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; authorizing sale of state bonds;
1.6 	appropriating money.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.9 	The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
1.10 	appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund,
1.11 	to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for
1.12 	public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent
1.13 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section
1.14 	5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and
1.15 	buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
1.16 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section
1.17 	5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV.  Unless otherwise
1.18 	specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
1.19 	the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota
1.20 	Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.21 	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND
1.22 	UNIVERSITIES
 1.23 		Subdivision 1.To the Board of Trustees
1.24 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and
1.25 	Universities for the purposes specified in
1.26 	this section                                        292,602,000
1.27 		Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset
1.28 	Preservation and Replacement                        108,630,000
2.1 	This appropriation is for the purposes
2.2 	specified in Minnesota Statutes,
2.3 	section 135A.046, including safety and
2.4 	statutory compliance, envelope
2.5 	integrity, mechanical systems, and
2.6 	space restoration.
2.7 		Subd. 3.Anoka Ramsey Community College -
2.8 	Cambridge                                            10,483,000
2.9 	To design, construct, furnish, and
2.10 	equip an addition to the main campus
2.11 	building, and to remodel the main
2.12 	campus building for a science
2.13 	laboratory and academic support center.
2.14 		Subd. 4.Bemidji State University -
2.15 	Northwest Technical College                          10,863,000
2.16 	To remodel, furnish, and equip phase 2
2.17 	of the Emerging Technology Addition
2.18 	Project, including remodeling Bridgeman
2.19 	Hall at Bemidji State University and
2.20 	construction of an addition at
2.21 	Northwest Technical College.
2.22 		Subd. 5.Central Lakes College                       5,953,000
2.23 	To design, construct, furnish, and
2.24 	equip heavy equipment shop space at the
2.25 	Staples West Campus and to remodel
2.26 	vacated space at the Staples Main
2.27 	Campus, and to design, construct,
2.28 	furnish, and equip a music classroom
2.29 	and a rehearsal addition, and to
2.30 	renovate, furnish, and equip vacated
2.31 	space at the Brainerd Campus.
2.32 		Subd. 6.Century Community and
2.33 	Technical College
2.34 	(a) Technology Center                                 4,888,000
2.35 	To remodel, furnish, and equip recently
2.36 	purchased space into a computer center,
2.37 	offices, and smart classrooms.
2.38 	(b) Science Center and
2.39 	Learning Resources Center                             1,000,000
2.40 	To design a new building for science
2.41 	laboratories and classrooms and a new
2.42 	library and learning resource center.
2.43 		Subd. 7.Dakota Technical College                    7,387,000
2.44 	To remodel, furnish, and equip an
2.45 	information technology and
2.46 	telecommunications center of
2.47 	excellence, as well as improve and
2.48 	expand the library and academic support
2.49 	center.  This includes $2,500,000 for
2.50 	deferred maintenance projects.
2.51 	This appropriation is not available
2.52 	until the commissioner of finance has
2.53 	determined that at least $200,000 has
2.54 	been committed from nonstate sources.
2.55 		Subd. 8.Fond du Lac Tribal and
2.56 	Community College                                       635,000
3.1 	To design an addition to the library
3.2 	and to design phase 1 of the Lester
3.3 	Jack Briggs Cultural Center to provide
3.4 	multicultural spaces and physical
3.5 	education facilities.
3.6 		Subd. 9.Inver Hills Community College               6,045,000
3.7 	To remodel the College Center Building
3.8 	and to construct, furnish, and equip a
3.9 	one-stop student services addition to
3.10 	it; enlarge and colocate central
3.11 	services, the bookstore, and loading
3.12 	dock; and remove a pedestrian safety
3.13 	hazard.
3.14 		Subd. 10.Lake Superior College                     11,243,000
3.15 	To construct an addition to house all
3.16 	student services, high-tech classrooms,
3.17 	open computer labs, space for workforce
3.18 	development, and faculty and
3.19 	administrative offices.  The project
3.20 	also includes space for student life
3.21 	programs and instruction.
3.22 		Subd. 11.Minneapolis Community and
3.23 	Technical College                                       900,000
3.24 	To design a renovation of a health
3.25 	sciences center for nursing.
3.26 		Subd. 12.Minnesota State College -
3.27 	Southeast Technical College, Winona                   3,802,000
3.28 	To remodel, furnish, and equip a
3.29 	one-stop student services center, a
3.30 	bookstore, technology-enhanced
3.31 	classrooms, a library and learning
3.32 	resource center, a nursing department,
3.33 	and a collegiate entry and information
3.34 	center.
3.35 		Subd. 13.Minnesota State Community and
3.36 	Technical College - Fergus Falls                      7,604,000
3.37 	To design, construct, furnish, and
3.38 	equip an addition for fine arts,
3.39 	technology, and student services, and
3.40 	to design, remodel, furnish, and equip
3.41 	general and interactive television
3.42 	classrooms.
3.43 		Subd. 14.Minnesota State Community and
3.44 	Technical College - Moorhead                          7,061,000
3.45 	To construct, furnish, and equip an
3.46 	addition for allied health and
3.47 	construction trades and renovate space
3.48 	for student services.  The project
3.49 	includes boiler replacement, upgrades
3.50 	to storage, mechanical and electrical
3.51 	needs, correction of life safety and
3.52 	building code violations, demolition of
3.53 	temporary buildings, and construction
3.54 	of additional parking spaces.
3.55 		Subd. 15.Minnesota State University -
3.56 	Mankato                                               2,560,000
4.1 	To design an addition to and partial
4.2 	remodeling of Trafton Science Center.
4.3 		Subd. 16.Minnesota State University -
4.4 	Moorhead
4.5 	(a) Hagen Hall, Phase 2                              10,477,000
4.6 	To renovate, furnish, and equip Hagen
4.7 	Hall for classrooms, science
4.8 	laboratories, and related offices.
4.9 	(b) MacLean Hall                                        500,000
4.10 	To design a comprehensive renovation of
4.11 	MacLean Hall.
4.12 		Subd. 17.Northland Community
4.13 	College                                               2,157,000
4.14 	To relocate a workforce center, remodel
4.15 	to expand nursing programs, and remodel
4.16 	instructional and office space.
4.17 		Subd. 18.Riverland Community
4.18 	College                                               5,540,000
4.19 	To design, remodel, furnish, and equip
4.20 	science labs on the Austin and Albert
4.21 	Lea campuses and general classrooms on
4.22 	the Austin campus.
4.23 		Subd. 19.Rochester Community and
4.24 	Technical College                                    12,759,000
4.25 	To design, construct, furnish, and
4.26 	equip the renovation of the vacant
4.27 	Rockenbach gymnasium, portions of the
4.28 	Heintz Center and the University Center
4.29 	Rochester main campus buildings for use
4.30 	as a health sciences center for
4.31 	Rochester Community and Technical
4.32 	College, and to expand the dental
4.33 	clinic and create a community primary
4.34 	care clinic.
4.35 		Subd. 20.St. Cloud State University
4.36 	(a) Centennial Hall, Phase 2                          3,150,000
4.37 	To remodel, furnish, and equip
4.38 	Centennial Hall to convert it from a
4.39 	library to classroom and office space
4.40 	and to design the renovation of
4.41 	Riverview Hall.  This appropriation is
4.42 	added to the appropriation in Laws
4.43 	2003, First Special Session chapter 20,
4.44 	article 1, section 3, subdivision 16.
4.45 	(b) Brown Hall                                          900,000
4.46 	To design the renovation of, and an
4.47 	addition to, Brown Hall.  The
4.48 	renovation and addition must address
4.49 	life safety, fire, and air quality to
4.50 	provide space for nursing programs and
4.51 	necessary laboratory and classroom
4.52 	space.
4.53 		Subd. 21.St. Cloud Technical College                15,056,000
5.1 	To design, construct, furnish, and
5.2 	equip a multistory addition and to
5.3 	renovate classroom space into science
5.4 	space, including two science
5.5 	laboratories and a faculty office.
5.6 		Subd. 22.St. Paul College                          10,993,000
5.7 	To design, remodel, furnish, and equip
5.8 	construction trades and technology labs
5.9 	and design and construct a new entryway
5.10 	to link all floors of the original
5.11 	building with the tower to include
5.12 	offices, conference rooms, and student
5.13 	study areas.
5.14 		Subd. 23.South Central Technical
5.15 	College                                               5,157,000
5.16 	To remodel, furnish, and equip teaching
5.17 	laboratories at the North Mankato
5.18 	campus and for asset preservation at
5.19 	the Faribault campus.
5.20 		Subd. 24.Winona State University                   11,118,000
5.21 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
5.22 	Pasteur Hall for classrooms, science
5.23 	laboratories, and related offices.
5.24 		Subd. 25.Systemwide
5.25 	(a) Science Lab Renovations                           9,668,000
5.26 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
5.27 	science laboratories at campuses
5.28 	statewide.
5.29 	(b) Workforce Training Classrooms                     6,083,000
5.30 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
5.31 	classroom space at campuses statewide
5.32 	into space designed to address emerging
5.33 	workforce training needs.
5.34 	(c) Technology Updated Classrooms                     4,019,000
5.35 	To renovate and equip classrooms with
5.36 	learning technology at campuses
5.37 	statewide.
5.38 	(d) Demolition Initiative                             1,625,000
5.39 	To demolish obsolete buildings on ten
5.40 	campuses.
5.41 	(e) Program Consolidation                             2,173,000
5.42 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
5.43 	spaces to allow for program
5.44 	consolidation from one campus to
5.45 	another.
5.46 	(f) Land Acquisition                                  2,173,000
5.47 	To acquire real property near the state
5.48 	college and university campuses.
5.49 		Subd. 26.Debt Service
5.50 	(a) The board shall pay the debt
6.1 	service on one-third of the principal
6.2 	amount of state bonds sold to finance
6.3 	projects authorized in subdivisions 3
6.4 	to 25, except that, where a nonstate
6.5 	match is required, the debt service is
6.6 	due on a principal amount equal to
6.7 	one-third of the total project cost,
6.8 	less the match committed before the
6.9 	bonds are sold.  After each sale of
6.10 	general obligation bonds, the
6.11 	commissioner of finance shall notify
6.12 	the board of the amounts assessed for
6.13 	each year for the life of the bonds.
6.14 	(b) The commissioner shall reduce the
6.15 	board's assessment each year by
6.16 	one-third of the net income from
6.17 	investment of general obligation bond
6.18 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of
6.19 	principal and interest otherwise
6.20 	required to be paid by the board.  The
6.21 	board shall pay its resulting net
6.22 	assessment to the commissioner of
6.23 	finance by December 1 each year.  If
6.24 	the board fails to make a payment when
6.25 	due, the commissioner of finance shall
6.26 	reduce allotments for appropriations
6.27 	from the general fund otherwise
6.28 	available to the board and apply the
6.29 	amount of the reduction to cover the
6.30 	missed debt service payment.  The
6.31 	commissioner of finance shall credit
6.32 	the payments received from the board to
6.33 	the bond debt service account in the
6.34 	state bond fund each December 1 before
6.35 	money is transferred from the general
6.36 	fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
6.37 	16A.641, subdivision 10.

6.38 	Sec. 3. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 6.39 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond
6.40 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
6.41 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $292,602,000 in the
6.42 	manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
6.43 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
6.44 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

6.45 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 6.46 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final
6.47 	enactment.