructuring program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.04, the
seller-sponsored program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042,
the agricultural improvement loan
program under Minnesota Statutes,
section 41B.043, and the livestock
expansion loan program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 41B.045. All debt
service on bond proceeds used to
finance this appropriation must be
repaid by the rural finance authority
under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.643. Loan participations must be
priced to provide full interest and
principal coverage and a reserve for
potential losses.
Loans for capital projects from this
appropriation are exempt from Minnesota
Statutes, section 16B.335. Priority
for loans must be given first to basic
beginning farmer loans; second, to
seller-sponsored loans; and third, to
agricultural improvement loans.
Subd. 3. Biological
Control Agents Greenhouse 275,000
To the commissioner of agriculture for
acquisition and construction of a
greenhouse to produce biological
control agents.
Sec. 13. ADMINISTRATION
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
administration or another named agency
for the purposes specified in this section 48,485,000
Subd. 2. Capital Asset
Preservation and Replacement (CAPRA) 12,000,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
Up to $900,000 of the money
appropriated in this subdivision may be
used as necessary to renovate the
Governor's Residence in St. Paul for
life safety, code, security, and
ancillary storage facility improvements.
In accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 16B.31, subdivision 6, the
commissioner of administration shall
identify the condition and suitability
of all major state buildings and office
space and report the commissioner's
findings by June 30, 1997, to the
chairs of the senate committee on
finance and the house of
representatives committees on ways and
means and on capital investment. The
report must identify the useful life,
the current condition, the estimated
cost of currently needed repairs, and
the suitability for the current state
purposes of all major state-owned
buildings and office space owned or
leased by the state. The legislature
intends to use the report in
considering future appropriations to
the commissioner of administration and
to state agencies for asset
preservation.
Subd. 3. Statewide Building Access 9,000,000
For improvements of a capital nature to
remove barriers and make state-owned
buildings, programs, and services
accessible to individuals with
disabilities, including compliance with
federal ADA guidelines. The
commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate based upon
need and shall take into consideration
the recommendations and priorities of
the council on disability. In
determining project priorities, the
commissioner must give lower priority
to projects in facilities which the
state intends to demolish, sell, or
abandon within five years.
Subd. 4. Renovate Capitol
Building 7,400,000
$4,800,000 is to predesign, design, and
reconstruct the northeast and northwest
terraces of the capitol building.
$1,400,000 is to renovate the lantern
and related structures on the capitol
dome.
$1,200,000 is to predesign, design
construct, furnish, and equip the
renovation of the capitol cafeteria and
related spaces.
The balance of the appropriation in
this subdivision that is not needed for
the projects specified may be used for
other structural stabilization projects
at the capitol or to improve the
capitol mall.
Subd. 5. Transportation
Building Phase IV 5,525,000
To continue life safety renovation at
the transportation building in St. Paul.
This renovation is to include new
heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning systems, elevators,
lighting, windows, and raised floors.
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund.
Account balances from previous
appropriations for earlier phases of
this continuing project may be used for
phase IV.
Subd. 6. Renovate Capitol
Area Elevators 1,500,000
To improve, upgrade, and modify
existing elevator equipment in the
capitol area.
Subd. 7. Agency Relocation 3,735,000
$1,670,000 is from the general fund to
relocate the print communications,
micrographics, and travel management
divisions of the department of
administration into a new support
services facility, and to relocate the
department of human rights, the driver
and vehicle services division of the
department of public safety, the
department of labor and industry in St.
Cloud, and the department of human
services in St. Cloud.
$116,000 is from the general fund to
complete the move of the Minnesota
historical society to the state history
center.
$25,000 is from the general fund for
unanticipated moving expenses.
$1,389,000 is from the trunk highway
fund for the partial relocation of the
department of transportation.
$535,000 is from the highway user tax
distribution fund to relocate the
driver and vehicle services division of
the department of public safety.
Subd. 8. Revenue Facilities
Design 1,950,000
To design new revenue department
facilities. $1,450,000 of this
appropriation is not available until
the report required by subdivision 10
has been completed. Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 15.50,
subdivision 2, paragraph (e), plans for
the building need not be selected
through a design competition.
The plans for the facilities for the
department of revenue may provide for
two or more buildings in separate
locations. The principal
administrative offices of the
department must be located in or near
the capitol area. Other operations may
be located outside of the capitol area
as appropriate and conveniently
situated for efficient operations of
the department.
The design development phase of the
revenue department building project
must include an analysis of the cost,
benefit, and operational feasibility of
relocating revenue department jobs to
areas in greater Minnesota.
Subd. 9. Support Services
Facility 2,000,000
To acquire land for print
communications, micrographics, records
center, and central stores. This
appropriation is not available until
the report required by subdivision 10
has been completed.
Subd. 10. Evaluate Capitol Area
Office Building Construction Plans 125,000
This appropriation is from the general
fund to the legislative coordinating
commission to evaluate the projects in
subdivisions 8 to 9 and how they fit
into the master plan for construction
of office buildings in the capitol
area. The evaluation must determine
the added costs and benefits, if any,
of building in the St. Paul central
business district over building in the
capitol complex. The evaluation must
be completed and reported to the chairs
of the senate finance and house ways
and means and capital investment
committees by October 15, 1996. This
appropriation is available until June
30, 1997.
In addition, the evaluation must
include an independent cost analysis of
the projects upon completion of the
construction drawings. The analysis
must be reported to the legislature and
approved before the commissioner of
administration may advertise for bids
on construction of any of the projects.
Subd. 11. Korean War Memorial 250,000
For design and construction of a Korean
war veterans memorial on the capitol
mall. In creating the memorial, the
commissioner may accept money from
nonstate sources. The design is
subject to approval by the capitol area
architectural and planning board.
Subd. 12. Robotics and Technical
Training Facility 5,000,000
This appropriation is from the general
fund to predesign, design, and
construct, a technical training and
classroom facility in St. Paul for
training in the use of robotics methods
in manufacturing and other subjects.
The facility shall be owned by the
state. It shall be managed to promote
the best interests of all parties
involved by a four-member board of
directors consisting of the
commissioner of administration and the
chancellor of the Minnesota state
colleges and universities or their
designees, and representatives of the
United Auto Workers local 879 and the
Ford Motor Company. The board may
delegate on-site management to Ford
Motor Company. This appropriation is
subject to negotiation of a use
agreement between the commissioner and
Ford Motor Company. The appropriation
is also contingent upon a match of at
least $1,600,000 of nonstate money.
The agreement shall include provisions
for equipment, maintenance, and
management of the facility. The
agreement shall provide for at least 20
percent use and access for students in
Minnesota state college and university
programs at no charge to the state over
the life of the agreement. The term of
the agreement shall be 25 years. The
commissioner shall consult with the
chancellor in negotiating the
educational provisions of the use
agreement.
Sec. 14. AMATEUR SPORTS
COMMISSION
Subdivision 1. To the amateur
sports commission for the purposes
specified in this section 21,600,000
Subd. 2. Ice Center Grants 8,000,000
(a) $6,500,000 is for grants of up to
$250,000 each to construct new ice
arenas and renovate existing arenas
throughout the state, according to
criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section
240A.09.
(b) $500,000 is for renovation grants
for arenas that are at least 20 years
old, which may be in amounts up to
$125,000.
(c) All new and renovated facilities
receiving grants must be publicly
owned. Projects receiving grants from
appropriations in items (a) and (b) are
exempt from the requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335.
(d) $1,000,000 of this amount may be
used only for a national curling center
in the Virginia, Mountain Iron,
Gilbert, and Eveleth area. The
facility may only be constructed after
endorsement by a national governing
body member of the United States
Olympic Committee.
Subd. 3. Land Acquisition
at National Sports Center 400,000
This appropriation is to acquire land
at the national sports center in Blaine
and related development costs of fees,
landscaping, parking, road access, and
construction needed to meet code
requirements.
Subd. 4. Ski Jump 500,000
For design, construction, and equipping
of a K70 ski jump in the Hyland
Hills/Bush Lake ski area.
Subd. 5. National Inner City Center 3,400,000
(a) For a grant to special school
district No. 1, Minneapolis, for an
urban sports facility, to be owned by
the district. The facility must be
located on land owned by the district.
