1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; requiring certain studies and 
  1.6             reports; authorizing sale of state bonds; canceling 
  1.7             earlier appropriations and reducing earlier bond 
  1.8             authorizations; making technical corrections and 
  1.9             clarifications; making changes to statutes related to 
  1.10            administration of the state's capital improvement 
  1.11            program; requiring an inventory of state-owned land; 
  1.12            clarifying that the commissioner of administration 
  1.13            does not have authority over construction plans and 
  1.14            specifications at the University of Minnesota; 
  1.15            authorizing the design-build method for certain 
  1.16            construction projects; establishing the greater 
  1.17            Minnesota business development public infrastructure 
  1.18            grant program; creating a trunk highway corridor 
  1.19            projects account; changing the wastewater 
  1.20            infrastructure funding program; authorizing an 
  1.21            agreement in connection with the Great River Road 
  1.22            project; prohibiting certain actions in connection 
  1.23            with the Dan Patch commuter rail line; authorizing a 
  1.24            multiagency working group on the DM&E rail project 
  1.25            mitigations; providing for the conversion of certain 
  1.26            general fund expenditures to bond fund expenditures; 
  1.27            establishing a shoreland protection program; requiring 
  1.28            a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.29            Statutes 2000, sections 16A.11, subdivision 6; 
  1.30            16A.501; 16A.632, subdivision 2; 16A.86, subdivision 
  1.31            3; 16B.31, subdivision 1; 16B.33, by adding a 
  1.32            subdivision; 16B.335, subdivision 3; 85.019, 
  1.33            subdivisions 4a, 4c; 103F.205, subdivision 1; 134.45, 
  1.34            subdivision 5; 135A.046, subdivision 2; 136F.60, 
  1.35            subdivision 1; 240A.02, subdivision 1; 446A.07, 
  1.36            subdivision 4; 446A.072, subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 
  1.37            9, 11, 12, by adding subdivisions; 446A.12, 
  1.38            subdivision 1; Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 8, 
  1.39            subdivision 5; Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, 
  1.40            section 3, subdivision 5; Laws 2000, chapter 492, 
  1.41            article 1, section 12, subdivision 7; Laws 2000, 
  1.42            chapter 492, article 1, section 15, subdivision 4; 
  1.43            Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 22, 
  1.44            subdivision 3, as amended; Laws 2000, chapter 492, 
  1.45            article 1, section 22, subdivision 4; Laws 2000, 
  1.46            chapter 492, article 1, section 27; Laws 2001, First 
  2.1             Special Session chapter 12, section 10; 2002 H.F. No. 
  2.2             3270, article 11, if enacted; proposing coding for new 
  2.3             law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 16C; 103F; 
  2.4             116J; 174; 383B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  2.5             sections 116J.561, 116J.562, 116J.563, 116J.564, 
  2.6             116J.565, 116J.566, 116J.567, 446A.072, subdivisions 
  2.7             2, 4, 5, 10, 13. 
  2.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.9   Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.10     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.11  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  2.12  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  2.13  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
  2.14  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  2.15  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
  2.16  buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
  2.17  as authorized by article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
  2.18  or article XIV.  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
  2.19  in this act are available until the project is completed or 
  2.20  abandoned.  Appropriations for asset preservation not spent or 
  2.21  encumbered by June 30, 2004, are canceled July 1, 2004. 
  2.22                              SUMMARY 
  2.23  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $  160,209,000 
  2.24  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES           209,563,000 
  2.25  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                       768,000 
  2.26  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     34,900,000 
  2.27  MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                             1,500,000 
  2.28  NATURAL RESOURCES                                   101,612,000 
  2.29  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                             10,000,000 
  2.30  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    4,750,000 
  2.31  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                     8,250,000 
  2.32  AGRICULTURE                                          15,292,000 
  2.33  ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS                                   11,184,000 
  2.34  ADMINISTRATION                                       83,722,000 
  2.35  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD           646,000 
  2.36  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             8,250,000 
  2.37  ARTS                                                 31,000,000 
  2.38  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                      4,357,000 
  2.39  TRANSPORTATION                                       92,500,000 
  3.1   METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 30,500,000 
  3.2   COMMERCE                                              5,000,000 
  3.3   HEALTH                                                  775,000 
  3.4   HUMAN SERVICES                                       22,838,000 
  3.5   VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                 12,898,000 
  3.6   CORRECTIONS                                          25,870,000 
  3.7   TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                       84,650,000 
  3.8   IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD         1,500,000 
  3.9   HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                               16,200,000 
  3.10  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          3,967,000 
  3.11  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      880,000 
  3.12  CANCELLATIONS                                        (4,437,000)
  3.13  TOTAL                                            $  979,144,000
  3.14  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  3.15  (General Fund Debt Service)                         836,085,000 
  3.16  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  3.17  (User Financed Debt Service)                         96,550,000  
  3.18  General Fund                                          5,946,000 
  3.19  General Fund Cancellations                           (2,488,000)
  3.20  Bond Proceeds Cancellations                          (1,949,000)
  3.21  State Transportation Fund
  3.22  Bond Proceeds Account                                45,000,000
  3.23                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  3.24                                                   $ 
  3.25  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  3.26  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
  3.27  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  3.28  purposes specified in this section                  160,209,000 
  3.29  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  3.30  Preservation and Replacement                         35,000,000 
  3.31  To be spent in accordance with 
  3.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.  
  3.33  The unspent portion of an 
  3.34  appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
  3.35  percent of the appropriation, for a 
  3.36  project in this section that is 
  3.37  complete, is available for higher 
  3.38  education asset preservation and 
  3.39  replacement under this subdivision, at 
  3.40  the same campus as the project for 
  3.41  which the original appropriation was 
  3.42  made and the debt service requirement 
  3.43  under subdivision 10 is reduced 
  3.44  accordingly.  Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.45  section 16A.642, applies from the date 
  3.46  of the original appropriation to the 
  3.47  unspent amount transferred. 
  4.1   The board of regents must report by 
  4.2   February 1 each even-numbered year to 
  4.3   the chairs of the house and senate 
  4.4   committees with jurisdiction over 
  4.5   capital investments, and to the chairs 
  4.6   of the house ways and means committee 
  4.7   and the senate finance committee, any 
  4.8   project savings and reallocations for 
  4.9   higher education asset preservation and 
  4.10  replacement.  
  4.11  Subd. 3.  Twin Cities - Minneapolis
  4.12  (a) Jones Hall                                        8,000,000
  4.13  To renovate Jones Hall on the 
  4.14  Minneapolis campus. 
  4.15  The board of regents may use the 
  4.16  single-phase design-build method 
  4.17  described in new Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.18  section 16C.30, subdivision 6, 
  4.19  paragraph (c), to implement this 
  4.20  project. 
  4.21  (b) Nicholson Hall                                   24,000,000
  4.22  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.23  Nicholson Hall, including complete 
  4.24  renovation of the original building and 
  4.25  demolition of the 1925 wing and 1946 
  4.26  auditorium. 
  4.27  The board of regents may use the 
  4.28  single-phase design-build method 
  4.29  described in new Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.30  section 16C.30, subdivision 6, 
  4.31  paragraph (c), to implement the 
  4.32  Nicholson Hall renovation project.  
  4.33  (c) Translational Research Facility                  24,700,000
  4.34  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.35  equip the Translational Research 
  4.36  Facility, an addition to the Lyons 
  4.37  Research Lab building on the 
  4.38  Minneapolis campus. 
  4.39  This appropriation is not available 
  4.40  until the commissioner of finance has 
  4.41  determined that at least $12,300,000 
  4.42  has been committed from nonstate 
  4.43  sources.  
  4.44  The board of regents may use the 
  4.45  two-phase design-build method described 
  4.46  in new Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.47  16C.30, to implement this project. 
  4.48  (d) Teaching and Technology Center                    3,000,000
  4.49  To predesign and design a teaching and 
  4.50  technology center for the Institute of 
  4.51  Technology. 
  4.52  Subd. 4.  Twin Cities - St. Paul                               
  4.53  (a) Plant Growth Facilities - Phase 2                17,700,000
  4.54  To complete design, construction, 
  4.55  furnishing, and equipping the 
  5.1   containment greenhouse, replace the 
  5.2   teaching and research greenhouses, 
  5.3   demolish the northwest greenhouses on 
  5.4   the St. Paul campus, and renovate the 
  5.5   remaining greenhouses to meet current 
  5.6   code requirements. 
  5.7   (b) Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory                  1,500,000
  5.8   To renovate and upgrade the veterinary 
  5.9   diagnostic laboratory to provide 
  5.10  additional laboratory space for a 
  5.11  veterinary molecular diagnostic 
  5.12  laboratory.  The renovation and upgrade 
  5.13  must include space for molecular 
  5.14  diagnostic testing for paratuberculosis 
  5.15  (Johne's disease), porcine reproductive 
  5.16  and respiratory syndrome virus in 
  5.17  swine, avian pneumovirus in turkeys, 
  5.18  bovine mastitis, and emerging and 
  5.19  foreign animal diseases. 
  5.20  Subd. 5.  Crookston                                            
  5.21  Replace Bede Hall                                     7,701,000
  5.22  To demolish Bede Hall and to design, 
  5.23  construct, furnish, and equip a 
  5.24  replacement facility. 
  5.25  Subd. 6.  Duluth     
  5.26  Laboratory Science Building                          25,500,000 
  5.27  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.28  equip a new laboratory science building 
  5.29  to meet the needs of the chemistry and 
  5.30  biology programs.  
  5.31  This appropriation is not available 
  5.32  until the commissioner of finance has 
  5.33  determined that at least $7,500,000 has 
  5.34  been committed from nonstate sources.  
  5.35  Subd. 7.  Morris                                      8,600,000
  5.36  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  5.37  the social science building to correct 
  5.38  building code deficiencies, remodel the 
  5.39  interior, install new windows, upgrade 
  5.40  the building's mechanical and 
  5.41  electrical systems, replace the roof, 
  5.42  and construct an addition over the 
  5.43  existing auditorium wing to create 
  5.44  space for faculty offices, and to 
  5.45  install fire protection systems in 
  5.46  three student housing facilities. 
  5.47  This appropriation is not available 
  5.48  until the commissioner of finance has 
  5.49  determined that at least $400,000 has 
  5.50  been committed from nonstate sources. 
  5.51  Subd. 8.  Classroom Improvements                      2,000,000
  5.52  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  5.53  classrooms on all four University of 
  5.54  Minnesota campuses.  Projects will 
  5.55  focus on installing basic technology 
  5.56  infrastructure, such as video 
  5.57  projection and Internet access, 
  6.1   improving disability access, and making 
  6.2   basic improvements to enhance the 
  6.3   classroom learning environment. 
  6.4   Priority must be given to high-use 
  6.5   undergraduate classrooms. 
  6.6   Subd. 9.  Research and Outreach        
  6.7   Centers                                               2,508,000
  6.8   To acquire land and design, construct, 
  6.9   furnish and equip facilities at 
  6.10  research and outreach centers.  
  6.11  Projects funded by this appropriation 
  6.12  include: 
  6.13  (1) research laboratory and office 
  6.14  space at the Northwest ROC at 
  6.15  Crookston; 
  6.16  (2) an addition to the aspen/larch 
  6.17  genetics laboratory at the North 
  6.18  Central ROC at Grand Rapids and 
  6.19  acquisition of land for the development 
  6.20  of two test planting sites to conduct 
  6.21  research on fast growing trees; 
  6.22  (3) an addition to the administration 
  6.23  building at the Southern ROC at Waseca; 
  6.24  and 
  6.25  (4) of this amount, $70,000 is to 
  6.26  construct an environmentally friendly 
  6.27  swine farrowing demonstration facility 
  6.28  at the West Central ROC, subject to 
  6.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  6.30  Subd. 10.  Debt Service
  6.31  (a) The board of regents shall pay the 
  6.32  debt service on one-third of the 
  6.33  principal amount of state bonds sold to 
  6.34  finance projects authorized by this 
  6.35  section, except for higher education 
  6.36  asset preservation and replacement, and 
  6.37  except that, where a nonstate match is 
  6.38  required, the debt service is due on a 
  6.39  principal amount equal to one-third of 
  6.40  the total project cost, less the match 
  6.41  committed before the bonds are sold.  
  6.42  After each sale of general obligation 
  6.43  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  6.44  shall notify the board of regents of 
  6.45  the amounts assessed for each year for 
  6.46  the life of the bonds. 
  6.47  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  6.48  board's assessment each year by 
  6.49  one-third of the net income from 
  6.50  investment of general obligation bond 
  6.51  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  6.52  principal and interest otherwise 
  6.53  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  6.54  board shall pay its resulting net 
  6.55  assessment to the commissioner of 
  6.56  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  6.57  the board fails to make a payment when 
  6.58  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  6.59  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  6.60  from the general fund otherwise 
  6.61  available to the board and apply the 
  6.62  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  7.1   missed debt service payment.  The 
  7.2   commissioner of finance shall credit 
  7.3   the payments received from the board to 
  7.4   the bond debt service account in the 
  7.5   state bond fund each December 1 before 
  7.6   money is transferred from the general 
  7.7   fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.8   16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  7.9   Subd. 11.  Contingencies                              
  7.10  The commissioner of finance must 
  7.11  combine into one account, under the 
  7.12  control of the board of regents, the 
  7.13  portion of each appropriation in this 
  7.14  section that is attributable to the 
  7.15  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  7.16  projects in this section.  The board 
  7.17  must manage the account to pay for 
  7.18  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  7.19  projects authorized in this section.  
  7.20  Upon substantial completion or 
  7.21  abandonment of all projects authorized 
  7.22  in this section, the board must use any 
  7.23  funds remaining in the contingency 
  7.24  account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  7.25  Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  7.26  of regents must report by February 1 of 
  7.27  each even-numbered year to the chairs 
  7.28  of the house and senate committees with 
  7.29  jurisdiction over capital investments, 
  7.30  and higher education finance, and to 
  7.31  the chairs of the house ways and means 
  7.32  committee and the senate finance 
  7.33  committee on how the money in the 
  7.34  contingency account has been allocated 
  7.35  or spent. 
  7.36  Subd. 12.  Minnesota Goods and Services                        
  7.37  The board of regents of the University 
  7.38  of Minnesota shall make a reasonable 
  7.39  attempt to give preference to 
  7.40  construction contractors who employ 
  7.41  Minnesota residents and to purchase 
  7.42  products manufactured in Minnesota for 
  7.43  use in construction projects undertaken 
  7.44  through a design-build process. 
  7.45  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  7.46  UNIVERSITIES 
  7.47  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees
  7.48  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  7.49  universities for the purposes specified in 
  7.50  this section                                        209,563,000
  7.51  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  7.52  Preservation and Replacement                         60,000,000
  7.53  (a) This appropriation is for the 
  7.54  purposes specified in Minnesota 
  7.55  Statutes, section 135A.046, including 
  7.56  safety and statutory compliance, 
  7.57  envelope integrity, mechanical systems, 
  7.58  and space restoration.  
  7.59  (b) The unspent portion of an 
  7.60  appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
  7.61  percent of the appropriation, for a 
  7.62  project in this section that is 
  8.1   complete, is available for higher 
  8.2   education asset preservation and 
  8.3   replacement under this subdivision, at 
  8.4   the same campus as the project for 
  8.5   which the original appropriation was 
  8.6   made and the debt service requirement 
  8.7   under subdivision 29 is reduced 
  8.8   accordingly.  Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.9   section 16A.642, applies from the date 
  8.10  of the original appropriation to the 
  8.11  unspent amount transferred. 
  8.12  Subd. 3.  Alexandria Technical College                9,150,000 
  8.13  To construct, furnish, and equip a 
  8.14  smart classroom and computer laboratory 
  8.15  building, including an auditorium, 
  8.16  connected to the college's office 
  8.17  education building. 
  8.18  Subd. 4.  Bemidji State University                    1,000,000 
  8.19  To design the colocation of the 
  8.20  emerging technologies and health care 
  8.21  programs of Bemidji state university 
  8.22  and Northwest technical college. 
  8.23  Subd. 5.  Century Community and        
  8.24  Technical College                                     2,500,000
  8.25  To purchase the transition wing of 
  8.26  intermediate school district No. 916 
  8.27  and design renovation of space for 
  8.28  expansion of the computer center, 
  8.29  offices, and smart classrooms. 
  8.30  Subd. 6.  Dakota Technical College                      500,000
  8.31  To design the renovation of the west 
  8.32  side of the main campus facility to 
  8.33  create an information technology and 
  8.34  telecommunications center of excellence 
  8.35  and an integrated library and library 
  8.36  information technology center. 
  8.37  Subd. 7.  Fergus Falls                 
  8.38  Community College                                       760,000
  8.39  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  8.40  equip an expansion of the existing 
  8.41  maintenance shop. 
  8.42  To design an addition to link 
  8.43  Administration and Fine Arts to provide 
  8.44  a one-stop student service shop, smart 
  8.45  classrooms, open computer laboratories; 
  8.46  design renovation to provide space for 
  8.47  technology support next to the library; 
  8.48  and design asset preservation work. 
  8.49  Subd. 8.  Hennepin Technical College                  2,000,000
  8.50  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  8.51  existing space at the Brooklyn Park and 
  8.52  Eden Prairie campuses.  
  8.53  Subd. 9.  Inver Hills Community
  8.54  College                                                 500,000
  8.55  To design renovation of existing space 
  8.56  and construction of an addition to 
  9.1   create a one-stop student services 
  9.2   shop; enlarge and colocate central 
  9.3   services, the bookstore, and a new 
  9.4   loading dock; upgrade mechanical 
  9.5   systems; and provide a welcoming front 
  9.6   door and help desk for the campus. 
  9.7   Subd. 10.  Lake Superior Community      
  9.8   and Technical College                                   700,000
  9.9   To design a student center addition to 
  9.10  house a consolidated system of student 
  9.11  services, smart classrooms, and open 
  9.12  laboratories. 
  9.13  Subd. 11.  Metropolitan State
  9.14  University                                           17,442,000
  9.15  To construct, furnish, and equip a 
  9.16  library and information access center. 
  9.17  This appropriation is not available 
  9.18  until the commissioner of finance has 
  9.19  determined that at least $2,504,000 has 
  9.20  been committed from nonstate sources.  
  9.21  Subd. 12.  Minneapolis Community
  9.22  and Technical College                                 9,000,000
  9.23  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  9.24  the former technical college buildings 
  9.25  and to provide space to begin to 
  9.26  colocate Metropolitan State University 
  9.27  classrooms, offices, and student 
  9.28  service areas.  
  9.29  Subd. 13.  Minnesota State University - 
  9.30  Mankato - Phase 3                                     8,400,000
  9.31  To renovate, furnish, and equip Otto 
  9.32  Arena and adjacent areas to provide a 
  9.33  student fitness facility. 
  9.34  Subd. 14.  Minnesota West Community and
  9.35  Technical College at Worthington                      6,300,000
  9.36  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  9.37  equip a one-stop student services shop 
  9.38  and welcome counter addition. 
  9.39  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  9.40  two science laboratories and associated 
  9.41  preparation, storage, and office spaces.
  9.42  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  9.43  consolidated nursing and allied health 
  9.44  department and other classroom spaces. 
  9.45  Subd. 15.  Minnesota State University - 
  9.46  Moorhead                                             18,955,000
  9.47  To construct, furnish, and equip a new 
  9.48  science laboratory and auditorium 
  9.49  addition to Hagen Hall. 
  9.50  Subd. 16.  Normandale Community 
  9.51  College                                               9,900,000
  9.52  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  9.53  the vacated science laboratories. 
 10.1   Subd. 17.  Northeast Higher Education  
 10.2   District - Virginia                                   5,496,000
 10.3   To design, renovate, and equip science 
 10.4   laboratories, a learning resource 
 10.5   center, a student commons, and 
 10.6   classrooms, including technology 
 10.7   equipped classrooms, and construct new 
 10.8   loading dock and driveway. 
 10.9   Subd. 18.  Northwest Technical College -     
 10.10  Moorhead Campus                                         400,000
 10.11  To design the renovation of existing 
 10.12  facilities and design new facilities 
 10.13  for an allied health and applied 
 10.14  technology laboratory and support 
 10.15  facilities. 
 10.16  Subd. 19.  Ridgewater Community and
 10.17  Technical College                                     2,880,000
 10.18  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 10.19  existing chemistry, physics, and 
 10.20  biology laboratories and convert a 
 10.21  classroom into a geology laboratory on 
 10.22  the Willmar campus.  
 10.23  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 10.24  interior space to convert obsolete 
 10.25  applied laboratory space on the 
 10.26  Hutchinson campus into chemistry, 
 10.27  physics, and biology laboratories. 
 10.28  Subd. 20.  South Central Technical                              
 10.29  College                                                 300,000
 10.30  To design renovation of teaching 
 10.31  laboratories at the North Mankato 
 10.32  campus and design asset preservation at 
 10.33  the Faribault campus. 
 10.34  Subd. 21.  Southeast Technical
 10.35  College                                                 580,000
 10.36  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 10.37  a one-stop student services area and 
 10.38  workforce center entrance at Winona. 
 10.39  To design the renovation of a one-stop 
 10.40  student services areas and student 
 10.41  center entrance at Red Wing. 
 10.42  Subd. 22.  Southwest State University                 9,200,000 
 10.43  To renovate and reconfigure, furnish, 
 10.44  and equip the library and construct a 
 10.45  new entrance. 
 10.46  Subd. 23.  St. Cloud State University                10,000,000 
 10.47  To design the renovation of Centennial 
 10.48  Hall and to renovate, furnish, and 
 10.49  equip the renovation of Centennial Hall 
 10.50  and its conversion from library to 
 10.51  classroom use and to design the code 
 10.52  correction and renovation of Riverview 
 10.53  Hall.  This appropriation may also be 
 10.54  used for design of the renovation of 
 10.55  Brown Hall and Eastman Hall. 
 11.1   Subd. 24.  St. Cloud Technical College                  700,000
 11.2   To design the construction of a 
 11.3   multistory building connected to the 
 11.4   existing facility and the renovation of 
 11.5   part of "G" wing. 
 11.6   Subd. 25.  St. Paul Technical College 
 11.7   The Pipefitters Local 455/JATC may 
 11.8   donate money for or build a building 
 11.9   for academic purposes of the pipe 
 11.10  trades at a site approved by the board 
 11.11  of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 11.12  colleges and universities on the campus 
 11.13  of the St. Paul technical college.  If 
 11.14  the donor builds the building, before 
 11.15  the beginning of construction, (1) the 
 11.16  board must grant a temporary 
 11.17  construction easement to the donor for 
 11.18  the area upon which the building is to 
 11.19  be built, along with necessary staging 
 11.20  and ingress and egress areas, (2) the 
 11.21  board must approve the design, and (3) 
 11.22  the donor must agree in a writing 
 11.23  approved by the attorney general to 
 11.24  donate the building to the state, 
 11.25  effective upon the state entering into 
 11.26  possession, at which time title to the 
 11.27  building passes to the state. 
 11.28  Subd. 26.  Winona State University                   30,000,000
 11.29  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 11.30  equip a new science building to serve 
 11.31  programs in biology, chemistry, 
 11.32  geoscience, physics, nursing, health 
 11.33  sciences, engineering, and K-12 science 
 11.34  teacher preparation. 
 11.35  Subd. 27.  Science Lab Renovations                    1,900,000
 11.36  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 11.37  science laboratories at the campuses of 
 11.38  Southeast technical college at Winona 
 11.39  and Red Wing, Minnesota West at Canby 
 11.40  and Worthington, Minneapolis community 
 11.41  and technical college, and South 
 11.42  Central technical college at Faribault. 
 11.43  Subd. 28.  Land Acquisition                           1,000,000
 11.44  To acquire real property near the state 
 11.45  college and university campuses from 
 11.46  willing sellers. 
 11.47  Subd. 29.  Debt Service
 11.48  (a) The board shall pay the debt 
 11.49  service on one-third of the principal 
 11.50  amount of state bonds sold to finance 
 11.51  projects authorized by this section, 
 11.52  except for higher education asset 
 11.53  preservation and replacement in 
 11.54  subdivision 2, and except that, where a 
 11.55  nonstate match is required, the debt 
 11.56  service is due on a principal amount 
 11.57  equal to one-third of the total project 
 11.58  cost, less the match committed before 
 11.59  the bonds are sold.  After each sale of 
 11.60  general obligation bonds, the 
 12.1   commissioner of finance shall notify 
 12.2   the board of the amounts assessed for 
 12.3   each year for the life of the bonds. 
 12.4   (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
 12.5   board's assessment each year by 
 12.6   one-third of the net income from 
 12.7   investment of general obligation bond 
 12.8   proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
 12.9   principal and interest otherwise 
 12.10  required to be paid by the board.  The 
 12.11  board shall pay its resulting net 
 12.12  assessment to the commissioner of 
 12.13  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
 12.14  the board fails to make a payment when 
 12.15  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
 12.16  reduce allotments for appropriations 
 12.17  from the general fund otherwise 
 12.18  available to the board and apply the 
 12.19  amount of the reduction to cover the 
 12.20  missed debt service payment.  The 
 12.21  commissioner of finance shall credit 
 12.22  the payments received from the board to 
 12.23  the bond debt service account in the 
 12.24  state bond fund each December 1 before 
 12.25  money is transferred from the general 
 12.26  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.27  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
 12.28  Subd. 30.  Contingencies                                        
 12.29  The commissioner of finance must 
 12.30  combine into one account, under the 
 12.31  control of the board of trustees, the 
 12.32  portion of each appropriation in this 
 12.33  section that is attributable to the 
 12.34  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
 12.35  projects in this section.  The board 
 12.36  must manage the account to pay for 
 12.37  exceptional but necessary costs of 
 12.38  projects authorized in this section.  
 12.39  Upon substantial completion or 
 12.40  abandonment of all projects authorized 
 12.41  in this section, the board must use any 
 12.42  funds remaining in the contingency 
 12.43  account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
 12.44  Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
 12.45  of trustees must report by February 1 
 12.46  of each even-numbered year to the 
 12.47  chairs of the house and senate 
 12.48  committees with jurisdiction over 
 12.49  capital investments, and higher 
 12.50  education finance, and to the chairs of 
 12.51  the house ways and means committee and 
 12.52  the senate finance committee on how the 
 12.53  money in the contingency account has 
 12.54  been allocated or spent. 
 12.55  Sec. 4.  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
 12.56  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 12.57  of administration for the purposes
 12.58  specified in this section                               768,000
 12.59  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                            643,000 
 12.60  For asset preservation capital 
 12.61  improvements on the campus, including 
 12.62  east wing climate control improvements, 
 12.63  ceiling replacements, centerwide 
 12.64  asbestos removal, flooring 
 13.1   replacements, and water pipe 
 13.2   replacement. 
 13.3   Subd. 3.  Performance Hall Catwalk                      125,000
 13.4   To design and construct a lighting 
 13.5   catwalk along the east wall of the 
 13.6   performance hall. 
 13.7   Sec. 5.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
 13.8   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 13.9   children, families, and learning for the
 13.10  purposes specified in this section                   34,900,000
 13.11  Subd. 2.  Maximum Effort Capital                                
 13.12  Loans                                                12,400,000
 13.13  This appropriation is from the maximum 
 13.14  effort school loan fund for a capital 
 13.15  loan to independent school district No. 
 13.16  38, Red Lake, as provided in Minnesota 
 13.17  Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 126C.72, 
 13.18  to design, construct, renovate, 
 13.19  furnish, and equip school facilities, 
 13.20  and for health and safety capital 
 13.21  improvements to schools. 
 13.22  Up to $500,000 of this appropriation is 
 13.23  for predesign.  Any unused portion of 
 13.24  the $500,000 for predesign may be spent 
 13.25  for health and safety capital 
 13.26  improvements to the high school and 
 13.27  middle school. 
 13.28  The commissioner shall review the 
 13.29  proposed plan and budget of the project 
 13.30  and may reduce the amount of the loan 
 13.31  to ensure that the project will be 
 13.32  economical.  The commissioner may 
 13.33  recover the cost incurred by the 
 13.34  commissioner for any professional 
 13.35  services associated with the final 
 13.36  review and construction by reducing the 
 13.37  proceeds of the loan paid by the 
 13.38  district.  The commissioner shall 
 13.39  report to the legislature any 
 13.40  reductions to the appropriations in 
 13.41  this subdivision by January 10, 2003.  
 13.42  Subd. 3.  Southwest Integration 
 13.43  Magnet Schools                                        1,000,000
 13.44  For a grant in accordance with the 
 13.45  metropolitan magnet school grant 
 13.46  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.47  section 124D.88, to the West Metro 
 13.48  Education Program joint powers board to 
 13.49  acquire land, prepare a site, 
 13.50  predesign, and design a new building 
 13.51  for the Southwest Integration Magnet 
 13.52  School in St. Louis Park, to serve a 
 13.53  population of approximately 500 
 13.54  kindergarten through grade 8 students. 
 13.55  Subd. 4.  Library Access Grants                      1,000,000 
 13.56  For library access grants under 
 13.57  Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45, to 
 13.58  remove architectural barriers from a 
 13.59  library building or site. 
 14.1   Subd. 5.  Minnesota         
 14.2   Planetarium                                           9,500,000
 14.3   For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 14.4   to design, construct, furnish, and 
 14.5   equip a new Minnesota planetarium, 
 14.6   subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 14.7   16A.695. 
 14.8   This appropriation is not available 
 14.9   until the commissioner has determined 
 14.10  that at least an equal amount has been 
 14.11  committed from nonstate sources.  The 
 14.12  proportional share of the in-kind 
 14.13  contributions for the planetarium of 
 14.14  land, parking facilities, skyways, and 
 14.15  municipal infrastructure for the 
 14.16  planetarium may be counted as part of 
 14.17  the match.  The proportional share of 
 14.18  the costs to the city of constructing 
 14.19  mechanical and electrical systems, 
 14.20  common areas, service areas, freight 
 14.21  elevators, and walls and roofs for the 
 14.22  planetarium shared with the Minneapolis 
 14.23  library and included in the costs of 
 14.24  constructing the library may also be 
 14.25  counted as part of the match. 
 14.26  The legislature intends not to 
 14.27  appropriate additional money to 
 14.28  construct the planetarium until at 
 14.29  least $4,000,000 in cash contributions 
 14.30  have been committed to the project from 
 14.31  other than state or local government 
 14.32  funds. 
 14.33  Subd. 6.  Asian Community Center                      1,000,000
 14.34  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 14.35  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
 14.36  an Asian community center, subject to 
 14.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 14.38  This appropriation is not available 
 14.39  until the commissioner has determined 
 14.40  that at least an equal amount has been 
 14.41  committed from nonstate sources.  
 14.42  Subd. 7.  Colin Powell Youth
 14.43  Leadership Center                                       700,000
 14.44  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 14.45  acquire land for and to design, 
 14.46  construct, furnish, and equip the Colin 
 14.47  Powell Youth Leadership center in 
 14.48  Minneapolis, subject to Minnesota 
 14.49  Statutes, section 16A.695.  The center 
 14.50  will include a national guard drill 
 14.51  area, an education wing, including a 
 14.52  computer lab, a multipurpose arts 
 14.53  facility, a community education space, 
 14.54  a nutrition education and cooking 
 14.55  skills work-preparation area, and four 
 14.56  new basketball courts. 
 14.57  This appropriation is not available 
 14.58  until the commissioner has determined 
 14.59  that at least an equal amount has been 
 14.60  committed from nonstate sources. 
 14.61  Subd. 8.  Neighborhood 
 15.1   House/El Rio Vista                                    1,800,000
 15.2   For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 15.3   acquire land for and to design, 
 15.4   construct, furnish, and equip an 
 15.5   expansion of Neighborhood House/El Rio 
 15.6   Vista, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.7   section 16A.695. 
 15.8   This appropriation is not available 
 15.9   until the commissioner has determined 
 15.10  that at least an equal amount has been 
 15.11  committed from nonstate sources.  
 15.12  Subd. 9.  Trollwood                    
 15.13  Performing Arts School                                5,500,000
 15.14  For a grant to the city of Moorhead to 
 15.15  acquire land for and to design, 
 15.16  construct, furnish, and equip Trollwood 
 15.17  Arts Village in the city of Moorhead, 
 15.18  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.19  16A.695.  Trollwood must be available 
 15.20  to regional arts groups. 
 15.21  This appropriation is not available 
 15.22  until the commissioner has determined 
 15.23  that at least an equal amount has been 
 15.24  committed from nonstate sources.  
 15.25  Subd. 10.  Early Childhood Learning                              
 15.26  and Child Protection Facilities                       2,000,000 
 15.27  For grants to construct or rehabilitate 
 15.28  facilities for programs under Minnesota 
 15.29  Statutes, section 119A.45. 
 15.30  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                    1,500,000 
 15.31  To the commissioner of administration 
 15.32  for asset preservation capital 
 15.33  improvements on both campuses of the 
 15.34  Minnesota state academies for the deaf 
 15.35  and the blind, including demolition of 
 15.36  the West Cottage.  
 15.37  Sec. 7.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 15.38  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 15.39  commissioner of natural resources 
 15.40  for the purposes specified
 15.41  in this section                                     101,612,000
 15.42  Subd. 2.  Statewide Asset Preservation                2,600,000
 15.43  For asset preservation improvements and 
 15.44  betterments at department of natural 
 15.45  resources buildings statewide, 
 15.46  including removal of life safety 
 15.47  hazards and structural defects; 
 15.48  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 15.49  materials; code compliance 
 15.50  improvements; accessibility 
 15.51  improvements; replacement or renovation 
 15.52  of roofs, windows, tuckpointing, and 
 15.53  structural members; and improvements 
 15.54  necessary to preserve the interior and 
 15.55  exterior of buildings and other 
 15.56  infrastructure.  The commissioner shall 
 15.57  determine project priorities as 
 15.58  appropriate based upon need. 
 16.1   The unspent portion of an 
 16.2   appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
 16.3   percent of the appropriation, for a 
 16.4   project in this section that is 
 16.5   complete, is available for asset 
 16.6   preservation.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.7   section 16A.642, applies from the date 
 16.8   of the original appropriation to the 
 16.9   unspent amount transferred. 
 16.10  Subd. 3.  Field Office Renovations                    1,000,000 
 16.11  To design, acquire, renovate, 
 16.12  construct, furnish, and equip field 
 16.13  offices to relieve substandard employee 
 16.14  working conditions in existing 
 16.15  facilities.  
 16.16  Until June 30, 2006, the commissioner 
 16.17  of natural resources must not close 
 16.18  offices in Brainerd or Rochester, 
 16.19  Minnesota without first receiving 
 16.20  approval from the legislature. 
 16.21  Subd. 4.  Office Facility Development                 1,500,000 
 16.22  To acquire, design, construct, furnish, 
 16.23  and equip a consolidated area office 
 16.24  and service facility at Thief River 
 16.25  Falls. 
 16.26  Subd. 5.  ADA Compliance                                500,000 
 16.27  For improvements and betterments of a 
 16.28  capital nature to remove barriers and 
 16.29  make department of natural resources 
 16.30  buildings, programs, and services 
 16.31  accessible to individuals with 
 16.32  disabilities, in compliance with state 
 16.33  and federal ADA guidelines. 
 16.34  Subd. 6.  State Park Initiative                      28,000,000
 16.35  For building, utility, and natural 
 16.36  resource projects within the Minnesota 
 16.37  state park system according to the 
 16.38  management plan required in Minnesota 
 16.39  Statutes, chapter 86A, as follows:  
 16.40  (1) to design, renovate, construct, 
 16.41  furnish, and equip state park 
 16.42  buildings; and 
 16.43  (2) to design, renovate, furnish, and 
 16.44  equip capital facilities at state 
 16.45  parks, state recreation areas, and 
 16.46  forest recreation areas, including, but 
 16.47  not limited to, roads, trails, bridges, 
 16.48  campgrounds, and utility systems. 
 16.49  This appropriation must be used to 
 16.50  substantially implement the master plan 
 16.51  for improvements dated June 23, 1997, 
 16.52  for the historic golf course at Fort 
 16.53  Ridgely state park. 
 16.54  $1,600,000 is for improvements and 
 16.55  betterments of a capital nature to 
 16.56  develop the Big Bog state recreation 
 16.57  area, including constructing, 
 16.58  furnishing, and equipping a visitors 
 17.1   center. 
 17.2   $2,900,000 is for improvements and 
 17.3   betterments of a capital nature to 
 17.4   develop the Red River state recreation 
 17.5   area, including construction of a 
 17.6   visitor's center. 
 17.7   Subd. 7.  State Park and Recreation Area
 17.8   Acquisition                                            3,000,000 
 17.9   For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
 17.10  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 
 17.11  2, from willing sellers of private 
 17.12  lands within state park and recreation 
 17.13  area boundaries established by law.  
 17.14  Subd. 8.  Metro Regional Park Acquisition    
 17.15  and Betterment                                        8,700,000
 17.16  $6,000,000 is for a grant to the 
 17.17  metropolitan council.  The commissioner 
 17.18  shall pay the amount on a reimbursement 
 17.19  basis to the metropolitan council upon 
 17.20  receipt of a certified copy of a 
 17.21  council resolution requesting payment.  
 17.22  The appropriation must be used to pay 
 17.23  the cost of improvements and 
 17.24  betterments of a capital nature, and 
 17.25  acquisition by the council and local 
 17.26  government units of regional 
 17.27  recreational open-space lands in 
 17.28  accordance with the council's policy 
 17.29  plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.30  section 473.315.  This appropriation 
 17.31  must not be used for research, 
 17.32  planning, administration, or tax 
 17.33  equivalency payments.  This 
 17.34  appropriation may be used for the 
 17.35  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 17.36  are included in the work program 
 17.37  required by law and they are expressly 
 17.38  approved by the legislative commission 
 17.39  on Minnesota resources. 
 17.40  $2,700,000 is for a grant to the 
 17.41  metropolitan council to complete 
 17.42  renovation of the Como Park 
 17.43  conservatory under phase 2.  The 
 17.44  project must include renovation of the 
 17.45  fern room and construction of a bonsai 
 17.46  collection space, an orchid growing and 
 17.47  display house, and a children's 
 17.48  activity zone, as well as corridors and 
 17.49  connections to the education resource 
 17.50  building. 
 17.51  Subd. 9.  Regional Parks:   
 17.52  Greater Minnesota                                     4,000,000
 17.53  For grants to public regional parks 
 17.54  organizations located outside the 
 17.55  metropolitan area as defined in 
 17.56  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
 17.57  subdivision 2, to acquire land, design, 
 17.58  and construct and redevelop regional 
 17.59  parks and trails, open space, and 
 17.60  recreational facilities.  The 
 17.61  improvements must be of a capital 
 17.62  nature.  A greater Minnesota regional 
 17.63  parks organization with a project 
 18.1   previously funded through the regional 
 18.2   parks program, whether with bond funds 
 18.3   or other funds, at less than the total 
 18.4   eligible amount may reapply for the 
 18.5   total eligible amount from this 
 18.6   appropriation.  If it is awarded, the 
 18.7   organization must return the original 
 18.8   grant award.  Each $3 of state grants 
 18.9   must be matched by $2 of nonstate funds.
 18.10  Subd. 10.  Forest Road and Bridge 
 18.11  Projects                                              1,200,000 
 18.12  For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
 18.13  replacement, or construction of other 
 18.14  improvements of a capital nature to 
 18.15  state forest roads and bridges 
 18.16  throughout the state under Minnesota 
 18.17  Statutes, section 89.002.  The 
 18.18  commissioner shall determine project 
 18.19  priorities as appropriate based on need.
 18.20  Subd. 11.  Reforestation                              1,500,000
 18.21  For improvements authorized under the 
 18.22  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 18.23  section 5, clause (f).  To increase 
 18.24  reforestation activities to meet the 
 18.25  reforestation requirements of Minnesota 
 18.26  Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 
 18.27  2, including planting, seeding, site 
 18.28  preparation, purchasing tree seeds and 
 18.29  seedlings, improving forest stands, and 
 18.30  protecting plantations. 
 18.31  Subd. 12.  State Forest Land Acquisition                500,000 
 18.32  To acquire private lands from willing 
 18.33  sellers within established boundaries 
 18.34  of state forests throughout the state 
 18.35  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.36  86A.05, subdivision 7. 
 18.37  Subd. 13.  State Trail Acquisition     
 18.38  and Development                                       3,650,000
 18.39  To acquire, develop, and renovate state 
 18.40  trails as specified in Minnesota 
 18.41  Statutes, section 85.015. 
 18.42  $725,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami trail. 
 18.43  $450,000 is for the Shooting Star trail.
 18.44  $300,000 is for the Luce Line trail. 
 18.45  $300,000 is for the Douglas trail. 
 18.46  $600,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 18.47  Austin to acquire land for the Blazing 
 18.48  Star trail. 
 18.49  $475,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer 
 18.50  trail. 
 18.51  $300,000 is for the Willard Munger 
 18.52  trail. 
 18.53  $500,000 is to connect the portions of 
 18.54  the Paul Bunyan trail in the city of 
 18.55  Bemidji, including constructing an 
 19.1   underpass.  This appropriation is not 
 19.2   available until the commissioner has 
 19.3   determined that an equal amount has 
 19.4   been committed by the city of Bemidji.  
 19.5    Subd. 14.  Trail Connections                          1,857,000
 19.6   For matching grants under Minnesota 
 19.7   Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
 19.8   4c, including a grant to the city of 
 19.9   St. Louis Park to design and construct 
 19.10  a grade separated pedestrian and 
 19.11  regional trail crossing over CSAH No. 
 19.12  25/Trunk Highway 7 at Trunk Highway 100 
 19.13  to connect the Cedar Lake Regional 
 19.14  Trail and the Southwest LRT Regional 
 19.15  Trail, a grant to the city of New Ulm 
 19.16  to connect the city trail to Flandrau 
 19.17  state park, and a grant to Stearns 
 19.18  county for the Lake Koronis trail.  
 19.19  The commissioner shall determine other 
 19.20  project priorities as appropriate based 
 19.21  on need. 
 19.22  Subd. 15.  Metro Greenways and Natural                          
 19.23  Areas                                                 1,000,000 
 19.24  To provide grants to local units of 
 19.25  government for acquisition or 
 19.26  betterment of greenways and natural 
 19.27  areas in the metro region and to 
 19.28  acquire greenways and natural areas in 
 19.29  the metro region through the purchase 
 19.30  of conservation easements or fee 
 19.31  titles.  The commissioner shall 
 19.32  determine the project priorities and 
 19.33  shall consult with representatives of 
 19.34  local units of government, nonprofit 
 19.35  organizations, and other interested 
 19.36  parties.  
 19.37  Subd. 16.  Well Sealing                                 600,000
 19.38  To identify and seal inactive wells on 
 19.39  state-owned land under Minnesota 
 19.40  Statutes, section 103I.311. 
 19.41  Subd. 17.  Lewis and Clark             
 19.42  Rural Water System                                      180,000
 19.43  This appropriation is from the general 
 19.44  fund. 
 19.45  For a grant to the Lewis and Clark 
 19.46  joint powers board to acquire land for, 
 19.47  and to predesign, design, construct, 
 19.48  furnish, and equip, a rural water 
 19.49  system to serve southwestern 
 19.50  Minnesota.  This appropriation is 
 19.51  available when matched by $8 of federal 
 19.52  money and $1 of local money for each $1 
 19.53  of state money. 
 19.54  Subd. 18.  Red Rock Rural 
 19.55  Water System                                            125,000 
 19.56  For a grant to the Red Rock rural water 
 19.57  system to acquire land, predesign, 
 19.58  design, construct, and equip the 
 19.59  southwest Minnesota regional water 
 20.1   supply project.  This appropriation is 
 20.2   not available until at least an equal 
 20.3   amount of nonstate money has been 
 20.4   committed to the project. 
 20.5   Subd. 19.  Dam Improvements                           1,800,000
 20.6   To renovate or remove publicly owned 
 20.7   dams.  
 20.8   Of this amount, up to $100,000 is for a 
 20.9   grant to Blue Earth county for 
 20.10  renovation of the Rapidan dam.  This 
 20.11  grant is not available until at least 
 20.12  an equal amount is committed to the 
 20.13  project from nonstate sources. 
 20.14  Up to $1,050,000 is for a grant to the 
 20.15  city of Crookston for phases 2 and 3 of 
 20.16  the Red Lake River restoration and 
 20.17  habitat improvement project.  
 20.18  The commissioner shall determine other 
 20.19  project priorities as appropriate based 
 20.20  on need as provided in Minnesota 
 20.21  Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 
 20.22  103G.515. 
 20.23  Subd. 20.  Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants            30,000,000 
 20.24  For the state share of flood hazard 
 20.25  mitigation grants for publicly owned 
 20.26  capital improvements to prevent or 
 20.27  alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
 20.28  Statutes, section 103F.161. 
 20.29  The commissioner shall determine 
 20.30  project priorities as appropriate based 
 20.31  on need. 
 20.32  This appropriation includes money for 
 20.33  the following projects:  Warren, East 
 20.34  Grand Forks, Agassiz, Montevideo, St. 
 20.35  Anthony, Granite Falls, Minneapolis at 
 20.36  27th and Knox Avenue North, St. Louis 
 20.37  Park, North Ottawa, Lebanon Hills in 
 20.38  Dakota county, Hay Creek, and Two River 
 20.39  watershed district Ross No. 7.  For any 
 20.40  project listed in this paragraph that 
 20.41  is not ready to proceed, the 
 20.42  commissioner may allocate that 
 20.43  project's money to the next project on 
 20.44  the commissioner's priority list and 
 20.45  St. Paul. 
 20.46  To the extent that the cost of a 
 20.47  project in Warren, East Grand Forks, 
 20.48  Montevideo, Breckenridge, Granite 
 20.49  Falls, Oakport, or Crookston exceeds 
 20.50  two percent of the median household 
 20.51  income in the municipality multiplied 
 20.52  by the number of households in the 
 20.53  municipality, this appropriation is 
 20.54  also for the local share of the project.
 20.55  Subd. 21.  Stream Protection
 20.56  and Restoration                                       1,000,000
 20.57  For the design and implementation of 
 20.58  stream restoration projects that employ 
 20.59  natural channel design principles. 
 21.1   Subd. 22.  Water Access
 21.2   Acquisition and Development                           1,500,000
 21.3   For public water access acquisition, 
 21.4   construction, and renovation to capital 
 21.5   projects on lakes and rivers, including 
 21.6   construction of a fishing pier at Blue 
 21.7   Mound state park and other water access 
 21.8   through the provision of fishing piers 
 21.9   and shoreline access under Minnesota 
 21.10  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9.
 21.11  Subd. 23.  Lake Superior
 21.12  Safe Harbor                                           1,100,000
 21.13  To complete construction of the public 
 21.14  access at McQuade Road on Lake Superior 
 21.15  in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps 
 21.16  of Engineers and the joint powers board 
 21.17  made up of the city of Duluth, St. 
 21.18  Louis county, the town of Duluth, and 
 21.19  the town of Lakewood. 
 21.20  Subd. 24.  Fish Hatchery
 21.21  Improvements                                            300,000
 21.22  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 21.23  design, construct, renovate, furnish, 
 21.24  and equip fish culture facilities under 
 21.25  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.045, 
 21.26  subdivision 1. 
 21.27  Subd. 25.  Fisheries Acquisition 
 21.28  and Improvement                                         500,000
 21.29  To acquire aquatic management areas and 
 21.30  to make public improvements and 
 21.31  betterments of a capital nature to fish 
 21.32  habitat under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.33  section 86A.05, subdivision 14.  
 21.34  Subd. 26.  Scientific and Natural Area                 
 21.35  Acquisition and Improvement                           2,500,000
 21.36  To acquire land for scientific and 
 21.37  natural areas and for development, 
 21.38  protection, or improvements of a 
 21.39  capital nature to scientific and 
 21.40  natural areas throughout the state 
 21.41  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 21.42  84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.  
 21.43  Up to $1,500,000 is to acquire and make 
 21.44  improvements of a capital nature to 
 21.45  restore, and develop the Seminary fen 
 21.46  in the Assumption creek watershed in 
 21.47  Carver county.  The commissioner shall 
 21.48  manage the Seminary fen in accordance 
 21.49  with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A, 
 21.50  in part as an aquatic management area, 
 21.51  in part as a scientific and natural 
 21.52  area, and in part as a wildlife 
 21.53  management area. 
 21.54  Subd. 27.  Natural and Scenic Area      
 21.55  Land Acquisition Grants                               1,000,000
 21.56  For matching grants to local units of 
 21.57  government to acquire and better local 
 21.58  natural and scenic areas under 
 21.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
 22.1   subdivision 4a.  The commissioner shall 
 22.2   determine project priorities as 
 22.3   appropriate based on project 
 22.4   significance and need. 
 22.5   Subd. 28.  RIM Consolidated 
 22.6   Wildlife and Critical Habitat Match                   1,000,000
 22.7   To acquire land and interests in land 
 22.8   for wildlife management area purposes 
 22.9   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 22.10  97A.145; for improvements of a capital 
 22.11  nature to develop, protect, or improve 
 22.12  wildlife management areas and other 
 22.13  state lands throughout the state under 
 22.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
 22.15  subdivision 8; and to provide state 
 22.16  match for the critical habitat private 
 22.17  sector matching account under Minnesota 
 22.18  Statutes, section 84.943, for the 
 22.19  acquisition or improvement of critical 
 22.20  fish, wildlife, and native plant 
 22.21  habitats.  
 22.22  Subd. 29.  Native Prairie    
 22.23  Bank Easements                                        1,000,000
 22.24  For acquisition of native prairie bank 
 22.25  easements under Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.26  section 84.96. 
 22.27  Sec. 8.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                    10,000,000 
 22.28  To the pollution control agency to 
 22.29  design and construct remedial systems 
 22.30  and acquire land at landfills 
 22.31  throughout the state in accordance with 
 22.32  the closed landfill program under 
 22.33  Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39. 
 22.34  Sec. 9.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
 22.35  Subdivision 1.  To the office of environmental
 22.36  assistance for the purposes specified
 22.37  in this section                                       4,750,000
 22.38  Subd. 2.  Solid Waste Capital          
 22.39  Assistance Grants                                     3,600,000
 22.40  To the office of environmental 
 22.41  assistance for the solid waste capital 
 22.42  assistance grants program under 
 22.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 22.44  Grants from this appropriation must be 
 22.45  awarded to applicants whose 
 22.46  applications were on file with the 
 22.47  office before January 1, 2002.  The 
 22.48  office must give priority for grants to 
 22.49  projects that expand processing 
 22.50  capacity. 
 22.51  Subd. 3.  Fergus Falls -              
 22.52  Solid Waste Combustor                                 1,150,000
 22.53  For a grant to the city of Fergus Falls 
 22.54  to design, construct, and equip the 
 22.55  city's municipal solid waste combustor 
 22.56  with new air pollution control 
 22.57  equipment to meet federal and state 
 22.58  environmental guidelines.  This grant 
 22.59  is in addition to any other state 
 23.1   grants previously awarded for this 
 23.2   project, including the 1997 grant to 
 23.3   the city of Fergus Falls by the office 
 23.4   of environmental assistance.  This 
 23.5   appropriation is not available until 
 23.6   the commissioner has determined that at 
 23.7   least $1,150,000 has been committed 
 23.8   from nonstate sources. 
