1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; department of 
  1.3             administration; updating references; increasing the 
  1.4             threshold project amount for designer selection board 
  1.5             approval; modifying building code language; 
  1.6             eliminating a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.7             2002, sections 16B.054; 16B.055, subdivision 3; 
  1.8             16B.24, subdivisions 1, 5; 16B.33, subdivision 3; 
  1.9             16B.61, subdivision 1a; 16B.62, subdivision 1; 
  1.10            327A.01, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  1.11            2002, section 16C.18, subdivision 1. 
  1.12  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.13     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.054, is 
  1.14  amended to read: 
  1.15     16B.054 [DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.] 
  1.16     The department of administration is designated as the 
  1.17  responsible agency to assist the Minnesota governor's council on 
  1.18  developmental disabilities in carrying out all responsibilities 
  1.19  under United States Code, title 42, section 6021 et seq. the 
  1.20  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
  1.21  2000, also known as United States Code, title 42, sections 15001 
  1.22  to 15115, and Public Law 106-402 (October 30, 2000, 106th 
  1.23  Congress), as well as those responsibilities relating to the 
  1.24  program which are not delegated to the council. 
  1.25     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.055, 
  1.26  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.27     Subd. 3.  [EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding section 15.059, the 
  1.28  council expires June 30, 2003 2006. 
  2.1      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective June 30, 2003. 
  2.2      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.24, 
  2.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.4      Subdivision 1.  [OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS.] 
  2.5   The commissioner is authorized to maintain and operate the state 
  2.6   capitol building and grounds, subject to whatever standards and 
  2.7   policies are set for its appearance and cleanliness by the 
  2.8   capitol area architectural and planning board and the 
  2.9   commissioner under section 15.50, subdivision 2, clause (j), and 
  2.10  all other buildings, cafeterias, and grounds in state-owned 
  2.11  buildings in the capitol area under section 15.50, subdivision 
  2.12  2, clause (a), the state department of public safety, bureau of 
  2.13  criminal apprehension building in St. Paul, the state department 
  2.14  of health building in Minneapolis, the Duluth government 
  2.15  services center in Duluth, 321 Grove Street buildings in St. 
  2.16  Paul, any other properties acquired by the department of 
  2.17  administration, and, when the commissioner considers it 
  2.18  advisable and practicable, any other building or premises owned 
  2.19  or rented by the state for the use of a state agency.  The 
  2.20  commissioner shall assign and reassign office space in the 
  2.21  capitol and state buildings to make an equitable division of 
  2.22  available space among agencies.  The commissioner shall 
  2.23  regularly update the long-range strategic plan for locating 
  2.24  agencies and shall follow the plan in assigning and reassigning 
  2.25  space to agencies.  The plan must include locational and urban 
  2.26  design criteria, a cost-analysis method to be used in weighing 
  2.27  state ownership against leasing of space in specific instances, 
  2.28  and a transportation management plan.  If the commissioner 
  2.29  determines that a deviation from the plan is necessary or 
  2.30  desirable in a specific instance, the commissioner shall provide 
  2.31  the legislature with a timely written explanation of the reasons 
  2.32  for the deviation.  The power granted in this subdivision does 
  2.33  not apply to state hospitals or to educational, penal, 
  2.34  correctional, or other institutions not enumerated in this 
  2.35  subdivision the control of which is vested by law in some other 
  2.36  agency.  
  3.1      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.24, 
  3.2   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  3.3      Subd. 5.  [RENTING OUT STATE PROPERTY.] (a)  [AUTHORITY.] 
  3.4   The commissioner may rent out state property, real or personal, 
  3.5   that is not needed for public use, if the rental is not 
  3.6   otherwise provided for or prohibited by law.  The property may 
  3.7   not be rented out for more than five years at a time without the 
  3.8   approval of the state executive council and may never be rented 
  3.9   out for more than 25 years.  A rental agreement may provide that 
  3.10  the state will reimburse a tenant for a portion of capital 
  3.11  improvements that the tenant makes to state real property if the 
  3.12  state does not permit the tenant to renew the lease at the end 
  3.13  of the rental agreement. 