(b) This appropriation is contingent on
the following:
(1) the commission has determined that
nonstate money in the amount of not
less than $8,000,000 has been committed
by nonstate sources for construction on
adjacent property of an integrated
community facility with a day care
center, a natatorium, and other sports
facilities to be owned and operated by
a nonprofit entity and providing sports
and community programming for urban
at-risk youth; and
(2) the nonprofit entity has agreed to
manage and operate the sports facility
and to pay all operating expenses at no
cost to the commission under a
management agreement complying with the
requirements of Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.695.
Subd. 6. National Volleyball Center 2,300,000
For a grant to the city of Rochester to
design, construct, furnish, and equip a
national volleyball center, to be
located on land owned by the city.
This grant is contingent upon a local
match of at least $2,300,000 from
nonstate sources. The facility may be
constructed only after endorsement by a
national governing body member of the
United States Olympic Committee.
Subd. 7. Mariucci Ice
and Tennis Facility 7,000,000
To the board of regents of the
University of Minnesota to predesign,
design, construct, and equip a new
facility adjacent to Mariucci arena on
the Minneapolis campus to include an
ice sheet and tennis courts.
Sec. 15. MILITARY AFFAIRS
Subdivision 1. To the adjutant
general or another named officer for the
purposes specified in this section 1,120,000
Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 500,000
To the commissioner of administration
to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
The commissioner shall give priority to
replacement and repair of roofs.
Subd. 3. Renovation of
Kitchen Facilities 400,000
To renovate kitchen facilities at
national guard training and community
centers in Thief River Falls, Wadena,
Willmar, Redwood Falls, Pine City,
Pipestone, Red Wing, Fergus Falls,
Hastings, and Sauk Centre. This
appropriation is exempt from the
requirements of Minnesota Statutes,
section 16B.335.
Subd. 4. Armory Facility and Ramp 220,000
This appropriation is from the general
fund to the commissioner of
administration for purchasing options
for land for a military affairs
facility and parking ramp in the
capitol area as defined in Minnesota
statutes, section 15.50. For this
purpose, the commissioner of
administration may also use
unencumbered balances of prior land
acquisition appropriations to the
commissioner.
Sec. 16. CORRECTIONS
Subdivision 1. To the
commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section 94,154,000
It is the policy of the state to
convert existing, surplus state
property for use as correctional
facilities, rather than construct new
facilities, whenever surplus state
property is available, appropriate, and
cost-effective for conversion.
Conversion of existing facilities
recycles buildings and materials, and
provides opportunities for current and
former state employees to continue
their careers without the total
disruption that relocation entails.
The commissioners of corrections and
human services shall evaluate the St.
Peter Regional Treatment Center
facilities as potential sites for
correction facilities, and shall report
their findings to the legislature by
February 1, 1997.
The commissioners of administration and
corrections and the adjutant general
must evaluate the feasibility of using
vacant or underutilized facilities at
Camp Ripley as a correctional
facility. The commissioners and the
adjutant general must report the
results of the facility evaluation to
the legislature by February 1, 1997.
Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 1,750,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
Subd. 3. New Facility 89,000,000
To complete design and to construct,
furnish, and equip a new close-custody
correctional facility to provide at
least 800 beds.
The commissioner of administration
shall develop a design alternative to
bid and construct one of the six
residential pods at the new facility to
accommodate two inmates per cell. This
would result in a total of 680 single
occupancy close-custody cells, and 136
medium-custody double occupancy cells.
The commissioner of administration may
use construction delivery methods as
may be appropriate to minimize the cost
of the facility and maximize the
construction time savings.
Before final contract documents for
this project are advertised for
construction bids, the commissioners of
administration and corrections shall
certify to the chairs of the senate
finance committee, the senate crime
prevention finance division, the house
ways and means committee, the house
judiciary finance committee, and the
house capital investment committee that
the program scope of the project has
not increased since the project budget
was reviewed in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335.
Upon receipt and evaluation of
construction bids and before awarding
contracts for the construction phase of
the project, the commissioner of
administration shall provide the bids
and evaluation to the chairs of the
senate finance committee and the house
ways and means committee and the chairs
of the policy committees and finance
divisions having jurisdiction over
criminal justice policy. Within 14
days after receiving them, the chairs
shall advise the commissioner on which
design should be constructed.
If the chairs advise the 952-bed
option, but the legislature does not
appropriate by April 15, 1997, any
additional money that may be needed to
complete the project with that option,
the commissioner shall award the bids
for the 800-bed single-cell
close-custody facility in order to
avoid delays that would further
escalate the cost of the project.
Upon receipt and evaluation of
construction bids and before awarding
contracts for the construction phase of
the project, the commissioners of
administration and finance shall inform
the same committee chairs of the
project budget necessary to complete
that portion of the project. Any
portion of this appropriation that
exceeds the project budget shall be
unallotted by the commissioner of
finance.
By February 1 of each year, the
commissioner shall report to the chairs
of the house judiciary committee and
senate crime prevention committee on
efforts to recruit a workforce for the
correctional facility that is
proportional to the protected groups in
the inmate population, the results of
the efforts, and recommendations for
achieving the goal of proportional
representation of protected class
employees in relation to the inmate
population.
Subd. 4. Bed Expansion for
Geriatric Inmates - Ah Gwah Ching 700,000
To predesign, design, remodel,
construct, furnish, and equip new space
for 100 beds for geriatric inmates and
inmates with special medical needs at
the Minnesota correctional facility -
Ah Gwah Ching.
The commissioners of corrections and
human services must enter into
agreements to establish the
correctional facility at Ah Gwah Ching
with appropriations available for this
purpose.* (The preceding subdivision
was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 5. Inmate
Bed Expansion - Brainerd 1,500,000
For capital improvements to the
Brainerd regional human services center
to establish a correctional facility
for medium and minimum security inmates
and to establish a special unit for
inmates with medical needs.
Subd. 6. Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Lino Lakes 500,000
For predesign and design of a
segregation unit for 80 medium security
beds.
Subd. 7. Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Red Wing
By February 15, 1997, the commissioner
of corrections shall report to the
chairs of the house of representatives
and senate committees having
jurisdiction over criminal justice
funding on the advisability of
converting the Minnesota correctional
facility at Red Wing to a minimum
security facility for adults.
Subd. 8. Third Judicial District
Regional Juvenile Treatment Center-Rochester 680,000
For a grant to Olmsted county. The
grant is to design, remodel, equip, and
furnish building No. 7 on the campus of
the former Rochester State Hospital.
The remodeled building is to be used
for juvenile sex offenders and
predelinquent or delinquent youths as a
part of an integrated, comprehensive
juvenile services model for the third
judicial district. For purposes of
this grant, Olmsted county is the
fiscal agent for participating counties.
Subd. 9. Braham Site Costs Grant 24,000
For a grant to reimburse the city of
Braham for costs incurred in attempting
to qualify as a site for a new state
correctional facility for male
offenders. Reimbursable costs include
but are not limited to planning
expenses, site analysis, purchase of
land options, legal services,
engineering surveys, and water and
sewer utility extensions. This
appropriation is from the general fund.
Sec. 17. HUMAN SERVICES
Subdivision 1. To the
commissioner of administration for the
purposes specified in this section 8,807,000
Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 1,000,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
The commissioner of administration
shall give priority to replacement and
repair of roofs and fire alarm systems.
Subd. 3. Anoka Metro Regional
Treatment Center 322,000
For predesign and design of
improvements to the existing
residential, program, clinical, and
ancillary support areas in the Miller
building.
Subd. 4. Brainerd Regional
Human Services Center 1,500,000
To improve and upgrade heating,
ventilation, cooling, air conditioning,
and electrical systems in the most
critical residential areas at the
center as determined by the
commissioner of human services.
Subd. 5. Cambridge Regional
Human Services Center 3,400,000
This appropriation is to demolish
existing buildings and design,
construct, and equip new facilities for
the first 36 out of 72 beds proposed
for the Minnesota extended treatment
option (METO) program; to renovate the
auditorium building for recreational
and program activities; and to renovate
the laundry building for work activity
programs.
Subd. 6. Fergus Falls Regional
Treatment Center Renovation Predesign 85,000
For predesign of improvements to
upgrade and consolidate residential,
program, and ancillary services at the
Fergus Falls campus.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 7. Willmar Regional Treatment Center
Residential and Program Space Remodeling 2,500,000
For design and renovation of buildings
1 and 7 for use as an adolescent
treatment unit at the Willmar regional
treatment center.
