1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2659 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.5	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.

1.6    The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the
1.7bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated,
1.8to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as
1.9authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire
1.10and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
1.11as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or
1.12article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
1.13the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.14

Sec. 2.

1.15    The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the
1.16bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated,
1.17to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as
1.18authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire
1.19and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
1.20as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or
1.21article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
1.22the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.23

APPROPRIATIONS

2.3

Section 1. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.4

Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation

$

.......

2.5To the Board of Regents of the University
2.6of Minnesota for the purposes specified in
2.7this section.

2.8 2.9

Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)

100,000,000

2.10To be spent in accordance with Minnesota
2.11Statutes, section 135A.046.

2.12

Subd. 3.Duluth Campus

2.13

Civil Engineering Addition

10,000,000

2.14To design, construct, furnish, and equip
2.15an addition to Voss-Kovach Hall on the
2.16University of Minnesota Duluth campus for
2.17the Department of Civil Engineering. The
2.18addition will include teaching laboratories,
2.19research laboratories, classrooms, and
2.20administrative offices.

2.21 2.22

Subd. 4.Morris Campus Community Services Building Renovation

5,000,000

2.23To design, construct, furnish, and equip
2.24a renovation of the Community Services
2.25Building on the University of Minnesota
2.26Morris campus to serve as the campus
2.27gateway center. This appropriation includes
2.28money to improve infrastructure required to
2.29serve the renovated building.

2.30

Subd. 5.Twin Cities Campus

.......

2.31

(a) Science Teaching Student Services

48,333,000

2.32To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
2.33new science teaching and student services
3.1building on the Twin Cities campus near
3.2the Washington Avenue Bridge. This
3.3appropriation includes money to demolish
3.4the existing science classroom building and
3.5to construct infrastructure required to serve
3.6the new building.

3.7

(b) Bell Museum

24,000,000

3.8To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
3.9new Bell Museum of Natural History on the
3.10St. Paul Campus as the state's official natural
3.11history center, a repository for a collection
3.12documenting Minnesota's biodiversity and
3.13a research museum.

3.14

(c) Folwell Hall

26,000,000

3.15To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
3.16renovation of Folwell Hall on the University
3.17of Minnesota Twin Cities campus to better
3.18serve language instruction and to house the
3.19university's writing programs.

3.20

Subd. 6.Research and Outreach Centers

3,533,000

3.21 3.22

(a) Northwest Research and Outreach Center, Crookston

1,733,000

3.23To design, construct, furnish, and equip new
3.24maintenance and farm support facility.

3.25 3.26

(b) West Central research and Outreach Center, Morris

2,000,000

3.27

Administration Building

3.28To construct, furnish, and equip an addition
3.29to the administration building for research
3.30in renewable energy.

3.31

Milking Facility and Pasture

3.32To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
3.33equip a milking facility for an organic dairy
3.34herd and to improve pasture land.
4.1The Board of Regents shall report to the
4.2legislative committees with jurisdiction over
4.3higher education and agriculture by June
4.415, 2008, on the University Agriculture
4.5Experiment Station and Minnesota Extension
4.6Service's work to promote alternative
4.7livestock research and outreach, and for
4.8an ongoing organic research and education
4.9program, funded in Laws 2007, chapter 144,
4.10article 1, section 5, subdivision 4.

4.11

Subd. 7.Classroom Renewal

2,000,000

4.12To renovate, furnish, equip, and upgrade
4.13instructional spaces on all university
4.14campuses, including technology upgrades
4.15and accessibility improvements to provide
4.16quality teaching and learning environments.

4.17

Subd. 8.Laboratory Renovation

6,667,000

4.18To renovate, furnish, equip, and upgrade
4.19research laboratories on all university
4.20campuses.

4.21

Subd. 9.University Share

4.22Except for Higher Education Asset
4.23Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)
4.24under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this
4.25section are intended to cover approximately
4.26two-thirds of the cost of each project. The
4.27remaining costs must be paid from university
4.28sources.

4.29

Subd. 10.Unspent Appropriations

4.30Upon substantial completion of a project
4.31authorized in this section and after written
4.32notice to the commissioner of finance, the
4.33Board of Regents must use any money
5.1remaining in the appropriation for that
5.2project for HEAPR under Minnesota
5.3Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board
5.4of Regents must report by February 1 of
5.5each even-numbered year to the chairs
5.6of the house and senate committees with
5.7jurisdiction over capital investments and
5.8higher education finance, and to the chairs of
5.9the house Ways and Means Committee and
5.10the senate Finance Committee, on how the
5.11remaining money has been allocated or spent."