1.1.................... moves to amend the H1485A18 amendment to H.F. No. 1485, the
1.2fourth engrossment, as follows:
1.3Page 1, after line 1, insert:
1.4"Page 1, after line 16, insert:

1.5ARTICLE 1
1.6GAMBLING"
1.7Page 2, after line 25, insert:

1.8"ARTICLE 2
1.9CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

1.10
 Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
1.11The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the
1.12bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated,
1.13to be spend for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as
1.14authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire
1.15and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature or
1.16as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j),
1.17or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this act for a capital
1.18program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly
1.19to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the
1.20commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations
1.21in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota
1.22Statutes, section 16A.642.
1.23
 SUMMARY
1.24
 University of Minnesota
 $
 56,410,000
1.25
 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
 170,735,000
1.26
 Education
 2,000,000
2.1
 Minnesota State Academies
 7,600,000
2.2
 Perpich Center for Arts Education
 263,000
2.3
 Natural Resources
 49,500,000
2.4
 Pollution Control Agency
 14,388,000
2.5
 Board of Water and Soil Resources
 21,000,000
2.6
 Rural Finance Authority
 33,000,000
2.7
 Zoological Garden
 5,000,000
2.8
 Administration
 31,000,000
2.9
 Amateur Sports
 375,000
2.10
 Military Affairs
 19,000,000
2.11
 Public Safety
 3,600,000
2.12
 Transportation
 102,100,000
2.13
 Metropolitan Council
 57,100,000
2.14
 Human Services
 10,600,000
2.15
 Veterans Affairs
 8,085,000
2.16
 Corrections
 31,600,000
2.17
 Employment and Economic Development
 588,605,000
2.18
 Public Facilities Authority
 51,677,000
2.19
 Housing Finance Agency
 10,000,000
2.20
 Minnesota Historical Society
 13,107,000
2.21
 Bond Sale Expenses
 1,173,000
2.22
 TOTAL
 $
 1,287,918,000
2.23
 Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
 1,144,173,000
2.24
 Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
 79,145,000
2.25
 State Transportation Fund
 30,000,000
2.26
 General Fund
 1,000,000
2.27
 Trunk Highway Fund
 17,500,000
2.28
 Trunk Highway Fund Bond Proceeds Account
 16,100,000
2.29
 APPROPRIATIONS

2.30
 Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
2.31
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 56,410,000
2.32To the Board of Regents of the University
2.33of Minnesota for the purposes specified in
2.34this section.
2.35
2.36
 Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 35,000,000
2.37To be spent in accordance with Minnesota
2.38Statutes, section 135A.046.
2.39
 Subd. 3.Duluth Campus
3.1
 American Indian Learning Resource Center
 7,350,000
3.2 To design, construct, furnish, and equip an
3.3American Indian Learning Resource Center
3.4to colocate existing programs and provide
3.5academic, classroom, computer lab, and
3.6other spaces.
3.7
 Subd. 4.Itasca Biological Station
3.8
 Itasca Facility Improvements
 4,060,000
3.9To design, construct, furnish, and equip a new
3.10technology-rich biological laboratory and
3.11classroom facility, and to design, construct,
3.12furnish, and equip the renovation of the
3.13historic Lakeside Lab and to remove obsolete
3.14single-function buildings at the University of
3.15Minnesota facility in Itasca State Park.
3.16
 Subd. 5.Twin Cities Campus
3.17
 Combined Heat and Power Plant
 10,000,000
3.18To predesign and design the renovation of
3.19the Old Main Steam Plant facility into a
3.20multi-utility plant to serve the Minneapolis
3.21campus.
3.22
 Subd. 6.University Share
3.23Except for Higher Education Asset
3.24Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)
3.25under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this
3.26section are intended to cover approximately
3.27two-thirds of the cost of each project. The
3.28remaining costs must be paid from university
3.29sources.
3.30
 Subd. 7.Unspent Appropriations
3.31Upon substantial completion of a project
3.32authorized in this section and after written
4.1notice to the commissioner of management
4.2and budget, the Board of Regents must use
4.3any money remaining in the appropriation
4.4for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota
4.5Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board
4.6of Regents must report by February 1 of
4.7each even-numbered year to the chairs of
4.8the house of representatives and senate
4.9committees with jurisdiction over capital
4.10investment and higher education finance, and
4.11to the chairs of the house of representatives
4.12Ways and Means Committee and the senate
4.13Finance Committee, on how the remaining
4.14money has been allocated or spent.