Sec. 18. VETERANS HOMES BOARD
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
administration for the purposes specified
in this section 740,000
Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 500,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
The commissioner shall give priority to
elimination or containment of hazardous
substances at facilities operated by
the veterans homes board, and to
acquisition and installation of an
emergency generator at the Hastings
veterans home.
Subd. 3. Silver Bay Dementia Unit 240,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip an addition to the Silver Bay
veterans home to be used for a day
room, activity area, and wander area
for dementia and alzheimer patients.
Sec. 19. TRANSPORTATION
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of transportation for the purposes
specified in this section 49,639,000
Subd. 2. Port Development Assistance
Program 3,000,000
For port improvement projects to
repair, construct, and improve terminal
structures, equipment, and access as
authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 457A. Grants awarded under
this subdivision are contingent upon a
$4 state to $1 local match. The grants
must be made to political subdivisions
or port authorities for capital
improvements. Any improvements made
with the proceeds of these grants must
be publicly owned.
Subd. 3. Metro Public Safety Radio
System 15,000,000
$7,500,000 of this appropriation is
from the trunk highway fund.
This appropriation is to construct the
initial backbone of the metropolitan
regionwide public safety radio
communications system described in
Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.891 to
473.905. The appropriation is not
available until the commissioner of
finance has determined that the amount
necessary to complete the initial
backbone has been committed by other
sources. The other sources may include
the $10,000,000 of bonds supported by
appropriations from the 911 emergency
telephone service fee account in the
state government special revenue fund
and the $3,000,000 of bonds supported
by the full faith and credit and taxing
powers of the metropolitan council that
are authorized by Minnesota Statutes,
sections 473.891 to 473.905, as well as
contributions from other nonstate
sources.
Subd. 4. Local Bridge
Replacement and Rehabilitation 10,000,000
This appropriation is from the state
transportation fund as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to
match federal funds and to replace or
rehabilitate local deficient bridges.
Political subdivisions may use grants
made under this section to construct or
reconstruct bridges, including:
(1) matching federal-aid grants to
construct or reconstruct key bridges;
(2) paying the costs of preliminary
engineering and environmental studies
authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
section 174.50, subdivision 6a;
(3) paying the costs to abandon an
existing bridge that is deficient and
in need of replacement, but where no
replacement will be made; and
(4) paying the costs to construct a
road or street to facilitate the
abandonment of an existing bridge
determined by the commissioner to be
deficient, if the commissioner
determines that construction of the
road or street is more cost-efficient
than the replacement of the existing
bridge.
Subd. 5. Trunk Highway
Facility Projects 20,454,000
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund.
(1) For construction documents, construction,
furnishing, and equipping of Bemidji
headquarters building to replace the existing
facility. The new facility will house the district
staff, support services, design, construction,
right-of-way, materials engineering, maintenance,
radio shop, inventory center, vehicle maintenance,
vehicle storage, bridge maintenance, and building
services 9,000,000
(2) Repair, replace, construct, or develop
additions to chemical and salt storage buildings
at 29 department of transportation locations
statewide 1,000,000
(3) For schematic design, design
development, construction documents, construction,
furnishing, and equipping of an addition to the
Rochester district office and state patrol center 1,260,000
(4) Construct, furnish, and equip a new
equipment storage building on a new site in
Pipestone to replace the existing facility 520,000
(5) Construct, furnish, and equip a new
equipment storage building on a new site in
Deer Lake to combine and replace existing
operations at Togo and Effie 644,000
(6) Construct, furnish, and equip a new
equipment storage building on a new site in
Rushford to replace the existing facility 663,000
(7) For construction documents, construction,
furnishing, and equipping of an addition to the
central services building at Fort Snelling for
heated storage 855,000
(8) Schematic design, design development,
and construction documents for projects
at Duluth, St. Cloud, Jordan, Fort Snelling,
Golden Valley, and a new record building 677,000
(9) Design, construction, equipping, and
furnishing of an addition to the Garrison truck
station and related improvements 206,000
(10) For construction documents, construction,
furnishing, and equipping of an addition
to the Hastings truck station 1,362,000
(11) Construct, furnish, and equip a new
equipment storage building on a new site in
Gaylord to replace the existing facility 680,000
(12) Remove asbestos from various
department of transportation buildings statewide 200,000
(13) Construct, furnish, and equip a new
equipment storage building on a new site
in Hibbing to replace the existing facility.
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.33, does not
apply to this project 1,237,000
(14) Design, construction, equipping, and
furnishing of an addition to the Long
Prairie truck station and related improvements 215,000
(15) Design, construction, equipping, and
furnishing of an addition to the Forest
Lake truck station and related improvements 451,000
(16) Design, construction, equipping, and
furnishing of an addition to the Erskine
truck station and related improvements 300,000
(17) Construct, furnish, and equip class
II safety rest areas in Fillmore county,
Cook county, and Kanabec county 120,000
(18) Construct pole-type storage buildings
at department of transportation locations
throughout the state 350,000
(19) Land acquisition at Fort Snelling
next to the central services complex when
it is made available as surplus property
by the federal government 200,000
(20) Design, construction, equipping, and
furnishing of an addition to the Dilworth
truck station and related improvements 514,000
(21) Clauses (1) to (20)
are exempt from the requirements
of Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335.
(22) The money for a project in
this section is available only if
not funded in another law enacted
in 1996.
Subd. 6. Drivers' Examination
Stations 1,185,000
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund to the commissioner of
transportation for capital improvements
to license exam stations, grounds, and
facilities at Arden Hills, Eagan, and
Plymouth.
Sec. 20. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
Subdivision 1. (a) To the commissioner
of the housing finance agency for building
construction and rehabilitation or financing
of building construction and rehabilitation
for the purposes specified in this section 3,500,000
(b) At least 25 percent of the total
appropriation under this section,
except those grants made under the
neighborhood land trust program, must
utilize youthbuild, Minnesota Statutes,
sections 268.361 to 268.367, or other
youth employment and training programs
to do the labor portion of the
construction. Eligible programs must
consult with appropriate labor
organizations to deliver education and
training. In making grants under this
section, the commissioner shall use a
request for proposal process.
Subd. 2. Grants for Transitional
Housing Loans for Families, Homeless
Youth, and Battered Women 2,500,000
To the commissioner of the housing
finance agency for the purpose of
making transitional housing loans,
including loans for housing for
homeless youths, homeless families, and
battered women to local government
units authorized under Minnesota
Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision
2.
Subd. 3. Neighborhood Land
Trust Program 1,000,000
To the Minnesota housing finance
agency's local government unit housing
account established in Minnesota
Statutes, section 462A.202, for loans
with or without interest to a city to
purchase or acquire land and buildings
for purposes of the neighborhood land
trust program under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 462A.30 and 462A.31, upon
terms and conditions the agency
determines.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Sec. 21. ECONOMIC SECURITY 3,500,000
To the commissioner of economic
security for grants to state agencies
and political subdivisions to construct
or rehabilitate facilities for Head
Start or other early childhood learning
programs, for crisis nurseries, or for
child visitation centers under
Minnesota Statutes, section 268.917,
and for drop-in centers, recreational
space, and other facilities to serve
homeless youth under new Minnesota
Statutes, section 268.918.
Grants for early childhood learning
programs may be committed so that
recipients may leverage the grants to
obtain other money for the program.
No project for homeless youth
facilities may receive a grant of more
than $250,000.
At least 25 percent, up to $50,000, of
each grant under this section must
utilize youthbuild, Minnesota Statutes,
sections 268.361 to 268.367, or other
youth employment and training programs
to do the labor portion of the
construction. Eligible programs must
consult with appropriate labor
organizations to deliver education and
training. In making grants under this
section, the commissioner shall use a
request for proposal process.
Sec. 22. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Subdivision 1. To the Minnesota
historical society for the purposes
specified in this section 5,950,000
Subd. 2. Historic Site
Preservation and Repair 3,000,000
For capital repair, reconstruction, or
replacement of deferred maintenance
needs at state historic sites,
buildings, exhibits, markers, and
monuments, including restoration of the
fire tower at the forest history
center. The society shall determine
project priorities as appropriate based
on need.
Subd. 3. Historic Site
Network Master Planning 300,000
For updating of master plans for the
state historic sites network. This
appropriation is from the general fund
and is available until June 30, 1998.*
(The preceding subdivision was vetoed
by the governor.)
Subd. 4. County and Local
Preservation Projects 750,000
To be allocated to county and local
jurisdictions as matching money for
historic preservation projects of a
capital nature. Grant recipients must
be public entities and must match state
funds on at least an equal basis. The
facilities must be publicly owned.
Subd. 5. 1879 Sibley County
Courthouse Restoration 250,000
For a grant to the city of Henderson
for the restoration, and life safety
and handicapped accessibility
upgrading, of the 1879 Sibley County
Courthouse in preparation for its use
as the Joseph R. Brown Interpretive
Center.
Subd. 6. St. Anthony Falls
Heritage Zone Implementation 1,000,000
For a grant to the St. Anthony Falls
heritage board for capital improvements
to implement the comprehensive
interpretive development plan for the
historic resources of the St. Anthony
Falls historic district.
Subd. 7. Battle Point 500,000
For a grant to independent school
district No. 115, Cass Lake-Bena, for
capital improvements at the Battle
Point historic site. This
appropriation may be supplemented with
money from other sources.
Subd. 8. Pickwick Mill 150,000
For a grant to Winona county for
renovation of the historic Pickwick
Mill.
Sec. 23. PUBLIC SERVICE 4,000,000
To the commissioner of finance for the
energy conservation investment loan
program in the department of public
service under Minnesota Statutes,
section 216C.37.
Sec. 24. GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
administration for the purposes specified
in this section 69,410,000
Subd. 2. Austin School District No. 492 975,000
For a grant to independent school
district No. 492, Austin, to construct
a television transmitter in the
Rushford area to broadcast the signal
of public television station KSMQ-TV
into Fillmore, Houston, and Winona
counties, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695.
Subd. 3. Family Practice Residency
Program Grant 1,400,000
For a grant to the city of Duluth for
Miller-Dwan hospital, the
establishment, administration,
management, maintenance, improvement,
and financing of which is authorized
under Laws 1994, chapter 471. The
grant is for remodeling a clinic
building used by a family practice
residency program that places
two-thirds of its graduates in
Minnesota communities outside the
seven-county metropolitan area. The
grant is contingent upon a local match
of $1 for each $2 of state money.
Subd. 4. Farmamerica 400,000
For a grant to Farmamerica in Waseca
county for signage and for hard
surfacing of walkways, trails, and
roads related to the Farmamerica
facility.* (The preceding subdivision
was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 5. Headwaters Science Grant 200,000
For a grant to the city of Bemidji for
predesign and design of the headwaters
science center.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 6. Lake Superior Center 10,000,000
For a grant to the Lake Superior Center
authority for costs to design,
construct, furnish, and equip the Lake
Superior Center in Duluth. All land,
buildings, and capital assets must be
owned by the Lake Superior Center
authority. This appropriation is not
available until the commissioner of
administration has received commitments
from the city of Duluth that the city
will secure money from nonstate sources
to pay the operating costs of the Lake
Superior Center, if necessary. This
appropriation is not available until
the commissioner of administration has
also determined that the match required
in Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 2,
subdivision 10, of $8,000,000 from
federal or nonstate sources, has been
committed and that an additional
$3,500,000 from nonstate sources has
been committed to the project.
Subd. 7. Lake Superior
Zoological Gardens 1,500,000
For a grant to the city of Duluth for
the purpose of constructing an animal
containment facility and new exhibits
at the Lake Superior Zoological
Gardens.* (The preceding subdivision
was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 8. Lyn/Lake/Jungle
Theatre Performing Arts Center 335,000
For a grant to Hennepin county to
design, construct, furnish, and equip
the Lyn/Lake/Jungle Theatre community
performing arts center, subject to
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner has determined
that at least $1,630,000 has been
committed by nonstate sources to
complete the Lyn/Lake/Jungle Theatre.
Subd. 9. Milwaukee Road
Depot in Montevideo 500,000
For a grant to the city of Montevideo
to restore the Milwaukee Road Depot in
Montevideo.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 10. Minneapolis Convention Center 12,000,000
For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
for land acquisition and related site
acquisition costs related to expansion
of the Minneapolis convention center.
The city shall utilize this grant in
such a way as not to compel the
legislature in any way to be required
to provide subsequent appropriations
for this project.
As a condition of this grant, the city
of Minneapolis shall provide a report
to the chairs of the house ways and
means committee, house capital
investment committee, senate finance
committee, and commissioner of finance
on or before July 1, 1997, which
describes the long-term financing plan
for expansion of the convention
center. This financing plan must
identify all capital and operating
costs associated with the expansion
project and identify sources of
financing, including alternatives to
state participation in capital costs
for the project.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 11. Multijurisdictional
Reinvestment Programs 10,000,000
For a grant to Hennepin county to carry
out projects (a), (b), and (c) in
accordance with the multijurisdictional
reinvestment program plan established
as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 383B.79. The amount to be
spent for each project, if anything,
may be determined by Hennepin county.
(a) Humboldt Avenue Project. To
acquire land for green space connecting
the campuses of three schools in the
vicinity of Humboldt Avenue North.
Development of the green space, which
will be paid for by Hennepin county,
will include reclamation of wetland
amenities for public use and
construction of a parkway. Hennepin
county shall consult with and seek
advice from the affected residents,
cities, and school districts.
(b) 29th Street Corridor. To design
and construct the 29th Street Corridor
bikeway and trailway and a greenway
connecting it to the Urban Village
housing project in Minneapolis.
(c) Shingle Creek Pond. To develop a
stormwater retention pond to reduce
runoff and minimize pollution of
Shingle Creek. The project must be
compatible and consistent with a
comprehensive multijurisdictional
reinvestment program established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 383B.79.
(d) The government jurisdictions
participating in these projects must
match in the aggregate the total state
contribution under this subdivision on
at least a dollar-for-dollar basis.
The government jurisdictions, however
constituted, may use any nonstate money
under their control to meet the match
requirement.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 12. Prairieland Expo 1,500,000
(a) For a grant to the southwest
regional development commission to
construct, equip, and furnish a
facility to display, preserve, and
interpret the history of southwest
Minnesota, as authorized in Minnesota
Statutes, section 462.3911. The
facility is to be known as "Prairieland
Expo."
(b) The facility must be owned by the
southwest regional development
commission. The southwest regional
development commission may enter into a
lease or management contract with an
entity under Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.695, for operation,
management, and oversight of the
facility.
(c) This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner of
administration has determined that the
necessary financing to complete the
project has been committed by nonstate
sources, and the commissioner has
received commitments from the southwest
regional development commission that
the commission will secure money from
nonstate sources to pay the operating
costs of Prairieland Expo, if necessary.
Subd. 13. Science Museum
of Minnesota 30,000,000
For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
design, construct, furnish, and equip a
science museum in St. Paul.
This appropriation is not available
until matched by at least $59,000,000
in nonstate funds and is not available
until the city of St. Paul has provided
written evidence of the availability of
matching funds to the commissioner of
finance and the commissioner of finance
has determined that all matching
requirements of current and prior
appropriations for this project have
been met. This is the final state
appropriation for this project.
Subd. 14. Stearns County Quarry Park and
Nature Preserve 250,000
For a grant to Stearns county to design
and develop the first phase of this
park. Eligible project costs include
site reclamation and capital
improvements to provide public access
for trail activities, swimming, scuba,
rock climbing, ski touring, mountain
biking, and general outdoor recreation.
Subd. 15. Voyageur Center 350,000
For a grant to the city of
International Falls for the predesign
and design of an interpretive and
conference center. The center shall
provide educational opportunities and
enhance tourism by presenting
information and displays which preserve
and interpret the history of the
voyageur and related animals,
emphasizing the importance of the fur
trade to the history and development of
the region and the state. The center
shall include conference facilities.
The center shall be located in the city
of International Falls. The city may
enter into a lease or management
contract with a nonprofit entity under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695,
for operation of the center. In
developing plans for the facility the
commissioner must consult with the
small business development center
located at Rainy River Community
College.* (The preceding subdivision
was vetoed by the governor.)
Sec. 25. BOND SALE EXPENSES 608,000
To the commissioner of finance for bond
sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.641, subdivision 8.
