1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements;  appropriating money to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings for the purpose of workforce centers; authorizing sale 
1.4 	of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
1.7 	DEVELOPMENT; WORKFORCE CENTERS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $850,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for transfer to the 
1.10 	named agency and for the purposes specified in this section. 
1.11 		Subd. 2.Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; Anoka-Ramsey Community 
1.12 	College at Cambridge. $350,000 is for transfer to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
1.13 	State Colleges and Universities to design a building addition on the Cambridge campus 
1.14 	of Anoka-Ramsey Community College to house the regional workforce center and 
1.15 	provide additional space for college academic support and student services. The design 
1.16 	must address the integration of programs between the college and the workforce center, 
1.17 	maximize the sharing of common spaces, and be consistent with the college's campus 
1.18 	master plan. The building must be owned and operated by the Board of Trustees of the 
1.19 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The workforce center shall enter into a lease 
1.20 	agreement with the college for use of space in order for the college to recover all associated 
1.21 	operating costs for a period not less than ten years upon completion of construction.
1.22 		Subd. 3. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; Rochester Community and 
1.23 	Technical College. $500,000 is for transfer to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
2.1 	State Colleges and Universities to design a building addition on the campus of Rochester 
2.2 	Community and Technical College to house the regional workforce center and provide 
2.3 	additional space for shared conference rooms and classrooms. The design must address 
2.4 	the integration of programs between the college and the workforce center, maximize the 
2.5 	sharing of common spaces, and be consistent with the college's campus master plan. The 
2.6 	building must be owned and operated by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State 
2.7 	Colleges and Universities. The workforce center shall enter into a lease agreement with 
2.8 	the college for use of space in order for the college to recover all associated operating 
2.9 	costs for a period not less than ten years upon completion of construction.
2.10 		Subd. 4.No Minnesota State Colleges and Universities obligation. The Board of 
2.11 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is not required to pay any of the 
2.12 	debt service of the bonds sold to finance projects authorized by this section. 

2.13 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE. 
2.14 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
2.15 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
2.16 	$850,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
2.17 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
2.18 	sections 4 to 7.