 23.9   Sec. 10.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 23.10  Subdivision 1.  To the board 
 23.11  of water and soil resources for the 
 23.12  purposes specified in this section                    8,250,000 
 23.13  Subd. 2.  RIM Conservation
 23.14  Easements                                             2,000,000 
 23.15  This appropriation is to acquire 
 23.16  conservation easements from landowners 
 23.17  on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 23.18  water quality and to support fish and 
 23.19  wildlife habitat as provided in 
 23.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 23.21   Subd. 3.  Shoreland Protection           
 23.22  Program                                                 750,000
 23.23  To acquire conservation easements in 
 23.24  environmentally sensitive lake and 
 23.25  river shoreland areas from private 
 23.26  landowners.  The board may award grants 
 23.27  to local soil and water conservation 
 23.28  districts and participating local units 
 23.29  of government to accomplish the 
 23.30  purposes of this program, in accordance 
 23.31  with new Minnesota Statutes, section 
 23.32  103F.225.  
 23.33  $100,000 of this amount may be used to 
 23.34  administer the program. 
 23.35  Subd. 4.  Wetland Replacement          
 23.36  Due to Public Road Projects                           2,700,000
 23.37  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 23.38  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 23.39  drained or filled as a result of the 
 23.40  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 23.41  of existing public roads as required by 
 23.42  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 23.43  subdivision 1, paragraph (l). 
 23.44  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 23.45  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 23.46  must be the fair market value as 
 23.47  determined by the board.  The board may 
 23.48  enter into agreements with the federal 
 23.49  government, other state agencies, 
 23.50  political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 23.51  organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 23.52  land and restore and create wetlands 
 23.53  and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 23.54  credits with money provided by this 
 23.55  appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 23.56  conveyance of land may be in the name 
 23.57  of the political subdivision.  
 23.58  Subd. 5.  Lazarus Creek                               1,500,000
 23.59  For a grant to Area II Minnesota River 
 24.1   Basin Projects, Inc. for construction 
 24.2   of the LQP-25/Lazarus Creek floodwater 
 24.3   retention project.  The grant may not 
 24.4   exceed 75 percent of the project's 
 24.5   cost.  The remaining share must be 
 24.6   provided by Area II Minnesota River 
 24.7   Basin Projects, Inc.  
 24.8   Subd. 6.  Stillwater - 
 24.9   Brown's Creek                                         1,300,000
 24.10  For a grant to the city of Stillwater 
 24.11  to provide environmental protection 
 24.12  capital improvements for Brown's Creek. 
 24.13  Sec. 11.  AGRICULTURE                                          
 24.14  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 24.15  administration or another named agency for
 24.16  the purposes specified in this section               15,292,000
 24.17  Subd. 2.  Rural Finance Authority      
 24.18  Loan Participation                                   15,000,000
 24.19  For purposes as set forth in the 
 24.20  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 24.21  section 5, clause (h).  To the rural 
 24.22  finance authority to purchase 
 24.23  participation interests in or to make 
 24.24  direct agricultural loans to farmers 
 24.25  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.  
 24.26  This appropriation is for the beginning 
 24.27  farmer program under Minnesota 
 24.28  Statutes, section 41B.039, the loan 
 24.29  restructuring program under Minnesota 
 24.30  Statutes, section 41B.04, the 
 24.31  seller-sponsored program under 
 24.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042, 
 24.33  the agricultural improvement loan 
 24.34  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.35  section 41B.043, and the livestock 
 24.36  expansion loan program under Minnesota 
 24.37  Statutes, section 41B.045.  All debt 
 24.38  service on bond proceeds used to 
 24.39  finance this appropriation must be 
 24.40  repaid by the rural finance authority 
 24.41  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 24.42  16A.643.  Loan participations must be 
 24.43  priced to provide full interest and 
 24.44  principal coverage and a reserve for 
 24.45  potential losses. 
 24.46  Priority for loans must be given first 
 24.47  to basic beginning farmer loans; 
 24.48  second, to seller-sponsored loans; and 
 24.49  third, to agricultural improvement 
 24.50  loans. 
 24.51  Subd. 3.  Expansion of Metro           
 24.52  Greenhouse and Storage Bay                              292,000
 24.53  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 24.54  equip an expansion of the greenhouse 
 24.55  facility owned by the department of 
 24.56  agriculture on the campus of 
 24.57  Metropolitan state university in St. 
 24.58  Paul. 
 24.59  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 24.60  GARDENS                                              
 25.1   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 25.2   Zoological Gardens for the purposes 
 25.3   specified in this section                            11,184,000
 25.4   Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          3,000,000
 25.5   For capital asset preservation 
 25.6   improvements and betterments. 
 25.7   Subd. 3.  Phase 1 of Master Plan                      8,184,000
 25.8   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 25.9   equip zoo facilities consistent with 
 25.10  phase 1 of the facilities and business 
 25.11  master plan for the Asia Trail.  Up to 
 25.12  $1,000,000 of this appropriation may be 
 25.13  used to design other components of 
 25.14  phase 1.  
 25.15  This appropriation is not available 
 25.16  until the commissioner of finance has 
 25.17  determined that additional money at 
 25.18  least equal to 25 percent of the 
 25.19  appropriated amount has been committed 
 25.20  to the project from nonstate sources. 
 25.21  Sec. 13.  ADMINISTRATION 
 25.22  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 25.23  of administration for the purposes
 25.24  specified in this section                            83,722,000
 25.25  Subd. 2.  Capital Asset
 25.26  Preservation and Replacement (CAPRA)                 14,000,000
 25.27  To be spent in accordance with 
 25.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.  
 25.29  The unspent portion of an 
 25.30  appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
 25.31  percent of the appropriation, for a 
 25.32  project in this section that is 
 25.33  complete, is available for capital 
 25.34  asset preservation and replacement.  
 25.35  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, 
 25.36  applies from the date of the original 
 25.37  appropriation to the unspent amount 
 25.38  transferred. 
 25.39  Subd. 3.  Electrical Utility
 25.40  Infrastructure - Phase 6                              3,231,000
 25.41  To complete the upgrade of the 
 25.42  high-voltage primary electrical 
 25.43  distribution system in the capitol 
 25.44  complex, replace the emergency 
 25.45  generator in the Capitol, and upgrade 
 25.46  the non-high-voltage electrical system 
 25.47  in the Capitol building. 
 25.48  Subd. 4.  Agency Relocation                           1,500,000 
 25.49  This appropriation is from the general 
 25.50  fund. 
 25.51  For relocation of state agencies as 
 25.52  determined by the commissioner of 
 25.53  administration, including, but not 
 25.54  limited to, the bureau of criminal 
 25.55  apprehension, tenants in the Veterans 
 25.56  Services building, and the departments 
 26.1   of Trade and Economic Development and 
 26.2   Economic Security or their successor. 
 26.3   Subd. 5.  Renovate Governor's
 26.4   Residence                                             4,291,000
 26.5   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 26.6   the Governor's residence in St. Paul.  
 26.7   $45,000 is from the general fund for 
 26.8   relocation expenses. 
 26.9   Subd. 6.  Health and Agriculture       
 26.10  Laboratories                                         60,000,000
 26.11  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 26.12  equip a joint laboratory facility in 
 26.13  St. Paul for the departments of health 
 26.14  and agriculture. 
 26.15  Subd. 7.  Health, Agriculture, and Human Services 
 26.16  Office Facilities                               
 26.17  The commissioner of administration may 
 26.18  enter into one or more long-term 
 26.19  lease-purchase agreements with the St. 
 26.20  Paul port authority or any other 
 26.21  governmental entity, for terms of up to 
 26.22  25 years, for the development of office 
 26.23  facilities in St. Paul for the 
 26.24  departments of health, agriculture, and 
 26.25  human services.  The commissioner must 
 26.26  submit each agreement to the 
 26.27  legislative commission on planning and 
 26.28  fiscal policy for its recommendation.  
 26.29  If the commission does not provide the 
 26.30  commissioner with a recommendation 
 26.31  within 30 days of receiving the 
 26.32  agreement, the recommendation is 
 26.33  considered to be positive.  A 
 26.34  recommendation is advisory only.  The 
 26.35  lease-purchase agreements are exempt 
 26.36  from Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 26.37  15.50, subdivision 2, paragraph (e); 
 26.38  and 16B.24, subdivisions 6 and 6a.  The 
 26.39  lease-purchase agreements must not be 
 26.40  terminated except for nonappropriation 
 26.41  of money.  The lease-purchase 
 26.42  agreements must provide the state with 
 26.43  a unilateral right to purchase the 
 26.44  leased premises at specified times for 
 26.45  specified amounts.  The office facility 
 26.46  for the department of human services 
 26.47  must not have more gross square feet of 
 26.48  space than the department occupies as 
 26.49  of the effective date of this section 
 26.50  for offices that will be moved to the 
 26.51  new facility.  
 26.52  Subd. 8.  State-owned Property 
 26.53  The commissioner may enter into a 
 26.54  ground lease for state-owned property 
 26.55  in the capitol complex in conjunction 
 26.56  with the execution of a lease-purchase 
 26.57  agreement for any improvements 
 26.58  constructed on that site. 
 26.59  Notwithstanding the requirements of 
 26.60  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, 
 26.61  subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the 
 26.62  ground lease must be for a term equal 
 26.63  to the term of the lease-purchase 
 27.1   agreement, and must include an option 
 27.2   to purchase the land at its then fair 
 27.3   market value if the improvements are 
 27.4   not purchased by the state at the end 
 27.5   of the term of the lease-purchase 
 27.6   agreement, or at any earlier time that 
 27.7   the lease-purchase agreement is 
 27.8   terminated.  
 27.9   Subd. 9.  Government Services          
 27.10  Center                                                  700,000
 27.11  To predesign in Olmsted county a 
 27.12  government services facility to 
 27.13  colocate federal, state, and local 
 27.14  government offices, to the extent that 
 27.15  the predesign determines their 
 27.16  colocation to be feasible and 
 27.17  practical.  Participating agencies to 
 27.18  be evaluated in the predesign must 
 27.19  include, but need not be limited to, 
 27.20  the city of Rochester; Olmsted county; 
 27.21  the state departments of natural 
 27.22  resources, commerce, economic security, 
 27.23  health, pollution control, revenue, and 
 27.24  the board of water and soil resources; 
 27.25  and appropriate federal agencies.  
 27.26  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
 27.27  AND PLANNING BOARD                                      646,000
 27.28  The appropriation in this section may 
 27.29  not be spent on any project that 
 27.30  affects space under the control of the 
 27.31  senate without the approval of the 
 27.32  secretary of the senate nor on any 
 27.33  project that affects space under the 
 27.34  control of the house of representatives 
 27.35  without the approval of the chief clerk 
 27.36  of the house. 
 27.37  To the commissioner of administration 
 27.38  to plaster and repaint public spaces 
 27.39  and to conserve and repair existing 
 27.40  artwork on the ground, first, and 
 27.41  second floors of the capitol building. 
 27.42  This appropriation is from the general 
 27.43  fund. 
 27.44  Sec. 15.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 27.45  Subdivision 1.  To the amateur sports
 27.46  commission for the purposes specified
 27.47  in this section                                       8,250,000
 27.48  Subd. 2.  Sports Conference Center                    5,000,000
 27.49  To construct, furnish, and equip a 
 27.50  sports conference center on the campus 
 27.51  of the National Sports Center and for 
 27.52  related capital development costs, 
 27.53  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 27.54  16A.695. 
 27.55  Subd. 3.  National Volleyball
 27.56  Center - Phase 2                                      3,000,000
 27.57  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 27.58  equip Phase 2 of the National 
 27.59  Volleyball Center in Rochester.  
 28.1   Subd. 4.  Mount Itasca Biathlon
 28.2   Training Facility                                       250,000
 28.3   To complete construction of the Mount 
 28.4   Itasca biathlon training project.  This 
 28.5   appropriation is not available until at 
 28.6   least an equal amount has been 
 28.7   committed to the project from nonstate 
 28.8   sources. 
 28.9   Sec. 16.  ARTS                                                 
 28.10  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 28.11  administration for the purposes specified
 28.12  in this section                                      31,000,000
 28.13  Subd. 2.  Bloomington -               
 28.14  Bloomington Center for the Arts                       1,000,000
 28.15  This appropriation is from the general 
 28.16  fund. 
 28.17  For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
 28.18  to furnish and equip a new multipurpose 
 28.19  public arts facility to facilitate the 
 28.20  economic development, education, and 
 28.21  cultural activities in the city of 
 28.22  Bloomington that will serve the 
 28.23  southern and southwest metro areas. 
 28.24  This appropriation is not available 
 28.25  until the commissioner has determined 
 28.26  that at least an equal amount has been 
 28.27  committed from nonstate sources. 
 28.28  Subd. 3.  Minneapolis -
 28.29  Children's Theatre Company                            5,000,000
 28.30  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 28.31  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
 28.32  an expansion of the Children's Theatre 
 28.33  Company's current facility.  Hennepin 
 28.34  county may enter into a lease or 
 28.35  management agreement for operation of 
 28.36  the theater, subject to Minnesota 
 28.37  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 28.38  This appropriation is not available 
 28.39  until the commissioner has determined 
 28.40  that at least an equal amount has been 
 28.41  committed from nonstate sources.  
 28.42  Subd. 4.  Minneapolis -              
 28.43  Guthrie Theater                                      24,000,000
 28.44  For a grant to the Minneapolis 
 28.45  community development agency to acquire 
 28.46  and prepare a site for and to design, 
 28.47  construct, furnish, and equip a new 
 28.48  Guthrie Theater in the city of 
 28.49  Minneapolis.  The Minneapolis community 
 28.50  development agency may enter into a 
 28.51  lease or management agreement for the 
 28.52  theater, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 28.53  section 16A.695.  
 28.54  This appropriation is not available 
 28.55  until the commissioner has determined 
 28.56  that at least an equal amount has been 
 28.57  committed from nonstate sources.  
 29.1   Subd. 5.  Rochester -                  
 29.2   Rochester Art Center                                  1,000,000
 29.3   This appropriation is from the general 
 29.4   fund. 
 29.5   For a grant to the city of Rochester to 
 29.6   design the new Rochester Art Center. 
 29.7   This appropriation is not available 
 29.8   until the commissioner has determined 
 29.9   that an equal amount has been committed 
 29.10  from nonstate sources. 
 29.11  Subd. 6.  St. Paul -  
 29.12  Minnesota African-American 
 29.13  Performing Arts Center 
 29.14  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.15  section 16A.642, $1,250,000 of the 
 29.16  appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 
 29.17  240, article 2, section 12, subdivision 
 29.18  14, is available until July 1, 2003. 
 29.19  Sec. 17.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 29.20  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant
 29.21  general for the purposes specified
 29.22  in this section                                       4,357,000
 29.23  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          2,500,000 
 29.24  For asset preservation improvements and 
 29.25  betterments of a capital nature at 
 29.26  military affairs facilities statewide. 
 29.27  Subd. 3.  ADA Improvements                              357,000 
 29.28  For improvements and betterments of a 
 29.29  capital nature to remove barriers and 
 29.30  make department of military affairs 
 29.31  buildings, programs, and services 
 29.32  accessible to individuals with 
 29.33  disabilities, in compliance with state 
 29.34  and federal ADA guidelines. 
 29.35  Subd. 4.  Facility Life Safety         
 29.36  Improvements                                          1,000,000
 29.37  For life/safety improvements and 
 29.38  betterments of a capital nature at 
 29.39  military affairs facilities statewide. 
 29.40  Subd. 5.  Camp Ripley Antiterrorism
 29.41  Facility                                                500,000
 29.42  For predesign of a joint military/law 
 29.43  enforcement antiterrorism training 
 29.44  facility at Camp Ripley. 
 29.45  Sec. 18.  TRANSPORTATION 
 29.46  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 29.47  commissioner of transportation for 
 29.48  the purposes specified in this section               92,500,000
 29.49  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge Replacement
 29.50  and Rehabilitation                                   45,000,000
 29.51  This appropriation is from the bond 
 29.52  proceeds account in the state 
 30.1   transportation fund as provided in 
 30.2   Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
 30.3   match federal money and to replace or 
 30.4   rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
 30.5   Political subdivisions may use grants 
 30.6   made under this section to construct or 
 30.7   reconstruct bridges, including: 
 30.8   (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
 30.9   construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
 30.10  (2) paying the costs of preliminary 
 30.11  engineering and environmental studies 
 30.12  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.13  section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 
 30.14  (3) paying the costs to abandon an 
 30.15  existing bridge that is deficient and 
 30.16  in need of replacement, but where no 
 30.17  replacement will be made; and 
 30.18  (4) paying the costs to construct a 
 30.19  road or street to facilitate the 
 30.20  abandonment of an existing bridge 
 30.21  determined by the commissioner to be 
 30.22  deficient, if the commissioner 
 30.23  determines that construction of the 
 30.24  road or street is more cost efficient 
 30.25  than the replacement of the existing 
 30.26  bridge. 
 30.27  Subd. 3.  Local Road Improvement Program             20,000,000 
 30.28  Of this appropriation: 
 30.29  (1) $10,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 30.30  trunk highway corridor projects account 
 30.31  in the local road improvement fund 
 30.32  under new Minnesota Statutes, section 
 30.33  174.52, subdivision 2. 
 30.34  (2) $10,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 30.35  local road account for routes of 
 30.36  regional significance in the local road 
 30.37  improvement fund under new Minnesota 
 30.38  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4.
 30.39  Subd. 4.  Town Road Sign Replacement                  1,000,000 
 30.40  For grants to political subdivisions to 
 30.41  pay the local share of costs of town 
 30.42  road sign replacement under the federal 
 30.43  highway administration's hazard 
 30.44  elimination program.  Grants under this 
 30.45  subdivision may only be used for the 
 30.46  purchase of signs that conform to the 
 30.47  commissioner of transportation's 
 30.48  uniform manual of traffic control 
 30.49  devices, including applicable 
 30.50  reflective sheeting requirements, and 
 30.51  that have a useful life of at least 20 
 30.52  years. 
 30.53  Subd. 5.  Duluth Aerial               
 30.54  Lift Bridge                                           1,000,000
 30.55  For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
 30.56  capital restoration of the aerial lift 
 30.57  bridge.  This appropriation is 
 30.58  available when matched by $1 of money 
 31.1   secured or provided by the city of 
 31.2   Duluth for each $1 of state money. 
 31.3   Subd. 6.  Port Development Assistance                 3,000,000 
 31.4   For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.5   sections 457A.01 to 457A.06.  Any 
 31.6   improvements made with the proceeds of 
 31.7   these grants must be publicly owned. 
 31.8   Subd. 7.  Freight Access Improvements                 7,000,000
 31.9   Each grant is not available until the 
 31.10  commissioner has determined that at 
 31.11  least an equal amount has been 
 31.12  committed from any combination of 
 31.13  municipal state-aid money and nonstate 
 31.14  sources.  The state share may be 
 31.15  allocated to any one or more of the 
 31.16  project elements, with the nonstate 
 31.17  money used to complete any elements not 
 31.18  completed with state money. 
 31.19  $3,500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 31.20  of Savage to improve highway access to 
 31.21  the ports of Savage.  The improvements 
 31.22  may include local frontage roads, 
 31.23  access consolidations, road closures, 
 31.24  new signals, and acceleration and 
 31.25  deceleration lanes.  
 31.26  $3,500,000 is for a grant to the port 
 31.27  authority of Winona to construct 
 31.28  intermodal improvements at the Winona 
 31.29  harbor.  The improvements may include 
 31.30  commercial harbor dredging, overpass 
 31.31  construction, street widening, signal 
 31.32  installation, and intersection 
 31.33  reconstruction.  
 31.34  Subd. 8.  Greater Minnesota 
 31.35  Transit Facilities                                    2,000,000
 31.36  For capital assistance for greater 
 31.37  Minnesota transit systems to be used 
 31.38  for transit capital facilities.  Money 
 31.39  from this appropriation may be used to 
 31.40  pay up to 80 percent of the nonfederal 
 31.41  share of these facilities. 
 31.42  Subd. 9.  Radio Communications
 31.43  Statewide System                                     13,000,000
 31.44  To design and construct the statewide 
 31.45  public safety radio communications 
 31.46  system infrastructure, coordinating it 
 31.47  with other state and local units of 
 31.48  government, and extending it to all of 
 31.49  the southeast district of the state 
 31.50  patrol, and into the central district 
 31.51  of the state patrol, with first 
 31.52  priority given to development in 
 31.53  Stearns, Sherburne, Benton, and Wright 
 31.54  counties, subject to the requirements 
 31.55  of Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 31.56  Subd. 10.  DM&E Working Group                           500,000
 31.57  This appropriation is from the general 
 31.58  fund and is for the purposes of section 
 31.59  86. 
 32.1   Sec. 19.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 32.2   Subdivision 1.  To the metropolitan 
 32.3   council for the purposes specified 
 32.4   in this section                                      30,500,000
 32.5   Subd. 2.  Northwest Busway                           20,000,000 
 32.6   To design and construct a busway in the 
 32.7   northwest metropolitan area between 
 32.8   downtown Minneapolis and Rogers.  This 
 32.9   appropriation is contingent on 
 32.10  $12,000,000 from Hennepin county and 
 32.11  $5,000,000 from the metropolitan 
 32.12  council for the project.  Total funding 
 32.13  from all sources may be used for 
 32.14  roadway design, reconstruction, 
 32.15  acquisition of land and right-of-way, 
 32.16  and to design, construct, furnish, and 
 32.17  equip transit stations and park and 
 32.18  rides.  Design-build under new 
 32.19  Minnesota Statutes, sections 383B.158 
 32.20  to 383B.1586, may be used for 
 32.21  implementing this project. 
 32.22  Subd. 3.  Livable Communities Grant
 32.23  Program                                               9,000,000
 32.24  For public infrastructure grants for 
 32.25  development and redevelopment projects 
 32.26  of the livable communities grant 
 32.27  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 32.28  sections 473.25 to 473.255, as 
 32.29  applicable. 
 32.30  In development of the project, the 
 32.31  council shall:  
 32.32  (1) take into consideration livable 
 32.33  communities principles, including 
 32.34  support of housing production and 
 32.35  ensuring integration of land use and 
 32.36  transportation needs of communities 
 32.37  along the route of the busway; 
 32.38  (2) take advantage of any local funding 
 32.39  for the project that may be available; 
 32.40  and 
 32.41  (3) encourage citizen and stakeholder 
 32.42  participation in development of the 
 32.43  project. 
 32.44  Before soliciting any applications for 
 32.45  grants, the council must present its 
 32.46  proposed criteria for ranking projects 
 32.47  and the proposed application process to 
 32.48  the legislative commission on 
 32.49  metropolitan government for review and 
 32.50  recommendations.  Before making any 
 32.51  grant awards after receiving 
 32.52  applications for funding, the council 
 32.53  must present to the legislative 
 32.54  commission on metropolitan government 
 32.55  for review and comment, a complete list 
 32.56  of applications received by the council 
 32.57  by the application deadline, the 
 32.58  council's ranking under the adopted 
 32.59  criteria, and the proposed funding 
 32.60  awards. 
 33.1   Subd. 4.  Park-and-Ride Facilities                      500,000 
 33.2   For land acquisition and construction 
 33.3   of park-and-ride facilities in the 
 33.4   seven-county metropolitan area outside 
 33.5   the transit taxing district defined in 
 33.6   Minnesota Statutes, section 473.446, 
 33.7   subdivision 2. 
 33.8   Subd. 5.  Central Corridor  
 33.9   Transitway                                            1,000,000
 33.10  For predesign, design, final 
 33.11  environmental impact statement, and 
 33.12  preliminary engineering of the Central 
 33.13  Corridor Bus Transitway between St. 
 33.14  Paul and the city of Minneapolis.  This 
 33.15  appropriation must not be used for any 
 33.16  work on rail transportation.  
 33.17  Sec. 20.  COMMERCE                                    5,000,000
 33.18  To the commissioner of finance for the 
 33.19  energy conservation investment loan 
 33.20  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 33.21  section 216C.37. 
 33.22  Sec. 21.  HEALTH                                        775,000
 33.23  To design and construct a community 
 33.24  dental clinic at Lake Superior 
 33.25  community college in Duluth and design 
 33.26  and renovate the Northwest technical 
 33.27  college dental hygiene clinic in 
 33.28  Moorhead, subject to Minnesota 
 33.29  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 33.30  Sec. 22.  HUMAN SERVICES
 33.31  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 33.32  commissioner of administration 
 33.33  for the purposes specified 
 33.34  in this section                                      22,838,000
 33.35  Subd. 2.  Systemwide Roof
 33.36  Renovation and Replacement                            2,789,000
 33.37  For renovation and replacement of roofs 
 33.38  at department of human services 
 33.39  facilities statewide. 
 33.40  Subd. 3.  Systemwide Asset
 33.41  Preservation                                          4,000,000
 33.42  For asset preservation improvements and 
 33.43  betterments of a capital nature at 
 33.44  state regional treatment centers.  
 33.45  The unspent portion of an 
 33.46  appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
 33.47  percent of the appropriation, for a 
 33.48  project in this section that is 
 33.49  complete, is available for asset 
 33.50  preservation.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 33.51  section 16A.642, applies from the date 
 33.52  of the original appropriation to the 
 33.53  unspent amount transferred. 
 33.54  Subd. 4.  Systemwide -                 
 33.55  Building and Structure Demolition                     2,750,000
 34.1   To demolish and dispose of hazardous 
 34.2   materials from obsolete buildings at 
 34.3   state regional treatment centers.  
 34.4   Subd. 5.  Brainerd                   
 34.5   Regional Treatment Center                             6,305,000
 34.6   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 34.7   the residential and program areas in 
 34.8   building No. 20. 
 34.9   Subd. 6.  Fergus Falls                 
 34.10  Regional Treatment Center                             3,000,000
 34.11  To design, renovate, construct, 
 34.12  furnish, and equip ancillary support 
 34.13  and program facilities, including 
 34.14  improvements to basic infrastructure, 
 34.15  hazardous materials abatement, and 
 34.16  demolition that will facilitate the 
 34.17  relocation of the facility's ancillary 
 34.18  support, treatment, and residential 
 34.19  programs from the Kirkbride buildings. 
 34.20  Subd. 7.  St. Peter 
 34.21  Regional Treatment Center                             3,619,000
 34.22  To design and replace the high-pressure 
 34.23  steam boilers and convert the system to 
 34.24  a low-pressure steam system at the St. 
 34.25  Peter regional treatment center. 
 34.26  Subd. 8.  People, Inc. 
 34.27  North Side Community Support Program                    375,000
 34.28  This appropriation is from the general 
 34.29  fund. 
 34.30  For a grant to Minneapolis Community 
 34.31  Development Agency to purchase, 
 34.32  remodel, and complete accessibility 
 34.33  upgrades to an existing building or to 
 34.34  acquire land or construct a building to 
 34.35  be used by the People, Inc. North Side 
 34.36  Community Support Program, which may 
 34.37  provide office space for state 
 34.38  employees.  
 34.39  This grant is available when matched by 
 34.40  at least $175,000 from nonstate sources.
 34.41  Subd. 9.  Designer Selection                                   
 34.42  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 34.43  section 16B.33, the commissioner of 
 34.44  administration may select design firms 
 34.45  for projects funded in this section 
 34.46  that are considered repair, 
 34.47  replacement, or asset preservation in 
 34.48  nature and are not intended to 
 34.49  construct, erect, or remodel a 
 34.50  building.  For this purpose, remodeling 
 34.51  means reconfiguring and upgrading 
 34.52  interior space, not replacing building 
 34.53  components or equipment. 
 34.54  Sec. 23.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD 
 34.55  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 34.56  of administration for the purposes
 34.57  specified in this section                            12,898,000  
 35.1   Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          2,000,000 
 35.2   For asset preservation improvements and 
 35.3   betterments of a capital nature at 
 35.4   veterans homes statewide. 
 35.5   Subd. 3.  Hastings Veterans Home - Phase 3            8,553,000 
 35.6   For design and renovation of the 
 35.7   utility infrastructure systems and 
 35.8   related improvements at the campus of 
 35.9   the Hastings veterans home. 
 35.10  Subd. 4.  Silver Bay Veterans Home                    2,345,000
 35.11  To replace the roof. 
 35.12  Sec. 24.  CORRECTIONS 
 35.13  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 35.14  administration for the purposes specified
 35.15  in this section                                      25,870,000
 35.16  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                         17,000,000 
 35.17  For improvements and betterments of a 
 35.18  capital nature at Minnesota 
 35.19  correctional facilities statewide, 
 35.20  including, but not limited to, 
 35.21  completing the perimeter wall and 
 35.22  security improvements at 
 35.23  MCF-Stillwater.  A portion of this 
 35.24  appropriation may be used for wetland 
 35.25  mitigation for the Rush City prison.  
 35.26  The unspent portion of an 
 35.27  appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
 35.28  percent of the appropriation, for a 
 35.29  project in this section that is 
 35.30  complete, is available for asset 
 35.31  preservation.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 35.32  section 16A.642, applies from the date 
 35.33  of the original appropriation to the 
 35.34  unspent amount transferred. 
 35.35  Subd. 3.  Minnesota Correctional       
 35.36  Facility - Lino Lakes                                 4,160,000
 35.37  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 35.38  equip a new 416-bed unit to house 
 35.39  offenders. 
 35.40  This appropriation is not available 
 35.41  until the commissioner has determined 
 35.42  that at least $10,179,000 has been 
 35.43  committed from federal sources.  
 35.44  Subd. 4.  Minnesota Correctional       
 35.45  Facility - Shakopee                                   3,070,000
 35.46  To design, construct, renovate, 
 35.47  furnish, and equip the Independent 
 35.48  Living Center (ILC) into a 48-bed 
 35.49  general population living unit; 
 35.50  increase space in the kitchen, serving, 
 35.51  and eating areas; increase space in the 
 35.52  visitation area; and modify the staff 
 35.53  control station in the segregation unit 
 35.54  to provide adequate space for updated 
 35.55  technical equipment and more room for 
 36.1   staff. 
 36.2   Subd. 5.  Minnesota Correctional       
 36.3   Facility - Stillwater                                    90,000
 36.4   To predesign a new 150-bed segregation 
 36.5   unit on the facility grounds. 
 36.6   Subd. 6.  Bayport Storm Sewer                         1,550,000
 36.7   For a grant to the city of Bayport for 
 36.8   the Middle St. Croix River Watershed 
 36.9   Management organization to complete 
 36.10  construction of the sewer system 
 36.11  extending from Minnesota department of 
 36.12  natural resources pond 82-310P (the 
 36.13  prison pond) in Bayport through the 
 36.14  Stillwater prison grounds to the St. 
 36.15  Croix river.  
 36.16  Sec. 25.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 36.17  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 36.18  trade and economic development or other
 36.19  named agency for the purposes
 36.20  specified in this section                            84,650,000
 36.21  Subd. 2.  Redevelopment Account                       4,000,000 
 36.22  For transfer to the redevelopment 
 36.23  account created in new Minnesota 
 36.24  Statutes, section 116J.571.  This 
 36.25  appropriation is only available for 
 36.26  grants to projects located outside of 
 36.27  the seven-county metropolitan area. 
 36.28  $1,000,000 is for a grant to the city 
 36.29  of Little Falls for environmental 
 36.30  cleanup of the Hennepin Paper Company 
 36.31  property in the city of Little Falls.  
 36.32  No match is required for this grant.  
 36.33  Subd. 3.  State Match for Federal Grants             16,000,000 
 36.34  To the public facilities authority to 
 36.35  match federal grants for eligible 
 36.36  projects in the water pollution control 
 36.37  revolving fund under Minnesota 
 36.38  Statutes, section 446A.07, and the 
 36.39  drinking water revolving loan fund 
 36.40  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 36.41  446A.081. 
 36.42  Subd. 4.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 36.43  Funding Program                                      30,600,000 
 36.44  $600,000 of this appropriation is from 
 36.45  the general fund to administer the 
 36.46  wastewater infrastructure program. 
 36.47  To the public facilities authority for 
 36.48  grants to eligible municipalities under 
 36.49  the wastewater infrastructure program 
 36.50  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 36.51  section 446A.072. 
 36.52  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 36.53  authority should use the grants for 
 36.54  projects on the 2002 project priority 
 36.55  list in priority order to qualified 
 36.56  applicants that submit plans and 
 37.1   specifications to the pollution control 
 37.2   agency or receive a funding commitment 
 37.3   from USDA rural development before 
 37.4   December 1, 2003. 
 37.5   The pollution control agency shall 
 37.6   prepare amendments to Minnesota Rules, 
 37.7   part 7077.0115, for ranking wastewater 
 37.8   projects on the project priority list 
 37.9   that take into account issues such as, 
 37.10  but not limited to, the age and 
 37.11  condition of existing wastewater 
 37.12  treatment systems, issues associated 
 37.13  with growth, and the effects on 
 37.14  municipalities when a moratorium on new 
 37.15  sewer connections is imposed.  The 
 37.16  agency shall report on its recommended 
 37.17  rule amendments to the chairs of the 
 37.18  house environment and natural resources 
 37.19  finance committee, the house jobs and 
 37.20  economic development finance committee, 
 37.21  the house capital investment committee, 
 37.22  the senate environment and agricultural 
 37.23  finance division, the senate jobs, 
 37.24  housing and community development 
 37.25  committee, and the senate capital 
 37.26  investment committee by February 1, 
 37.27  2003. 
 37.28  $1,500,000 is for grants to the 
 37.29  Larsmont portion of the Knife 
 37.30  River-Larsmont sanitary district.  This 
 37.31  appropriation must be used to reduce 
 37.32  the amount of the municipality's loan 
 37.33  from the water pollution revolving fund 
 37.34  that exceeds five percent of the market 
 37.35  value of the properties in the project 
 37.36  service area.  This appropriation is in 
 37.37  addition to grants from other 
 37.38  appropriations. 
 37.39  Subd. 5.  Fairmont -                   
 37.40  Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex                         500,000
 37.41  For a grant to the city of Fairmont to 
 37.42  acquire land for, renovate, and expand 
 37.43  the Winnebago Avenue sports complex, 
 37.44  including reconfiguring two ball 
 37.45  fields, adding two fields, paving a 
 37.46  parking lot, and building other 
 37.47  amenities.  
 37.48  This appropriation is not available 
 37.49  until the commissioner has determined 
 37.50  that at least an equal amount has been 
 37.51  committed from nonstate sources.  
 37.52  Subd. 6.  Greater Minnesota Business
 37.53  Development Infrastructure Grant Program             12,000,000
 37.54  For grants under new Minnesota 
 37.55  Statutes, section 116J.431. 
 37.56  Subd. 7.  Itasca County - Children's 
 37.57  Discovery Museum                                        300,000
 37.58  For a grant to Itasca county to design, 
 37.59  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 37.60  Children's Discovery Museum in Grand 
 37.61  Rapids.  The county may enter into a 
 37.62  lease or management agreement for the 
 38.1   center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 38.2   section 16A.695.  This appropriation is 
 38.3   not available until the commissioner 
 38.4   has determined that at least an equal 
 38.5   amount has been committed from nonstate 
 38.6   sources.  
 38.7   Subd. 8.  Minneapolis -
 38.8   Empowerment Zone Projects                             3,000,000
 38.9   For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 38.10  to acquire land and to design, 
 38.11  construct, furnish, and equip public 
 38.12  infrastructure improvements in the 
 38.13  following empowerment zone projects:  
 38.14  the Near Northside redevelopment 
 38.15  project; the Chicago/Lake project; and 
 38.16  the South East Minneapolis industrial 
 38.17  redevelopment project. 
 38.18  This appropriation is not available 
 38.19  until the commissioner has determined 
 38.20  that at least an equal amount has been 
 38.21  committed from nonstate sources.  
 38.22  Subd. 9.  Olivia -                     
 38.23  Minnesota Center for Agricultural Innovation          1,000,000
 38.24  For a grant to the city of Olivia to 
 38.25  acquire land and to design, construct, 
 38.26  furnish, and equip the Minnesota Center 
 38.27  for Agricultural Innovation, subject to 
 38.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 38.29  This appropriation is not available 
 38.30  until the commissioner has determined 
 38.31  that at least an equal amount has been 
 38.32  committed from nonstate sources.  
 38.33  Subd. 10.  St. Cloud -                 
 38.34  Civic Center Expansion                                3,250,000
 38.35  For a grant to the city of St. Cloud 
 38.36  for asset preservation, land 
 38.37  acquisition, and to predesign, design, 
 38.38  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 38.39  expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center.
 38.40  This appropriation is not available 
 38.41  until the commissioner has determined 
 38.42  that at least an equal amount has been 
 38.43  committed from nonstate sources.  
 38.44  Subd. 11.  St. Paul -                   
 38.45  Roy Wilkins Auditorium                                4,000,000
 38.46  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
 38.47  asset preservation of the Roy Wilkins 
 38.48  Center. 
 38.49  This appropriation is not available 
 38.50  until the commissioner has determined 
 38.51  that at least an equal amount has been 
 38.52  committed from nonstate sources.  
 38.53  Subd. 12.  St. Paul-Phalen Boulevard                  8,000,000 
 38.54  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 38.55  acquire land and to complete 
 38.56  contamination remediation on Phalen 
 38.57  Boulevard between I-35E and Johnson 
 39.1   Parkway.  This appropriation is not 
 39.2   available until the commissioner has 
 39.3   determined that at least an equal 
 39.4   amount has been committed from nonstate 
 39.5   sources.  
 39.6   Subd. 13.  St. Paul -                   
 39.7   2004 Renaissance Project                              2,000,000
 39.8   For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 39.9   design and construct river edge 
 39.10  improvements and make capital 
 39.11  improvements and betterments for a 
 39.12  public park on Raspberry Island. 
 39.13  This appropriation is not available 
 39.14  until the commissioner has determined 
 39.15  that at least an equal amount has been 
 39.16  committed from nonstate sources.  
 39.17  Sec. 26.  IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND     
 39.18  REHABILITATION BOARD                                  1,500,000
 39.19  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 39.20  equip Mesabi station as the central 
 39.21  guest services facility for the Mesabi 
 39.22  trail. 
 39.23  Sec. 27.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                     16,200,000 
 39.24  To the commissioner of the housing 
 39.25  finance agency for loans and grants for 
 39.26  publicly owned transitional and 
 39.27  permanent housing under Minnesota 
 39.28  Statutes, section 462A.202, 
 39.29  subdivisions 2 and 3a.  Notwithstanding 
 39.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202, 
 39.31  subdivision 3a, the loans or grants 
 39.32  must be used for the development, 
 39.33  construction, acquisition, or 
 39.34  rehabilitation of transitional or 
 39.35  permanent housing to serve veterans and 
 39.36  single adults who are homeless or at 
 39.37  risk of becoming homeless.  The loans 
 39.38  or grants must be used for two housing 
 39.39  projects that: 
 39.40  (1) are located on property owned by 
 39.41  the United States Department of 
 39.42  Veterans Affairs that is leased by the 
 39.43  Department of Veterans Affairs to the 
 39.44  owners of the housing projects; 
 39.45  (2) provide or coordinate health and 
 39.46  social services needed by the 
 39.47  residents; and 
 39.48  (3) are a collaborative partnership 
 39.49  between community agencies, local units 
 39.50  of government, and the federal 
 39.51  government. 
 39.52  Sec. 28.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 39.53  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 39.54  Historical Society for the purposes 
 39.55  specified in this section                             3,967,000
 39.56  Subd. 2.  Historic Site Asset 
 39.57  Preservation                                          2,442,000
 40.1   (a) For capital improvements and 
 40.2   betterments at state historic sites, 
 40.3   buildings, landscaping at historic 
 40.4   buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
 40.5   monuments.  The society shall determine 
 40.6   project priorities as appropriate based 
 40.7   on need. 
 40.8   (b) Of this amount, $1,000,000 is for 
 40.9   asset preservation of the William G. 
 40.10  LeDuc house.  This appropriation is 
 40.11  available only if the historical 
 40.12  society enters into an agreement with 
 40.13  the city of Hastings, or another public 
 40.14  entity, providing for transfer of 
 40.15  ownership of the property to the city 
 40.16  or the other public entity when the 
 40.17  asset preservation work is completed, 
 40.18  and providing that the city or other 
 40.19  public entity will provide for 
 40.20  additional renovation and operation of 
 40.21  the site.  If an agreement for the 
 40.22  transfer of ownership of the LeDuc 
 40.23  house site is not entered into by March 
 40.24  31, 2003, this amount is available for 
 40.25  asset preservation under paragraph 
 40.26  (a).  This appropriation is available 
 40.27  until spent, notwithstanding section 
 40.28  1.  The city or other public entity may 
 40.29  enter into an agreement with a 
 40.30  nonprofit organization for the 
 40.31  operation of the site subject to 
 40.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  
 40.33  Subd. 3.  County and Local 
 40.34  Preservation Grants                                     300,000
 40.35  To be allocated to county and local 
 40.36  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 40.37  historic preservation projects of a 
 40.38  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 40.39  be public entities and must match state 
 40.40  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 40.41  facilities must be publicly owned.  
 40.42  Subd. 4.  Sibley House Historic Site                    300,000
 40.43  To renovate buildings at the site and 
 40.44  design future renovations. 
 40.45  Subd. 5.  Fort Snelling Historic Site                   500,000
 40.46  $400,000 is to design a variety of 
 40.47  construction projects needed for a 
 40.48  major redevelopment and renewal of 
 40.49  historic Fort Snelling. 
 40.50  $100,000 is to expand restrooms in the 
 40.51  current visitor center. 
 40.52  Subd. 6.  Fort Belmont                                  200,000
 40.53  For a grant to Jackson county to 
 40.54  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 40.55  new site for historic Fort Belmont, 
 40.56  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 40.57  16A.695. 
 40.58  Subd. 7.  New Brighton                 
 40.59  Caboose and History Center                              100,000
 41.1   This appropriation is from the general 
 41.2   fund. 
 41.3   For a grant to the New Brighton area 
 41.4   historical society to renovate its 
 41.5   caboose and history center in Long Lake 
 41.6   Regional Park. 
 41.7   This appropriation is not available 
 41.8   until the commissioner of finance has 
 41.9   determined that at least an equal 
 41.10  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 41.11  sources.  
 41.12  Subd. 8.  Pipestone County Museum                      125,000
 41.13  For a grant to the city of Pipestone to 
 41.14  design and construct an external shaft 
 41.15  and hoist way and install an elevator 
 41.16  adjacent to the Pipestone County Museum 
 41.17  and renovate a third-floor area to be 
 41.18  used as a community room and a museum 
 41.19  programs room, subject to Minnesota 
 41.20  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 41.21  This appropriation is not available 
 41.22  until the commissioner of finance has 
 41.23  determined that at least an equal 
 41.24  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 41.25  sources.  
 41.26  Sec. 29.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            880,000 
 41.27  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 41.28  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 41.29  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
 41.30  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
 41.31  fund. 
 41.32     Sec. 30.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 41.33     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 41.34  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 41.35  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 41.36  in an amount up to $920,235,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 41.37  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 41.38  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 41.39  XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 41.40     Subd. 2.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT SCHOOL LOAN FUND.] To provide the 
 41.41  money appropriated in this act from the maximum effort school 
 41.42  loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
 41.43  bonds of the state in an amount up to $12,400,000 in the manner, 
 41.44  upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
 41.45  Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
 41.46  Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the 
 41.47  bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the 
 42.1   sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account 
 42.2   in the maximum effort school loan fund. 
 42.3      Subd. 3.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 42.4   appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the 
 42.5   commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 42.6   in an amount up to $45,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 42.7   and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 42.8   16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 42.9   XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued 
 42.10  interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must 
 42.11  be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state 
 42.12  transportation fund. 
 42.13     Sec. 31.  [CANCELLATIONS.] 
 42.14     Subdivision 1.  $500,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1996, 
 42.15  chapter 463, section 4, subdivision 2, for youth initiative 
 42.16  grants, is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, 
 42.17  chapter 463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $500,000. 
 42.18     Subd. 2.  $1,449,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1996, 
 42.19  chapter 463, section 21, for early childhood learning facilities 
 42.20  is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, chapter 
 42.21  463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,449,000. 
 42.22     Subd. 3.  The unobligated balance of the appropriation in 
 42.23  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 28, for the Sand 
 42.24  Dunes state forest center, estimated to be $113,000, is canceled 
 42.25  to the general fund. 
 42.26     Subd. 4.  $100,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, 
 42.27  chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 30, for the Hartley nature 
 42.28  center is canceled to the general fund. 
 42.29     Subd. 5.  The $375,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 42.30  404, section 18, subdivision 4, for the People, Inc. North Side 
 42.31  community support program, is canceled to the general fund. 
 42.32     Subd. 6.  $500,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, 
 42.33  chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 27, for a production 
 42.34  facility associated with an educational and training facility, 
 42.35  is canceled to the general fund. 
 42.36     Subd. 7.  The $400,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 43.1   404, section 25, subdivision 9, for a treaty site history 
 43.2   center, is canceled to the general fund. 
 43.3      Subd. 8.  $1,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2000, 
 43.4   chapter 492, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, to the 
 43.5   commissioner of administration for a grant to the Minneapolis 
 43.6   community development agency, for the Guthrie Theater, vetoed on 
 43.7   May 15, 2000, and approved by the legislature overriding the 
 43.8   veto on May 17, 2000, is canceled to the general fund. 
 43.9      Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16A.11, 
 43.10  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 43.11     Subd. 6.  [BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL BETTERMENT.] 
 43.12  The detailed operating budget and capital budget must include 
 43.13  amounts necessary to maintain and better state buildings.  The 
 43.14  commissioner of finance, in consultation with the commissioner 
 43.15  of administration, the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 43.16  colleges and universities, and the regents of the University of 
 43.17  Minnesota, shall establish budget guidelines for building 
 43.18  maintenance and betterment appropriations.  Unless otherwise 
 43.19  provided by the commissioner of finance, the combined amount to 
 43.20  be budgeted each year for building maintenance and betterment in 
 43.21  the operating budget and capital budget is ~~two~~ one percent of 
 43.22  the replacement cost of the building, adjusted up or down 
 43.23  depending on the age and condition of the building. 
 43.24     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16A.501, is 
 43.25  amended to read: 
 43.26     16A.501 [REPORT ON EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS.] 
 43.27     The commissioner of finance must report annually to the 
 43.28  legislature on the degree to which entities receiving 
 43.29  appropriations ~~of bond proceeds~~ for capital projects in previous 
 43.30  omnibus capital improvement acts have encumbered or expended 
 43.31  that money.  The report must be submitted to the chairs of the 
 43.32  house of representatives ways and means committee and the senate 
 43.33  finance committee by February 1 of each year. 
 43.34     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16A.632, 
 43.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 43.36     Subd. 2.  [STANDARDS.] Article XI, section 5, clause (a), 
 44.1   of the constitution states general obligation bonds may be 
 44.2   issued to finance only the acquisition or betterment of state 
 44.3   land, buildings, and improvements of a capital nature.  In 
 44.4   interpreting this and applying it to the purposes of the program 
 44.5   contemplated in this section, the following standards are 
 44.6   adopted for the disbursement of money from the capital asset 
 44.7   preservation and replacement account:  
 44.8      (a) No new land, buildings, or major new improvements will 
 44.9   be acquired.  These projects, including all capital expenditures 
 44.10  required to permit their effective use for the intended purpose 
 44.11  on completion, will be estimated and provided for individually 
 44.12  through a direct appropriation for each project.  
 44.13     (b) An expenditure will be made from the account only when 
 44.14  it is a capital expenditure on a capital asset previously owned 
 44.15  by the state, within the meaning of accepted accounting 
 44.16  principles as applied to public expenditures.  The commissioner 
 44.17  of administration will consult with the commissioner of finance 
 44.18  to the extent necessary to ensure this and will furnish the 
 44.19  commissioner of finance a list of projects to be financed from 
 44.20  the account in order of their priority.  The commissioner shall 
 44.21  also furnish each revision of the list.  The legislature assumes 
 44.22  that many provisions for preservation and replacement of 
 44.23  portions of existing capital assets will constitute betterments 
 44.24  and capital improvements within the meaning of the constitution 
 44.25  and capital expenditures under correct accounting principles, 
 44.26  and will be financed more efficiently and economically under the 
 44.27  program than by direct appropriations for specific projects.  
 44.28  However, the purpose of the program is to accumulate data 
 44.29  showing how additional costs may be saved by appropriating money 
 44.30  from the general fund for preservation measures, the necessity 
 44.31  of which is predictable over short periods.  
 44.32     (c) The commissioner of administration will furnish 
 44.33  instructions to agencies to apply for funding of capital 
 44.34  expenditures for preservation and replacement from the account, 
 44.35  will review applications, will make initial allocations among 
 44.36  types of eligible projects enumerated below, will determine 
 45.1   priorities, and will allocate money in priority order until the 
 45.2   available appropriation has been committed.  
 45.3      (d) Categories of projects considered likely to be most 
 45.4   needed and appropriate for financing are the following:  
 45.5      (1) unanticipated emergencies of all kinds, for which a 
 45.6   relatively small amount should be initially reserved, replaced 
 45.7   from money allocated to low-priority projects, if possible, as 
 45.8   emergencies occur, and used for stabilization rather than 
 45.9   replacement if the cost would exhaust the account and should be 
 45.10  specially appropriated; 
 45.11     (2) projects to remove life safety hazards, like 
 45.12  replacement of mechanical systems, building code violations, or 
 45.13  structural defects, at costs not large enough to require major 
 45.14  capital requests to the legislature; 
 45.15     (3) elimination or containment of hazardous substances like 
 45.16  asbestos or PCBs; ~~and~~ 
 45.17     (4) moderate cost replacement and repair of roofs, windows, 
 45.18  tuckpointing, and structural members necessary to preserve the 
 45.19  exterior and interior of existing buildings; and 
 45.20     (5) up to ten percent of an appropriation awarded under 
 45.21  this section may be used for design costs for projects eligible 
 45.22  to be funded from this account in anticipation of future funding 
 45.23  from the account.  
 45.24     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16A.86, 
 45.25  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 45.26     Subd. 3.  [EVALUATION.] (a) The commissioner shall evaluate 
 45.27  all requests from political subdivisions for state assistance 
 45.28  based on the following criteria: 
 45.29     (1) the political subdivision has provided for local, 
 45.30  private, and user financing for the project to the maximum 
 45.31  extent possible; 
 45.32     (2) the project helps fulfill an important state mission; 
 45.33     (3) the project is of regional or statewide significance; 
 45.34     (4) the project will not require new or any additional 
 45.35  state operating subsidies; 
 45.36     (5) the project will not expand the state's role in a new 
 46.1   policy area; 
 46.2      (6) state funding for the project will not create 
 46.3   significant inequities among local jurisdictions; 
 46.4      (7) the project will not compete with other facilities in 
 46.5   such a manner that they lose a significant number of users to 
 46.6   the new project; ~~and~~ 
 46.7      (8) the governing bodies of those political subdivisions 
 46.8   primarily benefiting from the project have passed resolutions in 
 46.9   support of the project and have established priorities for all 
 46.10  projects within their jurisdictions for which bonding 
 46.11  appropriations are requested when submitting multiple requests; 
 46.12  and 
 46.13     (9) if a predesign that meets the requirements of section 
 46.14  16B.335 has been completed and is available at the time the 
 46.15  project request is submitted to the commissioner of finance, the 
 46.16  applicant has submitted the project predesign to the 
 46.17  commissioner of administration. 
 46.18     (b) The commissioner's evaluation of each request, 
 46.19  including whether it meets each of the criteria in paragraph 
 46.20  (a), must be submitted to the legislature along with the 
 46.21  governor's recommendations under section 16A.11, subdivision 1, 
 46.22  whether or not the governor recommends that the request be 
 46.23  funded. 
 46.24     Sec. 36.  [16B.245] [INVENTORY OF STATE-OWNED LAND.] 
 46.25     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this 
 46.26  section, "state-owned land" means land, with or without 
 46.27  improvements upon it, for which the state owns fee title.  It 
 46.28  does not include: 
 46.29     (1) land held in trust by the state for political 
 46.30  subdivisions of the state; 
 46.31     (2) permanent school trust fund lands; 
 46.32     (3) university trust fund lands; 
 46.33     (4) mineral interests; or 
 46.34     (5) trunk highway right-of-way. 
 46.35     Subd. 2.  [INVENTORY.] The commissioner of administration 
 46.36  must inventory all state-owned land and determine the number of 
 47.1   acres owned by the state as of December 31, 2002.  The inventory 
 47.2   must identify for each parcel the state agency responsible for 
 47.3   the parcel, its location, size, and whether it is (1) currently 
 47.4   being used for a public purpose, (2) anticipated to be used for 
 47.5   a public purpose in the future, or (3) not currently being used 
 47.6   or anticipated to be used for a public purpose.  The inventory 
 47.7   must also identify how much land is included in each 
 47.8   classification under section 86A.05.  Within two months of 
 47.9   completing the inventory, and by January 15 each odd-numbered 
 47.10  year thereafter, the commissioner must report on the inventory 
 47.11  to the chairs of the house and senate committees with 
 47.12  jurisdiction over higher education, capital investment, and 
 47.13  natural resources and environment finance, and the chairs of the 
 47.14  house committee on ways and means and the senate committee on 
 47.15  finance. 
 47.16     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.31, 
 47.17  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 47.18     Subdivision 1.  [CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.] (a)
 47.19  The commissioner shall (1) have plans and specifications 
 47.20  prepared for the construction, alteration, or enlargement of all 
 47.21  state buildings, structures, and other improvements except 
 47.22  highways and bridges, and except for buildings and structures 
 47.23  under the control of the board of regents of the university of 
 47.24  Minnesota or of the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 47.25  colleges and universities; (2) approve those plans and 
 47.26  specifications; (3) advertise for bids and award all contracts 
 47.27  in connection with the improvements; (4) supervise and inspect 
 47.28  all work relating to the improvements; (5) approve all lawful 
 47.29  changes in plans and specifications after the contract for an 
 47.30  improvement is let; and (6) approve estimates for payment.  This 
 47.31  subdivision does not apply to the construction of the zoological 
 47.32  gardens.  
 47.33     (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
 47.34  commissioner, the board of regents of the university of 
 47.35  Minnesota, and the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 47.36  colleges and universities may solicit and award a design-build 
 48.1   contract for those projects specifically designated by law for 
 48.2   design-build using the procedures provided in section 16C.30. 
 48.3      (c) Paragraph (b) expires January 1, 2004. 
 48.4      (d) The commissioner, the board, the board of regents of 
 48.5   the university of Minnesota, and the board of trustees of the 
 48.6   Minnesota state colleges and universities shall create a panel 
 48.7   of representatives, including representatives of the 
 48.8   construction industry and the architecture and engineering 
 48.9   professions, to evaluate the use of design-build and the 
 48.10  procedures for design-builder selection under section 16C.30, 
 48.11  and shall report to the legislature on or before January 1, 
 48.12  2004, as to the success of design-build as a method of 
 48.13  construction and the need and desirability for any changes in 
 48.14  the selection procedure. 
 48.15     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.33, is 
 48.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 48.17     Subd. 5.  [DESIGN-BUILD.] (a) The board shall select 
 48.18  design-builders under section 16C.30 for all design-build 
 48.19  projects with an estimated cost greater than $750,000.  If a 
 48.20  project is undertaken with an estimated cost of less than 
 48.21  $750,000, the commissioner or board, in the commissioner's sole 
 48.22  discretion, may select the design-builder following the 
 48.23  requirements in section 16C.30.  If the commissioner elects to 
 48.24  make the selection, the commissioner shall perform the duties 
 48.25  prescribed for the board in section 16C.30.  This paragraph does 
 48.26  not apply to projects under the control of the board of regents 
 48.27  of the university of Minnesota or the board of trustees of the 
 48.28  Minnesota state colleges and universities. 
 48.29     (b) Upon written request by the board of regents of the 
 48.30  university of Minnesota or the board of trustees of the 
 48.31  Minnesota state colleges and universities, the board shall 
 48.32  evaluate and recommend at least three design-builders following 
 48.33  the requirements in section 16C.30 for any design-build project 
 48.34  under the control of the board of regents or the board of 
 48.35  trustees. 
 48.36     (c) The commissioner, the board of regents of the 
 49.1   university of Minnesota, or the board of trustees of the 
 49.2   Minnesota state colleges and universities shall forward to the 
 49.3   board a written report describing each instance in which the 
 49.4   performance of a design-builder has been less than satisfactory 
 49.5   for projects under their supervision. 
 49.6      (d) This subdivision expires January 1, 2004. 
 49.7      Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.335, 
 49.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 49.9      Subd. 3.  [PREDESIGN REQUIREMENT.] The definitions in 
 49.10  paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to this section. 
 49.11     (a) "Predesign" means the stage in the development of a 
 49.12  project during which the purpose, scope, cost, and schedule of 
 49.13  the complete project are defined and instructions to design 
 49.14  professionals are produced.  
 49.15     (b) "Design" means the stage in the development of a 
 49.16  project during which schematic, design development, and contract 
 49.17  documents are produced. 
 49.18     (c) A recipient to whom an appropriation is made for a 
 49.19  project subject to review under subdivision 1 or notice under 
 49.20  subdivision 2 shall prepare a predesign package and submit it to 
 49.21  the commissioner for review and recommendation before proceeding 
 49.22  with design activities.  The commissioner must complete the 
 49.23  review and recommendation within ten working days after 
 49.24  receiving it.  Failure to review and recommend within the ten 
 49.25  days is considered a positive recommendation.  The predesign 
 49.26  package must be sufficient to define the purpose, scope, cost, 
 49.27  and schedule of the project and must demonstrate that the 
 49.28  project has been analyzed according to appropriate space needs 
 49.29  standards.  All predesign, design, and construction projects 
 49.30  shall include consideration of the state of Minnesota's 
 49.31  correctional industries program, MINNCOR Industries, consistent 
 49.32  with section 16B.181, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), in predesign 
 49.33  planning and product specifications. 
 49.34     (d) This subdivision does not apply to capital projects for 
 49.35  park buildings owned by a local government unit in the 
 49.36  metropolitan area defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 50.1      Sec. 40.  [16C.29] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 50.2      Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] For purposes of section 16C.30, 
 50.3   the terms in this section have the meanings given them, unless 
 50.4   the context clearly indicates otherwise. 
 50.5      Subd. 2.  [BOARD.] "Board" means the designer selection 
 50.6   board, as described in section 16B.33. 
 50.7      Subd. 3.  [CLARIFICATIONS.] "Clarifications" means a 
 50.8   written or oral exchange of information that takes place after 
 50.9   the receipt of proposals to ensure conformance with the request 
 50.10  for proposals and to address minor, clerical revisions in a 
 50.11  proposal. 
 50.12     Subd. 4.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
 50.13  commissioner of administration. 
 50.14     Subd. 5.  [DESIGNER.] "Designer" means an architect, 
 50.15  landscape architect, or engineer licensed or certified under 
 50.16  sections 326.02 to 326.15 or a partnership, association, or 
 50.17  corporation composed primarily of registered architects, 
 50.18  landscape architects, or engineers or of all three. 
 50.19     Subd. 6.  [OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.] "Owner's 
 50.20  representative" means a qualified professional who may oversee 
 50.21  scheduling, cost control, constructability, project management, 
 50.22  quality control, life-cycle costing, and building technology. 
 50.23     Subd. 7.  [PERSON.] "Person" means an individual, 
 50.24  partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.
 50.25     Subd. 8.  [PHASE-ONE SUBMITTAL.] "Phase-one submittal" 
 50.26  means statements of qualifications from design-builders under 
 50.27  section 16C.30, subdivision 5. 
 50.28     Subd. 9.  [PHASE-TWO PROPOSAL.] "Phase-two proposal" means 
 50.29  an offer by a design-builder to enter into a design-build 
 50.30  contract for a project under section 16C.30, subdivision 6, in 
 50.31  response to a request for proposals. 
 50.32     Subd. 10.  [PROJECT.] "Project" means an undertaking to 
 50.33  design and construct, erect, or remodel a building by or for the 
 50.34  state or an agency under the supervision and control of the 
 50.35  commissioner under section 16B.30 or the board of regents of the 
 50.36  university of Minnesota or the board of trustees of the 
 51.1   Minnesota state colleges and universities. 
 51.2      Subd. 11.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires January 1, 
 51.3   2004. 
 51.4      Sec. 41.  [16C.30] [DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS.] 
 51.5      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL AUTHORITY.] (a) Notwithstanding 
 51.6   section 16C.03, subdivision 3, the commissioner may solicit and 
 51.7   award a design-build contract between the commissioner and a 
 51.8   design-builder utilizing the competitive acquisition process 
 51.9   described in subdivisions 5 through 9 if the commissioner meets 
 51.10  the conditions in paragraph (b).  A design-build contract may 
 51.11  provide the architectural, engineering, and related design 
 51.12  services as well as the labor, materials, supplies, equipment, 
 51.13  and construction services for a project.  A design-build 
 51.14  contract may include telecommunications cabling but must not 
 51.15  include acquisition of personal property related to the 
 51.16  operations of the occupants.  The commissioner may make changes 
 51.17  to the project without invalidating the design-build contract. 
 51.18     (b) The commissioner shall, for each project for which the 
 51.19  commissioner intends to use the design-build method, make a 
 51.20  written determination that it is in the best interest of the 
 51.21  state to use the design-build method to complete the project.  
 51.22  In making this determination, the commissioner shall use the 
 51.23  following criteria as the minimum basis for the determination: 
 51.24     (1) the extent to which the project requirements can be 
 51.25  adequately defined in a request for proposal before completing 
 51.26  the design process; 
 51.27     (2) the suitability of the delivery method with respect to 
 51.28  scope, schedule, cost, and quality factors; 
 51.29     (3) the suitability of the delivery method to minimize 
 51.30  life-cycle costs to the extent available within the project 
 51.31  budget; 
 51.32     (4) the suitability of the delivery method to efficiently 
 51.33  achieve functionality requirements; 
 51.34     (5) the impact of the project schedule on the agency's 
 51.35  delivery of services and project cost; 
 51.36     (6) the resources of the department of administration to 
 52.1   manage the project through employment of experienced personnel 
 52.2   or hiring of consultants; 
 52.3      (7) the resources of the department of administration to 
 52.4   oversee the project with persons who are familiar and 
 52.5   experienced with the design-build method of project delivery or 
 52.6   similar experience; and 
 52.7      (8) other criteria that the commissioner deems relevant and 
 52.8   that are included in the written determination. 
 52.9      (c) The authority and duties prescribed for the board, the 
 52.10  commissioner, and department of administration under this 
 52.11  section are granted to and must be performed by the board of 
 52.12  regents of the university of Minnesota and the board of trustees 
 52.13  of the Minnesota state colleges and universities on projects 
 52.14  under their control. 
 52.15     Subd. 2.  [LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Each design-builder 
 52.16  shall be, employ, or have as a partner, member, coventurer, or 
 52.17  subcontractor, persons duly licensed, certified, or registered 
 52.18  to provide the services required to complete the project and do 
 52.19  business in this state. 
 52.20     (b) A design-builder may contract with the commissioner to 
 52.21  provide professional or construction services that the 
 52.22  design-builder is not itself licensed, certified, registered, or 
 52.23  qualified to perform, so long as the design-builder provides the 
 52.24  services through subcontracts with duly licensed, certified, or 
 52.25  registered, or otherwise qualified persons in accordance with 
 52.26  this section. 
 52.27     (c) Nothing in this section authorizing design-build 
 52.28  contracts is intended to limit or eliminate the responsibility 
 52.29  or liability owed by a professional on a design-build project to 
 52.30  the state or other third parties under existing law.  The design 
 52.31  service portion of a design-build contract is considered a 
 52.32  service and not a product. 
 52.33     Subd. 3.  [UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND MINNESOTA STATE 
 52.34  COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SELECTION PROCESS.] (a) The board of 
 52.35  regents of the university of Minnesota and the board of trustees 
 52.36  of the Minnesota state colleges and universities shall select 
 53.1   design-builders for all design-build projects under their 
 53.2   supervision and control and funded by the state following the 
 53.3   procedures and performing the duties prescribed for the board 
 53.4   and commissioner in subdivisions 5 through 9.  The board of 
 53.5   regents and the board of trustees shall either use the board or 
 53.6   establish an evaluation team of at least seven persons to 
 53.7   evaluate and recommend design-builders under this section to 
 53.8   include three persons selected as provided in paragraph (b).  
 53.9   The final selection must be made by the board of regents or the 
 53.10  board of trustees. 
 53.11     (b) Upon written request from the board of regents or the 
 53.12  board of trustees, each of the following three organizations 
 53.13  shall nominate one individual whose name and qualifications must 
 53.14  be submitted to the board of trustees for consideration:  the 
 53.15  Consulting Engineers Council of Minnesota after consultation 
 53.16  with other professional engineering societies in the state; the 
 53.17  AIA Minnesota; and the Minnesota chapter of the Associated 
 53.18  General Contractors after consultation with other commercial 
 53.19  contractor associations in the state.  The board of regents or 
 53.20  the board of trustees may appoint the three named individuals to 
 53.21  the evaluation team or reject a nominated individual and request 
 53.22  another nomination.  The board of regents or the board of 
 53.23  trustees shall determine the term of the appointment.  The other 
 53.24  members of the evaluation team must be representatives of the 
 53.25  university of Minnesota or the Minnesota state colleges and 
 53.26  universities.  The interviews are public meetings and a video or 
 53.27  audio recording of the meetings must be made and is public 
 53.28  information.  The final recommendations and rankings must be in 
 53.29  writing. 
 53.30     Subd. 4.  [DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA.] (a) Each 
 53.31  request for proposals for a design-build contract must contain 
 53.32  design criteria prepared by a design criteria professional who 
 53.33  holds licenses or certifications under sections 326.02 to 326.15 
 53.34  and is either an employee of the state, the university of 
 53.35  Minnesota, or a consultant hired by the commissioner.  If the 
 53.36  design criteria professional is a consultant hired by the state, 
 54.1   the licensure requirement may be met by employing individuals 
 54.2   who hold a license or licenses under sections 326.02 to 326.15.  
 54.3   The commissioner may elect to designate the board to select the 
 54.4   consultant in compliance with section 16B.33.  
 54.5      (b) Design criteria set forth in the request for proposals 
 54.6   must specify all information needed to adequately describe the 
 54.7   project, including performance-based criteria such as 
 54.8   sustainability and life-cycle costing requirements; interior 
 54.9   space requirements, including adjacency diagrams; material 
 54.10  quality standards; architectural image and building form 
 54.11  standards; building air quality requirements; commissioning 
 54.12  requirements; building burn-in requirements; cost estimates; 
 54.13  design and construction schedules; site development 
 54.14  requirements; utility requirements; storm water retention and 
 54.15  disposal requirements; and parking requirements.  If necessary 
 54.16  to adequately describe the project, the design criteria must 
 54.17  include a boundary and topographic survey of the site, with the 
 54.18  legal description and geotechnical and environmental information 
 54.19  concerning the site.  
 54.20     (c) There must be an owner's representative for each 
 54.21  design-build project.  The owner's representative must be either 
 54.22  an employee of the state, university of Minnesota, or a 
 54.23  consultant hired by the commissioner.  Subject to the minimum 
 54.24  requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b), the commissioner, in 
 54.25  consultation with the agency, the owner's representative, and 
 54.26  the design criteria professional, shall determine the scope and 
 54.27  level of detail required for the design criteria to be included 
 54.28  in the request for proposals. 
 54.29     Subd. 5.  [SOLICITATION OF PROPOSALS.] (a) The commissioner 
 54.30  shall prepare a request for proposals, which must contain, at a 
 54.31  minimum, the following elements: 
 54.32     (1) the identity of the agency that will utilize the 
 54.33  completed project; 
 54.34     (2) the procedures for submitting proposals, the criteria 
 54.35  for evaluation of proposals and their relative weight for each 
 54.36  phase, how those criteria will be scored, and the procedures for 
 55.1   making awards; 
 55.2      (3) the terms and conditions for the design-build contract; 
 55.3      (4) the design criteria; 
 55.4      (5) the qualifications the design builder will be required 
 55.5   to have; 
 55.6      (6) a request for a critical path method schedule for 
 55.7   commencement and completion of the project; 
 55.8      (7) budget limits for the project; 
 55.9      (8) affirmative action, disadvantaged businesses, small 
 55.10  business, or set-aside goals or requirements for the 
 55.11  design-build contract; 
 55.12     (9) requirements for insurance, performance and payment 
 55.13  bonds, bid bonds, and cash deposits; 
 55.14     (10) a description of the drawings, specifications, or 
 55.15  other submittals to be submitted with the phase-two proposal, 
 55.16  with guidance as to the form and level of completeness of the 
 55.17  drawings, specifications, or submittals that will be acceptable; 
 55.18     (11) the professional and technical services contract to be 
 55.19  entered into with the design-builders selected to submit 
 55.20  phase-two proposals, including scope of work, use of ideas or 
 55.21  information, and compensation; and 
 55.22     (12) identification of any other material information 
 55.23  available from the commissioner or board, including, without 
 55.24  limitation, surveys, soils reports, drawings or models of 
 55.25  existing structures, environmental studies, photographs, or 
 55.26  references to public records. 
 55.27     (b) The solicitation of request for proposals does not 
 55.28  obligate the commissioner to enter into a design-build 
 55.29  contract.  In accordance with the stated criteria for evaluating 
 55.30  proposals, the commissioner may accept or reject any or all 
 55.31  proposals received as a result of the request.  The notification 
 55.32  of rejection of all proposals must include an explanation for 
 55.33  all proposals being rejected.  The solicitation for proposals 
 55.34  may be canceled at any time in the commissioner's sole 
 55.35  discretion if it is considered to be in the state's best 
 55.36  interest.  If the commissioner rejects all proposals or cancels 
 56.1   the solicitation for proposals, the commissioner may resolicit a 
 56.2   request for proposals using the same or different requirements 
 56.3   or request the board to select a designer under section 16B.33 
 56.4   and proceed with the design-bid-build delivery method. 
 56.5      Subd. 6.  [QUALIFICATION; PHASE-ONE SUBMITTAL.] (a) In 
 56.6   phase one, the board and commissioner shall evaluate the 
 56.7   design-build qualifications of the design-builders who responded 
 56.8   to the request for proposals with phase-one submittals based on 
 56.9   each design-builder's experience, technical competence, and 
 56.10  capability to perform; the past performance of the 
 56.11  design-builder and its employees, quality control organization 
 56.12  and system, sustainability, and life-cycle costing methodology; 
 56.13  and other appropriate facts submitted by each design-builder in 
 56.14  response to the request for proposals all in accordance with the 
 56.15  weighted criteria that are stated for phase-one evaluations in 
 56.16  the request for proposals.  The phase-one or phase-two 
 56.17  evaluation of the "past performance" or "experience" of a 
 56.18  proposer must not include the exercise or assertion of a 
 56.19  person's legal rights.  The board or commissioner may require 
 56.20  clarifications from design-builders. 
 56.21     (b) If the project is within the capitol area, the capitol 
 56.22  area architecture and planning board, as defined in section 
 56.23  15.50, shall participate in the evaluation of phase-one 
 56.24  submittals. 
 56.25     (c) The board shall select to a short list the most 
 56.26  qualified design-builders that have responded with phase-one 
 56.27  submittals based on the weighted criteria for phase-one 
 56.28  evaluations stated in the request for proposals.  For projects 
 56.29  involving only renovation, in the discretion of the 
 56.30  commissioner, the design-builder may be selected only on the 
 56.31  phase-one submissions, or after a phase-two submission.  For all 
 56.32  other projects, the board shall prepare a list of at least three 
 56.33  potential design-builders to submit phase-two proposals.  The 
 56.34  board shall not proceed to obtain phase-two proposals or make a 
 56.35  selection, as applicable, unless it receives phase-one 
 56.36  submittals from at least three qualified design-builders.  If 
 57.1   the board receives fewer than three phase-one submittals from 
 57.2   qualified design-builders, the commissioner may cancel the 
 57.3   solicitation for proposals, revise the request for proposals, 
 57.4   and solicit new proposals or request the board to select a 
 57.5   designer under section 16B.33 and proceed with the 
 57.6   design-bid-build delivery method. 
 57.7      (d) The commissioner shall enter into the professional and 
 57.8   technical services contract included in the request for 
 57.9   proposals with each of the design-builders qualified by the 
 57.10  board to submit phase-two proposals. 
 57.11     Subd. 7.  [PHASE-TWO PROPOSALS.] (a) The professional and 
 57.12  technical services contract with the design-builders selected to 
 57.13  submit phase-two proposals provided in the request for proposals 
 57.14  must require at least the following: 
 57.15     (1) preliminary plans and specifications, renderings, and 
 57.16  models as may be required in the request for proposals in 
 57.17  sufficient detail, to describe the character, quality, and scope 
 57.18  of the project; 
 57.19     (2) a design and construction schedule; 
 57.20     (3) the all-inclusive fixed price at which the 
 57.21  design-builder will complete the project if the phase-two 
 57.22  proposal is accepted, including a total development cost budget 
 57.23  in detail by building component with all soft costs, allowances, 
 57.24  and design fees; and 
 57.25     (4) other materials the board or commissioner determines 
 57.26  are necessary to fix the design, schedule, and cost of the 
 57.27  project. 
 57.28     (b) Phase-two proposals must be sealed and may not be 
 57.29  opened until expiration of the time established for making 
 57.30  proposals as set forth in the request for proposals. 
 57.31     (c) Phase-two proposals must identify each person with whom 
 57.32  the design-builder proposes to enter into subcontracts for 
 57.33  primary design and construction obligations under the 
 57.34  design-build contract.  Persons so identified may not be 
 57.35  replaced without the approval of the commissioner, or the award 
 57.36  may be revoked. 
 58.1      (d) The design-builder must submit a written statement that 
 58.2   the phase-two proposal meets all requirements of the request for 
 58.3   proposals. 
 58.4      (e) The commissioner may require each design-builder to 
 58.5   submit with its phase-one or phase-two proposal, as applicable, 
 58.6   a cash deposit or bid bond in the amount of five percent of the 
 58.7   budget for the design-build contract.  If the phase-one or 
 58.8   phase-two proposal, as applicable, is accepted but the 
 58.9   design-builder fails to execute the design-build contract, the 
 58.10  deposit or bond is forfeited to the extent allowable under law, 
 58.11  including the cost to the state of delays, resolicitation, and 
 58.12  other results of the failure of the selected design-builder to 
 58.13  enter into the design-build contract. 
 58.14     Subd. 8.  [STIPULATED FEE.] The commissioner may award a 
 58.15  stipulated fee not less than two-tenths of one percent of the 
 58.16  department's estimated cost of design and construction to each 
 58.17  short-listed, responsible proposer who provides a responsive but 
 58.18  unsuccessful proposal.  If the commissioner does not award a 
 58.19  contract, all short-listed proposers may receive the stipulated 
 58.20  fee.  If the commissioner cancels the contract before reviewing 
 58.21  the technical proposals, the commissioner may award each 
 58.22  design-builder on the short list a stipulated fee of not less 
 58.23  than two-tenths of one percent of the commissioner's estimated 
 58.24  cost of design and construction.  The commissioner shall pay the 
 58.25  stipulated fee, if any, to each proposer within 90 days after 
 58.26  the award of the contract or the decision not to award a 
 58.27  contract.  In consideration for paying the stipulated fee, the 
 58.28  commissioner may use any ideas or information contained in the 
 58.29  proposals in connection with any contract awarded for the 
 58.30  project or in connection with a subsequent procurement, without 
 58.31  any obligation to pay any additional compensation to the 
 58.32  unsuccessful proposers.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of 
 58.33  this subdivision, an unsuccessful short-list proposer may elect 
 58.34  to waive the stipulated fee.  If an unsuccessful short-list 
 58.35  proposer elects to waive the stipulated fee, the commissioner 
 58.36  may not use ideas and information contained in that proposer's 
 59.1   proposal.  Upon the request of the commissioner, a proposer who 
 59.2   waived a stipulated fee may withdraw the waiver, in which case 
 59.3   the commissioner shall pay the stipulated fee, if any, to the 
 59.4   proposer and thereafter may use ideas and information in the 
 59.5   proposer's proposal. 
 59.6      Subd. 9.  [DESIGN-BUILDER SELECTION.] (a) After obtaining 
 59.7   and evaluating proposals from each design-builder according to 
 59.8   the criteria and procedures in the request for proposals, the 
 59.9   board shall rank the phase-one or phase-two proposals, as 
 59.10  applicable, and select the proposal that is rated the highest 
 59.11  based on the weighted evaluation criteria in the request for 
 59.12  proposal.  The board or commissioner may require clarifications 
 59.13  from design-builders during the evaluation process.  Selection 
 59.14  according to this method may result in an award not being made 
 59.15  to the lowest cost proposal. 
 59.16     (b) If the project is within the capitol area, the capitol 
 59.17  area architectural and planning board shall participate in the 
 59.18  evaluation of phase-two proposals. 
 59.19     Subd. 10.  [AWARD OF DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT.] If the 
 59.20  commissioner decides not to reject all proposals, the 
 59.21  commissioner shall award and enter into the design-build 
 59.22  contract with the design-builder that submitted the phase-one or 
 59.23  phase-two proposal, as applicable, rated highest based on the 
 59.24  weighted evaluation criteria as evaluated under the request for 
 59.25  qualifications or request for proposals as applicable. 
 59.26     Subd. 11.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires January 1, 
 59.27  2004. 
 59.28     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.019, 
 59.29  subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 
 59.30     Subd. 4a.  [NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS.] The commissioner 
 59.31  shall administer a program to provide grants to units of 
 59.32  government and school districts for the acquisition and 
 59.33  betterment of natural and scenic areas such as blufflands, 
 59.34  prairies, shorelands, wetlands, and wooded areas.  A grant may 
 59.35  not exceed 50 percent or $500,000, whichever is less, of the 
 59.36  costs of acquisition and betterment of land acquired under this 
 60.1   subdivision.  The commissioner shall make payment to a unit of 
 60.2   government upon receiving documentation of reimbursable 
 60.3   expenditures. 
 60.4      Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.019, 
 60.5   subdivision 4c, is amended to read: 
 60.6      Subd. 4c.  [~~LOCAL~~ TRAIL CONNECTIONS.] The commissioner 
 60.7   shall administer a program to provide grants to units of 
 60.8   government for ~~up to 50 percent of the costs of~~ acquisition and 
 60.9   betterment of public land and improvements needed for trails 
 60.10  that connect communities, trails, and parks and thereby increase 
 60.11  the effective length of trail experiences.  Recipients must 
 60.12  provide a nonstate cash match of at least one-half of total 
 60.13  eligible project costs.  If land used for the trails is not in 
 60.14  full public ownership, then the recipients must prove it is 
 60.15  dedicated to the purposes of the grants for at least 20 
 60.16  years.  The commissioner shall make payment to a unit of 
 60.17  government upon receiving documentation of reimbursable 
 60.18  expenditures.  A unit of government may enter into a lease or 
 60.19  management agreement for the trail, subject to section 16A.695. 
 60.20     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103F.205, 
 60.21  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 60.22     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICABILITY.] The definitions in this 
 60.23  section apply to sections 103F.201 to ~~103F.221~~ 103F.225. 
 60.24     Sec. 45.  [103F.225] [SHORELAND PROTECTION PROGRAM.] 
 60.25     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The board of water and 
 60.26  soil resources shall establish a program to acquire conservation 
 60.27  easements in environmentally sensitive lake and river shoreland 
 60.28  areas from private landowners.  The board may award grants to 
 60.29  local soil and water conservation districts and participating 
 60.30  local units of government to accomplish the purposes of the 
 60.31  program.  The board shall coordinate the acquisition of lake and 
 60.32  river shoreland conservation easements with shoreland protection 
 60.33  and enhancement activities of the commissioner of natural 
 60.34  resources, the pollution control agency, and other public and 
 60.35  private entities. 
 60.36     Subd. 2.  [LOCAL ACQUISITION CRITERIA.] A participating 
 61.1   soil and water conservation district or local unit of government 
 61.2   must establish a working group of interested individuals.  The 
 61.3   working groups, along with the county board and the soil and 
 61.4   water conservation district, must develop criteria for 
 61.5   acquisition of lake and river shoreland conservation easements 
 61.6   and the preservation and enhancement of degraded or eroded 
 61.7   shoreland. 
 61.8      Subd. 3.  [USE OF GRANTS.] The board, a participating soil 
 61.9   and water conservation district, or local unit of government may 
 61.10  use a grant for the acquisition of shoreland conservation 
 61.11  easements.  The grant may be up to 100 percent of the cost of 
 61.12  acquisition of the easement.  A conservation easement, as 
 61.13  defined in section 84C.01, must be permanent and is subject to 
 61.14  applicable provisions relating to easement acquisition in 
 61.15  section 103F.515, subdivisions 3 to 6, 8 and 9, except the 
 61.16  easement may be held by the board, a local unit of government, 
 61.17  or a soil and water conservation district.  Section 273.117 
 61.18  applies to conservation easements acquired under this section. 
 61.19     Subd. 4.  [CONSERVATION PLAN; GRANT PRIORITY.] (a) An 
 61.20  entity applying for a grant to acquire a shoreland conservation 
 61.21  easement under this section, must prepare a conservation plan 
 61.22  for the area subject to the easement to provide for the 
 61.23  preservation and enhancement of the natural shoreline.  The 
 61.24  conservation plan shall also include information on identified 
 61.25  and committed funding sources to implement the plan. 
 61.26     (b) The board shall give priority for grants based on: 
 61.27     (1) the environmental sensitivity of the shoreland; 
 61.28     (2) the need for preservation and enhancement of the 
 61.29  shoreland due to existing degradation and erosion; and 
 61.30     (3) the extent that funding, including in-kind 
 61.31  contributions, has been committed to implement the conservation 
 61.32  plan. 
 61.33     Subd. 5.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires June 30, 2004. 
 61.34     Sec. 46.  [116J.431] [GREATER MINNESOTA BUSINESS 
 61.35  DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.] 
 61.36     Subdivision 1.  [GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.] The 
 62.1   commissioner shall make grants to cities to provide up to 50 
 62.2   percent of the capital costs of public infrastructure necessary 
 62.3   for an eligible economic development project.  The city 
 62.4   receiving a grant must provide for the remainder of the costs of 
 62.5   the project, either in cash or in kind.  In-kind contributions 
 62.6   may include the value of site preparation other than the public 
 62.7   infrastructure needed for the project. 
 62.8      For purposes of this section, "city" means a statutory or 
 62.9   home rule charter city located outside the metropolitan area, as 
 62.10  defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.  
 62.11     "Public infrastructure" means publicly owned physical 
 62.12  infrastructure necessary to support economic development 
 62.13  projects, including, but not limited to, sewers, water supply 
 62.14  systems, utility extensions, streets, wastewater treatment 
 62.15  systems, stormwater management systems, and facilities for 
 62.16  pretreatment of wastewater to remove phosphorus. 
 62.17     The purpose of the grants is to keep or enhance jobs in the 
 62.18  area, increase the tax base, or to expand or create new economic 
 62.19  development. 
 62.20     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.] An economic development 
 62.21  project for which a city may be eligible to receive a grant 
 62.22  under this section includes: 
 62.23     (1) manufacturing; 
 62.24     (2) technology; 
 62.25     (3) warehousing and distribution; 
 62.26     (4) research and development; 
 62.27     (5) agricultural processing, defined as transforming, 
 62.28  packaging, sorting, or grading livestock or livestock products 
 62.29  into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption, 
 62.30  including goods for nonfood use; or 
 62.31     (6) industrial park development that would be used by any 
 62.32  other business listed in this subdivision. 
 62.33     Subd. 3.  [INELIGIBLE PROJECTS.] The following projects are 
 62.34  not eligible for a grant under this section: 
 62.35     (1) retail development; or 
 62.36     (2) office space development, except as incidental to an 
 63.1   eligible purpose. 
 63.2      Subd. 4.  [APPLICATION.] The commissioner must develop 
 63.3   forms and procedures for soliciting and reviewing applications 
 63.4   for grants under this section.  At a minimum, a city must 
 63.5   include in its application a resolution of the city council 
 63.6   certifying that the required local match is available. The 
 63.7   commissioner must evaluate complete applications for eligible 
 63.8   projects using the following criteria:  
 63.9      (1) the project is an eligible project as defined under 
 63.10  subdivision 2; 
 63.11     (2) the project will result in substantial public and 
 63.12  private capital investment and provide substantial economic 
 63.13  benefit to the city in which the project would be located; 
 63.14     (3) the project is not relocating substantially the same 
 63.15  operation from another location in the state, unless the 
 63.16  commissioner determines the project cannot be reasonably 
 63.17  accommodated within the city in which the business is currently 
 63.18  located, or the business would otherwise relocate to another 
 63.19  state; and 
 63.20     (4) the project will create or maintain full-time jobs.  
 63.21     The determination of whether to make a grant for a site is 
 63.22  within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to this 
 63.23  section.  The commissioner's decisions and application of the 
 63.24  priorities are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse 
 63.25  of discretion. 
 63.26     Subd. 5.  [SET ASIDES.] (a) During the first two years of 
 63.27  the program, $2,000,000, must be used only for grants to cities 
 63.28  with a population of less than 5,000. 
 63.29     (b) Twenty percent of the amount available must be used 
 63.30  only for grants for industrial park developments. 
 63.31     Subd. 6.  [MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.] A city may receive no 
 63.32  more than $1,000,000 in two years for one or more projects.  
 63.33     Subd. 7.  [CANCELLATION OF GRANT; RETURN OF GRANT 
 63.34  MONEY.] If after five years, the commissioner determines that a 
 63.35  project has not proceeded in a timely manner and is unlikely to 
 63.36  be completed, the commissioner must cancel the grant and require 
 64.1   the grantee to return all grant money awarded for that project.  
 64.2   For industrial park development projects, if after five years 
 64.3   the industrial park is not developed and available for business 
 64.4   use, the commissioner must cancel the grant and require the 
 64.5   grantee to return all grant money for that project.  If the 
 64.6   industrial park is developed and available for use within five 
 64.7   years, but no businesses have located in the park, the grantee 
 64.8   is not required to return any grant money.  
 64.9      Subd. 8.  [APPROPRIATION.] Grant money returned to the 
 64.10  commissioner is appropriated to the commissioner to make 
 64.11  additional grants under this section. 
 64.12     Sec. 47.  [116J.571] [CREATION OF ACCOUNTS.] 
 64.13     Two greater Minnesota redevelopment accounts are created, 
 64.14  one in the general fund and one in the bond proceeds fund.  
 64.15  Money in the accounts may be used to make grants as provided in 
 64.16  section 116J.575.  Money in the bond proceeds fund may only be 
 64.17  used for eligible costs for publicly owned property.  Money in 
 64.18  the general fund may be used to pay for the commissioner's costs 
 64.19  in reviewing the applications. 
 64.20     Sec. 48.  [116J.572] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 64.21     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF APPLICATION.] For purposes of 
 64.22  sections 116J.571 to 116J.575, the terms in this section have 
 64.23  the meanings given. 
 64.24     Subd. 2.  [DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] "Development authority" 
 64.25  includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing 
 64.26  and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or 
 64.27  port authority located outside the seven-county metropolitan 
 64.28  area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 64.29     Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBLE COSTS OR COSTS.] "Eligible costs" or 
 64.30  "costs" means the costs of land acquisition, stabilizing 
 64.31  unstable soils, demolition, infrastructure improvements, ponding 
 64.32  or other environmental infrastructure; building construction, 
 64.33  design and engineering; and adaptive reuse of buildings.  
 64.34  Eligible costs do not include project administration and legal 
 64.35  fees. 
 64.36     Subd. 4.  [REDEVELOPMENT.] "Redevelopment" means recycling 
 65.1   obsolete, abandoned, or underutilized properties for new 
 65.2   industrial, commercial, or residential uses. 
 65.3      Sec. 49.  [116J.573] [CRITERIA FOR ACCOUNTS AND PROJECTS.] 
 65.4      Subdivision 1.  [ACCOUNTS.] Criteria for use of the 
 65.5   accounts created in section 116J.571 must be consistent with and 
 65.6   promote the purposes of sections 116J.571 to 116J.575.  They 
 65.7   include, but are not limited to: 
 65.8      (1) creating and preserving living wage jobs in greater 
 65.9   Minnesota; 
 65.10     (2) creating incentives for communities to include a full 
 65.11  range of housing opportunities; 
 65.12     (3) creating incentives for all communities to implement 
 65.13  compact, efficient, and mixed-use development; and 
 65.14     (4) creating incentives to assist communities in 
 65.15  maintaining a unique sense of place by preserving local, 
 65.16  cultural assets. 
 65.17     Subd. 2.  [PROJECTS.] To be eligible for funding by the 
 65.18  greater Minnesota redevelopment account, a project must: 
 65.19     (1) interrelate redevelopment with other public investments 
 65.20  in transportation, housing, schools, energy, utilities 
 65.21  information infrastructure, and other public services; 
 65.22     (2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth 
 65.23  areas; 
 65.24     (3) intensify land use that leads to more compact 
 65.25  redevelopment; 
 65.26     (4) involve redevelopment that mixes incomes of residents 
 65.27  in housing, including introducing or reintroducing higher value 
 65.28  housing in lower income areas to achieve a mix of housing 
 65.29  opportunities; 
 65.30     (5) involve participation from citizens and the business 
 65.31  community in the planning and development of the proposed 
 65.32  redevelopment plan; 
 65.33     (6) encourage public infrastructure investments which 
 65.34  attract private sector redevelopment investment in commercial, 
 65.35  industrial, and residential properties adjacent to public 
 65.36  improvements, and provide project area residents with expanded 
 66.1   opportunities for private sector employment; or 
 66.2      (7) be sustainable at the local level and reduce the 
 66.3   probability of future requests for state development, 
 66.4   maintenance, or replacement assistance. 
 66.5      Subd. 3.  [OTHER FACTORS.] The factors listed in 
 66.6   subdivisions 1 and 2 are not ranked in order of priority.  
 66.7   Rather, the commissioner may weigh each factor depending upon 
 66.8   the facts and circumstances as the commissioner considers 
 66.9   appropriate.  The commissioner may consider other factors 
 66.10  including, but not limited to, blight reduction, community 
 66.11  stabilization, and property tax base maintenance or improvement. 
 66.12     Subd. 4.  [PARTNERSHIPS.] The commissioner shall give 
 66.13  priority to proposals using innovative financial partnerships 
 66.14  between government, private for-profit, and nonprofit sectors as 
 66.15  well as to proposals that meet current tax increment financing 
 66.16  requirements for a redevelopment district and contribute tax 
 66.17  increment financing towards the project. 
 66.18     Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The commissioner shall prepare 
 66.19  and submit to the legislature an annual report on the greater 
 66.20  Minnesota redevelopment account.  The report must include 
 66.21  information on the amount of money in the account, the amount 
 66.22  distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for what 
 66.23  purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the projects 
 66.24  funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program. 
 66.25     Sec. 50.  [116J.574] [GRANT APPLICATIONS.] 
 66.26     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION REQUIRED.] To obtain a grant, 
 66.27  a development authority shall apply to the commissioner. 
 66.28     Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
 66.29  prescribe and provide the application form.  The application 
 66.30  must include at least the following information: 
 66.31     (1) identification of the site; 
 66.32     (2) a detailed budget, including necessary supporting 
 66.33  evidence, of the total costs for the site including the total 
 66.34  eligible redevelopment costs; 
 66.35     (3) a complete redevelopment plan, including any specific 
 66.36  commitments from third parties to construct improvements on the 
 67.1   site; 
 67.2      (4) a complete financing plan, including the manner in 
 67.3   which the development authority uses innovative financial 
 67.4   partnerships between government, private for-profit, and 
 67.5   nonprofit sectors; and 
 67.6      (5) any additional information or material that the 
 67.7   commissioner prescribes. 
 67.8      Sec. 51.  [116J.575] [GRANTS.] 
 67.9      Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER DISCRETION.] The commissioner 
 67.10  may make a grant for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a 
 67.11  project.  The determination of whether to make a grant for a 
 67.12  site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to 
 67.13  this section and sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available 
 67.14  unencumbered money in the greater Minnesota redevelopment 
 67.15  account.  The commissioner's decisions and application of the 
 67.16  priorities under this section are not subject to judicial 
 67.17  review, except for abuse of discretion. 
 67.18     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION CYCLES.] In making grants, the 
 67.19  commissioner shall establish semiannual application deadlines in 
 67.20  which grants will be authorized from all or part of the 
 67.21  available money in the account. 
 67.22     Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 134.45, 
 67.23  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 67.24     Subd. 5.  [QUALIFICATION.] A public library jurisdiction 
 67.25  may apply for a grant in an amount up to $150,000 or 50 percent 
 67.26  of the approved costs of removing architectural barriers from a 
 67.27  building or site, whichever is less.  Grants may be made only 
 67.28  for projects in existing buildings used as a library, or to 
 67.29  prepare another existing building for use as a 
 67.30  library.  Renovation of an existing building may include an 
 67.31  addition to the building if the additional space is necessary to 
 67.32  provide accessibility or if relocating public spaces to the 
 67.33  ground level provides improved overall accessibility.  Grants 
 67.34  must not be used to pay part of the cost of meeting 
 67.35  accessibility requirements in a new building. 
 67.36     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 135A.046, 
 68.1   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 68.2      Subd. 2.  [STANDARDS.] Capital budget expenditures for 
 68.3   Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
 68.4   projects must be for one or more of the following:  code 
 68.5   compliance including health and safety, Americans with 
 68.6   Disabilities Act requirements, hazardous material abatement, 
 68.7   access improvement, or air quality improvement; or building or 
 68.8   infrastructure repairs necessary to preserve the interior and 
 68.9   exterior of existing buildings; or renewal to support the 
 68.10  existing programmatic mission of the campuses.  Up to ten 
 68.11  percent of an appropriation awarded under this section may be 
 68.12  used for design costs for projects eligible to be funded from 
 68.13  this account in anticipation of future funding from the account. 
 68.14     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136F.60, 
 68.15  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 68.16     Subdivision 1.  [PURCHASE OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTY~~; STATE~~ 
 68.17  ~~UNIVERSITIES~~.] The board may purchase property adjacent to or in 
 68.18  the vicinity of the campuses as necessary for the development of 
 68.19  a state college or university.  Before taking action, the board 
 68.20  shall consult with the chairs of the senate finance committee 
 68.21  and the house ways and means committee about the proposed 
 68.22  action.  The board shall explain the need to acquire property, 
 68.23  specify the property to be acquired, and indicate the source and 
 68.24  amount of money needed for the acquisition.  The amount needed 
 68.25  may be spent from sums previously appropriated for purposes of 
 68.26  the state colleges and universities, including, but not limited 
 68.27  to, general fund appropriations for instructional or 
 68.28  noninstructional expenditures, general fund appropriations 
 68.29  carried forward, or state college and university activity fund 
 68.30  appropriations.  The board may pay relocation costs, at its 
 68.31  discretion, when acquiring property. 
 68.32     Sec. 55.  [174.52] [LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT FUND.] 
 68.33     Subdivision 1.  [FUND CREATED.] A local road improvement 
 68.34  fund is created in the state treasury.  The fund consists of 
 68.35  money transferred to the fund through appropriation, gift, or 
 68.36  grant. 
 69.1      Subd. 2.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY CORRIDOR PROJECTS ACCOUNT.] A 
 69.2   trunk highway corridor projects account is established in the 
 69.3   local road improvement fund.  Money in the account is annually 
 69.4   appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for 
 69.5   expenditure as specified in this section.  Money in the account 
 69.6   must be used as grants or loans to statutory or home rule 
 69.7   charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying the 
 69.8   local share of trunk highway projects that have local costs that 
 69.9   are directly or partially related to the trunk highway 
 69.10  improvement and that are not funded or are only partially funded 
 69.11  with other state and federal funds.  The commissioner shall 
 69.12  determine the amount of the local share of costs eligible for 
 69.13  assistance from the account. 
 69.14     Subd. 3.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] The commissioner shall 
 69.15  establish an advisory committee consisting of five members, 
 69.16  including: 
 69.17     (1) one county commissioner; 
 69.18     (2) one county engineer; 
 69.19     (3) one city engineer; 
 69.20     (4) one city council member or city administrator 
 69.21  representing a city with a population over 5,000; and 
 69.22     (5) one city council member or city administrator 
 69.23  representing a city with a population under 5,000.  The advisory 
 69.24  committee shall provide recommendations to the commissioner 
 69.25  regarding expenditures from the trunk highway corridor projects 
 69.26  account. 
 69.27     Subd. 4.  [LOCAL ROAD ACCOUNT FOR ROUTES OF REGIONAL 
 69.28  SIGNIFICANCE.] A local road account for routes of regional 
 69.29  significance is established in the local road improvement fund.  
 69.30  Money in the account is annually appropriated to the 
 69.31  commissioner of transportation for expenditure as specified in 
 69.32  this section.  Money in the account must be used as grants or 
 69.33  loans to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and 
 69.34  counties to assist in paying the costs of constructing or 
 69.35  reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads with 
 69.36  statewide or regional significance that has not been fully 
 70.1   funded through other state, federal, or local funding sources. 
 70.2      Subd. 5.  [GRANT PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA.] The commissioner 
 70.3   shall establish procedures for statutory or home rule charter 
 70.4   cities, towns, and counties to apply for grants or loans from 
 70.5   the fund and criteria to be used to select projects for funding. 
 70.6   The commissioner shall establish these procedures and criteria 
 70.7   in consultation with representatives appointed by the 
 70.8   association of Minnesota counties, league of Minnesota cities, 
 70.9   and Minnesota township officers association.  The criteria for 
 70.10  determining project priority and the amount of a grant or loan 
 70.11  must be based upon consideration of: 
 70.12     (1) the availability of other state, federal, and local 
 70.13  funds; 
 70.14     (2) the regional significance of the route; 
 70.15     (3) effectiveness of the proposed project in eliminating a 
 70.16  transportation system deficiency; 
 70.17     (4) the number of persons who will be positively impacted 
 70.18  by the project; 
 70.19     (5) the project's contribution to other local, regional, or 
 70.20  state economic development or redevelopment efforts; and 
 70.21     (6) ability of the local unit of government to adequately 
 70.22  provide for the safe operation and maintenance of the facility 
 70.23  upon project completion. 
 70.24     Subd. 6.  [ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.] A sum of 0.25 percent of 
 70.25  the total amount in the fund, other than amounts deposited in 
 70.26  the fund from the proceeds from the sale of state bonds, is 
 70.27  available to be used for administrative costs incurred by the 
 70.28  department in carrying out the provisions of this section. 
 70.29     Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 240A.02, 
 70.30  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 70.31     Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP; COMPENSATION; CHAIR.] (a) The 
 70.32  Minnesota amateur sports commission consists of ~~12~~ 14 voting 
 70.33  members, four of whom must be experienced in promoting amateur 
 70.34  sports.  ~~Nine~~ Of the voting members, nine shall be appointed by 
 70.35  the governor and two shall be appointed by the commission to 
 70.36  three-year terms.  Of the total commission membership, including 
 71.1   voting and nonvoting members, one member must reside in each of 
 71.2   the state's congressional districts.  Four legislators, two from 
 71.3   each house appointed according to its rules, shall be nonvoting 
 71.4   members.  One member from each house shall be from the minority 
 71.5   caucus.  Compensation and removal of members and the filling of 
 71.6   membership vacancies are as provided in section 15.0575.  A 
 71.7   member may be reappointed.  The governor shall appoint the chair 
 71.8   of the commission after consideration of the commission's 
 71.9   recommendation. 
 71.10     (b) The governor, speaker of the house of representatives, 
 71.11  and senate majority leader shall each appoint one additional 
 71.12  voting member to the commission to a two-year term.  The purpose 
 71.13  of adding three members to the commission is to ensure gender 
 71.14  balance in commission membership.  Compensation, removal, and 
 71.15  filling of vacancies of members appointed under this paragraph 
 71.16  are as provided in section 15.0575.  A member appointed under 
 71.17  this paragraph may be reappointed. 
 71.18     Sec. 57.  [383B.158] [DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS.] 
 71.19     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) In sections 383B.158 to 
 71.20  383B.1586, the definitions in this subdivision apply. 
 71.21     (b) "Best value" describes a result intended in acquiring 
 71.22  design-build services.  Best value determination must include 
 71.23  price and must measure a responder's qualifications, experience, 
 71.24  prior performance, and responses to technical and qualitative 
 71.25  criteria. 
 71.26     (c) "County board" means the Hennepin county board of 
 71.27  commissioners. 
 71.28     (d) "Designer selection committee" means the designer 
 71.29  selection committee appointed by the county to advise the county 
 71.30  administrator and county board in preparing and conducting the 
 71.31  design-build selection process.  At least three members of the 
 71.32  committee must be individuals who are not county employees, a 
 71.33  minimum of two members must be professionally licensed under 
 71.34  chapter 326, and at least one must be or must have been a 
 71.35  commercial contractor.  No committee member shall have personal 
 71.36  financial interest in the project or with any of the 
 72.1   design-build proposals. 
 72.2      (e) "Design-build contract" means a single contract between 
 72.3   the county and a design-builder to furnish the architectural, 
 72.4   engineering, and related design services as well as the labor, 
 72.5   materials, supplies, equipment, and construction services for a 
 72.6   project. 
 72.7      (f) "Design-build firm" means a proprietorship, 
 72.8   partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, 
 72.9   corporation, or any type of limited liability company, 
 72.10  professional corporation, or any legal entity. 
 72.11     (g) "Design-builder" means the design-build firm that 
 72.12  proposes to design and build a project governed by the 
 72.13  procedures of this section. 
 72.14     (h) "Design professional" means a person who holds or 
 72.15  employs individuals who hold a license under chapter 326 and who 
 72.16  is required to be registered under Minnesota law. 
 72.17     (i) "Project" means an undertaking for the county to 
 72.18  design, construct, erect, or remodel a building or facility, or 
 72.19  to design, construct, or reconstruct a county road, bridge, or 
 72.20  other infrastructure relating to a county roadway. 
 72.21     (j) "Proposal" means an offer by a design-builder to enter 
 72.22  into a design-build contract for a project in response to a 
 72.23  request for proposals, including a phase-one or phase-two 
 72.24  proposal. 
 72.25     (k) "Request for proposals" or "RFP" means the document or 
 72.26  publication through which the county solicits proposals from 
 72.27  prequalified design-builders to design and construct a 
 72.28  design-build project. 
 72.29     (l) "Request for qualifications" or "RFQ" means a document 
 72.30  to prequalify and short-list potential design-builders for a 
 72.31  project. 
 72.32     Subd. 2.  [AUTHORITY.] Notwithstanding section 471.345 or 
 72.33  any other law to the contrary, the county board may solicit and 
 72.34  award a design-build contract for a project on the basis of a 
 72.35  best value selection process as provided in this section. 
 72.36     Subd. 3.  [RESTRICTION.] (a) The authority granted in 
 73.1   sections 383B.158 to 383B.1586 shall be to evaluate the 
 73.2   effectiveness of the design-build process for a county project.  
 73.3      (b) The board may not enter into a design-build contract 
 73.4   under this section unless the county has as employees at least 
 73.5   one of each of the following, each of whom must be licensed and 
 73.6   registered under state law:  an architect, a mechanical 
 73.7   engineer, and a civil engineer.  In addition, the county must 
 73.8   employ a full-time project manager with at least five years of 
 73.9   construction management experience. 
 73.10     Subd. 4.  [PROCEDURES.] (a) The county board shall, by 
 73.11  resolution, adopt implementation procedures consistent with this 
 73.12  section for the award of design-build contracts.  
 73.13     (b) The implementation procedures must, at a minimum, 
 73.14  govern: 
 73.15     (1) the establishment of a designer selection committee 
 73.16  appointed by the county to advise the county administrator and 
 73.17  the county board in preparing and conducting the design-build 
 73.18  selection process, including a recommendation for the selection 
 73.19  of a design-build proposal it considers to be of best value to 
 73.20  the public; 
 73.21     (2) preparing requests for proposals, including procedures 
 73.22  for determining the appropriate content for each request for 
 73.23  proposal; 
 73.24     (3) standards to be used to qualify or prequalify 
 73.25  design-builders; 
 73.26     (4) preparing and submitting proposals; 
 73.27     (5) establishing procedures for evaluating proposals in as 
 73.28  objective a manner as possible; 
 73.29     (6) establishing safeguards to preserve confidential 
 73.30  information and proprietary information supplied by those 
 73.31  submitting proposals including, but not limited to, an offeror's 
 73.32  price, technical solutions, innovative or unique technology, and 
 73.33  innovative or unique use of commercially available items; and 
 73.34     (7) awarding and executing design-build contracts. 
 73.35     Subd. 5.  [LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.] (a) A design-builder 
 73.36  must be licensed and registered to provide the services required 
 74.1   to complete the project and do business in this state. 
 74.2      (b) A design-builder may enter into a contract with the 
 74.3   county to provide professional or construction services that the 
 74.4   design-builder is not licensed, registered, or qualified to 
 74.5   perform, so long as the design-builder provides the services 
 74.6   through subcontracts with licensed, registered, or otherwise 
 74.7   qualified persons in accordance with this section. 
 74.8      (c) This section does not intend to limit or eliminate the 
 74.9   responsibility or liability owed by a professional on a 
 74.10  design-build project to the county or other parties under other 
 74.11  law. 
 74.12     Sec. 58.  [383B.1581] [DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS.] 
 74.13     Subdivision 1.  [TWO-PHASE PROCEDURE.] If the county board 
 74.14  determines that the design-build best value method of project 
 74.15  delivery is appropriate for a project, the county board shall 
 74.16  establish a two-phase procedure for awarding the design-build 
 74.17  contract. 
 74.18     Subd. 2.  [CONTENTS.] The county, after considering 
 74.19  recommendations from the designer selection committee, shall 
 74.20  prepare or have prepared an RFQ.  The RFQ must include the 
 74.21  following: 
 74.22     (1) the minimum qualifications of design-builders necessary 
 74.23  to meet the requirements for acceptance; 
 74.24     (2) a scope of work statement and schedule; 
 74.25     (3) documents defining the project requirements; 
 74.26     (4) the form of contract to be awarded; 
 74.27     (5) the weighted selection criteria for compiling a short 
 74.28  list and the number of firms to be included in the short list, 
 74.29  which must be at least two but not more than five; 
 74.30     (6) a description of the request for proposals (RFP) 
 74.31  requirements; 
 74.32     (7) the maximum time allowed for design and construction; 
 74.33     (8) the county board's estimated cost range of design and 
 74.34  construction; 
 74.35     (9) requirements for construction experience, design 
 74.36  experience, financial, personnel, and equipment resources 
 75.1   available from potential design-builders for the project and 
 75.2   experience in other design-build projects or similar projects, 
 75.3   provided that these requirements may not unduly restrict 
 75.4   competition; and 
 75.5      (10) a statement that "past performance" or "experience" 
 75.6   does not include the exercise or assertion of a person's legal 
 75.7   rights. 
 75.8      Subd. 3.  [EVALUATION.] (a) The county shall solicit and 
 75.9   evaluate proposals and select a design-builder in two phases. 
 75.10     (b) In phase one, the county board, after considering the 
 75.11  recommendations from the designer selection committee, shall 
 75.12  adopt a short list of at least two but no more than five of the 
 75.13  most highly qualified firms in accordance with qualifications 
 75.14  criteria described in the RFQ.  Prior to adoption of the short 
 75.15  list, the designer selection committee or the county board may 
 75.16  require clarification from the design-builders to ensure 
 75.17  conformance of proposals to the RFQ.  The county must not 
 75.18  consider cost-related or price-related evaluation factors in 
 75.19  phase one. 
 75.20     (c) In phase two, the designer selection committee and the 
 75.21  county shall use the evaluation criteria in the RFP to determine 
 75.22  the design-build proposal to be the most advantageous and the 
 75.23  best value to the public.  Prior to award of a contract, the 
 75.24  designer selection committee and, if necessary, the county board 
 75.25  may require clarification from the design-builders to ensure 
 75.26  conformance of proposals to the RFP. 
 75.27     Sec. 59.  [383B.1582] [RFP FOR DESIGN-BUILD.] 
 75.28     During phase two, the county shall issue an RFP to the 
 75.29  design-builders on the short list.  The request must include: 
 75.30     (1) the scope of work, including (i) performance and 
 75.31  technical requirements, (ii) conceptual design, (iii) minimum 
 75.32  specifications, and (iv) functional and operational elements for 
 75.33  the delivery of the completed project, which must be prepared by 
 75.34  a design professional qualified to prepare the necessary 
 75.35  documents; 
 75.36     (2) a description of the qualifications required of the 
 76.1   design-builder; 
 76.2      (3) a description of the selection criteria, including the 
 76.3   weighting of each criterion; 
 76.4      (4) copies of the contract documents that the successful 
 76.5   proposer will be expected to sign; 
 76.6      (5) the maximum time allowable for design and construction; 
 76.7      (6) the county's estimated range of cost for design and 
 76.8   construction; 
 76.9      (7) the requirement that a submitted proposal be segmented 
 76.10  into two parts, a technical proposal and a price proposal; 
 76.11     (8) the requirement that each proposal be in a separately 
 76.12  sealed, clearly identified package and include the date and time 
 76.13  of the submittal deadline; 
 76.14     (9) the requirement that the technical proposal include a 
 76.15  critical path method, bar schedule of the work to be performed, 
 76.16  or similar schematic; design plans and specifications; technical 
 76.17  reports; calculations; permit requirements; applicable 
 76.18  development fees; and other data requested in the RFP; 
 76.19     (10) the requirement that the price proposal contain all 
 76.20  design, construction, engineering, inspection, and 
 76.21  construction-related costs, and all other costs of any kind of 
 76.22  the proposed project; 
 76.23     (11) the date, time, and location of the public opening of 
 76.24  the sealed price proposals; 
 76.25     (12) a statement that "past performance" or "experience" 
 76.26  does not include the exercise or assertion of a person's legal 
 76.27  rights; and 
 76.28     (13) other information relevant to the project. 
 76.29     Sec. 60.  [383B.1583] [REPLACING TEAM MEMBERS.] 
 76.30     An individual or a design-build firm identified in a 
 76.31  response to an RFQ or RFP may not be replaced without the 
 76.32  written approval of the county board.  The county board may 
 76.33  revoke an awarded contract if an individual or a design-build 
 76.34  firm identified in a response to an RFQ or RFP is replaced 
 76.35  without the county board's written approval.  To qualify for the 
 76.36  approval, the written request must document that the proposed 
 77.1   replacement individual or design-build firm will be equal to or 
 77.2   better than that described in the response to the RFQ or RFP.  
 77.3   The county board shall use the criteria specified in the RFQ or 
 77.4   RFP to evaluate the request. 
 77.5      Sec. 61.  [383B.1584] [DESIGN-BUILD AWARD.] 
 77.6      The county board, after considering the recommendations of 
 77.7   the designer selection committee, shall award the design-build 
 77.8   contract to the proposer with the highest scored proposal based 
 77.9   on the evaluation criteria in the RFP.  The rationale for the 
 77.10  selection of the proposal must be stated at the time of the 
 77.11  contract award.  The county board may reject any or all 
 77.12  proposals, but must not do so to evade the other provisions and 
 77.13  policies of this section.  If the county board rejects all 
 77.14  proposals, it may then solicit new proposals after making 
 77.15  appropriate modifications to performance criteria, budget 
 77.16  constraints, or qualifications.  
 77.17     Sec. 62.  [383B.1585] [STIPULATED FEE.] 
 77.18     The county board, depending on the project's complexity and 
 77.19  scope and at the board's discretion for each project, may 
 77.20  determine that a stipulated fee be paid to each short-listed 
 77.21  responsible proposer who provides a responsive but unsuccessful 
 77.22  proposal.  If a stipulated fee is to be paid, it must be clearly 
 77.23  identified in the RFQ or RFP.  If the county board does not 
 77.24  award a contract, all short-listed proposers must receive the 
 77.25  stipulated fee.  If the county board cancels the contract before 
 77.26  reviewing the technical proposals, the county board shall award 
 77.27  each design-builder on the short list a stipulated minimum fee 
 77.28  as set out in the RFP.  The county board shall pay the 
 77.29  stipulated fee to each proposer within 90 days after the award 
 77.30  of the contract or the decision not to award a contract.  In 
 77.31  consideration for paying the stipulated fee, the county board 
 77.32  may use any ideas or information contained in the proposals in 
 77.33  connection with any contract awarded for the project or in 
 77.34  connection with a subsequent procurement, without any obligation 
 77.35  to pay any additional compensation to the unsuccessful 
 77.36  proposers.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this 
 78.1   subdivision, an unsuccessful short-list proposer may elect to 
 78.2   waive the stipulated fee.  If an unsuccessful short-list 
 78.3   proposer elects to waive the stipulated fee, the county may not 
 78.4   use ideas and information contained in that proposer's 
 78.5   proposal.  Upon the request of the county, a proposer who waived 
 78.6   a stipulated fee may withdraw the waiver, in which case the 
 78.7   county board shall pay the stipulated fee to the proposer and 
 78.8   thereafter may use ideas and information in the proposer's 
 78.9   proposal. 
 78.10     Sec. 63.  [383B.1586] [EXPIRATION.] 
 78.11     Sections 383B.158 to 383B.1586 expire December 31, 2007, 
 78.12  and apply only to design-build contracts entered into on or 
 78.13  before January 1, 2008, for the Northwest busway and the Lowry 
 78.14  Avenue bridge. 
 78.15     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.07, 
 78.16  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 78.17     Subd. 4.  [INTENDED USE PLAN.] (a) The ~~pollution control~~ 
 78.18  ~~agency~~ public facilities authority shall annually prepare and 
 78.19  submit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency an 
 78.20  intended use plan.  The plan must identify the intended uses of 
 78.21  the amounts available to the water pollution control revolving 
 78.22  fund, including a list of wastewater treatment and storm water 
 78.23  projects and all other eligible activities to be funded during 
 78.24  the fiscal year.  ~~Information regarding eligible activities must~~ 
 78.25  ~~be submitted to the pollution control agency by the appropriate~~ 
 78.26  ~~state agency or department within 30 days of written~~ 
 78.27  ~~notification by the pollution control agency.~~ 
 78.28     (b) To be eligible for placement on the intended use plan: 
 78.29     (1) a project must be listed on the pollution control 
 78.30  agency's project priority list; 
 78.31     (2) the applicant must submit a written request to the 
 78.32  public facilities authority, including a brief description of 
 78.33  the project, a project cost estimate and the requested loan 
 78.34  amount, and a proposed project schedule; and 
 78.35     (3) for a construction loan, the project must have a 
 78.36  facility plan approved by the pollution control agency. 
 79.1      (c) The pollution control agency shall annually provide to 
 79.2   the public facilities authority its project priority list of 
 79.3   wastewater and storm water projects to be considered for 
 79.4   funding.  The ~~pollution control agency~~ public facilities 
 79.5   authority may not submit the plan until it has received the 
 79.6   review and comment of the ~~authority~~ pollution control agency or 
 79.7   until 30 days have elapsed since the plan was submitted to 
 79.8   the ~~authority~~ pollution control agency, whichever occurs first.  
 79.9   In addition, the public facilities authority shall offer 
 79.10  municipalities seeking placement on the intended use plan an 
 79.11  opportunity to review and comment on the plan before it is 
 79.12  adopted.  The plan may be amended to add additional projects for 
 79.13  consideration for funding as it determines funds are available 
 79.14  and additional projects are able to proceed. 
 79.15     Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 79.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 79.17     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.] The authority 
 79.18  will establish a wastewater infrastructure funding program to 
 79.19  provide supplemental assistance to municipalities ~~applying~~ 
 79.20  ~~for~~ receiving funding ~~under~~ through the water pollution control 
 79.21  revolving loan program or the United States Department of 
 79.22  Agriculture Rural Economic and Community Development's 
 79.23  (USDA/RECD) Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants program 
 79.24  for the design and planning, improvements to, and construction 
 79.25  of municipal wastewater treatment systems.  The purpose of the 
 79.26  program is to assist municipalities demonstrating financial need 
 79.27  in building cost-efficient projects to address existing 
 79.28  environmental or public health problems.  To implement the 
 79.29  program, the authority shall establish a wastewater 
 79.30  infrastructure fund to provide grants and loans for the purposes 
 79.31  authorized under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
 79.32  Act.  The fund shall be credited with all investment income from 
 79.33  the fund and all repayments of loans, grants, and penalties. 
 79.34     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 79.35  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 79.36     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 80.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 80.2      Subd. 3.  [PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.] (a) The authority shall 
 80.3   provide supplemental assistance, as provided in subdivision ~~2,~~ 
 80.4   5a to municipalities ~~demonstrating financial need, as provided~~ 
 80.5   ~~in subdivision 4, whose projects have been certified to the~~ 
 80.6   ~~authority by the commissioner of the agency.  The authority~~ 
 80.7   ~~shall reserve supplemental assistance for projects in order of~~ 
 80.8   ~~their priority ranking established by the agency.~~: 
 80.9      (1) whose projects are listed on the agency's project 
 80.10  priority list; 
 80.11     (2) that demonstrate their projects are a cost-effective 
 80.12  solution to an existing environmental or public health problem; 
 80.13  and 
 80.14     (3) whose projects are approved by the USDA/RECD or 
 80.15  certified by the commissioner of the agency. 
 80.16     (b) For a municipality receiving grant funding from the 
 80.17  USDA/RECD, applications must be made to the USDA/RECD with 
 80.18  additional information submitted to the authority as required by 
 80.19  the authority.  Eligible project costs and affordability 
 80.20  criteria shall be determined by the USDA/RECD. 
 80.21     (c) For a municipality not receiving grant funding from the 
 80.22  USDA/RECD, application must be made to the authority on forms 
 80.23  prescribed by the authority for the water pollution control 
 80.24  revolving fund program with additional information as required 
 80.25  by the authority.  In accordance with section 116.182, the 
 80.26  agency shall: 
 80.27     (1) calculate the essential project component percentage 
 80.28  which must be multiplied by the total project cost to determine 
 80.29  the eligible project cost; and 
 80.30     (2) review and certify approved projects to the authority. 
 80.31     (d) At the time funds are appropriated under this section, 
 80.32  the authority shall reserve supplemental assistance for projects 
 80.33  in order of their rankings on the agency's project priority list 
 80.34  and in an amount based on their most recent cost estimates 
 80.35  submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is 
 80.36  less. 
 81.1      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 81.2   appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 81.3      Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, is 
 81.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 81.5      Subd. 5a.  [TYPE AND AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.] (a) For a 
 81.6   municipality receiving grant funding from the USDA/RECD, the 
 81.7   authority shall provide assistance in the form of a grant of up 
 81.8   to one-half of the eligible grant amount determined by 
 81.9   USDA/RECD.  A municipality may not receive a grant under this 
 81.10  paragraph for more than $4,000,000 or $15,000 per existing 
 81.11  connection, whichever is less, unless specifically approved by 
 81.12  law.  In the case of a sanitary district or other 
 81.13  multijurisdictional project for which the USDA/RECD is unable to 
 81.14  fully fund up to one-half of the eligible grant amount, the 
 81.15  authority may provide up to an additional $1,000,000 for each 
 81.16  additional municipality participating up to a maximum of 
 81.17  $8,000,000 or $15,000 per existing connection, whichever is 
 81.18  less, but not to exceed the maximum grant level determined by 
 81.19  the USDA/RECD as needed to keep the project affordable. 
 81.20     (b) For a municipality not receiving grant funding from the 
 81.21  USDA/RECD, the authority shall provide assistance in the form of 
 81.22  a loan for the eligible project costs that exceed five percent 
 81.23  of the market value of properties in the project service area.  
 81.24  A municipality may not receive a loan under this paragraph for 
 81.25  more than $4,000,000 or $15,000 per existing connection, 
 81.26  whichever is less, unless specifically approved by law.  In the 
 81.27  case of a sanitary district or other multijurisdictional 
 81.28  project, the authority may provide a loan under this paragraph 
 81.29  for up to an additional $1,000,000 for each additional 
 81.30  municipality participating up to a maximum of $8,000,000 or 
 81.31  $15,000 per existing connection, whichever is less, unless 
 81.32  specifically approved by law.  A loan under this paragraph must 
 81.33  bear no interest, must be repaid as provided in subdivision 7, 
 81.34  and must only be provided in conjunction with a loan from the 
 81.35  water pollution control revolving fund under section 446A.07. 
 81.36     (c) Notwithstanding the limits in paragraphs (a) and (b), 
 82.1   for a municipality receiving supplemental assistance under this 
 82.2   section after January 1, 2002, if the authority determines that 
 82.3   the municipality's construction and installation costs are 
 82.4   significantly increased due to geological conditions of 
 82.5   crystalline bedrock or karst areas and discharge limits that are 
 82.6   more stringent than secondary treatment, the authority shall 
 82.7   provide assistance in the form of half grant and half loan.  
 82.8   Assistance from the authority may not be more than $25,000 per 
 82.9   existing connection.  Any additional grant amount received for 
 82.10  the same project must be used to reduce the amount of the 
 82.11  municipality's loan from the water pollution control revolving 
 82.12  fund that exceeds five percent of the market value of properties 
 82.13  in the project service area. 
 82.14     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 82.15  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 82.16     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, is 
 82.17  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 82.18     Subd. 5b.  [SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DEFERRAL.] A municipality 
 82.19  receiving a loan under subdivision 5a that levies special 
 82.20  assessments to repay the loan under subdivision 5a or section 
 82.21  446A.07 may defer payment of such assessments under the 
 82.22  provisions of sections 435.193 to 435.195. 
 82.23     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 82.24  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 82.25     Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 82.26  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 82.27     Subd. 6.  [DISBURSEMENTS.] Disbursements ~~made~~ of grants or 
 82.28  loans awarded under this section by the authority to recipients 
 82.29  must be made for eligible project costs as incurred by the 
 82.30  recipients, and must be made by the authority in accordance with 
 82.31  the project financing agreement and applicable state and federal 
 82.32  laws and rules governing the payments. 
 82.33     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 82.34  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 82.35     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 82.36  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 83.1      Subd. 7.  [LOAN REPAYMENTS.] ~~All loan repayments received~~ 
 83.2   ~~by the authority under subdivision 2 must be used to provide~~ 
 83.3   ~~additional assistance under this section.~~  A municipality 
 83.4   receiving a loan under this section shall repay the loan in 
 83.5   semiannual payment amounts determined by the authority.  The 
 83.6   payment amount must be based on the average payments on the 
 83.7   municipality's water pollution control revolving fund loan or, 
 83.8   if greater, the minimum amount required to fully repay the loan 
 83.9   by the maturity date.  Payments must begin within one year of 
 83.10  the date of the municipality's final payment on the water 
 83.11  pollution control revolving fund loan.  The maturity date of the 
 83.12  loan must be no later than 20 years from the date of the first 
 83.13  payment. 
 83.14     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 83.15  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 83.16     Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 83.17  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 83.18     Subd. 8.  [ELIGIBILITY.] A municipality is eligible for 
 83.19  assistance under this section only after grant funding from 
 83.20  other sources has been applied for, obtained, rejected, or the 
 83.21  authority has determined that the potential funding is unlikely. 
 83.22     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 83.23  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 83.24     Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 83.25  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 83.26     Subd. 9.  [LOAN LIMITATION.] Supplemental assistance may 
 83.27  not be used to reduce the sewer service charges of a significant 
 83.28  wastewater contributor, or a single user that has caused the 
 83.29  need for the project or whose current or projected flow and load 
 83.30  exceed one-half of the current wastewater treatment plant's 
 83.31  capacity~~, unless the applicant can demonstrate to the authority~~ 
 83.32  ~~that the significant wastewater contributor cannot pay its fair~~ 
 83.33  ~~share.  Funding will not be provided for projects that are not~~ 
 83.34  ~~qualified for assistance or that would violate the state's~~ 
 83.35  ~~constitution or laws regarding the use of funds appropriated for~~ 
 83.36  ~~the program~~. 
 84.1      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 84.2   appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 84.3      Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 84.4   subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 84.5      Subd. 11.  [REPORT ON NEEDS.] By ~~October 15~~ February 1 of 
 84.6   each ~~odd-numbered~~ even-numbered year, the authority, in 
 84.7   conjunction with the pollution control agency, shall prepare a 
 84.8   report to the finance division of the senate environment and 
 84.9   natural resources committee and the house environment and 
 84.10  natural resources finance committee on wastewater funding 
 84.11  assistance needs of municipalities under this section. 
 84.12     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 84.13  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 84.14     Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 84.15  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 84.16     Subd. 12.  [SYSTEM REPLACEMENT FUND.] Each ~~recipient of~~ 
 84.17  ~~assistance~~ municipality receiving a loan under this section 
 84.18  shall establish a system replacement fund ~~setting aside~~ and 
 84.19  shall annually deposit a minimum of ~~$.10~~ $.50 per 1,000 gallons 
 84.20  of flow for major rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of 
 84.21  the treatment ~~plant~~ system at the end of its useful life.  Money 
 84.22  must remain in the account, for the life of the loan ~~associated~~ 
 84.23  ~~with the supplemental assistance under this section,~~ unless use 
 84.24  of the fund is approved in writing by the authority for major 
 84.25  rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of the treatment 
 84.26  ~~plant.  Failure to maintain the fund will cancel the loan~~ 
 84.27  ~~forgiveness provided under subdivision 2~~ system.  By March 1 
 84.28  each year during the life of the loan, each municipality shall 
 84.29  submit a report to the authority regarding the amount deposited 
 84.30  and the fund balance for the prior calendar year.  Failure to 
 84.31  comply with the requirements of this subdivision shall result in 
 84.32  the authority assessing a penalty fee to the municipality equal 
 84.33  to one percent of the outstanding loan balance for each year of 
 84.34  noncompliance.  Failure to make the required deposit or pay the 
 84.35  penalty fee as required constitutes a default on the loan. 
 84.36     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 85.1   appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 85.2      Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, is 
 85.3   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 85.4      Subd. 14.  [CONSISTENCY WITH LAND USE PLANS.] A 
 85.5   municipality applying for a project in an unsewered area shall 
 85.6   include in its application to the authority a certification from 
 85.7   the county in which the project is located that: 
 85.8      (1) the project is consistent with the county comprehensive 
 85.9   land use plan, if the county has adopted one; 
 85.10     (2) the project is consistent with the county water plan, 
 85.11  if the county has adopted one; and 
 85.12     (3) the county has adopted specific land use ordinances or 
 85.13  controls so as to meet or exceed the requirements of Minnesota 
 85.14  Rules, part 7080.0305. 
 85.15     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for funds 
 85.16  appropriated after January 1, 2002. 
 85.17     Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.12, 
 85.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 85.19     Subdivision 1.  [BONDING AUTHORITY.] The authority may 
 85.20  issue negotiable bonds in a principal amount that the authority 
 85.21  determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving 
 85.22  its purposes, including the making of loans and purchase of 
 85.23  securities, the payment of interest on bonds of the authority, 
 85.24  the establishment of reserves to secure its bonds, the payment 
 85.25  of fees to a third party providing credit enhancement, and the 
 85.26  payment of all other expenditures of the authority incident to 
 85.27  and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes 
 85.28  and powers, but not including the making of grants.  Bonds of 
 85.29  the authority may be issued as bonds or notes or in any other 
 85.30  form authorized by law.  The principal amount of bonds issued 
 85.31  and outstanding under this section at any time may not exceed 
 85.32  ~~$850,000,000~~ $1,000,000,000, excluding bonds for which refunding 
 85.33  bonds or crossover refunding bonds have been issued. 
 85.34     Sec. 77.  Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 8, subdivision 5, 
 85.35  is amended to read: 
 85.36       Subd. 5.  Great River Road Project              3,000,000
 86.1   This appropriation is for a grant to 
 86.2   the Minneapolis park and recreation 
 86.3   board for land acquisition for the 
 86.4   Great River Road project in the central 
 86.5   Mississippi regional park along the 
 86.6   central waterfront area in downtown 
 86.7   Minneapolis, provided that the city of 
 86.8   Minneapolis issues $3,000,000 in bonds 
 86.9   to be used to acquire land for the same 
 86.10  project by January 1, 1988.  The 
 86.11  Minneapolis park and recreation board 
 86.12  may enter into an agreement to operate 
 86.13  the property known as the Fuji Ya 
 86.14  restaurant property, as a restaurant or 
 86.15  entertainment facility, subject to 
 86.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  
 86.17  An agreement entered into by the 
 86.18  Minneapolis park and recreation board 
 86.19  to operate the property known as the 
 86.20  Fuji Ya restaurant property as a 
 86.21  restaurant or entertainment facility 
 86.22  would benefit the Great River Road 
 86.23  project, further public efforts to 
 86.24  reclaim the Mississippi Riverfront in 
 86.25  Minneapolis, and be a program that 
 86.26  furthers the governmental purpose of 
 86.27  the Great River Road project. 
 86.28     Sec. 78.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 3, 
 86.29  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 86.30  Subd. 5.  Bemidji State University                             
 86.31  (a)  American Indian History Center                   2,000,000
 86.32  To predesign, design, construct, 
 86.33  furnish, and equip a museum and center 
 86.34  for American Indian history and 
 86.35  policy.  In addition to the 
 86.36  appropriation in this subdivision, up 
 86.37  to $1,000,000 in nonstate money may be 
 86.38  added to this project. 
 86.39  (b)  Northwest Technical College                      5,000,000
 86.40  (a) To design, construct, furnish, and 
 86.41  equip a technology laboratory building. 
 86.42  (b) The remaining money from the 
 86.43  appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 86.44  404, section 3, subdivision 5, may be 
 86.45  used for predesign and design of the 
 86.46  project in paragraph (a), and predesign 
 86.47  of phase II. 
 86.48  (c) The board of trustees must not 
 86.49  convey the technical college to the 
 86.50  school district. 
 86.51  (d) The board of trustees shall advise 
 86.52  the chairs of the senate higher 
 86.53  education budget division and the house 
 86.54  higher education finance committee 
 86.55  before initiating predesign of phase II.
 86.56     Sec. 79.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 12, 
 86.57  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 86.58  Subd. 7.  World War II Veterans Memorial                150,000 
 87.1   This appropriation is from the general 
 87.2   fund. 
 87.3   For design, architectural drawings, and 
 87.4   the start of construction for a World 
 87.5   War II veterans memorial on the state 
 87.6   capitol mall.  The design is subject to 
 87.7   approval by the capitol area 
 87.8   architectural and planning board.  The 
 87.9   commissioner of veterans affairs shall 
 87.10  convene an advisory group, including 
 87.11  members of veterans organizations to 
 87.12  review and make recommendations about 
 87.13  the design of the memorial.  ~~The~~ 
 87.14  ~~appropriation must be matched by an~~ 
 87.15  ~~equal amount from nonstate sources.~~  
 87.16  The commissioner may accept donations 
 87.17  from nonstate sources for purposes 
 87.18  stated in this subdivision. 
 87.19     Sec. 80.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 15, 
 87.20  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 87.21  Subd. 4.  Minnesota    
 87.22  Military Museum at Camp Ripley                          125,000
 87.23  To upgrade the electrical and lighting, 
 87.24  and heating, ventilation, and air 
 87.25  conditioning systems in the main 
 87.26  building of the Minnesota military 
 87.27  museum, to design ~~and~~, construct, 
 87.28  furnish, and equip, including permanent 
 87.29  display cases, an addition to the 
 87.30  museum, and to insulate a heating 
 87.31  system in building I-40.  The adjutant 
 87.32  general may enter into a lease or 
 87.33  management agreement for the museum, 
 87.34  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 87.35  16A.695. 
 87.36     Sec. 81.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 22, 
 87.37  subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2000, chapter 499, section 15, 
 87.38  which amendment was reenacted in Laws 2001, First Special 
 87.39  Session chapter 12, section 15, is amended to read: 
 87.40  Subd. 3.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 87.41  Funding Program                                      18,319,000 
 87.42  ~~$6,309,000~~ $4,309,000 of this 
 87.43  appropriation is from the general fund 
 87.44  of which $319,000 is to administer the 
 87.45  wastewater infrastructure fund program. 
 87.46  To the public facilities authority for 
 87.47  grants to eligible municipalities under 
 87.48  the wastewater infrastructure program 
 87.49  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 87.50  section 446A.072. 
 87.51  To the greatest extent practical, the 
 87.52  authority should use the grants for 
 87.53  projects on the 2000 intended use plan 
 87.54  in priority order to qualified 
 87.55  applicants that submit plans and 
 87.56  specifications to the pollution control 
 87.57  agency or receive a funding commitment 
 88.1   from USDA rural development before 
 88.2   December 1, 2001.  In determining 
 88.3   whether the penalty factor under 
 88.4   Minnesota Rules, part 7077.0196, should 
 88.5   be applied to a project, the pollution 
 88.6   control agency shall, beginning with 
 88.7   the 2001 Intended Use Plan and Project 
 88.8   Priority list, first assess the impact 
 88.9   of the new or expanded discharge 
 88.10  compared to the impact of the 
 88.11  preexisting conditions and to the 
 88.12  impact of alternative discharge 
 88.13  locations.  If the agency determines 
 88.14  that the new or expanded discharge is 
 88.15  to a less environmentally sensitive 
 88.16  area or that it is the preferable 
 88.17  location for the discharge compared to 
 88.18  the alternatives, the agency shall not 
 88.19  apply the penalty factor to the 
 88.20  project.  The pollution control agency 
 88.21  shall include as a factor in 
 88.22  prioritizing projects whether a project 
 88.23  is a multijurisdictional project 
 88.24  connecting areas with failing onsite 
 88.25  treatment systems with an existing or 
 88.26  regional wastewater treatment system. 
 88.27  The authority shall set aside up to 
 88.28  $400,000 for the Innovative Technology 
 88.29  Grants Program to provide 50 percent 
 88.30  reimbursement for the cost of equipment 
 88.31  and installation into an existing 
 88.32  municipal wastewater treatment system.  
 88.33  The project must be approved by the 
 88.34  pollution control agency and 
 88.35  demonstrate the application of existing 
 88.36  technology that has not been used 
 88.37  before in the treatment of municipal 
 88.38  wastewater, but has the potential to 
 88.39  improve the treatment of wastewater or 
 88.40  make the treatment process more cost 
 88.41  effective. 
 88.42  Beginning with the 2001 intended use 
 88.43  plan, the pollution control agency 
 88.44  shall include whether a community has a 
 88.45  moratorium on development as a factor 
 88.46  in prioritizing projects.  The agency 
 88.47  shall adopt rules implementing the 
 88.48  provisions of this paragraph under 
 88.49  Minnesota Statutes, section 14.389. 
 88.50     Sec. 82.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 22, 
 88.51  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 88.52  Subd. 4.  Clean Water Partnership                     2,000,000
 88.53  For deposit in the water pollution 
 88.54  control fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
 88.55  section 446A.07, for the clean water 
 88.56  partnership loan program under 
 88.57  Minnesota Statutes, section 
 88.58  103F.725.  This appropriation is from 
 88.59  the general fund. 
 88.60     Sec. 83.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 27, is 
 88.61  amended to read: 
 88.62     Sec. 27.  [CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFERS.] 
 89.1      (a) The $734,000 appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
 89.2   section 18, for the design of the labor interpretive center is 
 89.3   canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1994, chapter 
 89.4   643, section 31, subdivision 1, is reduced by $734,000. 
 89.5      (b) The $1,100,000 appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
 89.6   section 19, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 1995, chapter 224, 
 89.7   section 124, and Laws 1997, chapter 183, article 3, section 30, 
 89.8   for the American Indian history center at Bemidji state 
 89.9   university is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 
 89.10  1994, chapter 643, section 31, subdivision 1, is reduced by 
 89.11  $1,100,000. 
 89.12     (c) $130,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter 
 89.13  643, section 23, for dam improvements is canceled.  The bond 
 89.14  sale authorization in Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 31, 
 89.15  subdivision 1, is reduced by $130,000. 
 89.16     (d) $383,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 
 89.17  463, section 13, subdivision 9, for a support services facility 
 89.18  near the corner of Mississippi Street and University Avenue is 
 89.19  canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, chapter 
 89.20  463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $383,000.  
 89.21     (e) The unobligated balance of the appropriation in Laws 
 89.22  1996, chapter 463, section 15, subdivision 4, for an armory 
 89.23  facility and ramp near the corner of Rice Street and University 
 89.24  Avenue, estimated to be $197,000, is canceled to the general 
 89.25  fund. 
 89.26     (f) $1,355,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 
 89.27  463, section 16, subdivision 5, for the Brainerd bed expansion 
 89.28  project is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, 
 89.29  chapter 463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,355,000.
 89.30     (g) The $500,000 appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 463, 
 89.31  section 22, subdivision 7, for the Battle Point historic site is 
 89.32  canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, chapter 
 89.33  463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $500,000. 
 89.34     (h) $10,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1997, Second 
 89.35  Special Session chapter 2, section 2, for public safety disaster 
 89.36  assistance funds is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in 
 90.1   Laws 1997, Second Special Session chapter 2, section 12, is 
 90.2   reduced by $10,000,000. 
 90.3      (i) $5,800,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 90.4   404, section 13, subdivision 5, for the Minnesota labor 
 90.5   interpretive center is canceled to the general fund.  
 90.6      (j) $1,893,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 90.7   404, section 5, subdivision 5, for the Southwest Metropolitan 
 90.8   Integration Magnet School in Edina is canceled to the general 
 90.9   fund. 
 90.10     (k) The $800,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 90.11  section 15, subdivision 5, for a tennis facility in the city of 
 90.12  St. Paul is canceled to the general fund.  
 90.13     (l) The $1,700,000 appropriation in Laws ~~1998~~ 1999, chapter 
 90.14  ~~404~~ 240, article 2, section ~~22~~ 11, for the Battle Point cultural 
 90.15  education center is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in 
 90.16  Laws ~~1998~~ 1999, chapter ~~404~~ 240, article 2, section ~~27~~ 16, 
 90.17  subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,700,000. 
 90.18     (m) The balance of the appropriation in Laws ~~1998~~ 1999, 
 90.19  chapter ~~404~~ 240, article 2, section ~~23~~ 12, subdivision ~~11~~ 5, 
 90.20  for the St. Cloud community events center is transferred to the 
 90.21  board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 90.22  universities to construct a new athletic facility on the south 
 90.23  side of the existing St. Cloud State University campus.  The 
 90.24  balance of the bond sale authorization in Laws ~~1998~~ 1999, 
 90.25  chapter ~~404~~ 240, article 2, section ~~27~~ 16, subdivision 1, 
 90.26  attributable to the events center project is to provide the 
 90.27  money for the athletic facility project. 
 90.28     (n) $1,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws ~~1998~~ 1999, 
 90.29  chapter ~~404~~ 240, article 2, section ~~23~~ 12, subdivision ~~24~~ 
 90.30  14, for the Minnesota African-American Performing Arts Center is 
 90.31  canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws ~~1998~~ 1999, 
 90.32  chapter ~~404~~ 240, article 2, section ~~27~~ 16, subdivision 1, is 
 90.33  reduced by $1,000,000. 
 90.34     (o) The $4,000,000 appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 240, 
 90.35  article 1, section 3, for the Southwest Metropolitan Integration 
 90.36  Magnet School in Edina is canceled.  The bond sale authorization 
 91.1   in Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 13, is reduced by 
 91.2   $4,000,000. 
 91.3      (p) $321,000 of the unobligated balance of the 
 91.4   appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 12, 
 91.5   subdivision 5, to demolish the capitol square building and 
 91.6   restructure the site as a temporary parking lot is canceled to 
 91.7   the general fund. 
 91.8      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective retroactively 
 91.9   to May 16, 2000. 
 91.10     Sec. 84.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 12, 
 91.11  section 10, is amended to read: 
 91.12  Sec. 10.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
 91.13  The commissioner of finance shall 
 91.14  schedule the sale of state general 
 91.15  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 91.16  biennium ending June 30, 2003, no more 
 91.17  than ~~$629,739,000~~ $622,260,000 will 
 91.18  need to be transferred from the general 
 91.19  fund to the state bond fund to pay 
 91.20  principal and interest due and to 
 91.21  become due on outstanding state general 
 91.22  obligation bonds.  During the biennium, 
 91.23  before each sale of state general 
 91.24  obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
 91.25  finance shall calculate the amount of 
 91.26  debt service payments needed on bonds 
 91.27  previously issued and shall estimate 
 91.28  the amount of debt service payments 
 91.29  that will be needed on the bonds 
 91.30  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 91.31  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 91.32  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 91.33  within the limit set by this section.  
 91.34  The amount needed to make the debt 
 91.35  service payments is appropriated from 
 91.36  the general fund as provided in 
 91.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
 91.38     Sec. 85.  [DAN PATCH COMMUTER RAIL LINE; PROHIBITIONS.] 
 91.39     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section, 
 91.40  "Dan Patch commuter rail line" means the commuter rail line 
 91.41  between Northfield and Minneapolis identified in the 
 91.42  metropolitan council's transit 2020 master plan as the Dan Patch 
 91.43  line. 
 91.44     Subd. 2.  [METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; PROHIBITIONS.] The 
 91.45  metropolitan council must not take any action or spend any money 
 91.46  for study, planning, preliminary engineering, final design, or 
 91.47  construction for the Dan Patch commuter rail line.  The council 
 91.48  must remove all references, other than references for historical 
 92.1   purposes, to the Dan Patch commuter rail line from any future 
 92.2   revisions to the council's transportation development guide and 
 92.3   the council's regional transit master plan. 
 92.4      Subd. 3.  [COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION.] The 
 92.5   commissioner of transportation must not expend any money for 
 92.6   study, planning, preliminary engineering, final design, or 
 92.7   construction for the Dan Patch commuter rail line.  The 
 92.8   commissioner must remove all references, other than references 
 92.9   for historical purposes, to the Dan Patch commuter rail line 
 92.10  from any future revisions to the state transportation plan and 
 92.11  the commissioner's commuter rail system plan. 
 92.12     Subd. 4.  [REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITIES.] No regional rail 
 92.13  authority may expend any money for study, planning, preliminary 
 92.14  engineering, final design, or construction for the Dan Patch 
 92.15  commuter rail line. 
 92.16     Sec. 86.  [DM&E; WORKING GROUP.] 
 92.17     Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The commissioner of 
 92.18  transportation or the commissioner's designee shall convene a 
 92.19  multiagency working group on DM&E rail project mitigation, 
 92.20  consisting of the commissioners of public safety, the pollution 
 92.21  control agency, trade and economic development, and 
 92.22  transportation; and director of Minnesota planning; or their 
 92.23  designees.  The director of Minnesota planning or the director's 
 92.24  designee shall serve as chair of the working group. 
 92.25     Subd. 2.  [TASKS.] The working group shall: 
 92.26     (1) evaluate the economic effects of the DM&E rail 
 92.27  expansion project in southern Minnesota on each local unit of 
 92.28  government impacted by the project, including costs related to 
 92.29  noise mitigation costs, right-of-way acquisition, and 
 92.30  rail-highway grade crossing protection and upgrade; 
 92.31     (2) determine the availability of federal assistance and 
 92.32  other resources available to such local units of government for 
 92.33  mitigation costs, including the timing of the assistance and 
 92.34  resources; 
 92.35     (3) involve local units of government in issues discussed 
 92.36  by the working group; and 
 93.1      (4) determine what direct and indirect costs are likely to 
 93.2   accrue to private property owners as a result of the project 
 93.3   including, but not limited to, costs for mitigation, 
 93.4   right-of-way acquisitions, and crossing safety. 
 93.5      Subd. 3.  [REPORTS.] The working group shall present an 
 93.6   interim report to the legislature by January 15, 2003, and a 
 93.7   final report to the legislature no later than January 15, 2004. 
 93.8      Sec. 87.  [EXEMPTION FROM MORATORIUM.] 
 93.9      Notwithstanding Laws 2002, chapter 220, article 10, section 
 93.10  37, projects authorized in this act, Laws 2001, First Special 
 93.11  Session chapter 12, Laws 2000, chapter 492, and Laws 1999, 
 93.12  chapter 240, are exempt from any moratorium on professional or 
 93.13  technical contracts, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 93.14  16C.08, subdivision 1. 
 93.15     Sec. 88.  [STATE BUILDING SALE TO COUNTY.] 
 93.16     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZED.] (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 93.17  Statutes, section 16A.695 and chapter 94 or other law, 
 93.18  administrative rule, or commissioner's order to the contrary, 
 93.19  the state of Minnesota by and through its department of 
 93.20  administration, shall at the request of the St. Louis county 
 93.21  board of commissioners, sell and convey to St. Louis county by 
 93.22  July 31, 2002, for a consideration in the amount of $3,052,700 
 93.23  certain real property known as the government services center 
 93.24  and parking ramp legally described as:  lots 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 
 93.25  60, 62, 64, Duluth proper first division, West Second Street.  
 93.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 93.27  attorney general. 
 93.28     (c) $450,000 of the proceeds from the sale must be 
 93.29  deposited in the department of administration's asset 
 93.30  preservation account to reimburse the department of 
 93.31  administration for costs related to the recent installation of a 
 93.32  chiller at the Duluth Government Services Center.  A portion of 
 93.33  the proceeds from the sale equal in amount to the survey, 
 93.34  appraisal, legal, advertising, and other related expenses 
 93.35  incurred by the commissioner of administration or other state 
 93.36  official rendering the property saleable shall be remitted to 
 94.1   the account from which the expenses were paid, and are 
 94.2   appropriated and immediately available for expenditure in the 
 94.3   same manner as other money in the account.  The remaining 
 94.4   balance from the proceeds of the sale must be deposited in the 
 94.5   general fund. 
 94.6      Subd. 2.  [RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS.] The existing leases 
 94.7   between the state of Minnesota and St. Louis county of the real 
 94.8   property described in subdivision 1 are merged into the fee 
 94.9   ownership with this conveyance.  All other leases with their 
 94.10  current terms and conditions concerning the real property must 
 94.11  be assigned to St. Louis county. 
 94.12     Subd. 3.  [STATE LEASES.] (a) For a period of at least ten 
 94.13  years following sale of the real property described in 
 94.14  subdivision 1, St. Louis county must allow the state of 
 94.15  Minnesota to lease the space occupied by the state of Minnesota 
 94.16  at the time of the sale at the state's current lease rate with 
 94.17  annual adjustments for operational cost increases, which cost 
 94.18  must not include any capital improvement costs.  
 94.19     (b) The lease must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 94.20  general. 
 94.21     Sec. 89.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] 
 94.22     Hennepin county must report to the legislature after the 
 94.23  completion of the Northwest busway but no later than June 1, 
 94.24  2007, on its evaluation of the effectiveness of the design-build 
 94.25  process. 
 94.26     Sec. 90.  [CORRECTION.] 2002 H.F. No. 3270, article 11, if 
 94.27  enacted, is amended to read: 
 94.28                             ARTICLE 11
 94.29               GENERAL FUND CONVERSION TO BOND FUNDS
 94.30     Section 1.  [INTENT.] 
 94.31     This article intends to return to the unreserved general 
 94.32  fund $75,043,000 by changing the fund source of the projects 
 94.33  listed in this article in the amounts shown in sections 2 to 14, 
 94.34  by decreasing the appropriation from the general fund and by 
 94.35  appropriating an equal amount from the aggregate of the bond 
 94.36  proceeds fund and the transportation fund.  This action changes 
 95.1   the designation of the fund sources made under the cumulative 
 95.2   effect of Laws 1998, chapter 404; Laws 1999, chapter 250; and 
 95.3   Laws 2000, chapters 479 and 492.  This article also makes a new 
 95.4   appropriation of $77,000 from the bond proceeds fund for bond 
 95.5   sale expenses in connection with the bonds authorized in this 
 95.6   article. 
 95.7   Sec. 2.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 95.8      The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 95.9   appropriated from the bond proceeds fund or other named fund to 
 95.10  the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
 95.11  public purposes, including to acquire and to better public land 
 95.12  and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, 
 95.13  as specified in this article. 
 95.14                              SUMMARY
 95.15  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                            $    500,000
 95.16  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                        ~~500,000~~
 95.17                                                          300,000
 95.18  NATURAL RESOURCES                                     6,973,000
 95.19  WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES BOARD                          300,000
 95.20  ADMINISTRATION                                       ~~43,350,000~~
 95.21                                                       45,550,000
 95.22  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND
 95.23  PLANNING BOARD                                          250,000
 95.24  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                               690,000
 95.25  TRANSPORTATION                                       13,590,000
 95.26  HUMAN SERVICES                                        1,500,000
 95.27  CORRECTIONS                                             250,000
 95.28  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                        ~~5,590,000~~
 95.29                                                        3,590,000
 95.30  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          1,550,000
 95.31  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                       77,000
 95.32  TOTAL                                            $   75,120,000
 95.33  Bond Proceeds Fund                                   61,530,000
 95.34  Transportation Fund                                  13,590,000
 95.35                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
 95.36                                                   $             
 96.1   Sec. 3.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                        500,000
 96.2   To the board of regents of the 
 96.3   University of Minnesota for 1998 Higher 
 96.4   Education Asset Preservation and 
 96.5   Replacement.  
 96.6   Sec. 4.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING               ~~500,000~~
 96.7                                                           300,000
 96.8   To the commissioner of children, 
 96.9   families, and learning for 1998 Early 
 96.10  Childhood Learning Facilities.  
 96.11  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 96.12  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 96.13  of natural resources for the purposes 
 96.14  specified in this section                             6,973,000
 96.15  Subd. 2.  1998 Park Building Rehabilitation             500,000
 96.16  Subd. 3.  1998 Park Betterment 
 96.17  and Rehabilitation                                      500,000
 96.18  Subd. 4.  1998 Forest Roads and Bridges                 750,000
 96.19  Subd. 5.  1998 Metro Greenways Acquisition            2,000,000
 96.20  Subd. 6.  Safe Harbors Program                        3,223,000
 96.21  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 96.22  SOIL RESOURCES                                          300,000
 96.23  To the board of water and soil 
 96.24  resources for local road replacement.  
 96.25  Sec. 7.  ADMINISTRATION 
 96.26  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 96.27  administration for the purposes specified 
 96.28  in this section                                      ~~45,350,000~~
 96.29                                                       45,550,000
 96.30  Subd. 2.  2000 Asset Preservation                       350,000
 96.31  Subd. 3.  2000 Bureau of Criminal 
 96.32  Apprehension Facility                                ~~40,000,000~~
 96.33                                                       42,700,000
 96.34  Subd. 4.  2000 Property Acquisition                     450,000
 96.35  Subd. 5.  1998 Asset Preservation                     ~~1,250,000~~
 96.36                                                          750,000
 96.37  Subd. 6.  1998 Real Property Acquisition              1,000,000
 96.38  Subd. 7.  1998 BCA Land Acquisition                     300,000
 96.39  Sec. 8.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
 96.40  AND PLANNING BOARD                                      250,000
 96.41  To the commissioner of administration 
 96.42  for the HHH Memorial.  
 96.43  Sec. 9.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                      690,000
 97.1   To the amateur sports commission for 
 97.2   the Giants Ridge Facility.  
 97.3   Sec. 10.  TRANSPORTATION 
 97.4   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 97.5   transportation for the purposes specified 
 97.6   in this section                                      13,590,000
 97.7   This appropriation is from the 
 97.8   transportation fund. 
 97.9   Subd. 2.  2000 County and Local Bridges              13,000,000
 97.10  Subd. 3.  1998 CSAH Highway 90                          590,000
 97.11  Sec. 11.  HUMAN SERVICES                              1,500,000
 97.12  To the commissioner of administration 
 97.13  for 1998 Asset Preservation.  
 97.14  Sec. 12.  CORRECTIONS                                   250,000
 97.15  To the commissioner of administration 
 97.16  for 1998 Asset Preservation.  
 97.17  Sec. 13.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT              ~~5,590,000~~
 97.18                                                        3,590,000
 97.19  To the commissioner of trade and 
 97.20  economic development for 2000 
 97.21  Wastewater Infrastructure.  
 97.22  Sec. 14.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 97.23  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 97.24  historical society for the purposes
 97.25  specified in this section                             1,550,000
 97.26  Subd. 2.  1998 Historic Site 
 97.27  Preservation and Repair                                 850,000
 97.28  Subd. 3.  Split Rock Lighthouse                         700,000
 97.29  Sec. 15.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                             77,000
 97.30  To the commissioner of finance for 
 97.31  bond sale expenses under Minnesota 
 97.32  Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 8.
 97.33     Sec. 16.  [IDENTICAL PROJECTS.] 
 97.34     The purpose and use of appropriations in this article are 
 97.35  for the same purpose and use and for identical projects as 
 97.36  authorized in Laws 1998, chapter 404; Laws 1999, chapter 250; 
 97.37  and Laws 2000, chapters 479 and 492.  Except for the fund source 
 97.38  of unspent parts of the appropriations listed in this article, 
 97.39  this article does not change or limit the purpose and use of the 
 97.40  appropriations and related requirements in Laws 1998, chapter 
 97.41  404; Laws 1999, chapter 250; and Laws 2000, chapters 479 and 492.
 97.42     Sec. 17.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 98.1      Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 98.2   appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 98.3   commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 98.4   in an amount up to $61,530,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 98.5   and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 98.6   16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 98.7   XI, sections 4 to 7. 
 98.8      Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 98.9   appropriated in this article from the transportation fund, the 
 98.10  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 98.11  in an amount up to $13,590,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 98.12  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 98.13  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 98.14  XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued 
 98.15  interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must 
 98.16  be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state 
 98.17  transportation fund. 
 98.18     Sec. 18.  [CANCELLATION TO GENERAL FUND.] 
 98.19     Money appropriated from the general fund pursuant to 1998, 
 98.20  1999, and 2000 acts and not yet spent for the projects listed in 
 98.21  this article is canceled to the general fund in the amount shown 
 98.22  for each project. 
 98.23     Sec. 19.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 98.24     This article is effective the day following final enactment.
 98.25     Sec. 91.  [REPEALER.] 
 98.26     Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 116J.561, 116J.562, 
 98.27  116J.563, 116J.564, 116J.565, 116J.566, 116J.567, and 446A.072, 
 98.28  subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 10, and 13, are repealed. 
 98.29     Sec. 92.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
 98.30     New Minnesota Statutes, sections 383B.158 to 383B.1586 are 
 98.31  effective the day after the governing body of Hennepin county 
 98.32  and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance 
 98.33  with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.  
 98.34     Sec. 93.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 98.35     Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act is 
 98.36  effective the day following final enactment.