1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with 
1.4 	certain conditions; establishing new programs and terminating existing 
1.5 	programs; authorizing the sale of state bonds; canceling and modifying previous 
1.6 	appropriations; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
1.7 	sections 16A.105; 16A.66, subdivision 2; 403.275, subdivision 2; 462A.36, by 
1.8 	adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, 
1.9 	subdivisions 1, 5; Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 12, 
1.10 	as amended; Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2; Laws 
1.11 	2008, chapter 179, section 5, subdivision 4; Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 5, 
1.12 	subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.13 	116J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 116J.431, subdivisions 3, 7, 
1.14 	8; 116J.435, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
1.15 	sections 116J.431, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 4, 6; 116J.435, subdivisions 2, 3.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 | Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
1.18 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
1.19 	bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
1.20 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
1.21 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
1.22 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
1.23 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or 
1.24 	article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, state agencies or officials are authorized to spend a 
1.25 	portion of an appropriation under this act to pay for the capitalizable costs of staff directly 
1.26 	attributable to the capital project or projects funded by the appropriation consistent 
1.27 	with policies adopted by the Department of Management and Budget. Unless otherwise 
1.28 	specified, the appropriations in this act are available until the project is completed or 
1.29 	abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

2.1 | SUMMARY
2.2 | University of Minnesota | $ | 100,000,000
2.3 | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities | | 114,645,000
2.4 | Minnesota State Academies | | 2,000,000
2.5 | Perpich Center for Arts Education | | 1,244,000
2.6 | Natural Resources | | 88,500,000
2.7 | Pollution Control Agency | | 14,000,000
2.8 | Board of Water and Soil Resources | | 8,200,000
2.9 | Zoological Garden | | 21,000,000
2.10 | Administration | | 10,900,000
2.11 | Military Affairs | | 16,491,000
2.12 | Public Safety | | 12,250,000
2.13 | Transportation | | 148,730,000
2.14 | Metropolitan Council | | 13,000,000
2.15 | Human Services | | 97,854,000
2.16 | Veterans Affairs | | 16,390,000
2.17 | Corrections | | 25,434,000
2.18 | Employment and Economic Development | | 40,000,000
2.19 | Public Facilities Authority | | 50,400,000
2.20 | Minnesota Historical Society | | 3,400,000
2.21 | Bond Sale Expenses | | 765,000
2.22 | Cancellations | | (47,764,014)
2.23 | TOTAL | $ | 737,438,986
2.24 | Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service) | | 618,821,000
2.25 | Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service) | | 21,527,000
2.26 | State Transportation Fund | | 95,000,000
2.27 | General Fund | | 600,000
2.28 | Trunk Highway Fund | | 22,800,000
2.29 | Trunk Highway Fund Bond Proceeds Account | | 26,455,000
2.30 | Bond Proceeds Cancellations (General Fund Debt Service) | | (29,264,014)
2.31 | Bond Proceeds Account Cancellation (Trunk Highway Fund) | | (18,500,000)

2.32 | | | | | | APPROPRIATIONS

2.33 | Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | | | |

2.34 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 100,000,000
2.35 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
2.36 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
2.37 	this section.

2.38

2.39

Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)

40,000,000

3.1 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
3.2 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

3.3 | Subd. 3.Twin Cities Campus | | | |

3.4 | Physics and Nanotechnology | | | | 53,333,000
3.5 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
3.6 	new physics and nanotechnology building 
3.7 	on the Twin Cities campus. The facility will 
3.8 	include research laboratories, offices, a clean 
3.9 	room supporting nanotechnology, and faculty 
3.10 	and student meeting space.

3.11 | Subd. 4.General Laboratory Renovation | | | | 6,667,000
3.12 	To improve and upgrade laboratory facilities 
3.13 	systemwide.

3.14 | Subd. 5.University Share | | | |
3.15 	Except for Higher Education Asset 
3.16 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
3.17 	under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this 
3.18 	section are intended to cover approximately 
3.19 	two-thirds of the cost of each project. The 
3.20 	remaining costs must be paid from university 
3.21 	sources.

3.22 | Subd. 6.Unspent Appropriations | | | |
3.23 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
3.24 	authorized in this section and after written 
3.25 	notice to the commissioner of management 
3.26 	and budget, the Board of Regents must use 
3.27 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
3.28 	for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
3.29 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
3.30 	of Regents must report by February 1 of 
3.31 	each even-numbered year to the chairs 
3.32 	of the house and senate committees with 
3.33 	jurisdiction over capital investment and 
3.34 	higher education finance, and to the chairs 
4.1 	of the house of representatives Ways and 
4.2 	Means Committee and the senate Finance 
4.3 	Committee, on how the remaining money 
4.4 	has been allocated or spent.

4.5

4.6

Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

4.7 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 114,645,000

4.8 | Appropriations by Fund
4.94.10

Bond Proceeds Fund (General Debt 
Service)

93,118,000

4.11

4.12

Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed 
Debt Service)

21,527,000

4.13 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
4.14 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
4.15 	purposes specified in this section.

4.16

4.17

Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)

50,000,000

4.18 	For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
4.19 	Statutes, section 135A.046, including safety 
4.20 	and statutory compliance, building envelope 
4.21 	integrity, mechanical systems, and space 
4.22 	restoration.

4.23 | Subd. 3.North Hennepin Community College | | | |

4.24 | Center for Business and Technology | | | | 14,782,000
4.25 	To construct, furnish, and equip an addition 
4.26 	to the Center for Business and Technology 
4.27 	and to renovate existing space for classrooms 
4.28 	and related space.

4.29 | Subd. 4.Lake Superior College | | | |

4.30 | Health and Science Center | | | | 12,098,000
4.31 	To construct, furnish, and equip renovation 
4.32 	of and an addition to the Health and Science 
4.33 	Center, and to design further renovation to 
4.34 	the Health and Science Center.

5.1

5.2

Subd. 5.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
Technical College, Eveleth

5.3 | Shop Space Addition | | | | 5,477,000
5.4 	To construct, furnish, and equip shop space 
5.5 	for the industrial mechanical technology 
5.6 	and carpentry programs. This appropriation 
5.7 	includes funding for renovation of existing 
5.8 	space for Americans with Disabilities Act 
5.9 	compliance.

5.10 | Subd. 6.St. Cloud Technical College | | | |

5.11 | Allied Health Center Renovation | | | | 5,421,000
5.12 	To complete design for, renovate, furnish, 
5.13 	and equip the Allied Health Center.

5.14 | Subd. 7.Normandale Community College | | | |

5.15

5.16

Academic Partnership Center and Student 
Services

22,984,000

5.17 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
5.18 	new building for classrooms and offices 
5.19 	and design renovation and expansion of the 
5.20 	Student and College Services Building.

5.21 | Subd. 8.Systemwide Initiative | | | |

5.22 | Classroom Renovation and Demolition | | | | 3,883,000
5.23 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
5.24 	classrooms and academic space statewide 
5.25 	and demolish obsolete space. Campuses may 
5.26 	use nonstate money to increase the size of 
5.27 	the projects. This appropriation may be used 
5.28 	only at the following campuses: Central 
5.29 	Lakes College, Brainerd; Minnesota State 
5.30 	Community Technical College, Wadena and 
5.31 	Moorhead; Minnesota West Community 
5.32 	Technical College, Pipestone; Northland 
5.33 	Community Technical College, Thief River 
6.1 	Falls; Pine Technical College, Pine City; and 
6.2 	Rochester Community Technical College, 
6.3 	Rochester.

6.4 | Subd. 9.Debt Service | | | |
6.5 	(a) The Board of Trustees shall pay the 
6.6 	debt service on one-third of the principal 
6.7 	amount of state bonds sold to finance projects 
6.8 	authorized by this section, except for higher 
6.9 	education asset preservation and replacement 
6.10 	(HEAPR), and except that, where a nonstate 
6.11 	match is required, the debt service is due on 
6.12 	a principal amount equal to one-third of the 
6.13 	total project cost, less the match committed 
6.14 	before the bonds are sold. After each sale of 
6.15 	general obligation bonds, the commissioner 
6.16 	of management and budget shall notify the 
6.17 	board of the amounts assessed for each year 
6.18 	for the life of the bonds.
6.19 	(b) The commissioner of management and 
6.20 	budget shall reduce the board's assessment 
6.21 	each year by one-third of the net income 
6.22 	from investment of general obligation bond 
6.23 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
6.24 	principal and interest otherwise required to 
6.25 	be paid by the board. The board shall pay its 
6.26 	resulting net assessment to the commissioner 
6.27 	of management and budget by December 
6.28 	1 each year. If the board fails to make 
6.29 	a payment when due, the commissioner 
6.30 	of management and budget shall reduce 
6.31 	allotments for appropriations from the 
6.32 	general fund otherwise available to the board 
6.33 	and apply the amount of the reduction to 
6.34 	cover the missed debt service payment. The 
6.35 	commissioner of management and budget 
7.1 	shall credit the payments received from the 
7.2 	board to the bond debt service account in 
7.3 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
7.4 	money is transferred from the general fund 
7.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
7.6 	subdivision 10.