4.15
4.16
 Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES
4.17
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 170,735,000
4.18To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
4.19State Colleges and Universities for the
4.20purposes specified in this section.
4.21
4.22
 Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 35,000,000
4.23For the purposes specified in Minnesota
4.24Statutes, section 135A.046.
4.25
4.26
 Subd. 3.Anoka-Ramsey Community College -
Coon Rapids
4.27
 Bioscience and Allied Health Addition
 980,000
4.28To complete the design of and to renovate,
4.29furnish, and equip a science lab addition
4.30for the allied health programs, science,
4.31technology, engineering, and math initiatives.
4.32
 Subd. 4.Bemidji State University
4.33
4.34
 Business Building Addition, Renovation,
Design, and Demolition
 3,303,000
5.1To complete the design of the renovation
5.2and addition for space for the business
5.3department, to demolish obsolete buildings,
5.4and to replace the HVAC system.
5.5
 Subd. 5.Central Lakes College, Staples
5.6
 Main Campus Renovation
 3,458,000
5.7To complete the design of and to renovate,
5.8furnish, and equip Staples Main campus
5.9spaces for science, technology, and math
5.10initiatives, agriculture and energy programs,
5.11and to replace HVAC systems.
5.12
 Subd. 6.Century College
5.13
 Classroom Addition and Lab Renovation
 5,000,000
5.14To design, construct, furnish, and
5.15equip a classroom addition with six
5.16technology-enhanced classrooms, to
5.17renovate lab spaces, and to replace the HVAC
5.18system.
5.19
 Subd. 7.Dakota County Technical College
5.20
 Transportation and Emerging Lab Renovation
 7,230,000
5.21To complete the design of and to renovate,
5.22furnish, and equip existing transportation and
5.23technical space to provide classrooms and
5.24lab spaces for flexible program use, and to
5.25replace the HVAC system.
5.26
5.27
 Subd. 8.Metropolitan State University, St.
Paul
5.28
 Science Education Center Construction
 31,000,000
5.29To complete the design of and to construct,
5.30furnish, and equip the Science Education
5.31Center to support science, technology,
5.32engineering, and math initiatives and for
5.33allied health and teaching programs.
6.1
6.2
 Subd. 9.Minneapolis Community and
Technical College
6.3
 Workforce Program Renovation
 13,389,000
6.4To renovate, furnish, and equip existing
6.5classroom, lab, and support space and
6.6infrastructure for the technical trade
6.7programs, science, technology, engineering,
6.8and math initiatives.
6.9
 Subd. 10.Minnesota State University, Mankato
6.10
 Clinical Science Facility Design
2,065,000
6.11To complete the design for the Clinical
6.12Science Facility construction and renovation
6.13of existing space to colocate the Nursing,
6.14Dental Hygiene, and Speech, Language, and
6.15Hearing departments, clinics, and labs into
6.16one facility.
6.17
6.18
 Subd. 11.Minnesota West Community and
Technical College - Worthington
6.19
 Renovation and Addition
 4,606,000
6.20To renovate, furnish, and equip existing
6.21classroom and lab spaces and to design,
6.22furnish, and equip a classroom, lab, and
6.23entryway addition and replace HVAC
6.24systems.
6.25
6.26
 Subd. 12.North Hennepin Community College
- Brooklyn Park
6.27
 Bioscience and Health Careers Addition
 26,292,000
6.28To complete the design of and to construct,
6.29furnish, and equip the bioscience and
6.30allied health addition for existing and new
6.31bioscience and nursing programs.
6.32
 Subd. 13.Ridgewater College - Willmar
6.33
 Technical Instruction Lab Renovation
 13,851,000
7.1To complete the design of and to renovate,
7.2furnish, and equip classroom and student
7.3service spaces, to replace HVAC system,
7.4to construct, furnish, and equip an
7.5updated campus entry, and to demolish the
7.6Administration Building.
7.7
7.8
 Subd. 14.Rochester Community and Technical
College
7.9
7.10
 (a) Renovation and Addition for Workforce
Center Colocation
 3,146,000
7.11To complete the design of and to renovate,
7.12furnish, and equip existing Heintz Center
7.13space and to design, construct, furnish, and
7.14equip an addition to the Heintz Center for the
7.15offices and shared spaces and services of the
7.16Minnesota Workforce Center - Rochester,
7.17and to replace the HVAC system.
7.18
 (b) Classroom Renovation Design
 900,000
7.19To complete the design for renovation of
7.20Plaza and Memorial Halls to support science,
7.21technology, and math initiatives and allied
7.22health programs, to replace the HVAC
7.23system, and to install a fire suppression
7.24system.
7.25
 Subd. 15.Saint Paul College
7.26
 Health and Science Alliance Center Design
 1,500,000
7.27To complete the design for an addition for
7.28the college's health and science programs,