  3.14     (b)  [RESTRICTIONS.] Paragraph (a) does not apply to state 
  3.15  trust fund lands, other state lands under the jurisdiction of 
  3.16  the department of natural resources, lands forfeited for 
  3.17  delinquent taxes, lands acquired under section 298.22, or lands 
  3.18  acquired under section 41.56 which are under the jurisdiction of 
  3.19  the department of agriculture.  
  3.20     (c)  [FORT SNELLING CHAPEL; RENTAL.] The Fort Snelling 
  3.21  Chapel, located within the boundaries of Fort Snelling State 
  3.22  Park, is available for use only on payment of a rental fee.  The 
  3.23  commissioner shall establish rental fees for both public and 
  3.24  private use.  The rental fee for private use by an organization 
  3.25  or individual must reflect the reasonable value of equivalent 
  3.26  rental space.  Rental fees collected under this section must be 
  3.27  deposited in the general fund.  
  3.28     (d)  [RENTAL OF LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS.] The commissioner 
  3.29  shall establish rental rates for all living accommodations 
  3.30  provided by the state for its employees.  Money collected as 
  3.31  rent by state agencies pursuant to this paragraph must be 
  3.32  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
  3.33     (e)  [LEASE OF SPACE IN CERTAIN STATE BUILDINGS TO STATE 
  3.34  AGENCIES.] The commissioner may lease portions of the 
  3.35  state-owned buildings in the capitol complex, the capitol square 
  3.36  building, the health building, the Duluth government center, and 
  4.1   the building at 1246 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota, to 
  4.2   state agencies and the court administrator on behalf of the 
  4.3   judicial branch of state government and charge rent on the basis 
  4.4   of space occupied.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all 
  4.5   money collected as rent pursuant to the terms of this section 
  4.6   shall be deposited in the state treasury.  Money collected as 
  4.7   rent to recover the bond interest costs of a building funded 
  4.8   from the state bond proceeds fund shall be credited to the 
  4.9   general fund.  Money collected as rent to recover the 
  4.10  depreciation costs of a building funded from the state bond 
  4.11  proceeds fund and money collected as rent to recover capital 
  4.12  expenditures from capital asset preservation and replacement 
  4.13  appropriations and statewide building access appropriations 
  4.14  shall be credited to a segregated account in a special revenue 
  4.15  fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner 
  4.16  to be expended for asset preservation projects as determined by 
  4.17  the commissioner.  Money collected as rent to recover the 
  4.18  depreciation and interest costs of a building built with other 
  4.19  state dedicated funds shall be credited to the dedicated fund 
  4.20  which funded the original acquisition or construction.  All 
  4.21  other money received shall be credited to the general services 
  4.22  revolving fund. 
  4.23     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.33, 
  4.24  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  4.25     Subd. 3.  [AGENCIES MUST REQUEST DESIGNER.] (a) 
  4.26  [APPLICATION.] Upon undertaking a project with an estimated cost 
  4.27  greater than $750,000 $2,000,000 or a planning project with 
  4.28  estimated fees greater than $60,000 $200,000, every user agency, 
  4.29  except the capitol area architectural and planning board, shall 
  4.30  submit a written request for a primary designer for its project 
  4.31  to the commissioner, who shall forward the request to the 
  4.32  board.  The University of Minnesota and the Minnesota state 
  4.33  colleges and universities shall follow the process in 
  4.34  subdivision 3a to select designers for their projects.  The 
  4.35  written request must include a description of the project, the 
  4.36  estimated cost of completing the project, a description of any 
  5.1   special requirements or unique features of the proposed project, 
  5.2   and other information which will assist the board in carrying 
  5.3   out its duties and responsibilities set forth in this section.  