7.7 | Subd. 10.Unspent Appropriations | | | |
7.8 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a 
7.9 	project authorized in this section and after 
7.10 	written notice to the commissioner of 
7.11 	management and budget, the board must use 
7.12 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
7.13 	for that project for higher education asset 
7.14 	preservation and replacement (HEAPR) 
7.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. 
7.16 	The board must report by February 1 of each 
7.17 	even-numbered year to the chairs of the house 
7.18 	of representatives and senate committees 
7.19 	with jurisdiction over capital investments and 
7.20 	higher education finance, and to the chairs 
7.21 	of the house of representatives Ways and 
7.22 	Means Committee and the senate Finance 
7.23 	Committee, on how the remaining money 
7.24 	has been allocated or spent.
7.25 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
7.26 	for a project in this section that is complete 
7.27 	is available for higher education asset 
7.28 	preservation and replacement under this 
7.29 	subdivision at the same campus as the 
7.30 	project for which the original appropriation 
7.31 	was made and the debt service requirement 
7.32 	under subdivision 9 is reduced accordingly. 
7.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
7.34 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
7.35 	the unspent amount transferred.

8.1 | Sec. 4. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES | | | $ | 2,000,000
8.2 	To the commissioner of administration for 
8.3 	asset preservation on both campuses of the 
8.4 	academies, to be spent in accordance with 
8.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

8.6

8.7

Sec. 5. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS 
EDUCATION

8.8 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 1,244,000
8.9 	To the commissioner of administration for 
8.10 	the purposes specified in this section.

8.11 | Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition | | | | 755,000
8.12 	To demolish the Alpha Building on the 
8.13 	Perpich Center for Arts Education, dispose 
8.14 	of any hazardous materials, and fill the site.

8.15

8.16

Subd. 3.Delta Building Dormitory Window 
Project

489,000

8.17 	To install new windows and complete 
8.18 	renovations on the Perpich Center for Arts 
8.19 	Education's Delta Dormitory.

8.20 | Sec. 6. NATURAL RESOURCES | | | |

8.21 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 88,500,000
8.22 	To the commissioner of natural resources 
8.23 	for the purposes specified in this section. 
8.24 	The appropriations in this section are 
8.25 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
8.26 	resources capital improvement program 
8.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
8.28 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
8.29 	to in this section provide more specific 
8.30 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
8.31 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

8.32 | Subd. 2.Natural Resources Asset Preservation | | | | 7,500,000
9.1 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
9.2 	and recreational assets operated by the 
9.3 	commissioner of natural resources, to be 
9.4 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
9.5 	section 84.946.

9.6 | Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation | | | | 50,000,000
9.7 	For the state share of flood hazard 
9.8 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
9.9 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
9.10 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.11 	103F.161.
9.12 	The commissioner shall determine project 
9.13 	priorities as appropriate, based on need.
9.14 	This appropriation includes money for the 
9.15 	following projects:
9.16 	(a) Ada
9.17 	(b) Afton
9.18 	(c) Austin
9.19 	(d) Becker Dams
9.20 	(e) Borup
9.21 	(f) Brandt-Angus
9.22 	(g) Clay County
9.23 	(h) Climax
9.24 	(i) Crookston
9.25 	(j) Felton
9.26 	(k) Georgetown
9.27 	(l) Granite Falls
9.28 	(m) Halstad
9.29 	(n) Hay Creek
9.30 	(o) Hendrum
9.31 	(p) Inver Grove Heights
10.1 	(q) Montevideo
10.2 	(r) Moorhead
10.3 	(s) Nielsville
10.4 	(t) North Ottawa
10.5 	(u) Oakport Township
10.6 	(v) Oslo
10.7 	(w) Perley
10.8 	(x) Redpath
10.9 	(y) Roseau
10.10 	(z) Rushford
10.11 	(aa) Shelly
10.12 	(bb) St. Vincent
10.13 	(cc) Stillwater
10.14 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
10.15 	that the commissioner determines is not 
10.16 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
10.17 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
10.18 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
10.19 	the commissioner's priority list.
10.20 	To the extent that the cost of a project 
10.21 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
10.22 	income in the municipality multiplied by the 
10.23 	number of households in the municipality, 
10.24 	this appropriation is also for the local share 
10.25 	of the project.

10.26 | Subd. 4.Groundwater Monitoring | | | | 1,000,000
10.27 	To install new groundwater level observation 
10.28 	wells, to monitor and assess groundwater 
10.29 	availability for water supply planning, and to 
10.30 	seal existing obsolete monitoring wells that 
10.31 	are no longer functional.

11.1

11.2

Subd. 5.Dam Repair, Reconstruction, and 
Removal

4,000,000

11.3 	To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. 
11.4 	The commissioner shall determine project 
11.5 	priorities as appropriate under Minnesota 
11.6 	Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515. 
11.7 	This appropriation includes money for the 
11.8 	following projects:
11.9 	(a) Lake Bronson
11.10 	(b) Pike River
11.11 	(c) Clayton Lake
11.12 	(d) Montevideo
11.13 	(e) Lanesboro
11.14 	(f) Drayton
11.15 	(g) Champlin Mill Pond
11.16 	(h) Milaca
11.17 	(i) Hallock
11.18 	(j) Byllesby
11.19 	(k) Emergency projects
11.20 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.21 	16A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of 
11.22 	final contracts for the completion of a project 
11.23 	listed in this subdivision, the commissioner 
11.24 	may transfer the unencumbered balance 
11.25 	in the project account to any other dam 
11.26 	renovation or removal project on the 
11.27 	commissioner's priority list.

11.28 | Subd. 6.RIM Critical Habitat Match | | | | 2,000,000
11.29 	To provide the state match for the critical 
11.30 	habitat private sector matching account under 
11.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.

12.1

12.2

Subd. 7.Native Prairie and Scientific and 
Natural Areas Acquisition and Development

1,000,000

12.3 	To acquire native prairie bank easements 
12.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96; 
12.5 	and to acquire land for scientific and natural 
12.6 	areas and for protection and improvements 
12.7 	of a capital nature to scientific and natural 
12.8 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
12.9 	84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5; and to 
12.10 	develop and restore certain tracts of prairie 
12.11 	lands for which the easement is permanent; 
12.12 	and to acquire native prairie for scientific 
12.13 	and natural areas and for native prairie 
12.14 	protection and improvements of a capital 
12.15 	nature in scientific and natural areas in the 
12.16 	prairie region under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.17 	sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 
12.18 	5. Prairie restorations funded in whole or 
12.19 	in part with this appropriation must use 
12.20 	native prairie species of a local ecotype as 
12.21 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.02, 
12.22 	subdivision 6.

12.23 | Subd. 8.State Forest Land Reforestation | | | | 3,500,000
12.24 	To increase reforestation activities to meet 
12.25 	the reforestation requirements of Minnesota 
12.26 	Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2, 
12.27 	including purchasing native seeds and native 
12.28 	seedlings, planting, seeding, site preparation, 
12.29 	and protection on state lands administered 
12.30 	by the commissioner.

12.31 | Subd. 9.Forest Roads and Bridges | | | | 2,000,000
12.32 	For design, reconstruction, resurfacing, 
12.33 	replacement, and construction of the state 
12.34 	forest roads and bridges system under 
12.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002.

13.1

13.2

Subd. 10.Diseased Shade Tree Removal and 
Replacement

2,000,000

13.3 	For grants to cities, counties, townships, and 
13.4 	park and recreation boards in cities of the first 
13.5 	class for the identification, removal, disposal, 
13.6 	and replacement of dead or dying shade trees 
13.7 	located on public property that are lost to 
13.8 	forest pests or disease. Priority shall be given 
13.9 	to communities with a known infestation 
13.10 	of emerald ash borer. For purposes of this 
13.11 	appropriation, "shade tree" means a woody 
13.12 	perennial grown primarily for aesthetic 
13.13 	or environmental purposes with minimal 
13.14 	residual timber value. The commissioner 
13.15 	shall consult with municipalities, park and 
13.16 	recreation boards in cities of the first class, 
13.17 	nonprofit organizations, and other interested 
13.18 	parties in developing eligibility criteria.

13.19 | Subd. 11.Facility Consolidation | | | | 2,500,000
13.20 	To design, acquire, renovate, construct, 
13.21 	furnish, and equip consolidated field offices 
13.22 	in accordance with the Department of Natural 
13.23 	Resources' facilities master plan.

13.24

13.25

Subd. 12.State Park, State Recreation Area, 
Water Recreation, and State Trail Acquisition

6,000,000

13.26 	Of this amount, $3,000,000 is to acquire 
13.27 	private lands within state parks from willing 
13.28 	sellers and develop the land as established 
13.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, 
13.30 	and state recreation areas established 
13.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.013; 
13.32 	$1,000,000 is to rehabilitate existing public 
13.33 	access sites on lakes and rivers, including 
13.34 	water access through the provision of fishing 
13.35 	piers and shoreline access under Minnesota 
14.1 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9; and 
14.2 	$2,000,000 is to acquire land for state trails 
14.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015.

14.4 | Subd. 13.Minnesota Forests for the Future | | | | 500,000
14.5 	To acquire conservation easements as 
14.6 	described under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
14.7 	84C, and fee title on private forest lands 
14.8 	to prevent the fragmentation and loss of 
14.9 	productive forest lands. The conservation 
14.10 	easements must guarantee public access, 
14.11 	including hunting and fishing.

14.12 | Subd. 14.Forest Stand Improvement | | | | 2,000,000
14.13 	To promote reforestation and improve forest 
14.14 	health on state forest lands and reduce the risk 
14.15 	of wildfire. Up to $1,000,000 of this amount 
14.16 	is for grants to local governmental units to 
14.17 	remove excessive fuel loads in accordance 
14.18 	with community wildfire protection plans 
14.19 	developed through the federal Firewise 
14.20 	program. The remaining funds shall be used 
14.21 	to accomplish forest stand improvement 
14.22 	practices on state forest lands.

14.23

14.24

Subd. 15.Wildlife Area and Aquatic Area 
Land Acquisition and Development

4,000,000

14.25 	To acquire land, and interests in land, for 
14.26 	wildlife management area and aquatic 
14.27 	management area purposes and for 
14.28 	improvements of a capital nature to develop, 
14.29 	protect, or improve habitat and facilities on 
14.30 	wildlife management areas under Minnesota 
14.31 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, and 
14.32 	aquatic management areas under Minnesota 
14.33 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 14.

14.34 | Subd. 16.Community Conservation Assistance | | | | 500,000
15.1 	For grants to local governmental units to 
15.2 	conserve natural habitats through acquisition 
15.3 	or easement. All acquisitions must be owned 
15.4 	and managed by a local government entity 
15.5 	and all conservation easements must be 
15.6 	perpetual. All projects must prepare and 
15.7 	follow a natural resource management plan.

15.8 | Subd. 17.Unspent Appropriations | | | |
15.9 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, 
15.10 	but not to exceed ten percent of the 
15.11 	appropriation, for a project in this section 
15.12 	that is complete, other than an appropriation 
15.13 	for flood hazard mitigation, upon written 
15.14 	notice to the commissioner of management 
15.15 	and budget, is available for asset preservation 
15.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946. 
15.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
15.18 	from the date of the original appropriation 
15.19 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
15.20 	preservation.

15.21 | Sec. 7. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY | | | |

15.22 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 14,000,000
15.23 	To the Pollution Control Agency for the 
15.24 	purposes specified in this section.

15.25 | Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Program | | | | 10,000,000
15.26 	To design and construct remedial systems 
15.27 	and acquire land at landfills throughout the 
15.28 	state in accordance with the closed landfill 
15.29 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
15.30 	115B.39 to 115B.42.

15.31 | Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program | | | | 4,000,000
16.1 	For the solid waste capital assistance grants 
16.2 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.3 	115A.54.

16.4

16.5

Sec. 8. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

16.6 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 8,200,000
16.7 	To the Board of Water and Soil resources for 
16.8 	the purposes specified in this section.

16.916.10

Subd. 2.Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) 
Conservation Reserve

4,000,000

16.11 	To acquire conservation easements from 
16.12 	landowners to preserve, restore, create, 
16.13 	and enhance wetlands, restore and enhance 
16.14 	rivers and streams, riparian lands, and 
16.15 	associated uplands in order to protect soil 
16.16 	and water quality, support fish and wildlife 
16.17 	habitat, reduce flood damages, and other 
16.18 	public benefits. The board must allocate 
16.19 	money appropriated in this subdivision so 
16.20 	as to maximize the use of available federal 
16.21 	funds. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
16.22 	section 103F.515, apply to this appropriation. 
16.23 	To the extent possible, prairie restorations 
16.24 	conducted with money appropriated in this 
16.25 	subdivision must plant vegetation or sow 
16.26 	seed only of ecotypes native to Minnesota, 
16.27 	and preferably of the local ecotype, using a 
16.28 	high diversity of species originating from as 
16.29 	close to the restoration site as possible, and 
16.30 	protect existing native prairies from genetic 
16.31 	contamination. Of this appropriation, up to 
16.32 	ten percent may be used to implement the 
16.33 	program.

16.34

16.35

Subd. 3.Wetland Replacement Due to Public 
Road Projects

4,200,000

17.1 	To acquire land for wetland restoration, or 
17.2 	preservation to replace wetlands drained 
17.3 	or filled as a result of the repair or 
17.4 	reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation 
17.5 	of existing public roads as required by 
17.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
17.7 	subdivision 1, paragraphs (l) and (m).
17.8 	$720,000 is to implement the program. 
17.9 	The purchase price paid for acquisition of 
17.10 	land, fee, or perpetual easement must be 
17.11 	the fair market value as determined by the 
17.12 	board. The board may enter into agreements 
17.13 	with the federal government, other state 
17.14 	agencies, political subdivisions, nonprofit 
17.15 	organizations, or fee owners to acquire 
17.16 	land and restore and create wetlands and to 
17.17 	acquire existing wetland banking credits. 
17.18 	The acquisition or conveyance of land may 
17.19 	be in the name of a political subdivision.

17.20

17.21

Sec. 9. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN

17.22 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 21,000,000
17.23 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden for the 
17.24 	purposes specified in this section.

17.25

17.26

Subd. 2.Asset Preservation and Exhibit 
Renewal

6,000,000

17.27 	To design and construct capital asset 
17.28 	preservation improvements and betterments 
17.29 	to infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota 
17.30 	Zoo in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
17.31 	section 16B.307.

17.32 | Subd. 3.Master Plan | | | | 15,000,000
17.33 	For implementation of the Minnesota Zoo's 
17.34 	master plan.

18.1 | Sec. 10. ADMINISTRATION | | | |

18.2 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 10,900,000

18.3 | Appropriations by Fund
18.4

18.5

Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund 
Debt Service)

10,700,000

18.6 | General Fund | 200,000
18.7 	To the commissioner of administration for 
18.8 	the purposes specified in this section.

18.918.10

Subd. 2.Capital Asset Preservation and 
Replacement Account (CAPRA)

2,000,000

18.11 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
18.12 	Statutes, section 16A.632.

18.13 | Subd. 3.Asset Preservation | | | | 8,700,000
18.14 	For asset preservation studies and projects 
18.15 	on properties managed by the commissioner. 
18.16 	This appropriation must be spent in 
18.17 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.18 	16B.307.

18.19 | Subd. 4.Agency Relocation | | | | 200,000
18.20 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
18.21 	for relocation of state agencies as determined 
18.22 	by the commissioner of administration.

18.23 | Sec. 11. MILITARY AFFAIRS | | | |

18.24 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 16,491,000
18.25 	To the adjutant general for the purposes 
18.26 	specified in this section.

18.27 | Subd. 2.Asset Preservation | | | | 8,000,000
18.28 	For asset preservation improvements and 
18.29 	betterments of a capital nature at military 
18.30 	affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in 
18.31 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.32 	16B.307.

18.33 | Subd. 3.Facility Life Safety Improvements | | | | 1,000,000
19.1 	For life safety improvements and to correct 
19.2 	code deficiencies at military affairs facilities 
19.3 	statewide, to be spent in accordance with 
19.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

19.5 | Subd. 4.Facility ADA Compliance | | | | 900,000
19.6 	For Americans with Disabilities Act 
19.7 	(ADA) alterations to existing National 
19.8 	Guard Training and Community Centers in 
19.9 	locations throughout the state, to be spent in 
19.10 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.11 	16B.307.

19.12 | Subd. 5.Cedar Street Armory Renovations | | | | 5,530,000
19.13 	For design and renovation of the Cedar 
19.14 	Street Armory, including but not limited to: 
19.15 	window replacement, main and secondary 
19.16 	entry replacement, upgrading of HVAC 
19.17 	systems, upgrading of electrical and data 
19.18 	distribution systems, reconfiguring of interior 
19.19 	spaces, and asbestos abatement.

19.20 | Subd. 6.Troop Support Facility (Camp Ripley) | | | | 1,061,000
19.21 	To complete design and renovate, furnish 
19.22 	and equip the existing Troop Support 
19.23 	Facility at Camp Ripley, including but 
19.24 	not limited to: window replacement, 
19.25 	interior floor installation and finishings, air 
19.26 	conditioning, upgrade of electrical, data, 
19.27 	and telecommunication systems, kitchen 
19.28 	installation, and furniture.

19.29 | Subd. 7.Unspent Appropriations | | | |
19.30 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
19.31 	a project under this section that has been 
19.32 	completed may be used for any other purpose 
19.33 	permitted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.34 	16B.307.

20.1 | Sec. 12. PUBLIC SAFETY | | | |

20.2 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 12,250,000
20.3 	To the commissioner of public safety, or other 
20.4 	named agency, for the purposes specified in 
20.5 	this section.

20.6

20.7

Subd. 2.Camp Ripley Emergency 
Management Training Facility

10,000,000

20.8 	To the commissioner of administration to 
20.9 	complete Phase II of the tier 3 homeland 
20.10 	security and emergency management 
20.11 	training and exercise center at Camp Ripley, 
20.12 	which includes a classroom facility and 
20.13 	several facilities for field response training. 
20.14 	Nonmilitary public safety personnel from 
20.15 	Minnesota must be given access to the 
20.16 	facility.

20.17 | Subd. 3.State Emergency Operations Center | | | | 2,250,000
20.18 	For the predesign and design of a new 
20.19 	state emergency operations center. The 
20.20 	predesign must consider the potential 
20.21 	benefits of colocating this center with a new 
20.22 	National Guard joint force headquarters and 
20.23 	operations center in Arden Hills.

20.24 | Sec. 13. TRANSPORTATION | | | |

20.25 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 148,730,000

20.26 | Appropriations by Fund
20.27

20.28

Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund 
Debt Service)

4,500,000

20.29 | State Transportation | 95,000,000
20.30 | Trunk Highway | 22,800,000
20.31 | Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds | 26,430,000
20.32 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
20.33 	transportation for the purposes specified in 
20.34 	this section.

21.1

21.2

Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation

75,000,000

21.3 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
21.4 	account in the state transportation fund 
21.5 	to match federal money and to replace 
21.6 	or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as 
21.7 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.8 	174.50.
21.9 	Political subdivisions may use grants made 
21.10 	under this subdivision to construct or 
21.11 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited 
21.12 	to:
21.13 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct 
21.14 	or reconstruct key bridges;
21.15 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
21.16 	engineering and environmental studies 
21.17 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.18 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
21.19 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
21.20 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
21.21 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
21.22 	be made;
21.23 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
21.24 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
21.25 	of an existing bridge determined by 
21.26 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
21.27 	commissioner determines that construction 
21.28 	of the road or street is more economical than 
21.29 	replacement of the existing bridge.

21.30

21.31

Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Fund 
Grants

20,000,000

21.32 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
21.33 	account in the state transportation fund as 
22.1 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.2 	174.50.
22.3 	$10,000,000 is for construction and 
22.4 	reconstruction of local roads with statewide 
22.5 	or regional significance under Minnesota 
22.6 	Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4.
22.7 	$10,000,000 is for grants to counties to assist 
22.8 	in paying the costs of rural road safety capital 
22.9 	improvement projects on county state-aid 
22.10 	highways under Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.11 	174.52, subdivision 4a.

22.12

22.13

Subd. 4.Railroad Warning Devices 
Replacement

2,500,000

22.14 	To design, construct, and equip the 
22.15 	replacement of statewide active highway rail 
22.16 	grade crossing warning safety devices.

22.17 | Subd. 5.Southern Rail Corridor | | | | 2,000,000
22.18 	For preliminary engineering and 
22.19 	environmental analysis of the proposed 
22.20 	freight rail bypass south of Rochester. This 
22.21 	appropriation is not available until at least 
22.22 	$2,000,000 is committed from a local or 
22.23 	federal source. Any required alternatives 
22.24 	analysis shall be funded from the nonstate 
22.25 	match.

22.26 | Subd. 6.Rochester Maintenance Facility | | | | 26,430,000
22.27 	For design, construction, and equipping 
22.28 	of a new district maintenance facility in 
22.29 	Rochester.
22.30 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
22.31 	account in the trunk highway fund.

22.32 | Subd. 7.Maple Grove Truck Station | | | | 15,800,000
22.33 	For design and construction of a new truck 
22.34 	station facility in Maple Grove.
23.1 	This appropriation is for fiscal year 2011 
23.2 	from the trunk highway fund and is available 
23.3 	until expended.

23.4 | Subd. 8.Little Falls Truck Station | | | | 3,300,000
23.5 	For design and construction of a new truck 
23.6 	station facility in Little Falls.
23.7 	This appropriation is for fiscal year 2011 
23.8 	from the trunk highway fund and is available 
23.9 	until expended.

23.10 | Subd. 9.Maplewood Bridge Crew Building | | | | 3,000,000
23.11 	For design and construction of a bridge crew 
23.12 	building in Maplewood.
23.13 	This appropriation is for fiscal year 2011 
23.14 	from the trunk highway fund and is available 
23.15 	until expended.

23.16

23.17

Subd. 10.Willmar District Headquarters and 
Plymouth Truck Station Design

700,000

23.18 	For design and investigative services for new 
23.19 	headquarters in Willmar and truck station in 
23.20 	Plymouth.
23.21 	This appropriation is for fiscal year 2011 
23.22 	from the trunk highway fund and is available 
23.23 	until expended.

23.24 | Sec. 14. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL | | | |

23.25 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 13,000,000
23.26 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
23.27 	specified in this section.

23.28

23.29

Subd. 2.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit 
(BRT)

3,000,000

23.30 	For environmental analysis, preliminary 
23.31 	engineering, design, and construction of 
23.32 	bus lane improvements and transit station 
23.33 	construction and improvements and to 
24.1 	acquire land, or an interest in land, for the 
24.2 	Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit line.
24.3 	This appropriation may not be spent for 
24.4 	capital improvements within a trunk highway 
24.5 	right-of-way.

24.6

24.7

Subd. 3.Southwest Corridor Light Rail 
Transit (LRT)

7,000,000

24.8 	For preliminary engineering and final 
24.9 	environmental impact statement work for the 
24.10 	Southwest Corridor light rail transit line.

24.11

24.12

Subd. 4.Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital 
Improvements

3,000,000

24.13 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
24.14 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
24.15 	council and local governmental units of 
24.16 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
24.17 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
24.18 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.19 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
24.20 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
24.21 	This appropriation must not be used to 
24.22 	purchase easements.

24.23 | Sec. 15. HUMAN SERVICES | | | |

24.24 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 97,854,000
24.25 	To the commissioner of administration for 
24.26 	the purposes specified in this section.

24.27 | Subd. 2.Asset Preservation | | | | 3,000,000
24.28 	For systemwide asset preservation 
24.29 	improvements and betterments at Department 
24.30 	of Human Services facilities, to be spent in 
24.31 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.32 	16B.307.

24.33

24.34

Subd. 3.Minnesota Sex Offender Program 
Treatment Facilities - Moose Lake

89,072,000

25.1 	To complete design for and to construct, 
25.2 	furnish, and equip an additional 400-bed 
25.3 	secure residential facility and program and 
25.4 	ancillary service facilities for the Minnesota 
25.5 	sex offender treatment program at Moose 
25.6 	Lake.

25.7

25.8

Subd. 4.Brainerd Campus Redevelopment, 
Reuse, or Demolition

5,782,000

25.9 	To demolish or renovate surplus, 
25.10 	nonfunctional, or deteriorated facilities 
25.11 	and infrastructure at the Brainerd regional 
25.12 	human services center campus. If any 
25.13 	surplus facilities or property on the Brainerd 
25.14 	campus are sold or transferred to a local 
25.15 	unit of government, unspent portions of this 
25.16 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
25.17 	unit of government for the purposes stated in 
25.18 	this subdivision if the redevelopment or reuse 
25.19 	of the facilities or property is consistent with 
25.20 	the redevelopment plan concepts developed 
25.21 	and approved under Laws 2003, First Special 
25.22 	Session chapter 14, article 6, section 64, 
25.23 	subdivision 2.

25.24 | Sec. 16. VETERANS AFFAIRS | | | |

25.25 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 16,390,000
25.26 	To the commissioner of administration 
25.27 	for the purposes specified in this section. 
25.28 	The commissioner must allocate money 
25.29 	appropriated in this section so as to maximize 
25.30 	the use of all available federal funding.

25.31 | Subd. 2.Asset Preservation | | | | 6,490,000
25.32 	For asset preservation improvements and 
25.33 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
26.1 	homes statewide, to be spent in accordance 
26.2 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

26.3 | Subd. 3.Minneapolis Veterans Home | | | | 9,450,000
26.4 	To remodel building 16 to accommodate 
26.5 	a domiciliary program, demolish the north 
26.6 	wing of building 17, and design, construct, 
26.7 	furnish, and equip up to a 72-bed single 
26.8 	occupancy person-centered nursing care 
26.9 	building, including site improvements and 
26.10 	amenities for building and program support.

26.11

26.12

Subd. 4.Luverne Veterans Home Entrance 
Enclosure

450,000

26.13 	To design, construct, furnish, and attach 
26.14 	a new entrance enclosure to the Luverne 
26.15 	Veterans Home, including a redesign of 
26.16 	parking and landscape surrounding the front 
26.17 	entrance.

26.18 | Sec. 17. CORRECTIONS | | | |

26.19 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 25,434,000
26.20 	To the commissioner of administration for 
26.21 	the purposes specified in this section.

26.22 | Subd. 2.Asset Preservation | | | | 8,000,000
26.23 	For improvements and betterments of a 
26.24 	capital nature at Minnesota correctional 
26.25 	facilities statewide, in accordance with 
26.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

26.27

26.28

Subd. 3.Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
Statewide Locations

26.29 | ARMER Radio System Migration | | | | 7,405,000
26.30 	To design and implement the Allied Radio 
26.31 	Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) 
26.32 	system migration into all state correctional 
26.33 	facilities, including but not limited to 
27.1 	building and radio site improvements, 
27.2 	installation of fixed antenna systems and 
27.3 	repeaters, and installation of master control 
27.4 	dispatch console equipment.

27.5

27.6

Subd. 4.Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak 
Park Heights

27.7 | Exterior Intrusion Detection System Upgrade | | | | 3,529,000
27.8 	To replace and improve the current perimeter 
27.9 	detection system with a comprehensive 
27.10 	system that will use current technology and 
27.11 	provide essential components of effective 
27.12 	and reliable escape detection at Minnesota's 
27.13 	maximum security correctional facility, 
27.14 	including but not limited to installation of a 
27.15 	new sensor coil system, improved lighting, 
27.16 	cameras, recording devices, and renovations 
27.17 	of existing facilities required to accommodate 
27.18 	the technology and functionality of the new 
27.19 	system.

27.20

27.21

Subd. 5.Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak 
Park Heights

27.22 | Security System Upgrade | | | | 6,500,000
27.23 	To replace and upgrade existing facility 
27.24 	security systems and components with new 
27.25 	fully integrated systems throughout the 
27.26 	prison, including renovations of existing 
27.27 	facilities required to accommodate the 
27.28 	technology and functionality of the new 
27.29 	systems.

27.30 | Subd. 6.Unspent Appropriations | | | |
27.31 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
27.32 	a project in this section that is complete, 
27.33 	upon written notice to the commissioner of 
27.34 	management and budget, is available for 
27.35 	asset preservation under Minnesota Statutes, 
28.1 	section 16B.307, at the same correctional 
28.2 	facility as the project for which the original 
28.3 	appropriation was made. Minnesota Statutes, 
28.4 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
28.5 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
28.6 	transferred.

28.7

28.8

Sec. 18. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

28.9 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 40,000,000
28.10 	To the commissioner of employment and 
28.11 	economic development for the purposes 
28.12 	specified in this section.

28.13

28.14

Subd. 2.Business Development Public 
Infrastructure Grant Program

25,000,000

28.15 	For grants under new Minnesota Statutes, 
28.16 	section 116J.433.

28.17 | Subd. 3.Redevelopment Account | | | | 15,000,000
28.18 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
28.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.

28.20 | Sec. 19. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY | | | |

28.21 | Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation | | | $ | 50,400,000

28.22 | Appropriations by Fund
28.23

28.24

Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund 
Debt Service)

50,000,000

28.25 | General Fund | 400,000
28.26 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
28.27 	purposes specified in this section.

28.28 | Subd. 2.State Match for Federal Grants | | | | 30,000,000
28.29 	(a) To match federal grants for the clean 
28.30 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
28.31 	Statutes, section 446A.07, and the drinking 
28.32 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
28.33 	Statutes, section 446A.081.
29.1 	(b) $10,800,000 of this appropriation shall 
29.2 	provide matching funds for the drinking 
29.3 	water revolving fund, with the balance to be 
29.4 	made available to the clean water revolving 
29.5 	fund.
29.6 	(c) This appropriation must be used for 
29.7 	qualified capital projects.

29.8

29.9

Subd. 3.Wastewater Infrastructure Funding 
Program

20,400,000

29.10 	For grants to eligible municipalities under the 
29.11 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
29.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
29.13 	$400,000 of this appropriation is from the 
29.14 	general fund to implement the wastewater 
29.15 	infrastructure funding program.

29.16

29.17

Sec. 20. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

$

3,400,000

29.18 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
29.19 	capital improvements and betterments at 
29.20 	state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
29.21 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
29.22 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
29.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
29.24 	society shall determine project priorities as 
29.25 	appropriate based on need.

29.26 | Sec. 21. BOND SALE EXPENSES | | | $ | 765,000

29.27 | Appropriations by Fund
29.28

29.29

Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund 
Debt Service)

740,000

29.30 | Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds | 25,000
29.31 	To the commissioner of management 
29.32 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
29.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
29.34 	subdivision 8.

30.1 	Sec. 22. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 30.2 	The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
30.3 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2011, no more 
30.4 	than $954,156,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond 
30.5 	fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state general 
30.6 	obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, 
30.7 	the commissioner of management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt service 
30.8 	payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service 
30.9 	payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall 
30.10 	adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this 
30.11 	section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments is appropriated from the 
30.12 	general fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

30.13 	Sec. 23. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 30.14 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
30.15 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
30.16 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $640,348,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
30.17 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and 
30.18 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
30.19 		Subd. 2.Trunk highway fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from 
30.20 	the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management 
30.21 	and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $26,455,000 in the 
30.22 	manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
30.23 	167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times 
30.24 	and in the amount requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the 
30.25 	bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be 
30.26 	credited to a bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.
30.27 		Subd. 3.Transportation fund bond proceeds account. To provide the 
30.28 	money appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the commissioner 
30.29 	of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
30.30 	$95,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
30.31 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
30.32 	sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
30.33 	received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the 
30.34 	state transportation fund.

31.1 	Sec. 24. CANCELLATIONS; BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION REDUCTIONS.
 31.2 	(a) $525,000 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
31.3 	in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7, subdivision 3, for the Bureau of Criminal 
31.4 	Apprehension facility is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, 
31.5 	article 11, section 17, subdivision 1, is reduced by $525,000.
31.6 	(b) $5,132 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
31.7 	in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7, subdivision 4, for property acquisition 
31.8 	is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 
31.9 	17, subdivision 1, is reduced by $5,132.
31.10 	(c) $23,643 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
31.11 	in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 11, for asset preservation is canceled. The 
31.12 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 17, subdivision 
31.13 	1, is reduced by $23,643.
31.14 	(d) $8,731 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
31.15 	in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 6, for asset preservation and capital improvements is 
31.16 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
31.17 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, is reduced by $8,731.
31.18 	(e) $101,486 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
31.19 	in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision 2, for capital asset preservation and 
31.20 	replacement account (CAPRA) is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, 
31.21 	chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, 
31.22 	section 1, is reduced by $101,486.
31.23 	(f) $1,042 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
31.24 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision 3, for electrical utility infrastructure is 
31.25 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
31.26 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, is reduced by $1,042.
31.27 	(g) $10,702 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
31.28 	in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision 6, for a joint Health and Agriculture 
31.29 	laboratory facility is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
31.30 	section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and 
31.31 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $10,702.
31.32 	(h) $5,830 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
31.33 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 22, subdivision 2, for systemwide roof renovation and 
31.34 	replacement is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 
31.35 	30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 
31.36 	2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $5,830.
32.1 	(i) $53,696 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
32.2 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 22, subdivision 3, for systemwide asset preservation is 
32.3 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
32.4 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
32.5 	section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $53,696.
32.6 	(j) $77,035 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
32.7 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 22, subdivision 4, for systemwide building and structure 
32.8 	demolition is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 
32.9 	30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 
32.10 	2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $77,035.
32.11 	(k) $8,874 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
32.12 	in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 22, subdivision 6, for the Fergus Falls Regional 
32.13 	Treatment Center is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
32.14 	section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and 
32.15 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $8,874.
32.16 	(l) $3,498 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
32.17 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 22, subdivision 7, for the St. Peter Regional Treatment 
32.18 	Center is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, 
32.19 	subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, 
32.20 	chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $3,498.
32.21 	(m) $8,023 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
32.22 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 23, subdivision 2, for asset preservation is canceled. The 
32.23 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended 
32.24 	by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
32.25 	paragraph (a), is reduced by $8,023.
32.26 	(n) $2,000 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
32.27 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 23, subdivision 3, for Hastings Veterans Home Phase 3 is 
32.28 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
32.29 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
32.30 	section 28, paragraph (a), is reduced by $2,000.
32.31 	(o) $361,240 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
32.32 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 3, subdivision 25, paragraph (d), for demolition 
32.33 	is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
32.34 	28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (d), 
32.35 	is reduced by $361,240.
33.1 	(p) $28,262 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
33.2 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 13, subdivision 4, for Central Park Parking 
33.3 	Ramp and Lot Q is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
33.4 	article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
33.5 	paragraph (d), is reduced by $28,262.
33.6 	(q) $7,481 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 4, 
33.7 	subdivision 3, to demolish the Beta Building is canceled. The bond sale authorization in 
33.8 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, 
33.9 	chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (d), is reduced by $7,481.
33.10 	(r) $14,141 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
33.11 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 14, subdivision 2, for renovation of the Capitol's 
33.12 	interior is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, 
33.13 	section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph 
33.14 	(d), is reduced by $14,141.
33.15 	(s) $691,820 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
33.16 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 18, subdivision 6, for rail service improvement 
33.17 	is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
33.18 	28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (d), 
33.19 	is reduced by $691,820.
33.20 	(t) $1,864 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
33.21 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 3, for an addition to the 
33.22 	Luverne Veterans Home is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 
33.23 	20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 
33.24 	28, paragraph (d), is reduced by $1,864.
33.25 	(u) $25,720 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
33.26 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 5, to predesign a veterans nursing 
33.27 	home on the Willmar Regional Treatment Center campus is canceled. The bond sale 
33.28 	authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by 
33.29 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (d), is reduced by $25,720.
33.30 	(v) $1,003,284 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
33.31 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 3, for Stillwater Phase 1 
33.32 	demolition and renovation is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 
33.33 	20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
33.34 	paragraph (d), is reduced by $1,003,284.
33.35 	(w) $963 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
33.36 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), for the Willow 
34.1 	River Activities Building is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 
34.2 	20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
34.3 	paragraph (d), is reduced by $963.
34.4 	(x) $853 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
34.5 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), for additional 
34.6 	beds at Willow River is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
34.7 	article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
34.8 	paragraph (d), is reduced by $853.
34.9 	(y) $22,000,000 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the 
34.10 	appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 16, paragraph 
34.11 	(a), as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 58, and Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 
34.12 	1, section 30, for the Minnesota Planetarium is canceled. The bond sale authorization in 
34.13 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, 
34.14 	chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (d), is reduced by $22,000,000.
34.15 	(z) $2,000,000 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
34.16 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 6, for rail service improvement is 
34.17 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 
34.18 	1, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 3, section 6, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
34.19 	section 28, paragraph (e), is reduced by $2,000,000.
34.20 	(aa) $7,771 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation in 
34.21 	Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 5, for an addition to the Luverne Veterans 
34.22 	Home is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, 
34.23 	subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 3, section 6, and Laws 2008, 
34.24 	chapter 179, section 28, paragraph (e), is reduced by $7,771.
34.25 	(bb) $2,283,263 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the 
34.26 	appropriation in Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5, 
34.27 	subdivision 2, for flood-damaged state facilities and natural resources is canceled. The 
34.28 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 
34.29 	15, subdivision 1, is reduced by $2,283,263.
34.30 	(cc) $9,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 
34.31 	3, subdivision 4, for the Urban Partnership Agreement is canceled. The bond sale 
34.32 	authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, is reduced 
34.33 	by $9,000,000.
34.34 	(dd) $9,500,000 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the 
34.35 	appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 5, for exterior repair of the 
35.1 	Transportation Building is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 
35.2 	152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, is reduced by $9,500,000.
35.3 	(ee) $2,660 or the unspent and unencumbered balance, if less, of the appropriation 
35.4 	in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 10, to replace the roof of the potato inspection unit 
35.5 	building is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 
35.6 	27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $2,660.
35.7 	(ff) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 21, 
35.8 	subdivision 1, is reduced by  $79,375,000.
35.9 	(gg) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 21, 
35.10 	subdivision 2, is reduced by  $5,780,000.

35.11 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.105, is amended to read:
35.12 	16A.105 DEBT CAPACITY FORECAST.
35.13 	In ~~February and~~ November of each year the commissioner shall prepare a debt 
35.14 	capacity forecast to be delivered to the governor and legislature ~~according to~~ with the 
35.15 	November forecast of state revenue and expenditures required by section 16A.103, 
35.16 	subdivision 1. The debt capacity forecast must include statements of the indebtedness of 
35.17 	the state for bonds, notes, and other forms of long-term general obligation indebtedness. 
35.18 	The forecast must show the actual amount of the debt service for at least the past two 
35.19 	completed fiscal years, and the estimated amount for the current fiscal year and the next 
35.20 	six fiscal years, and the debt authorized and unissued~~, and the borrowing capacity for~~ 
35.21 	~~the next six fiscal years~~.  

35.22 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivision 1, is 
35.23 	amended to read:
35.24 		Subdivision 1.Authority to issue. When authorized by law to issue state general 
35.25 	obligation bonds or state 911 revenue bonds under section 403.275, the commissioner 
35.26 	may issue all or part of the bonds as tax credit bonds or as interest subsidy bonds or a 
35.27 	combination of the two.

35.28 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivision 5, is 
35.29 	amended to read:
35.30 		Subd. 5.Sale; certain costs of issuance. Tax credit bonds and interest subsidy 
35.31 	bonds must be sold at a price not less than 98 percent of their stated principal amount. No 
35.32 	state trunk highway bond may be sold for a price of less than par and accrued interest.
35.33 	When the commissioner determines to issue tax credit bonds or interest subsidy bonds to 
36.1 	achieve a net present value debt service savings over tax-exempt bonds, the commissioner 
36.2 	is authorized to issue an additional principal amount of bonds, not to exceed two percent 
36.3 	of the principal amount of bonds otherwise authorized to be issued by law, to pay the costs 
36.4 	of investment banking and banking services related to the sale or placement of the bonds, 
36.5 	provided that such additional issuance will not cause an increase in the general fund debt 
36.6 	service transfer for the biennium during which the bonds are sold, as estimated by the 
36.7 	commissioner. The proceeds are appropriated for this purpose.

36.8 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.66, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.9 		Subd. 2.Special provisions for sale and issuance. Refunding bonds may be 
36.10 	sold publicly, or directly to the State Board of Investment without bids, or may be 
36.11 	exchanged for bonds refunded by agreement with their holders. The refunding bonds must 
36.12 	be prepared, executed, delivered, and secured in the same way as the refunded bonds. 
36.13 	The proceeds of refunding bonds may be deposited, invested, and applied to accomplish 
36.14 	the refunding as provided in section 475.67, subdivisions 5 to 10 and 13. Bids for the 
36.15 	securities to be purchased for the escrow account may be secured, at the commissioner's 
36.16 	election, either through the State Board of Investment or a suitable financial institution 
36.17 	within or without the state. The interest rate on refunding bonds may exceed that on the 
36.18 	refunded bonds if the purpose of refunding is to extend the maturities and to reduce the 
36.19 	amount needed annually to pay and to secure the debt.  