7.29including the elimination of crowding in
7.30existing labs and the demolition of obsolete
7.31space.
7.32
 Subd. 16.South Central College - Faribault
7.33
 Classroom Renovation and Addition
 13,315,000
8.1To complete the design of and to renovate,
8.2furnish, and equip existing campus spaces
8.3and to design, furnish, and equip an addition
8.4for the library and learning resource center
8.5for science and health labs, technical
8.6programs, and science and math initiatives.
8.7
8.8
 Subd. 17.Southwest Minnesota State
University
8.9
 Science Lab Renovation Design
500,000
8.10To complete the design to renovate portions
8.11of the existing Science and Math Building
8.12and to construct a Plant Science Learning
8.13Center addition, replace the HVAC system,
8.14and reconfigure labs and classrooms to
8.15support biology, medical technology,
8.16cytotechnology, environmental science, and
8.17geology programs.
8.18
8.19
 Subd. 18.Systemwide Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math
8.20
 Workforce Training Needs Renovations
 5,200,000
8.21To design, renovate, furnish, and equip space
8.22to meet workforce training needs on ten
8.23campuses and remove obsolete spaces. This
8.24appropriation may be used at the following
8.25campuses: Bemidji State University; Century
8.26College; Inver Hills Community College;
8.27Minnesota State Community and Technical
8.28College, Moorhead; Minnesota State
8.29University, Moorhead; Northeast Higher
8.30Education District, Hibbing Community
8.31College, Itasca Community College and
8.32Mesabi Range Community and Technical
8.33College; and Pine Technical College.
8.34
 Subd. 19.Debt Service
9.1(a) The Board of Trustees shall pay the
9.2debt service on one-third of the principal
9.3amount of state bonds sold to finance
9.4projects authorized by this section, except
9.5for higher education asset preservation
9.6and replacement, and except that, where a
9.7nonstate match is required, the debt service is
9.8due on a principal amount equal to one-third
9.9of the total project cost, less the match
9.10committed before the bonds are sold. After
9.11each sale of general obligation bonds, the
9.12commissioner of management and budget
9.13shall notify the board of the amounts assessed
9.14for each year for the life of the bonds.
9.15(b) The commissioner of management and
9.16budget shall reduce the board's assessment
9.17each year by one-third of the net income
9.18from investment of general obligation bond
9.19proceeds in proportion to the amount of
9.20principal and interest otherwise required to
9.21be paid by the board. The board shall pay its
9.22resulting net assessment to the commissioner
9.23of management and budget by December
9.241 each year. If the board fails to make
9.25a payment when due, the commissioner
9.26of management and budget shall reduce
9.27allotments for appropriations from the
9.28general fund otherwise available to the board
9.29and apply the amount of the reduction to
9.30cover the missed debt service payment. The
9.31commissioner of management and budget
9.32shall credit the payments received from the
9.33board to the bond debt service account in
9.34the state bond fund each December 1 before
9.35money is transferred from the general fund
10.1under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
10.2subdivision 10.
10.3
 Subd. 20.Unspent Appropriations
10.4(a) Upon substantial completion of a
10.5project authorized in this section and after
10.6written notice to the commissioner of
10.7management and budget, the board must use
10.8any money remaining in the appropriation
10.9for that project for Higher Education Asset
10.10Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)
10.11under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.
10.12The board must report by February 1 of each
10.13even-numbered year to the chairs of the house
10.14of representatives and senate committees
10.15with jurisdiction over capital investments and
10.16higher education finance, and to the chairs
10.17of the house of representatives Ways and
10.18Means Committee and the senate Finance
10.19Committee, on how the remaining money
10.20has been allocated or spent.
10.21(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation
10.22for a project in this section that is complete
10.23is available for Higher Education Asset
10.24Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)
10.25under this subdivision at the same campus
10.26as the project for which the original
10.27appropriation was made, and the debt
10.28service requirement under subdivision 9 is
10.29reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes,
10.30section 16A.642, applies from the date of the
10.31original appropriation to the unspent amount
10.32transferred.