  5.4      (b)  [REACTIVATED PROJECT.] If a project for which a 
  5.5   designer has been selected by the board becomes inactive, 
  5.6   lapses, or changes as a result of project phasing, insufficient 
  5.7   appropriations, or other reasons, the commissioner, the 
  5.8   Minnesota state colleges and universities, or the University of 
  5.9   Minnesota may, if the project is reactivated, retain the same 
  5.10  designer to complete the project.  
  5.11     (c)  [FEE LIMIT REACHED AFTER DESIGNER SELECTED.] If a 
  5.12  project initially estimated to be below the cost and planning 
  5.13  fee limits of this subdivision has its cost or planning fees 
  5.14  revised so that the limits are exceeded, the project must be 
  5.15  referred to the board for designer selection even if a primary 
  5.16  designer has already been selected.  In this event, the board 
  5.17  may, without conducting interviews, elect to retain the 
  5.18  previously selected designer if it determines that the interests 
  5.19  of the state are best served by that decision and shall notify 
  5.20  the commissioner of its determination. 
  5.21     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.61, 
  5.22  subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
  5.23     Subd. 1a.  [ADMINISTRATION BY COMMISSIONER.] The 
  5.24  commissioner shall administer and enforce the State Building 
  5.25  Code as a municipality with respect to public buildings and 
  5.26  state licensed facilities in the state.  The commissioner shall 
  5.27  establish appropriate permit, plan review, and inspection fees 
  5.28  for public buildings and state licensed facilities.  Fees and 
  5.29  surcharges for public buildings and state licensed facilities 
  5.30  must be remitted to the commissioner, who shall deposit them in 
  5.31  the state treasury for credit to the special revenue fund. 
  5.32     Municipalities other than the state having a contractual an 
  5.33  agreement with the commissioner for code administration and 
  5.34  enforcement service for public buildings and state licensed 
  5.35  facilities shall charge their customary fees, including 
  5.36  surcharge, to be paid directly to the contractual jurisdiction 
  6.1   by the applicant seeking authorization to construct a public 
  6.2   building or a state licensed facility.  The commissioner shall 
  6.3   contract sign an agreement with a municipality other than the 
  6.4   state for plan review, code administration, and code enforcement 
  6.5   service for public buildings and state licensed facilities in 
  6.6   the contractual jurisdiction if the building officials of the 
  6.7   municipality meet the requirements of section 16B.65 and wish to 
  6.8   provide those services and if the commissioner determines that 
  6.9   the municipality has enough adequately trained and qualified 
  6.10  building inspectors to provide those services for the 
  6.11  construction project. 
  6.12     The commissioner may direct the state building official to 
  6.13  assist a community that has been affected by a natural disaster 
  6.14  with building evaluation and other activities related to 
  6.15  building codes. 
  6.16     Administration and enforcement in a municipality under this 
  6.17  section must apply any optional provisions of the State Building 
  6.18  Code adopted by the municipality.  A municipality adopting any 
  6.19  optional code provision shall notify the state building official 
  6.20  within 30 days of its adoption. 
  6.21     The commissioner shall administer and enforce the 
  6.22  provisions of the code relating to elevators statewide, except 
  6.23  as provided for under section 16B.747, subdivision 3. 