Sec. 26. Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2,
article 1, section 13, is amended to read:
Sec. 13. BOND SALE SCHEDULE
The commissioner of finance shall
schedule the sale of state general
obligation bonds so that, during the
biennium ending June 30, 1997, no more
than $458,704,000 $446,840,000 will
need to be transferred from the general
fund to the state bond fund to pay
principal and interest due and to
become due on outstanding state general
obligation bonds. During the biennium,
before each sale of state general
obligation bonds, the commissioner of
finance shall calculate the amount of
debt service payments needed on bonds
previously issued and shall estimate
the amount of debt service payments
that will be needed on the bonds
scheduled to be sold, the commissioner
shall adjust the amount of bonds
scheduled to be sold so as to remain
within the limit set by this section.
The amount needed to make the debt
service payments is appropriated from
the general fund as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.
Sec. 27. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money
appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund the
commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell
and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $597,110,000 in
the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
Subd. 2. [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money
appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the
commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell
and issue general obligation bonds of the state in an amount up
to $10,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the
effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to
16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections
4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and
any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited
to a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
Sec. 28. [BOND REAUTHORIZATIONS.]
The following bond authorizations, which have been reported
to the legislature according to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.642, subdivision 1, are reauthorized, and do not cancel
under the terms of that subdivision:
(1) an amount remaining of $7,000,000 for appropriations
from the state transportation fund for railroad assistance,
authorized in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 22;
(2) an amount remaining of $2,463,442 for appropriations
from the bond proceeds fund for programs of the rural finance
authority, authorized in Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 6,
section 19, subdivision 1;
(3) an amount remaining of $121,756.89 for appropriations
from the bond proceeds fund for betterment of state trails,
authorized in Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 25, subdivision 1;
and
(4) an amount remaining of $1,654,993.40 for appropriations
from the water pollution control fund for wastewater treatment,
authorized in Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 25, subdivision 5.
Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section
16A.28, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.] An appropriation for
permanent improvements to acquire or better public land or
buildings or other public improvements of a capital nature,
including the acquisition of real property does not lapse until
the purposes of the appropriation are determined by the
commissioner, after consultation with the affected agencies, to
be accomplished or abandoned. This subdivision also applies to
any part of an appropriation for a fiscal year that has been
requisitioned to acquire real property or construct permanent
improvements. An appropriation to pay moving expenses lapses at
the end of the third fiscal year during which it was made
available.
Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.632, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [REPORT.] By January 15 of each year the
commissioner of administration, with respect to each state
agency, shall submit to the commissioner of finance, the chairs
of the finance divisions that oversee the appropriations to that
state agency, and to the chairs of the senate finance committee
and the house of representatives capital investment committee, a
list of the projects in the agency that have been funded with
money from the capital asset preservation and replacement
account during the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of
those priority projects for which CAPRA appropriations will be
sought for the agency in that year's legislative session.
Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.641,
subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.] (a) The proceeds of
bonds issued under each law are appropriated for the purposes
described in the law and in this subdivision. This
appropriation may never be canceled.
(b) Before the proceeds are received in the proper special
fund, the commissioner may transfer to that fund from the
general fund amounts not exceeding the expected proceeds from
the next bond sale. The commissioner shall return these amounts
to the general fund by transferring proceeds when received. The
amounts of these transfers are appropriated from the general
fund and from the bond proceeds.
(c) Actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of
employees and all other nonsalary expenses incidental to the
sale, printing, execution, and delivery of bonds must be paid
from the proceeds. The proceeds are appropriated for this
purpose. Bond proceeds must not be used to pay any part of the
salary of a state employee involved in the sale, printing,
execution, or delivery of the bonds.
(d) Bond proceeds remaining in a special fund after the
purposes for which the bonds were issued are accomplished or
abandoned, as certified by the head of the agency administering
the special fund, or as determined by the commissioner, unless
devoted under the appropriation act to another purpose
designated in the act, shall be transferred to the state bond
fund.
Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.695, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. [PROGRAM FUNDING.] Recipients of grants from
money appropriated from the bond proceeds fund must demonstrate
to the commissioner of the agency making the grant that the
recipient has the ability and a plan to fund the program
intended for the facility. A private nonprofit organization
that leases or manages a facility acquired or bettered with
grant money appropriated from the bond proceeds fund must
demonstrate to the commissioner of the agency making the grant
that the organization has the ability and a plan to fund the
program intended for the facility.
Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.24,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [PROPERTY RENTAL.] (a) [LEASES.] The
commissioner shall rent land and other premises when necessary
for state purposes. Notwithstanding subdivision 6a, paragraph
(a), the commissioner may lease land or premises for up to ten
years, subject to cancellation upon 30 days' written notice by
the state for any reason except rental lease of other
non-state-owned land or premises for the same use. The
commissioner may not rent lease non-state-owned land and
buildings or substantial portions of land or buildings within
the capitol area as defined in section 15.50 unless the
commissioner first consults with the capitol area architectural
and planning board. If the commissioner enters into a
lease-purchase agreement for buildings or substantial portions
of buildings within the capitol area, the commissioner shall
require that any new construction of non-state-owned buildings
conform to design guidelines of the capitol area architectural
and planning board. Lands needed by the department of
transportation for storage of vehicles or road materials may
be rented leased for five years or less, such leases for terms
over two years being subject to cancellation upon 30 days
written notice by the state for any reason except rental lease
of other non-state-owned land or premises for the same use. An
agency or department head must consult with the chairs of the
house appropriations and senate finance committees before
entering into any agreement that would cause an agency's rental
costs to increase by ten percent or more per square foot or
would increase the number of square feet of office space rented
by the agency by 25 percent or more in any fiscal year.
(b) [USE VACANT PUBLIC SPACE.] No agency may initiate or
renew a lease for space for its own use in a private building
unless the commissioner has thoroughly investigated presently
vacant space in public buildings, such as closed school
buildings, and found that none is available or use of the space
is not feasible, prudent, and cost-effective compared with
available alternatives.
(c) [PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS.] For needs beyond
those which can be accommodated in state-owned buildings, the
commissioner shall acquire and utilize space in suitable
buildings of historical, architectural, or cultural significance
for the purposes of this subdivision unless use of that space is
not feasible, prudent and cost-effective compared with available
alternatives. Buildings are of historical, architectural, or
cultural significance if they are listed on the national
register of historic places, designated by a state or county
historical society, or designated by a municipal preservation
commission.
(d) [RECYCLING SPACE.] Leases for space of 30 days or more
for 5,000 square feet or more must require that space be
provided for recyclable materials.
Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.24,
subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
Subd. 6a. [LEASE WITH OPTION TO BUY LEASE-PURCHASE
AGREEMENT; CANCELLATION.] (a) With the approval of the
commissioner of finance and the recommendation of the
legislative advisory commission, the commissioner of
administration may lease land or premises for as long as 20
years if the lease agreement provides enter into lease-purchase
agreements. A lease-purchase agreement must provide the
state with a unilateral right to purchase all the leased land
and premises and if the lease agreement provides for the
transfer of the ownership of the leased land and buildings upon
normal termination of the lease for an amount not to exceed
$1 at specified times for specified amounts. Under these lease
agreements, the lease rental rates shall not be more than market
rental rates. The unilateral right must be available at any
time during the lease agreement. If the commissioner chooses to
exercise the option Notwithstanding subdivision 6, the term of
the lease may be for more than ten years, but must not exceed 20
years. Prior to exercising the state's right to purchase prior
to the normal termination of the lease premises, the
commissioner shall obtain the approval of purchase must be
approved by an act of the legislature.
(b) A lease with option to buy lease-purchase agreement
entered into under paragraph (a) is must be subject to
cancellation upon 30 days written notice by the state for any
reason except rental of other land or premises for the same use.
Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section
16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR REMODELING.] (a)
The commissioner, or any other recipient to whom an
appropriation is made to acquire or better public lands or
buildings or other public improvements of a capital nature, must
not prepare final plans and specifications for any construction,
major remodeling, or land acquisition in anticipation of which
the appropriation was made until the agency that will use the
project has presented the program plan and cost estimates for
all elements necessary to complete the project to the chair of
the senate finance committee and the chair of the house ways and
means committee and the chairs have made their recommendations,
and the chair of the house capital investment committee is
notified. "Construction or major remodeling" means construction
of a new building or substantial alteration of the exterior
dimensions or interior configuration of an existing building.
The presentation must note any significant changes in the work
that will be done, or in its cost, since the appropriation for
the project was enacted or from the predesign submittal. The
program plans and estimates must be presented for review at
least two weeks before a recommendation is needed. The
recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a
recommendation is considered a negative recommendation. The
chairs of the senate finance committee, the house capital
investment committee, and the house ways and means committee
must also be notified whenever there is a substantial change in
a construction or major remodeling project, or in its cost.