10.33
 Sec. 4. EDUCATION
 $
 2,000,000
10.34
 Library Accessibility and Improvement Grants
11.1For library accessibility and improvement
11.2grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
11.3134.45.

11.4
 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES
11.5
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 7,600,000
11.6To the commissioner of administration for
11.7the purposes specified in this section.
11.8
 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 1,000,000
11.9To the commissioner of administration for
11.10asset preservation on both campuses of the
11.11academies, to be spent in accordance with
11.12Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
11.13
 Subd. 3.Technology Center
 6,150,000
11.14To complete design of and to construct,
11.15furnish, and equip a technology center
11.16addition to Smith Hall on the Minnesota
11.17State Academy for the Deaf campus.
11.18
11.19
 Subd. 4.Frechette Hall, Scout Cabin, and
Laundry Building Demolition
 450,000
11.20To complete design, perform hazardous
11.21materials abatement, and to demolish
11.22Frechette Hall, the scout cabin, and the old
11.23laundry building on the Minnesota State
11.24Academy for the Deaf campus, dispose of
11.25any hazardous materials, and fill the site.

11.26
11.27
 Sec. 6. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS
EDUCATION
11.28
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 263,000
11.29To the commissioner of administration for
11.30the purposes specified in this section.
11.31
 Subd. 2.Loading Dock Repair
 64,000
12.1To complete design of and repair the loading
12.2dock and dock steps.
12.3
 Subd. 3.Road Repair
 99,000
12.4To complete design and repair roadway.
12.5
 Subd. 4.Storm Drainage
 100,000
12.6To complete design of and install storm
12.7drainage on the northwest corner of campus.