  6.24     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.62, 
  6.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  6.26     Subdivision 1.  [MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT.] The State Building 
  6.27  Code applies statewide and supersedes the building code of any 
  6.28  municipality.  A municipality must not by ordinance or through 
  6.29  development agreement require building code provisions 
  6.30  regulating components or systems of any residential structure 
  6.31  that are different from any provision of the State Building 
  6.32  Code.  A municipality may, with the approval of the state 
  6.33  building official, adopt an ordinance that is more restrictive 
  6.34  than the State Building Code where geological conditions warrant 
  6.35  a more restrictive ordinance.  A municipality may appeal the 
  6.36  disapproval of a more restrictive ordinance to the 
  7.1   commissioner.  An appeal under this subdivision is subject to 
  7.2   the schedule, fee, procedures, cost provisions, and appeal 
  7.3   rights set out in section 16B.67.  The State Building Code does 
  7.4   not apply to agricultural buildings except with respect to state 
  7.5   inspections required or rulemaking authorized by sections 
  7.6   103F.141, 216C.19, subdivision 8, and 326.244.  All 
  7.7   municipalities shall adopt and enforce the State Building Code 
  7.8   with respect to new construction within their respective 
  7.9   jurisdictions.  
  7.10     If a city has adopted or is enforcing the State Building 
  7.11  Code on June 3, 1977, or determines by ordinance after that date 
  7.12  to undertake enforcement, it shall enforce the code within the 
  7.13  city.  A city may by ordinance extend the enforcement of the 
  7.14  code to contiguous unincorporated territory not more than two 
  7.15  miles distant from its corporate limits in any direction if the 
  7.16  code is not in effect in the territory.  Where two or more 
  7.17  noncontiguous cities which have elected to enforce the code have 
  7.18  boundaries less than four miles apart, each is authorized to 
  7.19  enforce the code on its side of a line equidistant between 
  7.20  them.  Once enforcement authority is extended extraterritorially 
  7.21  by ordinance, the authority may continue to be exercised in the 
  7.22  designated territory even though another city less than four 
  7.23  miles distant later elects to enforce the code.  After the 
  7.24  extension, the city may enforce the code in the designated area 
  7.25  to the same extent as if the property were situated within its 
  7.26  corporate limits.  
  7.27     Enforcement of the code in an extended area outside a 
  7.28  city's corporate limits includes all rules, laws, and ordinances 
  7.29  associated with administration of the code. 
  7.30     A city which, on June 3, 1977, had not adopted the code may 
  7.31  not commence enforcement of the code within or outside of its 
  7.32  jurisdiction until it has provided written notice to the 
  7.33  commissioner, the county auditor, and the town clerk of each 
  7.34  town in which it intends to enforce the code.  A public hearing 
  7.35  on the proposed enforcement must be held not less than 30 days 
  7.36  after the notice has been provided.  Enforcement of the code by 
  8.1   the city outside of its jurisdiction commences on the first day 
  8.2   of January in the year following the notice and hearing.  
  8.3      Municipalities may provide for the issuance of permits, 
  8.4   inspection, and enforcement within their jurisdictions by means 
  8.5   which are convenient, and lawful, including by means of 
  8.6   contracts with other municipalities pursuant to section 471.59, 
  8.7   and with qualified individuals.  The other municipalities or 
  8.8   qualified individuals may be reimbursed by retention or 
  8.9   remission of some or all of the building permit fee collected or 
  8.10  by other means.  In areas of the state where inspection and 
  8.11  enforcement is unavailable from qualified employees of 
  8.12  municipalities, the commissioner shall train and designate 
  8.13  individuals available to carry out inspection and enforcement on 
  8.14  a fee basis.  Nothing in this section prohibits a municipality 
  8.15  from adopting ordinances relating to zoning, subdivision, or 
  8.16  planning unless the ordinance conflicts with a provision of the 
  8.17  State Building Code that regulates components or systems of any 
  8.18  residential structure. 
  8.19     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 327A.01, 
  8.20  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  8.21     Subd. 2.  [BUILDING STANDARDS.] "Building standards" means 
  8.22  the materials and installation standards of the State Building 
  8.23  Code, adopted by the commissioner of administration pursuant to 
  8.24  sections 16B.59 to 16B.75, that is in effect at the time of the 
  8.25  construction or remodeling. 
  8.26     Sec. 9.  [REPEALER.] 
  8.27     Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16C.18, subdivision 1, is 
  8.28  repealed.