(b) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this
section include construction, renovation, or improvements to
dams, highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not
consisting primarily of offices or heated work areas, trails,
bike paths, sewer separation projects, water and wastewater
facilities, campgrounds, roads, bridges, or any other capital
project with a construction cost of less than $200,000.
Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.19,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [PROCEDURE.] For the purpose of developing
the state's agricultural resources by providing for the
extension of credit on real estate security and to assure the
timely payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or
other obligations issued by the rural finance authority, and
upon request of the rural finance authority under section
41B.08, the commissioner of finance may at the direction of the
authority, issue general obligation bonds of the state in a
principal amount not exceeding $50,000,000. Additional amounts
for the same purpose may be authorized from time to time by
law. The bonds must be secured as provided in the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, section 7, and, except as provided in
this section, must be issued and secured as provided in section
16A.641. The proceeds of the bonds, except any premium and
accrued interest, must be deposited and held in the security
account established by this section, and disbursed from, a
separate account in the bond proceeds fund and used solely for
the purposes specified in this section. The authority may use
the proceeds of the bonds to make direct loans or to purchase
participations in qualified agricultural loans as provided in
this chapter. The participations purchased with the bond
proceeds must be held as assets of the rural renewal bond
account established by subdivision 4 in the state bond fund.
The premium and accrued interest, if any, must be deposited in
the the rural renewal bond account in the state bond fund.
Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.195, is
amended to read:
41B.195 [ADDITIONAL USE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.]
Notwithstanding the limit set forth in section 41B.19,
subdivision 1, the commissioner of finance, upon the request of
the rural finance authority, may issue the general obligation
bonds authorized by section 41B.19 and use the proceeds of the
bonds to purchase participations in qualified agricultural loans
if the commissioner determines that it is not practical or
efficient to issue revenue bonds under section 41B.08 for the
purpose of sections 41B.025, subdivision 5, 41B.037, 41B.038,
and 41B.04 as a result of reduced program size or increased
program costs. Subject to the other provisions of this section,
the proceeds of the bonds must be deposited, held, and disbursed
from a separate account, the bonds are payable from the bond
account established by section 41B.19, subdivision 4, and the
participations purchased with the bond proceeds must be held as
assets of the bond account. If the rural finance authority
later determines to issue revenue bonds under section 41B.08 for
the purposes specified in section 41B.04, the commissioner may
by order provide for the transfer of all or a portion of the
remaining general obligation bond proceeds and interest on them,
and all or a portion of the participations purchased with the
bond proceeds and proceeds of them, to be transferred to the
security account established in section 41B.19, subdivision 5,
and used for the purposes specified in section 41B.19,
subdivisions 1 and 5.
Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124C.73,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [QUALIFICATION.] A school district that
meets the criteria required under subdivision 2 may apply for a
grant in an amount up to 50 percent of the approved costs of
removing architectural barriers from a building or site. A
grant may not exceed $150,000 to a recipient district in any
fiscal year.
Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 134.45,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [QUALIFICATION.] A public library jurisdiction
may apply for a grant in an amount up to $150,000 or 50 percent
of the approved costs of removing architectural barriers from a
building or site, whichever is less. Grants may be made only
for projects in existing buildings used as a library, or to
prepare another existing building for use as a library. Grants
must not be used to pay part of the cost of meeting
accessibility requirements in a new building.
Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 134.45,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [AWARD OF GRANTS.] The commissioner, in
consultation with the state council on disability, shall examine
and consider all applications for grants. If a public library
jurisdiction is found not qualified, the commissioner shall
promptly notify it. The commissioner shall prioritize grants on
the following bases: the degree of collaboration with other
public or private agencies, the public library jurisdiction's
tax burden, the long-term feasibility of the project, the
suitability of the project, and the need for the project. If
the total amount of the applications exceeds the amount that is
or can be made available, the commissioner shall award grants
according to the commissioner's judgment and discretion and
based upon a ranking of the projects according to the factors
listed in this subdivision. The commissioner shall promptly
certify to each public library jurisdiction the amount, if any,
of the grant awarded to it.
Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 135A.046, is
amended to read:
135A.046 [HIGHER EDUCATION ASSET PRESERVATION AND
RENEWAL REPLACEMENT.]
Subdivision 1. [PURPOSE.] The legislature recognizes that
post-secondary governing boards operate campus physical plants
that in number, size, and programmatic use differ significantly
from the physical plants operated by state departments and
agencies. However, the legislature recognizes the need for
standards to aid in categorizing and funding capital projects.
The purpose of this section is to provide standards for those
higher education projects that are intended to preserve and
replace existing campus facilities.
Subd. 2. [STANDARDS.] Capital budget expenditures for
Higher Education Asset Preservation and Renewal
Replacement (HEAPR) projects must be for one or more of the
following: code compliance including health and safety,
Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, hazardous material
abatement, access improvement, or air quality improvement; or
building or infrastructure repairs necessary to preserve the
interior and exterior of existing buildings; or renewal to
support the existing programmatic mission of the campuses.
Subd. 3. [REPORTING PRIORITIES.] Each post-secondary
governing board shall establish priorities within its HEAPR
Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement projects.
By December 31 January 15 of each year, it shall submit a list
of those priorities for which capital bonding appropriations
will be sought in the next legislative session, as well as a
list of the projects that have received bond proceeds during
that calendar year to the commissioner of finance and to the
chairs of the higher education finance divisions, the senate
finance committee, and the house of representatives capital
investment committee a list of the projects that have been paid
for with money from a higher education asset preservation and
replacement appropriation during the preceding calendar year as
well as a list of those priority projects for which higher
education asset preservation and replacement appropriations will
be sought in that year's legislative session.
Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section
240A.09, is amended to read:
240A.09 [PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.]
The Minnesota amateur sports commission shall develop a
plan to promote the development of proposals for new statewide
public ice facilities including proposals for ice centers and
matching grants based on the criteria in this section.
(a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give
priority to proposals that come from more than one local
government unit and that,.
(b) In the metropolitan area as defined in section
473.121, subdivision 2, involve the commission is encouraged to
give priority to the following proposals:
(1) proposals for construction of at least two or more ice
sheets in a single new facility;
(2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of
ice at an existing ice center;
(3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of
ice as part of a sports complex with multiple sports facilities;
and
(4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of
ice that will be expanded to a two-sheet facility in the future.
(b) (c) The commission shall administer a site selection
process for the ice centers. The commission shall invite
proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities. A
proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions
including in-kind contributions of land, access roadways and
access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services,
landscaping, and parking.
(c) (d) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must
provide for meeting the demand for ice time for female groups by
offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as needed, to
female groups. For purposes of this section, prime ice time
means the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
(d) (e) The location for all proposed facilities must be in
areas of maximum demonstrated interest and must maximize
accessibility to an arterial highway.
(e) (f) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities
must be dispersed equitably, must be located to maximize
potential for full utilization and profitable operation, and
must accommodate noncompetitive family and community skating for
all ages.
(f) (g) The commission may also use the funds to upgrade
current facilities, purchase girls' ice time, or conduct amateur
women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments.
(g) (h) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants
must be awarded to communities in greater Minnesota.
(h) (i) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall
be provided to Minnesota communities by the commission on ice
arena planning, design, and operation, including the marketing
of ice time.
(i) (j) The commission may use funds for rehabilitation and
renovation grants. Priority must be given to grant applications
for indoor air quality improvements, including zero emission ice
resurfacing equipment.
(j) At least ten percent of the (k) Grant funds must may be
used for ice centers designed for sports other than hockey.
Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.917, is
amended to read:
268.917 [EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION
FACILITIES.]
The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and
political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities
for Head Start, early childhood and family education facilities,
other early childhood intervention programs, or demonstration
family service centers housing multiagency collaboratives, with
priority to centers in counties or municipalities with the
highest number of children living in poverty. The commissioner
may also make grants to state agencies and political
subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for crisis
nurseries, or child visitation centers. The facilities must be
owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may be leased
under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate the
programs. The commissioner shall prescribe the terms and
conditions of the leases. A grant for an individual facility
must not exceed $200,000. The commissioner shall give priority
to grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of early
childhood learning programs under this section. At least 25
percent of the amounts appropriated for these grants must be
used in conjunction with the youth employment and training
programs operated by the commissioner. Eligible programs must
consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver
education and training.
