Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 240-H.F.No. 2205
An act relating to capital improvements; authorizing
spending for public purposes; authorizing spending to
acquire and to better public land and buildings and
other public improvements of a capital nature;
authorizing certain improvements and transfers between
accounts; making technical corrections; amending
earlier authorizations; reauthorizing certain
projects; authorizing and reauthorizing sale of state
bonds; providing for storage and retention of certain
documents; authorizing certain easements; providing
for certain port authority leases or management
contracts; requesting an investigation and report;
converting certain capital project financing from
general fund cash to general obligation bonding;
canceling certain money to the general fund;
appropriating money for the Minnesota minerals 21st
century fund; appropriating money with certain
conditions and directions; amending Minnesota Statutes
1998, sections 16A.69, subdivision 2; 16B.30; 136F.36,
by adding a subdivision; and 136F.60, by adding a
subdivision; Laws 1998, chapter 404, sections 3,
subdivision 17; 7, subdivisions 23 and 26; 13,
subdivision 12; 27, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
ARTICLE 1
Section 1. [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated with certain conditions and directions from the
bond proceeds fund, or other named fund, to the state agencies
or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes
including to acquire and to better public land and buildings and
other public improvements of a capital nature, as specified in
this article.
SUMMARY
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $ 11,080,000
CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 5,300,000
NATURAL RESOURCES 18,968,000
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 3,000,000
PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY 22,700,000
BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 2,375,000
ADMINISTRATION 4,150,000
TRANSPORTATION 80,440,000
CORRECTIONS 1,785,000
BOND SALE EXPENSES 152,000
REAUTHORIZATIONS 4,691,650
CANCELLATIONS (440,000)
TOTAL $ 154,201,650
Bond Proceeds Fund 139,510,000
Transportation Fund 10,440,000
Reauthorizations 4,691,650
Cancellations (440,000)
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 11,080,000
Subd. 2. Moorhead State University 3,730,000
This appropriation is to demolish
structures, eliminate blight, and
construct parking facilities and
necessary amenities on certain recently
acquired land at Moorhead state
university.
Subd. 3. Winona State University 6,100,000
To replace or renovate the boiler
system at Winona State University.
Subd. 4. Ridgewater College HVAC System 1,250,000
For improvements of a capital nature to
the heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning system at Ridgewater
Community and Technical College,
Hutchinson.* (The preceding section was
vetoed by the governor.)
Sec. 3. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING
Metropolitan Magnet School Grants 5,300,000
This appropriation is to the
commissioner of children, families, and
learning to make grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.88.
$4,000,000 is for a grant to the
Southwest Metropolitan Integration
magnet school in Edina.
$1,300,000 is for a grant to the
Interdistrict Arts and Science Middle
School in the east metropolitan area.
Sec. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
natural resources for the purposes specified
in this section 18,968,000
Subd. 2. State Share 1,698,000
This appropriation is for the state
share of flood hazard mitigation grants
for the Hoyt Avenue project in the city
of St. Paul, and for Dawson, Granite
Falls, and Montevideo under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103F.161.
Subd. 3. Local Share 17,270,000
This appropriation is to fund the local
share of flood hazard mitigation
projects in Crookston, East Grand
Forks, Warren, Ada, Breckenridge, and
Oakport under Minnesota Statutes,
section 103F.161, to the extent that
the cost of each project exceeds two
percent of the median household income
in the municipality multiplied by the
number of households in the
municipality.
Sec. 5. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 3,000,000
To the director of the office of
environmental assistance for a grant to
a local governmental unit under
Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54,
not to exceed $3,000,000, for the
retrofit and reconstruction of a solid
waste resource recovery facility
located in the city of Perham that
serves a seven-county area. The
appropriation is available until June
30, 2001.
Sec. 6. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
Subdivision 1. To the public
facilities authority for the purposes
specified in this section 22,700,000
Subd. 2. Matching Money
for Federal Grants 2,200,000
To match federal grants to the drinking
water fund under Minnesota Statutes,
section 446A.081.