36.20 	Sec. 29. [116J.433] MINNESOTA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC 
36.21 	INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.
36.22 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. The commissioner is authorized to 
36.23 	make grants to eligible units of government to provide up to 50 percent of the capital 
36.24 	costs of public infrastructure necessary for eligible economic development projects. The 
36.25 	grantee must provide a match for the remainder of the costs of the project, either in cash or 
36.26 	through in-kind contributions. The purpose of the grants is to keep or enhance jobs in the 
36.27 	area, increase the tax base, expand or create new economic development, or expand the 
36.28 	growth of new bioscience businesses and organizations.
36.29 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
36.30 	have the meanings given them.
36.31 	(b) "Bioscience" means the following, but is not limited to:
36.32 	(1) researching, developing, or manufacturing a biotechnology product or service or 
36.33 	a biotechnology-related health sciences product or service;
37.1 	(2) researching, developing, or manufacturing a biotechnology medical device 
37.2 	product or service or a biotechnology-related medical device product or service; or
37.3 	(3) promoting, supplying, or servicing a facility or operation involved in clause (1) or 
37.4 	(2), if the business derives more than 50 percent of its gross receipts from those activities.
37.5 	(c)(1) "Eligible economic development project" or "eligible project" means a project 
37.6 	to develop public infrastructure to serve the development of the following types of 
37.7 	activities:
37.8 	(i) manufacturing;
37.9 	(ii) technology;
37.10 	(iii) warehousing and distribution;
37.11 	(iv) research and development;
37.12 	(v) agricultural processing, defined as transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading 
37.13 	livestock or livestock products into goods that are used for intermediate or final 
37.14 	consumption, including goods for nonfood use; 
37.15 	(vi) industrial park development that would be used by any other business listed in 
37.16 	this subdivision; or
37.17 	(vii) bioscience business development capital improvement projects including 
37.18 	manufacturing; technology; warehousing and distribution; research and development; 
37.19 	bioscience business incubator; agricultural bioprocessing; or industrial, office, or research 
37.20 	park development that would be used by a bioscience-based business.
37.21 	(2) "Eligible economic development project" or "eligible project" does not mean a 
37.22 	project to develop public infrastructure for:
37.23 	(i) retail development, except as incidental to an eligible purpose;
37.24 	(ii) office space development, except as incidental to an eligible purpose; or
37.25 	(iii) medical clinics and nursing homes.
37.26 	(d) "Eligible unit of government" means a county or city, and in the case of a 
37.27 	bioscience-related project, a public institution of higher education.
37.28 	(e) "In-kind contribution" means the value of the site, site preparation, other public 
37.29 	infrastructure needed for the project, prepaid costs for planning and design work, or 
37.30 	material and labor costs provided for the project.
37.31 	(f) "Governing body" means the city council, county board of commissioners, or the 
37.32 	board of trustees or board of regents for public institutions of higher education.
37.33 	(g) "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
37.34 	(h) "Public infrastructure" means publicly owned physical infrastructure in this 
37.35 	state including, but not limited to, wastewater collection and treatment systems, drinking 
37.36 	water systems, storm sewers, utility extensions, telecommunications infrastructure, 
38.1 	streets, roads, bridges, and parking facilities. Additionally, for bioscience projects, public 
38.2 	infrastructure includes facilities that directly support economic development of basic 
38.3 	science, clinical research, or research infrastructure.
38.4 		Subd. 3.Application review. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and 
38.5 	procedures for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. At a 
38.6 	minimum, an eligible unit of government must include in its application a resolution of the 
38.7 	governing body certifying that the required local match is available. The commissioner 
38.8 	must evaluate complete applications for eligible projects using the following criteria:
38.9 	(1) the project is an eligible project as defined under subdivision 2, paragraph (c);
38.10 	(2) the project will result in both public and private capital investment and provide 
38.11 	measurable economic benefits to the areas in which the project would be located;
38.12 	(3) the eligible project is not relocating substantially the same operation from another 
38.13 	location in the state, unless the commissioner determines the eligible project cannot be 
38.14 	reasonably accommodated within the local governmental unit in which the business is 
38.15 	currently located, or the business would otherwise relocate to another state or country; and
38.16 	(4) the project is ready to proceed upon award.
38.17 	(b) The commissioner must give priority to eligible projects with one or more of the 
38.18 	following characteristics when making a determination for funding:
38.19 	(1) inclusion of bioscience business development;
38.20 	(2) job creation and long-term job preservation;
38.21 	(3) increase in property tax base;
38.22 	(4) the general public benefit, including environmental benefits to the state and 
38.23 	region, efficient use of public transportation, efficient use of existing infrastructure, 
38.24 	provision of affordable housing, multiuse development, crime reduction, blight reduction, 
38.25 	and community stabilization;
38.26 	(5) projects with committed businesses and the potential of the local governmental 
38.27 	unit to attract viable businesses;
38.28 	(6) proximity to public transit if located in a metropolitan area; or 
38.29 	(7) multijurisdictional eligible projects that take into account the need for affordable 
38.30 	housing, transportation, and environmental impact.
38.31 	(c) The factors in paragraph (b) are not listed in a rank order of priority; rather, the 
38.32 	commissioner may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and circumstances, as 
38.33 	the commissioner considers appropriate.
38.34 	(d) If applications for grants exceed the available appropriations, grants must be 
38.35 	made for public infrastructure that, in the commissioner's judgment, provides the highest 
38.36 	return in public benefits per dollar of state investment.
39.1 	(e) The determination of whether to make a grant is within the discretion of the 
39.2 	commissioner, subject to this section. The commissioner's decisions and application of the 
39.3 	priorities are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion.
39.4 		Subd. 4.Set-asides. (a) Thirty percent of funds available in any fiscal year for the 
39.5 	purposes of this section must be reserved for eligible bioscience projects statewide for 
39.6 	the first nine months of the fiscal year. If funds are not committed due to insufficient 
39.7 	applications for projects that are ready to proceed, the balance must be made available 
39.8 	for the general program.
39.9 	(b) Fifty percent of funds available in a fiscal year for purposes of this section must 
39.10 	be reserved for grants to cities and counties located outside the metropolitan area for 
39.11 	the first nine months of the fiscal year. If funds are not committed due to insufficient 
39.12 	applications for projects that are ready to proceed, the balance must be made available 
39.13 	for the general program.
39.14 	(c) Funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year are reallocated to the set-asides 
39.15 	under paragraphs (a) and (b) and continue to be made available for the program until spent.
39.16 		Subd. 5.Maximum grant amount. (a) Grants must be matched with local funds 
39.17 	and may not exceed 50 percent of capital costs of public infrastructure. Other state grant 
39.18 	awards are not local matches for purposes of this section.
39.19 	(b) An eligible unit of government may receive:
39.20 	(1) no more than $2,000,000 on bioscience-related projects, with preference given to 
39.21 	requests at or below $1,000,000; or
39.22 	(2) no more than $500,000 on projects without a qualifying bioscience component, 
39.23 	with preference given to projects requesting $250,000 or less.
39.24 		Subd. 6.Program administrative costs. Program costs incurred by the 
39.25 	commissioner shall be reimbursed in part from a fee in the amount of two percent of the 
39.26 	grant award payable to the Department of Employment and Economic Development from 
39.27 	local sources prior to release of any grant funding. Fees collected shall be deposited to 
39.28 	the general fund and are annually appropriated to the commissioner to reimburse costs 
39.29 	incurred in administering the program.
39.30 		Subd. 7.Cancellation of grant; return of grant money. If, after 12 months, the 
39.31 	commissioner determines that a project has not proceeded in a timely manner and is 
39.32 	unlikely to be completed, the commissioner may cancel the grant and require the grantee 
39.33 	to return all grant money disbursed for that project.
39.34 		Subd. 8.Appropriation. Grant money returned to the commissioner is appropriated 
39.35 	to the commissioner to make additional grants under this section and is available until 
39.36 	spent.

40.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 403.275, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
40.2 		Subd. 2.Procedure; certain costs of issuance. (a) The commissioner may sell and 
40.3 	issue the bonds on the terms and conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best 
40.4 	interests of the state. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale. The commissioner 
40.5 	may enter any agreements or pledges the commissioner determines necessary or useful to 
40.6 	sell the bonds that are not inconsistent with sections 403.21 to 403.40. Sections 16A.672
40.7 	to 16A.675 apply to the bonds. The commissioner may issue all or part of the bonds as tax 
40.8 	credit bonds or as interest subsidy bonds under section 16A.647 or a combination of the 
40.9 	two. Except for amounts appropriated to pay the costs of investment banking and banking 
40.10 	services pursuant to section 16A.647, the proceeds of the bonds issued under this section 
40.11 	must be credited to a special 911 revenue bond proceeds account in the state treasury.
40.12 	(b) Before the proceeds are received in the 911 revenue bond proceeds account, 
40.13 	the commissioner of management and budget may transfer to the account from the 911 
40.14 	emergency telecommunications service account amounts not exceeding the expected 
40.15 	proceeds from the next bond sale. The commissioner of management and budget shall 
40.16 	return these amounts to the 911 emergency telecommunications service account by 
40.17 	transferring proceeds when received. The amounts of these transfers are appropriated 
40.18 	from the 911 emergency telecommunications service account and from the 911 revenue 
40.19 	bond proceeds account.

40.20 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 462A.36, is amended by adding a 
40.21 	subdivision to read:
40.22 		Subd. 2a. Authorization; foreclosed affordable rental housing and permanent 
40.23 	supportive housing. The agency may issue up to $5,000,000 of nonprofit housing bonds 
40.24 	in one or more series to which the payments made under this section may be pledged. The 
40.25 	nonprofit housing bonds authorized in this subdivision may be issued for the purpose of 
40.26 	making loans, on terms and conditions the agency deems appropriate, to finance the costs 
40.27 	of the construction, acquisition, preservation, and rehabilitation of (a) foreclosed or vacant 
40.28 	housing to be used for affordable rental housing and (b) permanent supportive housing for 
40.29 	individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness.

40.30 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 462A.36, is amended by adding a 
40.31 	subdivision to read:
40.32 		Subd. 5.Appropriation for foreclosed affordable rental housing and permanent 
40.33 	supportive housing; payment to the agency or trustee. (a) The agency must certify 
41.1 	annually to the commissioner of management and budget the actual amount of annual debt 
41.2 	service on each series of bonds issued under subdivision 2a.
41.3 	(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2011 and through 2033, if any nonprofit housing 
41.4 	bonds issued under subdivision 2a remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
41.5 	and budget must transfer to the nonprofit housing bond account established under section 
41.6 	462A.21, subdivision 32, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed $400,000 
41.7 	annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from the general 
41.8 	fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
41.9 	(c) The agency may pledge to the payment of the nonprofit housing bonds the 
41.10 	payments to be made by the state under this section.

41.11 	Sec. 33. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 12, as amended by 
41.12 	Laws 2006, chapter 171, section 2, and Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 50, is amended to 
41.13 	read:

41.14 | Subd. 12.  Bioscience Development | | | | 18,500,000
41.15 	For grants to political subdivisions to 
41.16 	predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish, 
41.17 	and equip publicly owned infrastructure 
41.18 	required to support bioscience development 
41.19 	in this state. 
41.20 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of 
41.21 	Worthington. 
41.22 	$14,000,000 cumulatively is for grants to the 
41.23 	counties of Ramsey and Anoka for public 
41.24 	improvements to the portion of County 
41.25 	Road J located within each county, and 
41.26 	for road and bridge improvement costs at 
41.27 	marked Trunk Highway 36 and Rice Street 
41.28 	in Ramsey County in support of bioscience 
41.29 	business development. This amount may be 
41.30 	used to repay loans the proceeds of which 
41.31 	were used for the public improvement. The 
41.32 	grants to the individual counties shall be 
41.33 	in amounts proportionate to the individual 
42.1 	counties' costs associated with the public 
42.2 	improvements.
42.3 	$2,000,000 is for bioscience business 
42.4 	development public infrastructure grants 
42.5 	under new Minnesota Statutes, section 
42.6 	116J.435.

42.7 	Sec. 34. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

42.8 | Subd. 2.State Road Construction | | | | 1,717,694,000
42.9 	(a) For the actual construction, 
42.10 	reconstruction, and improvement of 
42.11 	trunk highways, including design-build 
42.12 	contracts and consultant usage to support 
42.13 	these activities. This includes the cost 
42.14 	of actual payments to landowners for 
42.15 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
42.16 	payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
42.17 	relocation expenses. This appropriation is in 
42.18 	the following amounts:
42.19 	(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the 
42.20 	commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of 
42.21 	this amount for program delivery;
42.22 	(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the 
42.23 	commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of 
42.24 	this amount for program delivery; and
42.25 	(3) $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for 
42.26 	fiscal years 2011 through 2018, and the 
42.27 	commissioner may use up to $17,000,000 of 
42.28 	the amount in each fiscal year for program 
42.29 	delivery.
42.30 	(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009, 
42.31 	$40,000,000 is for construction of 
42.32 	interchanges involving a trunk highway, 
42.33 	where the interchange will promote economic 
43.1 	development, increase employment, relieve 
43.2 	growing traffic congestion, and promote 
43.3 	traffic safety. The amount under this 
43.4 	paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to 
43.5 	the department's metropolitan district, and 50 
43.6 	percent to districts in greater Minnesota.
43.7 	(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009 
43.8 	and 2010, the commissioner shall use 
43.9 	$300,000,000 each year for predesign, 
43.10 	design, preliminary engineering, 
43.11 	right-of-way acquisition, construction, 
43.12 	reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges 
43.13 	in the trunk highway bridge improvement 
43.14 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
43.15 	165.14.
43.16 	(d) Of the total appropriation under this 
43.17 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use at 
43.18 	least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit 
43.19 	facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk 
43.20 	highways.
43.21 	(e) Of the total appropriation under this 
43.22 	subdivision provided to the Department of 
43.23 	Transportation's district 7, the commissioner 
43.24 	shall first expend funds as necessary to 
43.25 	accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk 
43.26 	highway classified as a medium priority 
43.27 	interregional corridor, (2) are included in the 
43.28 	district's long-range transportation plan, but 
43.29 	are not included in the state transportation 
43.30 	improvement program or the ten-year 
43.31 	highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity 
43.32 	from a two-lane highway to a freeway 
43.33 	or expressway, as defined in Minnesota 
43.34 	Statutes, section 160.02, subdivision 19. The 
43.35 	commissioner shall establish as the highest 
44.1 	priority under this paragraph any project that 
44.2 	currently has a final environmental impact 
44.3 	statement completed. The requirement 
44.4 	under this paragraph does not change the 
44.5 	department's funding allocation process 
44.6 	or the amount otherwise allocated to each 
44.7 	transportation district.
44.8 	(f) For each fiscal year appropriation in 
44.9 	paragraph (a), Minnesota Statutes, section 
44.10 	16A.642, shall apply from the first day 
44.11 	of such fiscal year rather than the date of 
44.12 	enactment of the appropriation.

44.13 	Sec. 35. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 5, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

44.14

44.15

Subd. 4.~~Mott Memorial Hall~~ Technology 
Center Predesign

100,000

44.16 	~~To~~ For predesign ~~the renovation of Mott~~ 
44.17 	~~Memorial Hall~~ of a new technology center 
44.18 	on the Minnesota State Academy for the 
44.19 	Deaf campus. The predesign should include 
44.20 	options for utilizing existing buildings 
44.21 	located on the campus.

44.22 	Sec. 36. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 5, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

44.23 | Subd. 2.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus | | | |

44.24 | (a) Building 9 Demolition | | | | 1,000,000
44.25 	To demolish Building 9 ~~and~~, relocate 
44.26 	a water main serving the campus, and 
44.27 	make associated site improvements and 
44.28 	modifications necessary to complete the 
44.29 	project. This appropriation is to cover 100 
44.30 	percent of the cost of this portion of the 
44.31 	project.

44.32 | (b) New Nursing Facility | | | | 9,100,000
45.1 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
45.2 	100-bed nursing facility on the Minneapolis 
45.3 	campus.
45.4 	The appropriation is to cover the 35 percent 
45.5 	state share of this portion of the project.

45.6 	Sec. 37. ACQUISITION; LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 45.7 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may 
45.8 	acquire by gift or purchase the lands for Lake Vermilion State Park. The commissioner 
45.9 	may pay up to $18,000,000 for the lands for Lake Vermilion State Park.

45.10 	Sec. 38.  REPEALER.
 45.11 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 116J.431, subdivisions 3, 7, and 8; and 
45.12 	116J.435, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, are repealed.
45.13 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 116J.431, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 4, 
45.14 	and 6; and 116J.435, subdivisions 2 and 3, are repealed.

45.15 	Sec. 39. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 45.16 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.