Sec. 44. [268.918] [HOMELESS YOUTH FACILITIES.]
The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and
political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities
to provide services to homeless or at-risk youth. The
facilities must be owned by the state or a political
subdivision, but may be leased under section 16A.695 to
organizations that operate the programs. The commissioner shall
prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases. The
commissioner shall give priority to grants that involve
collaboration among sponsors of programs. At least 25 percent
of the amounts appropriated for these grants must be used in
conjunction with the youth employment and training programs
operated by the commissioner. Eligible programs must consult
with appropriate labor organizations to deliver education and
training.
Sec. 45. [446A.072] [WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING
PROGRAM.]
Subdivision 1. [ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.] The authority
will establish a wastewater infrastructure funding program to
provide supplemental assistance to municipalities applying for
funding under the water pollution control revolving loan program
or the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Economic
and Community Development's (USDA/RECD) Water and Waste Disposal
Loans and Grants program for the design and planning,
improvements to, and construction of municipal wastewater
treatment systems.
Subd. 2. [TYPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE.] Supplemental
assistance shall be in the form of zero percent loans, with loan
repayments beginning February 20 or August 20 following the
scheduled date of the project obtaining the operational
performance standards established by the agency. Upon receipt
of notice from the agency that the project operational
performance standards have been met the authority will forgive
the scheduled loan repayments made under this section. If not
forgiven, loan repayments shall be deferred upon request from
the commissioner of the agency for six-month periods, provided
the commissioner has determined that satisfactory progress is
being made to achieve project performance or is developing or
implementing a corrective action plan.
Subd. 3. [PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.] The authority shall
provide supplemental assistance, as provided in subdivision 2,
to municipalities demonstrating financial need, as provided in
subdivision 4, whose projects have been certified to the
authority by the commissioner of the agency. The authority
shall reserve supplemental assistance for projects in order of
their priority ranking established by the agency.
Subd. 4. [FUNDING LEVEL.] (a) The authority shall provide
supplemental assistance for essential project component costs as
certified by the commissioner of the pollution control agency
under section 116.182, subdivision 4.
(b) A municipality may not receive more than $4,000,000
under this section unless specifically approved by law.
(c) The authority will calculate the grant amount needed
for the essential project component costs by first determining
the amount needed to reduce a municipality's monthly residential
sewer service charge to $25 or to an annual residential sewer
service charge in excess of 1.5 percent of the municipality's
median household income, whichever is less, and then multiplying
that amount by 80 percent to determine the actual award amount
to supplement loans under section 446A.07 or provide up to
one-third of the amount of the grant funding level required by
USDA/RECD for projects listed on the agency's intended use plan.
(d) The authority shall provide supplemental assistance to
a municipality that would not otherwise qualify for supplemental
assistance if:
(1) the municipality voluntarily accepts a sewer connection
from another governmental unit to serve residential, industrial,
or commercial developments that were completed before March 1,
1996, or are on lots whose plats were recorded before that date;
and
(2) fees charged by the municipality for the connection
must take into account state and federal grants used by the
municipality for the construction of the treatment plant.
The amount of supplemental assistance under this paragraph must
be sufficient to reduce debt service payments under section
446A.07 to an extent equivalent to a zero percent loan in an
amount up to the other governmental unit's project costs
necessary for connection. Eligibility for supplemental
assistance under this paragraph ends three years after the
agency certifies that the connection has met the operational
performance standards established by the agency.
Subd. 5. [APPLICATIONS.] Applications for the wastewater
infrastructure funding program must be made to the authority on
forms prescribed by the authority and the agency for the water
pollution control revolving loan program. The commissioner of
the pollution control agency shall determine if the project
meets the criteria in section 116.182. The commissioner of the
pollution control agency shall certify projects to the authority
under section 116.182, and shall rank the certified applications
in accordance with section 116.182, and determine the essential
project component percentage for each certified application.
Subd. 6. [DISBURSEMENTS.] Disbursements made by the
authority to recipients must be made for eligible project costs
as incurred by the recipients, and must be made by the authority
in accordance with the project financing agreement and
applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the
payments.
Subd. 7. [LOAN REPAYMENTS.] All loan repayments received
by the authority under subdivision 2 must be used to provide
additional assistance under this section.
Subd. 8. [ELIGIBILITY.] A municipality is eligible only
after grant funding from other sources has been applied for,
obtained, rejected, or the authority has determined that the
potential funding is unlikely.
Subd. 9. [LOAN LIMITATION.] Supplemental assistance may
not be used to reduce the sewer service charges of a significant
wastewater contributor, or a single user that has caused the
need for the project or whose current or projected flow and load
exceed one-half of the current wastewater treatment plant's
capacity, unless the applicant can demonstrate to the authority
that the significant wastewater contributor cannot pay its fair
share. Funding will not be provided for projects that are not
qualified for assistance or that would violate the state's
constitution or laws regarding the use of funds appropriated for
the program.
Subd. 10. [HIGH COST PROJECTS.] The authority shall not
award supplemental assistance for projects in excess of $10,000
per household unless the agency has ranked the project in the
top half of the project priority list.
Subd. 11. [REPORT ON NEEDS.] By October 15 of each
odd-numbered year, the authority, in conjunction with the
pollution control agency, shall prepare a report to the finance
division of the senate environment and natural resources
committee and the house environment and natural resources
finance committee on wastewater funding assistance needs of
municipalities under this section.
Subd. 12. [SYSTEM REPLACEMENT FUND.] Each recipient of
assistance under this section shall establish a system
replacement fund setting aside a minimum of $.10 per 1,000
gallons of flow for major rehabilitation, expansion, or
replacement of the treatment plant at the end of its useful
life. Money must remain in the account, for the life of the
loan associated with the supplemental assistance under section
446A.072, unless use of the fund is approved by the authority
for major rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of the
treatment plant. Failure to maintain the fund will cancel the
loan forgiveness provided under section 446A.072, subdivision 2.
Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section
473.894, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. [PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.] The board shall is
authorized to set or adopt performance and technical standards
for operation of the backbone and subsystems and may modify
standards as necessary to meet changing needs.
Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section
473.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [COSTS COVERED BY FEE.] For each fiscal
year beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1,
1995 1997, the amount necessary to pay the following costs shall
be paid from money is appropriated to the commissioner of
administration for those costs from the 911 emergency telephone
service account established under section 403.11:
(1) debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued
pursuant to section 473.898;
(2) repayment of the right-of-way acquisition loans;
(3) costs of design, construction, maintenance of, and
improvements to those elements of the first phase that support
mutual aid communications and emergency medical services; or
(4) recurring charges for leased sites and equipment for
those elements of the first phase that support actual aid and
emergency medical communication services.
Money appropriated from the 911 emergency telephone service
fee account This appropriation shall be used to pay annual debt
service costs and reserves for bonds issued pursuant to section
473.898 prior to use of fee money to pay other costs eligible
under this subdivision. In no event shall the money
appropriated from the 911 emergency telephone service fee
account for the first phase radio system the appropriation for
each fiscal year exceed an amount equal to four cents a month
for each customer access line or other basic access service,
including trunk equivalents as designated by the public
utilities commission for access charge purposes and including
cellular and other nonwire access services, in the fiscal year.
Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 475.58, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [PROPER USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.] The proceeds of
obligations issued after approval of the electors under this
section may only be spent: (1) for the purposes stated in the
ballot language; or (2) to pay, redeem, or defease obligations
and interest, penalties, premiums, and costs of issuance of the
obligations. The proceeds may not be spent for a different
purpose or for an expansion of the original purpose without the
approval by a majority of the electors voting on the question of
changing or expanding the purpose of the obligations.
Sec. 49. Laws 1990, chapter 535, section 3, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [FUNDS.] The corporation may accept and use
gifts, grants, or contributions from any source, except that the
corporation may not receive state general fund appropriations to
support operation of the facility. If the facility experiences
an operating deficit, the corporation and any Minnesota
nonprofit corporation with which the corporation enters into
management contracts or lease agreements shall rely upon private
or local government sources to provide operating funds. Unless
otherwise restricted by the terms of a gift or bequest, the
board may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, and invest or
reinvest the money, securities, or other property given or
bequeathed to it. The principal of these funds, the income from
them, and all other revenues received by it from any nonstate
source must be placed in the depositories the board determines
and is subject to expenditure for the board's purposes.
Expenditures of $25,000 or more must be approved by the full
board.
Sec. 50. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 11, subdivision
11, as amended by Laws 1995, chapter 208, section 4, is amended
to read:
Subd. 11. Northland Community College
(a) Integrate community college
and technical college 100,000
This appropriation is to prepare design
documents for remodeling and new
construction necessary for the
integration of Northland community
college and Thief River Falls technical
college. The project will begin with
the integration of the student services
area and the learning resources center.
(b) Construct regional multievent
cultural center athletic facilities 3,000,000
This appropriation is to construct
athletic facilities that are expected
to be part of a regional multievent
cultural center. All cities, counties,
and school districts in region 8A, and
public post-secondary education systems
shall are encouraged to cooperate in
the construction and joint use of
the facility facilities. Up to
$2,000,000 is available immediately for
this project, but the remainder of the
money is not available unless matched
by an equal amount of money or in-kind
contributions from nonstate sources.
Nonstate money or in-kind contributions
that are raised in excess of the
required match may be used to expand
the center with additional phases.
Predesign plans for the expanded center
may be based on the assumption that
contributions in excess of the required
match will be available to construct
it, but design and construction for
each phase may not be undertaken until
the money necessary to complete the
phase has been committed.
The nonstate match added to this
project is in lieu of the debt service
payment assessed to higher education
projects.
Sec. 51. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision
8, as amended by Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2,
article 1, section 45, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. Battle Point
Historic Site 350,000
For design of the Battle Point historic
site, preliminary plans for which were
authorized in Laws 1990, chapter 610,
article 1, section 17, and Laws 1992,
chapter 558, section 24, subdivision 5.
Notwithstanding Laws 1990, chapter 610,
article 1, section 17, the planned
educational center will be owned by
independent school district No. 115,
Cass Lake-Bena, and is subject to
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
The center must be constructed on land
leased to the school district by the
Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
under a ground lease having an initial
term of at least 20 years and a total
term of at least 40 years, including
renewal options. The school district
must contract with the Leech Lake Band
to operate the center on behalf of the
council school district. The center
and all classes and programs run by or
through the center must be open to the
public.
Sec. 52. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 21, subdivision
4, as amended by Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2,
article 1, section 46, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. Tourism and Exposition
Centers 2,200,000
For two grants to political
subdivisions for exhibition space for
tourism and exposition centers. One
grant must be for $1,000,000 to the
southwest regional development
commission for the Prairieland Expo
facility to develop construction
planning documents for capital
improvements and to acquire land for
the facility. This grant is subject to
new Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695. It is the legislature's
expectation that the commission will
secure a grant from the department of
transportation's intermodal surface
transportation efficiency act funds.
The other grant must be for capital
improvements for a publicly owned
tourism and exposition center selected
by the commissioner and located in
northeastern Minnesota, and is not
subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.335.
Sec. 53. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 23, subdivision
20, is amended to read:
Subd. 20. Local Recreation Grants 1,400,000
For matching grants to be provided to
local units of government for
acquisition, development, or renovation
of a capital nature of local park and
recreation areas. Recipients must
provide a match of at least one-half of
total eligible project costs. The
commissioner shall make payment to
local units of government upon
receiving documentation of reimbursable
expenditures. The commissioner shall
determine project priorities as
appropriate based upon need.
Of this appropriation, $300,000 is to
provide a grant to Winona county for
the purchase and development of the
scenic vista on Hiawatha-Appleblossom
Scenic Drive in Winona county. These
funds must be matched on a
dollar-for-dollar basis.
$500,000 of this appropriation is for
grants to units of government to
acquire and better natural and scenic
areas under new Minnesota Statutes,
section 85.019, subdivision 4a.
Sec. 54. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 27, subdivision
2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Marine Education Center 20,500,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip a marine education center and
related visitor improvements at the
zoo. This appropriation is intended to
complete the project.
All of the debt service costs on the
bonds sold to finance this project that
are due and payable before fiscal year
1998 must be paid from dedicated
receipts of the Minnesota zoological
garden to the commissioner of finance
as required by Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.643. Beginning in fiscal
year 1998, 60 percent of the debt
service costs on the bonds sold to
finance this project must be paid from
dedicated receipts of the Minnesota
zoological garden to the commissioner
of finance as required by Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.643.
The board may not institute an
admission fee increase before April 1,
2000.
Sec. 55. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 35, subdivision
3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [METHOD OF PAYMENT.] The commissioner shall
reduce each system's assessment each year under subdivisions 1
and 2 by one-third of the net income from investment of general
obligation bond proceeds that must be allocated among between
the systems in proportion to the amount of principal and
interest otherwise required to be paid by each. Each higher
education system shall pay its resulting net assessment to the
commissioner of finance by December 1 each year. If a higher
education system fails to make a payment when due, the
commissioner of finance shall reduce allotments for
appropriations from the general fund otherwise available to the
system and apply the amount of the reduction to cover the missed
debt service payment. The commissioner of finance shall credit
the payments received from the higher education systems to the
bond debt service account in the state bond fund each December 1
before money is transferred from the general fund under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 10.
Sec. 56. Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 79, subdivision
8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [REALLOCATION OF UNUSED GRANT MONEY.] On December
31, 1995 1996, the commissioner shall determine whether any
money remains of the appropriations made in 1994 for the
purposes of this section. If any money remains that has not
been granted to counties, the commissioner shall invite counties
to submit applications for capital improvements to acquire or
better publicly owned secure juvenile detention facilities. The
commissioner shall consider the needs of applicants for
improvements at the facilities and shall make grants to counties
whose needs, in the commissioner's judgment, are greatest.
Sec. 57. [FURNISHINGS.]
The house of representatives may spend up to $300,000 from
funds carried over from its appropriations for the biennium
ending June 30, 1995, for the purchase or renovation of chairs
for public rooms in the state office building and the capitol
building.
Sec. 58. [DESIGN-BUILD METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION.]
Beginning with the capital budget projects approved by law
in 1996, the commissioner of administration or the commissioner
of transportation may use a design-build method of project
development and construction for projects to construct new
vehicle and equipment storage or maintenance facilities.
"Design-build method of project development and construction"
means a project delivery system in which a single contractor is
responsible for both the design and the construction of the
project. The commissioner of administration or the commissioner
of transportation may select the projects that will be
constructed using the design-build method. Minnesota Statutes,
section 16B.33, does not apply to the projects selected. When
the design-build method has been used, the commissioners are
requested to report to the legislature on the use of the
design-build method, including comparative cost analysis,
quality of product obtained, advantages and disadvantages of
using this method, and the commissioners' recommendations for
further use of the design-build method.
Sec. 59. [LAND TRANSFER.]
Notwithstanding other law, the board of trustees of the
Minnesota state colleges and universities shall without
compensation transfer to the school board of independent school
district No. 347, Willmar, up to seven acres in the southwest
corner of approximately 40 acres of undeveloped technical
college property previously transferred by the school board and
legally described as "The Southeast Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter (SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4) of Section 4, Township 119, Range
35." The number of acres transferred shall be as agreed by the
school board and the board of trustees of the Minnesota state
colleges and universities. Unless and until the school board
elects to develop this property for its own educational
purposes, the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges
and universities shall have access to the property at no cost
for the purpose of agricultural instruction. If the school
board elects to develop the property, it shall do so only for an
educational purpose. The deed of gift must provide that, if the
school board develops the property for other than an educational
purpose, uses the property without developing it, or no longer
desires to hold the property, the property will revert to the
state on behalf of the board of trustees of the Minnesota state
colleges and universities.
Sec. 60. [REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.]
The revisor shall, in Minnesota Statutes, section 116.182,
change references to Minnesota Statutes, section "446A.071" to
section "446A.072."
Sec. 61. [REPEALER.]
(a) Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 15.50, subdivision 5;
and 446A.071, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Minnesota
Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 446A.071, subdivision 2; and
Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 24, subdivision 3, are repealed.
(b) Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 116.162, as amended by
Laws 1995, chapter 233, article 2, section 56, is repealed.
Sec. 62. [EFFECTIVE DATES.]
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day
following final enactment. Section 45 applies to projects
contracted for in calendar year 1996 and later. Section 56 is
effective retroactively to December 31, 1995. Section 61,
paragraph (b), is effective December 31, 2000.
Presented to the governor April 4, 1996
Signed by the governor April 17, 1996, 11:45 a.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes