1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
1.3 	State Colleges and Universities to transfer its central office to the campus of a 
1.4 	college or university governed by the board;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.5 	section 136F.06, subdivision 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136F.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Office location. Notwithstanding chapter 16B, the board may select the location 
1.9 	for its central office. The central office must be located on one or more of the college or 
1.10 	university campuses governed by the board.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the expiration of the existing lease 
1.12 	entered into by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for 
1.13 	office space located at 30 East Seventh Street in St. Paul. The board shall notify the revisor 
1.14 	of statutes when the existing lease has expired.

1.15 	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; TRANSFER OF 
1.16 	CENTRAL OFFICE.
 1.17 	(a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must not 
1.18 	renew or extend its existing lease for office space located at 30 East Seventh Street in St. 
1.19 	Paul.
1.20 	(b) Consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 136F.06, subdivision 
1.21 	3, as amended by section 1, the board must study the options for transferring all operations 
1.22 	currently housed at 30 East Seventh Street in St. Paul to suitable space on one or more of 
2.1 	the college or university campuses governed by the board. By July 1, 2019, the board must 
2.2 	report to the legislature their plan for the transfer. The report must be filed in accordance 
2.3 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, with copies provided to the chairs and ranking 
2.4 	minority members of the committees in the house of representatives and the senate with 
2.5 	jurisdiction over higher education finance and policy.
2.6 	(c) The transfer must be completed no later than the expiration date of the existing lease.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.