Subd. 3. Wastewater
Infrastructure Program 20,500,000
For grants to eligible municipalities
under the wastewater infrastructure
funding program established in
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES
Subdivision 1. To the board of water
and soil resources for the purposes
specified in this section 2,375,000
Subd. 2. Lazarus Creek 1,375,000
For a grant to Area II Minnesota River
Basin Projects, Inc. for construction
of the LQP-25/Lazarus Creek floodwater
retention project. The grant may not
exceed 75 percent of the project's
cost. The remaining share must be
provided by Area II Minnesota River
Basin Projects, Inc.
Subd. 3. Grass Lake
Restoration 1,000,000
For a grant to the city of Willmar and
Kandiyohi county to construct publicly
owned stormwater flood reduction and
water quality improvements related to
the restoration of Grass Lake.* (The
preceding section was vetoed by the
governor.)
Sec. 8. ADMINISTRATION
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
administration for the purposes specified
in this section 4,150,000
Subd. 2. Capital Asset Preservation
and Replacement (CAPRA) 3,000,000
To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
None of this appropriation may be used
for renovation of the Minnesota
Veterans Home - Luverne campus.
Of this amount, $190,000 is for capital
repair and betterment of roofs on
buildings 1, 2, and 4, at the Hastings
Veterans Home. This amount is
available when the commissioner of
finance determines that the Veterans
Home Board is in compliance with
Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695
and 198.31, with respect to the
Hastings Veterans Home.
Subd. 3. Predesign and Design Grant 1,000,000
For a grant to the county of Itasca for
its predesign and design of public
infrastructure improvements including
railroad access and natural gas
right-of-way and pipeline, public
highway improvements, and freshwater
wells and wastewater treatment
facilities and pipelines, all in
connection with the construction of a
new steel mill.
Subd. 4. World War II
Veterans Memorial 150,000
For design, architectural drawings, and
the start of construction for a World
War II veterans memorial on the state
capitol mall. The design is subject to
approval by the capitol area
architectural and planning board. The
commissioner of veterans affairs shall
convene an advisory group, including
members of veterans organizations to
review and make recommendations about
the design of the memorial. The
appropriation must be matched by an
equal amount from nonstate sources.*
(The preceding subdivision was vetoed
by the governor.)
Sec. 9. TRANSPORTATION
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
transportation for the purposes specified
in this section 80,440,000
Subd. 2. 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.* (The preceding subdivision was
vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 3. Brooklyn Park
Pedestrian Bridge 440,000
This appropriation is from the
transportation fund for an
interest-free loan to the city of
Brooklyn Park to pay up to 80 percent
of the cost of constructing a
pedestrian bridge across trunk highway
No. 252. This appropriation is only
available if the project qualifies for
federal TEA-21 funding. The loan must
be repaid to the commissioner of
finance for return to the debt service
fund at the time of Federal Highway
Administration reimbursement to the
city.
Subd. 4. Transportation
Revolving Fund 10,000,000
For transfer by the commissioner of
finance to the highway account in the
transportation revolving loan fund
under Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.085. This appropriation may not
be used for trunk highway, transit, or
light rail projects.* (The preceding
subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 5. Light Rail Transit 60,000,000
This appropriation is to match federal
money to construct light rail transit
in the Hiawatha Avenue corridor, as
provided in Laws 1998, chapter 404,
section 17, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b), and is added to that
appropriation, as amended by article
2. This is the final state
appropriation for the total
construction of this project.
The commissioner may not spend this
appropriation until:
(1) the Hiawatha Avenue corridor
project has received a "final design"
designation by the Federal Transit
Administration and a full-funding grant
agreement has been executed with the
Federal Transit Administration for
funding the planning and capital costs
of light rail transit in the Hiawatha
Avenue corridor that provides funding
of not less than $223,000,000 by the
federal government and that includes
any required local contribution from
Hennepin county regional railroad
authority, the city of Minneapolis and
the Metropolitan Airports Commission;
and
(2) the commissioner has determined
that no part of the construction costs
of light rail transit in the Hiawatha
Avenue corridor will be paid from
property tax revenues of the
metropolitan council or of any county
or regional rail authority other than
the Hennepin county regional rail
authority.
The commissioner and the chair of the
metropolitan council shall jointly
submit a report to the legislature by
February 1, 2000, that sets forth a
financial plan for paying the operating
costs of light rail transit in the
Hiawatha Avenue corridor for at least
the first five years of operation.
If the requirements of paragraph (1)
are not met by May 1, 2000, for the
"final design" designation or by
January 31, 2001, for the full-funding
agreement, this appropriation, any
unspent portion of the $40,000,000
appropriated by Laws 1998, chapter 404,
section 17, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b), as amended by article 2, and all
state bond sale authorizations for the
Hiawatha Avenue corridor, are canceled.
Sec. 10. CORRECTIONS 1,785,000
To the commissioner of administration
for design for renovations of a capital
nature to the storm and sanitary sewer
lines at the correctional facility at
Faribault and for making emergency
capital repairs to the system.
Sec. 11. BOND SALE EXPENSES 152,000
To the commissioner of finance for bond
sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.641, subdivision 8. This
appropriation is from the bond proceeds
fund.
Sec. 12. BOND SALE SCHEDULE
The commissioner of finance shall
schedule the sale of state general
obligation bonds so that, during the
biennium ending June 30, 2001, no more
than $590,663,000 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. 13. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money
appropriated in this article 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 $139,510,000 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 article from the transportation fund, the
commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell
and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,440,000 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. 14. [BOND REAUTHORIZATIONS.]
(a) 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 $4,078,196.35 for appropriations
from the state transportation fund for railroad assistance,
authorized in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 22;
(2) an amount remaining of $414,786.89 for appropriations
from the bond proceeds fund for labor history center planning
and design authorized in Laws 1990, chapter 610, article 1,
section 30, subdivision 1; and
(3) an amount remaining of $198,666.40 for appropriations
from the bond proceeds fund for labor history center design
competition authorized in Laws 1990, chapter 610, article 1,
section 30, subdivision 1.* (The preceding text beginning "(2)
an amount remaining of $414,786.89" was vetoed by the governor.)
(b) For purposes of the next report required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, subdivision 1, the bonds
reauthorized in this section must be treated as authorized on
the original date of authorization.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.69,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [TRANSFER BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.] Upon the awarding of
final contracts for the completion of a project for construction
or other permanent improvement, or upon the abandonment of the
project, the agency to whom the appropriation was made may
transfer the unencumbered balance in the project account to
another project enumerated in the same section of that
appropriation act, or may transfer unencumbered balances from
agency operating funds. The transfer must be made only to cover
bids for the other project that were higher than was estimated
when the appropriation for the other project was made and not to
cover an expansion of the other project. The money transferred
under this section is appropriated for the purposes for which
transferred. For transfers for technical colleges by the board
of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities,
the total cost of both projects and the required local share for
both projects are adjusted accordingly. The agency proposing a
transfer shall report to obtain approval from the commissioner
of finance and the chair of the senate finance committee and the
chair of the house of representatives ways and means committee
before the transfer is made under this subdivision.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.30, is
amended to read:
16B.30 [GENERAL AUTHORITY.]
(a) Subject to other provisions in this chapter, the
commissioner shall supervise and control the making of all
contracts for the construction of buildings and for other
capital improvements to state buildings and structures, other
than buildings and structures under the control of the board of
trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities.
Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c), a state
agency may not undertake improvements of a capital nature
without specific legislative authority.
(b) Specific legislative authority is not required for
repairs or minor capital projects financed with operating
appropriations or agency receipts that:
(1) are undertaken for asset preservation or code
compliance purposes; or
(2) do not materially increase the net square footage of a
facility; and in either case
(3) do not materially increase the cost of agency programs.
(c) Unless the commissioner determines that an urgency
exists, the commissioner of an agency undertaking a project with
a cost in excess of $50,000 pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall
notify the chairs of the senate finance committee, the house
capital investment committee, the house ways and means
committee, the appropriate house and senate finance divisions,
and the director of the legislative coordinating commission
prior to incurring any contractual obligation with regard to the
project. Any agency undertaking any project pursuant to this
paragraph during fiscal year 1999 must report all such projects
to the legislature by January 1, 2000.
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [STORAGE AND RETENTION OF DOCUMENTS.]
Notwithstanding section 16A.58, the board may store and retain
at the respective technical college original documents from
carpentry program transactions, including but not limited to
deeds, abstracts of title, and certificates of title.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.60, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3. [EASEMENTS.] The board may grant permanent or
temporary easements over, under, or across any land under its
jurisdiction for reasonable purposes determined by the board.
Sec. 19. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 3, subdivision
17, is amended to read:
Subd. 17. Pine Technical College 1,700,000
To predesign, design, and renovate, and
construct an addition for a
telecommunications/media/technology
center, student services,
administrative services, classrooms,
and a regional economic development
center. This project may be a part of
a larger advanced technology center
project at the college if federal funds
are available for the larger project.
The board must not proceed with the
larger advanced technology center
project without the approval of the
chairs of the house committee on ways
and means and the senate committee on
education finance.
Sec. 20. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision
23, is amended to read:
Subd. 23. Metro Regional Trails 5,000,000
For grants to the metropolitan council
for acquisition and development of a
capital nature of trail connections in
the metropolitan area as specified in
this subdivision. The purpose of the
grants is to improve trails in the
metropolitan park and open space system
and connect them with existing state
and regional trails. Priority shall be
given to matching funds for an ISTEA
grant.
The funds shall be allocated by the
council as follows:
(1) $1,050,000 is allocated to Ramsey
county as follows:
(i) $400,000 to complete six miles of
trails between the Burlington Northern
Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter
Lake Regional Park;
(ii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile
connection between Birch Lake and the
Lake Tamarack segment of Bald
Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park;
(iii) $500,000 to acquire real property
and design and construct or renovate
recreation facilities along the
Mississippi River in cooperation with
the city of St. Paul;
(2) $1,050,000 is allocated to the city
of St. Paul as follows:
(i) $250,000 to construct a bridge over
Lexington Parkway in Como Regional
Park; and
(ii) $800,000 to enhance amenities for
the trailhead at the Lilydale-Harriet
Island Regional Park pavilion;
(3) $1,400,000 is allocated to Anoka
county as follows to construct:
(i) $1,100,000 to construct a
pedestrian tunnel under Highway 65 on
the Rice Creek West Regional Trail in
the city of Fridley; and
(ii) $300,000 to construct a pedestrian
bridge on the Mississippi River
Regional Trail crossing over
Mississippi Street in the city of
Fridley; and
(4) $1,500,000 is allocated to the
suburban Hennepin regional park
district as follows:
(i) $1,000,000 to connect North
Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line
State Trail and Medicine Lake; and
(ii) $500,000 is for the cost of
development and acquisition of the
Southwest regional trail in the city of
St. Louis Park. The trail must connect
the Minneapolis regional trail system
at Cedar Lake park to the Hennepin
parks regional trail system at the
Hopkins trail head.
Sec. 21. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision
26, is amended to read:
Subd. 26. Local Initiative Grants 8,000,000
For matching grants to be provided to
local units of government for
acquisition, development, or renovation
of a capital nature of local parks,
trails, and natural and scenic 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.
$3,500,000 of this appropriation is for
grants to units of government to
acquire and develop outdoor recreation
areas, and for grants to units of
government to acquire and better
natural and scenic areas under
Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019,
subdivision 4a.
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is for
cooperative trail grants of up to
$50,000 per project to acquire or
construct trail linkages between
communities, trails, and parks.
$3,500,000 of this appropriation is for
trail grants for the following locally
funded publicly owned trails serving
multiple communities: $1,400,000 for
Beaver Island Trail in Stearns County,
$1,400,000 for Skunk Hollow Trail in
Yellow Medicine and Chippewa Counties,
and $700,000 for Unity Trail in
Faribault County. The grant for Beaver
Island Trail in Stearns County is
available in the manner and the order
that follows: $500,000 is available
upon commitment of an equal amount from
nonstate sources, $152,000 is available
upon contribution of an equal amount
from local governments, $374,000 is
available upon commitment of an equal
amount from nonstate sources, and the
balance of $374,000 is available upon
commitment of an equal amount from
nonstate sources.
Sec. 22. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 13, subdivision
12, is amended to read:
Subd. 12. Dahl House Relocation 100,000
60,000
This appropriation is from the general
fund for a grant to the city of St.
Paul to relocate the Dahl House near
its original site, and stabilize, and
restore the structure. Up to $150,000
from the plaza percent for art budget
may be used for the restoration and
related art objects.
Sec. 23. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision
1, is amended to read:
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
$463,795,000 $105,145,000 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.
Sec. 24. [CANCELLATION AND REDUCED AUTHORIZATION.]
$400,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404,
section 26, for bond sale expense is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision
1, is reduced by $400,000.
Sec. 25. [VETERANS HOMES IMPROVEMENTS.]
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.30, the
veterans homes board of directors may make and maintain the
improvements to the veterans homes listed in clauses (1) to (5)
using money donated for those purposes:
(1) a picnic pavilion at the Minneapolis veterans home;
(2) walking trails at the Hastings veterans home;
(3) walking trails and landscape at the Silver Bay veterans
home;
(4) an entrance canopy at the Fergus Falls veterans home;
and
(5) a suspended wooden deck for dining at the Luverne
veterans home.
Sec. 26. [REQUEST TO LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMISSION.]
The legislative audit commission is requested to direct the
legislative auditor to investigate the mold problem at the
Luverne veterans home, the state response to the problem, and
the original cause of the problem, including whether inadequate
state building standards, or noncompliance with state building
standards, contributed to this problem and whether other state
buildings are at risk due to inadequate standards or
noncompliance with state building standards, and report back to
the commission for its review and thereafter to the
legislature. This section does not restrict the department of
administration or the veterans home board from undertaking
capital improvements to correct the mold problem.
Sec. 27. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
This article is effective the day after its final enactment.
ARTICLE 2
Section 1. [INTENT.]
This article intends to return to the unreserved general
fund $400,000,000 by changing the fund source of the projects
listed in this article in the amounts shown in sections 3 to 13,
by decreasing the appropriation from the general fund and by
appropriating an equal amount from the aggregate of the bond
proceeds fund and the transportation fund. This action changes
the designation of the fund sources made under the cumulative
effect of Laws 1998, chapters 389, article 9, section 2; 404;
and 408, section 22, with respect to those projects. This
article also makes a new appropriation of $400,000 from the bond
proceeds fund for bond sale expenses in connection with the
bonds authorized in this article.
Sec. 2. [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the bond proceeds fund or other named fund to
the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for
public purposes including to acquire and to better public land
and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature,
as specified in this article.
SUMMARY
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $ 112,390,000
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 15,300,000
RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT 7,913,000
NATURAL RESOURCES 24,450,000
PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY 16,800,000
CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD 6,500,000
TRANSPORTATION 71,000,000
VETERANS HOMES BOARD 11,000,000
INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL 1,700,000
TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 126,447,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 6,500,000
BOND SALE EXPENSES 400,000
TOTAL $ 400,400,000
Bond Proceeds Fund 372,400,000
Transportation Fund 28,000,000
APPROPRIATIONS
$
Sec. 3. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Subdivision 1. To the board of regents
of the University of Minnesota for the
purposes specified in this section 112,390,000
Subd. 2. Twin Cities - Minneapolis
(a) Utility Infrastructure 2,400,000
(b) Folwell Hall Renovation 690,000
(c) Walter Digital Technology Center/Science
and Engineering Library 52,200,000
Subd. 3. Twin Cities - St. Paul
(a) Gortner and Snyder Halls 3,900,000
(b) Greenhouse Renovation and Replacement 900,000
(c) Peters Hall, Phase II 6,900,000
Subd. 4. Women's Athletics Fields
and Facilities 2,700,000
Subd. 5. Crookston Facility
Improvements 3,500,000
Subd. 6. Duluth
(a) Library 17,000,000
(b) Academic Space Renovation 200,000
Subd. 7. Morris Facility Improvements 18,400,000
Subd. 8. Agricultural Experiment
Stations 3,600,000
Sec. 4. 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 15,300,000
Subd. 2. Minnesota State University -
Mankato 10,500,000
Subd. 3. Rochester Regional
Recreation and Sports Center 4,800,000
Sec. 5. RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
specified in this section 7,913,000
Subd. 2. Tate Hall Renovation 3,500,000
Subd. 3. Lysen Hall Expansion
and Renovation 4,413,000
Sec. 6. NATURAL RESOURCES
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of natural resources for the purposes
specified in this section 24,450,000
Subd. 2. Office Facility
Consolidation 7,100,000
Subd. 3. State Park and Recreation
Area Building Development 5,000,000
Subd. 4. Metro Regional Park
Acquisition and Betterment 9,000,000
Subd. 5. Trail Acquisition and
Development 3,350,000
Sec. 7. PUBLIC FACILITIES
AUTHORITY
Subdivision 1. To the public
facilities authority for the purposes
specified in this section 16,800,000
Subd. 2. Matching Money for
Federal Grants 1,500,000
Subd. 3. Wastewater
Infrastructure Program 15,300,000
Sec. 8. CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND
PLANNING BOARD 6,500,000
To the commissioner of administration
for capitol building structural
stabilization.
Sec. 9. TRANSPORTATION
Subdivision 1. To the
commissioner of transportation for
the purposes specified in this section 71,000,000
Subd. 2. Local Bridge
Replacement and Rehabilitation 28,000,000
This appropriation is from the
transportation fund.
Subd. 3. Transitways 40,000,000
Subd. 4. Port Development
Assistance 3,000,000
Sec. 10. VETERANS HOMES BOARD
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
specified in this section 11,000,000
Subd. 2. Minneapolis
Veterans Home 6,000,000
Subd. 3. Hastings Veterans
Home 5,000,000
Sec. 11. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL 1,700,000
To the Indian affairs council for
construction of the Battle Point
Cultural and Education Center.
Sec. 12. TRADE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner
of trade and economic development or other
named official for the purposes specified
in this section 126,447,000
Subd. 2. Minneapolis
Convention Center 86,332,000
Subd. 3. Duluth Entertainment
and Convention Center 12,000,000
Subd. 4. Mayo Civic Center 2,800,000
Subd. 5. St. Cloud Community
Event Center 5,500,000
Subd. 6. Fergus Falls Convention
Center 1,500,000
Subd. 7. Hutchinson Community
Civic Center 1,000,000
Subd. 8. Humboldt Avenue Greenway
Project 7,000,000
Subd. 9. Prairieland Expo 3,000,000
Subd. 10. Montevideo Downtown
Revitalization 1,500,000
Subd. 11. Paramount Arts District
Regional Arts Center 750,000
Subd. 12. Veterans Memorial Performing
Arts Amphitheater 315,000
Subd. 13. Brooklyn Center Earle Brown
Heritage Center Restoration 2,500,000
Subd. 14. Minnesota African-American
Performing Arts Center 2,250,000
Sec. 13. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Subdivision 1. To the Minnesota
Historical Society for the purposes
specified in this section 6,500,000
Subd. 2. Northwest Company Fur
Post Interpretive Center 1,500,000
Subd. 3. St. Anthony Falls
Heritage Education Center 4,000,000
Subd. 4. Humphrey Museum and
Learning Center, Waverly 1,000,000
Sec. 14. BOND SALE EXPENSES 400,000
To the commissioner of finance for bond
sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.641, subdivision 8.
Sec. 15. [IDENTICAL PROJECTS.]
The purpose and use of appropriations in this article are
for the same purpose and use and for identical projects as
authorized in Laws 1998, chapter 404. Except for the fund
source of unspent parts of the appropriations listed in this
article, this article does not change or limit the purpose and
use of the appropriations and related requirements in Laws 1998,
chapter 404.
Sec. 16. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money
appropriated in this article 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 $372,400,000 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 article from the transportation fund, the
commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell
and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $28,000,000 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. 17. [CANCELLATION TO GENERAL FUND.]
(a) Money appropriated from the general fund pursuant to
1998 acts and not yet spent for the projects listed in this
article is canceled to the general fund in the amounts shown for
each project.
(b) As much as is necessary of the appropriation for trail
acquisition and development in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section
7, subdivision 22, not yet otherwise spent from the general fund
under 1998 acts, or elsewhere in this article from the bond
proceeds fund, may be canceled to the general fund and added to
the appropriation for that purpose from the bond proceeds fund
in this article as determined by the commissioner of finance to
bring the amount returned to the general fund and appropriated
from the bond proceeds fund to $400,000,000 in each case.
(c) Also, as determined by the commissioner of finance,
appropriations returned to the general fund and made from the
bond proceeds fund in this article for specific projects are
adjusted as necessary to reach the $400,000,000 in changes of
funding source for the aggregate of the individual projects of
this article from the general fund to the bond proceeds fund.
The commissioner may make the adjustments due to spending in
process and not yet entered on the state's accounts as of May
13, 1999. The amounts adjusted under this section are
appropriated.
Sec. 18. [DEBT SERVICES RESPONSIBILITIES.]
This article does not change the debt service
responsibilities of the University of Minnesota under Laws 1998,
chapter 404, section 2, subdivision 11, or of the board of
trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities under
Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 3, subdivision 29.
Sec. 19. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
This article is effective the day after its final enactment.
ARTICLE 3
Section 1. [MINNESOTA MINERALS 21ST CENTURY FUND
APPROPRIATION.]
Subdivision 1. [APPROPRIATION.] $20,000,000 is
appropriated in fiscal year 2000 from the general fund to the
Minnesota minerals 21st century fund, if a bill styled as H.F.
No. 2390 is enacted in 1999 and creates such a fund.
Notwithstanding any other law enacted during the 1999 regular
legislative session, the maximum total appropriation authorized
for the purposes of the Minnesota minerals 21st century fund
under all laws enacted during the 1999 regular legislative
session is $20,000,000. Any amounts appropriated in any other
law enacted during the 1999 legislative session that would cause
the appropriation to exceed $20,000,000 are canceled. This
limitation does not apply to the appropriation transfer
contained in 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 2, section 71.* (The
governor marked the preceding subdivision as vetoed.)
Subd. 2. [MATCHING REQUIREMENT.] If a bill styled as H.F.
No. 2390 is enacted in 1999 and it provides for creation of the
Minnesota minerals 21st century fund, the commissioner of the
iron range resources and rehabilitation board shall, upon the
recommendation of the board, match the funds allocated under
subdivision 1 to the extent they are used for a loan or equity
investment meeting the requirements of the provision creating
the Minnesota minerals 21st century fund within H.F. No. 2390.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 645.33, this
subdivision supersedes any contrary provisions of H.F. No. 2390
that is enacted in 1999.
Presented to the governor May 24, 1999
Signed by the governor May 25, 1999, 4:20 p.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes