1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; abolishing the Lake Superior Center Authority and 
1.3 	transferring all assets related to the facilities and operations of the Lake Superior 
1.4 	Center to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota;repealing 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 85B.01; 85B.02; 85B.03; 85B.04; 85B.05; 
1.6 	85B.06; 85B.07; 85B.08; Laws 1990, chapter 535, sections 1; 2; 3, as amended; 
1.7 	4; 5, as amended; 6; 7; 8.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. LAKE SUPERIOR CENTER TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITY OF 
1.10 	MINNESOTA, DULUTH.
 1.11 		Subdivision 1.Transfer authorized. The Board of Regents of the University of 
1.12 	Minnesota, the city of Duluth, the Duluth Economic Development Authority, and the Lake 
1.13 	Superior Center Authority may enter into an agreement to transfer all assets relating to the 
1.14 	facilities and operations of the Lake Superior Center in the city of Duluth, also known 
1.15 	as the Great Lakes Aquarium, from the Lake Superior Center Authority to the Board of 
1.16 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for use by the University of Minnesota, Duluth 
1.17 	as a freshwater lake education and research facility. The agreement is subject to review 
1.18 	and approval by the commissioner of finance. Upon approval by the commissioner and 
1.19 	execution of the agreement by all necessary parties, the Lake Superior Center Authority is 
1.20 	abolished and all assets of the Lake Superior Center and all assets of the city of Duluth 
1.21 	directly related to the operations and maintenance of the Lake Superior Center, are 
1.22 	transferred to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. 

1.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 

1.24 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 85B.01; 85B.02; 85B.03; 85B.04; 85B.05; 
2.2 	85B.06; 85B.07; and 85B.08, are repealed.
2.3 	Laws 1990, chapter 535, sections 1; 2; 3, as amended by Laws 1996, chapter 463, 
2.4 	section 49; 4; 5, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 99, section 22; 6; 7; and 8, are repealed.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following approval by 
2.6 	the commissioner of finance and execution by all necessary parties of the agreement 
2.7 	authorized in section 1.