12.8
 Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES
12.9
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 49,500,000
12.10To the commissioner of natural resources
12.11for the purposes specified in this section.
12.12The appropriations in this section are
12.13subject to the requirements of the natural
12.14resources capital improvement program
12.15under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12,
12.16unless this section or the statutes referred
12.17to in this section provide more specific
12.18standards, criteria, or priorities for projects
12.19than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
12.20
 Subd. 2.Natural Resources Asset Preservation
 3,000,000
12.21For the renovation of state-owned facilities
12.22and recreational assets operated by the
12.23commissioner of natural resources, to be
12.24spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
12.25section 84.946. The commissioner may
12.26use this appropriation to replace buildings
12.27if that is the most effective and the most
12.28energy-efficient and carbon-reducing method
12.29of renovation.
12.30
 Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants
 20,000,000
12.31For the state share of flood hazard
12.32mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
13.1improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
13.2damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
13.3103F.161.
13.4The commissioner shall determine project
13.5priorities as appropriate, based on need. This
13.6appropriation may be used for the following
13.7projects: Ada, Afton, Alvarado, Argyle,
13.8Austin, Borup, Brandt-Angus, Breckenridge,
13.9Brownton, Climax, Crookston, Delano,
13.10Felton, Georgetown, Granite Falls,
13.11Halstad, Hay Creek, Inver Grove Heights,
13.12Montevideo, Moorhead, Nielsville, North
13.13Ottawa, Oakport Township, Oslo, Redpath,
13.14Roseau, Rushford, and Shelly.
13.15For any project listed in this subdivision
13.16that the commissioner determines is not
13.17ready to proceed or does not expend all the
13.18money allocated to it, the commissioner may
13.19allocate that project's money to a project on
13.20the commissioner's priority list.
13.21To the extent that the cost of a project
13.22exceeds two percent of the median household
13.23income in the municipality multiplied by the
13.24number of households in the municipality,
13.25this appropriation is also for the local share
13.26of the project.
13.27
 Subd. 4.Roads and Bridges
 4,000,000
13.28For the design, reconstruction, resurfacing,
13.29replacement, and construction of
13.30DNR-maintained roads, culverts, and
13.31bridges. Funds from this appropriation may
13.32be granted to Bush Creek Township for
13.33the design and construction administration
13.34of a new bridge on 125th Street in the
14.1township leading to the Walnut Lake Wildlife
14.2Management Area.
14.3
14.4
 Subd. 5.Groundwater Monitoring and
Observation Wells
 500,000
14.5To install new groundwater level observation
14.6wells to monitor and assess groundwater
14.7availability for water supply planning and
14.8to seal existing monitoring wells that are no
14.9longer functional.
14.10
14.11
 Subd. 6.Dam Repair, Reconstruction, and
Removal
 5,000,000
14.12To renovate or remove publicly owned dams.
14.13The commissioner shall determine project
14.14priorities as appropriate under Minnesota
14.15Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.
14.16This appropriation includes money for the
14.17following projects:
14.18(a) Balsam Lake
14.19(b) Brawner Lake
14.20(c) Byllesby
14.21(d) Champlin
14.22(e) Coon Lake
14.23(f) Coon Rapids
14.24(g) Drayton
14.25(h) Height of Land Lake
14.26(i) Lake Bronson
14.27(j) Lanesboro
14.28(k) Lizzie Lake
14.29(l) Millerville Lake
14.30(m) Perkins Lake
14.31(n) Pelican Lake
15.1(o) Sand Hill River Lake
15.2(p) Sauk River Lake
15.3(q) Shady Lake
15.4(r) Stalker Lake
15.5(s) Sullivan Lake
15.6(t) Emergency projects
15.7Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
15.816A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of
15.9final contracts for the completion of a project
15.10listed in this subdivision, the commissioner
15.11may transfer the unencumbered balance
15.12in the project account to any other dam
15.13renovation or removal project on the
15.14commissioner's list.
15.15
 Subd. 7.RIM Critical Habitat Match
 3,000,000
15.16To provide the state match for the critical
15.17habitat private sector matching account under
15.18Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.
15.19
15.20
 Subd. 8.Water Access Renewal/Aquatic
Invasive Species Control
 7,000,000
15.21To design and construct an Asian carp
15.22deterrent barrier to control the spread of
15.23Asian carp and to accelerate the renewal
15.24and rehabilitation of public water access
15.25site facilities to provide for aquatic
15.26invasive species management, including the
15.27installation of decontamination stations.
15.28
15.29
 Subd. 9.Parks and Trails Renewal and
Development
 7,000,000
15.30For renewal, modification, replacement, or
15.31development of buildings and recreational
15.32infrastructure in state parks, state recreation
16.1areas, state trails, small craft harbors/marinas,
16.2fishing pier sites, and state forests.
16.3State trail project priorities include the
16.4Blufflands, Blazing Star, Brown's Creek,
16.5Casey Jones, Cuyuna, Gateway, Gitchi-Gami,
16.6Heartland, Mill Towns, Paul Bunyon, and
16.7Shooting Star state trails.
16.8
 Subd. 10.Unspent Appropriations
16.9The unspent portion of an appropriation,
16.10but not to exceed ten percent of the
16.11appropriation, for a project in this section
16.12that is complete, other than an appropriation
16.13for flood hazard mitigation, upon written
16.14notice to the commissioner of management
16.15and budget, is available for asset preservation
16.16under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946.
16.17Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
16.18from the date of the original appropriation
16.19to the unspent amount transferred for asset
16.20preservation.

16.21
 Sec. 8. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
16.22
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 14,388,000
16.23To the Pollution Control Agency for the
16.24purposes specified in this section.
16.25
 Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Program
 6,000,000
16.26To design and construct remedial systems
16.27and acquire land at landfills throughout the
16.28state in accordance with the closed landfill
16.29program under Minnesota Statutes, sections
16.30115B.39 to 115B.42.
16.31
 Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program
 5,600,000
16.32For solid waste capital assistance grants to
16.33local governments for the construction of
17.1solid waste resource recovery facilities under
17.2Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.
17.3
 Subd. 4.Storm Water Program
 2,788,000
17.4For grants to cities to fund removal of
17.5sediments from constructed storm water
17.6ponds. Eligible municipalities will apply for
17.7grant assistance of up to $250,000 per pond,
17.8and the grants will require a 50 percent match
17.9from nonstate funding sources. Preference
17.10will be given to projects that alleviate a
17.11threat of flooding to residential properties
17.12and businesses and provide direct water
17.13quality benefits to an impaired water, or
17.14where the municipality has implemented
17.15measures to reduce the future accumulation
17.16of contaminants that resulted in increased
17.17costs for the removal of the sediments.

17.18
17.19
 Sec. 9. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL
RESOURCES
17.20
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 21,000,000
17.21To the Board of Water and Soil Resources
17.22for the purposes specified in this section.
17.23
 Subd. 2.RIM Conservation Reserve
 20,000,000
17.24(a) To acquire conservation easements from
17.25landowners to preserve, restore, create,
17.26and enhance wetlands; restore and enhance
17.27rivers and streams, riparian lands, and
17.28associated uplands in order to protect soil
17.29and water quality; support fish and wildlife
17.30habitat; reduce flood damage; and provide
17.31other public benefits. The provisions of
17.32Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply
17.33to this appropriation, except that the board
17.34may establish alternative payment rates for
18.1easements and practices to establish restored
18.2native prairies, as defined in Minnesota
18.3Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 5, and
18.4to protect uplands. Of this appropriation, up
18.5to ten percent may be used to implement the
18.6program.
18.7(b) The board is authorized to enter into
18.8new agreements and amend past agreements
18.9with landowners as required by Minnesota
18.10Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision 5, to
18.11allow for restoration, including overseeding
18.12and harvesting of native prairie vegetation for
18.13use for energy production in a manner that
18.14does not devalue the natural habitat, water
18.15quality benefits, or carbon sequestration
18.16functions of the area enrolled in the easement.
18.17This shall occur after seed production and
18.18minimize impacts on wildlife. Of this
18.19appropriation, up to five percent may be used
18.20for restoration, including overseeding.
18.21
18.22
 Subd. 3.Wetland Replacement Due to Public
Road Projects
 1,000,000
18.23To acquire land for wetland restoration or
18.24preservation to replace wetlands drained
18.25or filled as a result of the repair or
18.26reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation
18.27of existing public roads as required by
18.28Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222,
18.29subdivision 1, paragraphs (l) and (m). The
18.30provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section
18.31103F.515, apply to this appropriation, except
18.32that the board may establish alternative
18.33payment rates for easements and practices
18.34to establish restored native prairies, as
18.35defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
18.3684.02, subdivision 5, and to protect uplands.
19.1The purchase price paid for acquisition
19.2of land, fee, or perpetual easement must
19.3be the fair market value as determined
19.4by the board. The board may enter into
19.5agreements with the federal government,
19.6other state agencies, political subdivisions,
19.7and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to
19.8acquire land and restore and create wetlands
19.9and to acquire existing wetland banking
19.10credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance
19.11of land may be in the name of the political
19.12subdivision.

19.13
 Sec. 10. RURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY
 $
 33,000,000
19.14For the purposes set forth in the Minnesota
19.15Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph
19.16(h), to the Rural Finance Authority to
19.17purchase participation interests in or to
19.18make direct agricultural loans to farmers
19.19under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.
19.20This appropriation is for the beginning
19.21farmer program under Minnesota Statutes,
19.22section 41B.039; the loan restructuring
19.23program under Minnesota Statutes, section
19.2441B.04; the seller-sponsored program under
19.25Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042; the
19.26agricultural improvement loan program
19.27under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.043;
19.28and the livestock expansion loan program
19.29under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.045.
19.30All debt service on bond proceeds used to
19.31finance this appropriation must be repaid
19.32by the Rural Finance Authority under
19.33Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643. Loan
19.34participations must be priced to provide full
19.35interest and principal coverage and a reserve
20.1for potential losses. Priority for loans must
20.2be given first to basic beginning farmer loans,
20.3second to seller-sponsored loans, and third to
20.4agricultural improvement loans.

20.5
20.6
 Sec. 11. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
GARDEN
 $
 5,000,000
20.7To the Minnesota Zoological Garden for
20.8capital asset preservation and betterments to
20.9infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota
20.10Zoo to be spent in accordance with Minnesota
20.11Statutes, section 16B.307.

20.12
 Sec. 12. ADMINISTRATION
20.13
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 31,000,000
20.14To the commissioner of administration for
20.15the purposes specified in this section.
20.16
20.17
 Subd. 2.Capital Asset Preservation and
Replacement Account (CAPRA)
 2,500,000
20.18To be spent in accordance with Minnesota
20.19Statutes, section 16A.632.
20.20
 Subd. 3.Asset Preservation
 15,000,000
20.21For asset preservation studies and projects
20.22on properties managed by the commissioner.
20.23This appropriation must be spent in
20.24accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
20.2516B.307. This appropriation includes up to
20.26$13,500,000 for asset preservation of the
20.27State Capitol Building and up to $7,500,000
20.28to complete an electrical upgrade at the
20.29Centennial Office Building that will address
20.30safety hazards and other requirements. Any
20.31remaining funds will be used to complete
20.32other asset preservation work in facilities
21.1under the custodial control of the Department
21.2of Administration.
21.3
 Subd. 4.University Avenue Tunnel
 6,600,000
21.4To complete design and construction of
21.5the University Avenue pedestrian and
21.6materials handling tunnel and for related
21.7improvements.
21.8
 Subd. 5.Capitol Campus Parking Replacement
 900,000
21.9For predesign and design of a parking facility
21.10to meet parking requirements at the Capitol
21.11campus. The bonds for this project shall be
21.12paid through user fees.
21.13
 Subd. 6.Agency Relocation
 1,000,000
21.14This appropriation is from the general fund
21.15for relocation of state agencies as determined
21.16by the commissioner of administration.
21.17
21.18
 Subd. 7.Hennepin County, Washburn Center
for Children
 5,000,000
21.19For a grant to Hennepin County to acquire
21.20and prepare a site for and to predesign,
21.21design, construct, furnish, and equip a new
21.22Washburn Center for Children that will be
21.23used to provide mental health services to
21.24children. The county is authorized to take
21.25actions and enter into agreements needed
21.26to perform the functions set forth in this
21.27section, and the agreements may include
21.28provisions and conditions that the county
21.29negotiates. The county may enter into a
21.30lease or management contract for the new
21.31center with a nonprofit entity. The lease or
21.32management contract must comply with the
21.33requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
21.3416A.695. This appropriation is not available
22.1until the commissioner has determined that
22.2at least an equal amount has been committed
22.3or expended from nonstate resources.

22.4
 Sec. 13. AMATEUR SPORTS
 $
 375,000
22.5To the Minnesota Amateur Sports
22.6Commission to replace HVAC heating and
22.7cooling units in the Indoor Sports Hall at the
22.8National Sports Center in Blaine.

22.9
 Sec. 14. MILITARY AFFAIRS
22.10
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 19,000,000
22.11To the adjutant general for the purposes
22.12specified in this section.
22.13
 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 5,000,000
22.14For asset preservation improvements and
22.15betterments of a capital nature at military
22.16affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in
22.17accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
22.1816B.307.
22.19
22.20
 Subd. 3.Camp Ripley Education Center
Addition
 14,000,000
22.21To complete the construction, furnishing, and
22.22equipping of an addition to the Camp Ripley
22.23Education Center (Building #6-76). The
22.24addition will include lodging, classroom, and
22.25dining facilities.
22.26
 Subd. 4.Unspent Appropriations
22.27The unspent portion of an appropriation for
22.28a project in this section that is complete,
22.29upon written notice to the commissioner of
22.30management and budget, is available for
22.31asset preservation under Minnesota Statutes,
22.32section 16B.307. Minnesota Statutes, section
23.116A.642, applies from the date of the
23.2original appropriation to the unspent amount
23.3transferred.

23.4
 Sec. 15. PUBLIC SAFETY
23.5
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 3,600,000
23.6To the commissioner of administration, or
23.7another named agency, for the purposes
23.8specified in this section.
23.9
 Subd. 2.State Emergency Operations Center
 2,000,000
23.10To complete site preparation and design for
23.11the State Emergency Operations Center in
23.12Arden Hills.
23.13
23.14
 Subd. 3.Ortonville Emergency Operations
Center
 1,600,000
23.15For a grant to the city of Ortonville to acquire
23.16land in the city of Ortonville and prepare the
23.17site for a new emergency operations center,
23.18including demolition of a building on that
23.19site, and to design, construct, furnish, and
23.20equip the emergency operations center.

23.21
 Sec. 16. TRANSPORTATION
23.22
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 102,100,000
23.23This appropriation is to the commissioner of
23.24transportation for the purposes specified in
23.25this section.
23.26
23.27
 Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and
Rehabilitation
 20,000,000
23.28This appropriation is from the bond proceeds
23.29account in the state transportation fund
23.30to match federal money and to replace
23.31or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as
23.32provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
23.33174.50. To the extent practicable, the
24.1commissioner shall expend the funds as
24.2provided under Minnesota Statutes, section
24.3174.50, subdivisions 6c and 7, paragraph (c).
24.4Political subdivisions may use grants made
24.5under this subdivision to construct or
24.6reconstruct bridges, including but not limited
24.7to:
24.8(1) matching federal aid grants to construct
24.9or reconstruct key bridges;
24.10(2) paying the costs of preliminary
24.11engineering and environmental studies
24.12authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section
24.13174.50, subdivision 6a;
24.14(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing
24.15bridge that is deficient and in need of
24.16replacement, but where no replacement will
24.17be made; and
24.18(4) paying the costs to construct a road
24.19or street to facilitate the abandonment
24.20of an existing bridge determined by
24.21the commissioner to be deficient, if the
24.22commissioner determines that construction
24.23of the road or street is more economical than
24.24replacement of the existing bridge.
24.25
 Subd. 3.Local Road Improvements
 10,000,000
24.26Approximately one-half of the appropriation
24.27is for construction and reconstruction of local
24.28roads with statewide or regional significance
24.29under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52,
24.30subdivision 4, and one-half is for grants to
24.31counties to assist in paying the costs of rural
24.32road safety capital improvement projects on
24.33county state-aid highways under Minnesota
24.34Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4a.
25.1This appropriation is from the bond proceeds
25.2account in the state transportation fund as
25.3provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
25.4174.50.
25.5
 Subd. 4.Rail Service Improvement Program
 1,000,000
25.6For the rail service improvement program
25.7to be spent for the purposes set forth
25.8in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50,
25.9subdivision 7.
25.10
 Subd. 5.Rail Capacity Improvements
 10,000,000
25.11To design and construct capital improvements
25.12that reduce rail congestion, improve on-time
25.13performance, and improve the efficiency of
25.14rail service along the existing freight railroad
25.15corridor between downtown St. Paul and the
25.16city of Hastings.
25.17
25.18
 Subd. 6.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track
Rehabilitation
 5,000,000
25.19For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional
25.20Rail Authority to rehabilitate and make
25.21capital improvements to railroad track from
25.22Norwood-Young America to Hanley Falls.
25.23A grant under this subdivision is in addition
25.24to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee for this
25.25project made by the commissioner under
25.26Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to
25.27222.62.
25.28
25.29
 Subd. 7.Railroad Warning Devices
Replacement
 2,500,000
25.30To design, construct, and equip the
25.31replacement of active highway rail grade
25.32crossing warning safety devices that have
25.33reached the end of their useful life.
25.34
 Subd. 8.Greater Minnesota Transit
 10,000,000
26.1For capital assistance for publicly owned
26.2greater Minnesota transit systems to be used
26.3to design, construct, and equip transit capital
26.4facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section
26.5174.24, subdivision 3c. This appropriation
26.6includes funding for the following projects:
26.7to design, remodel, and equip the former
26.8MnDOT district office in Mankato into
26.9a bus maintenance and storage facility;
26.10design, construct, and equip a multimodal
26.11transportation terminal in Duluth; and design,
26.12construct, and equip an operations center
26.13office and additional vehicle storage in St.
26.14Cloud.
26.15Money from this appropriation may be used
26.16to pay up to 80 percent of the nonfederal
26.17share of these facilities.
26.18
 Subd. 9.Port Development Assistance
 4,000,000
26.19For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
26.20457A. Any improvements made with the
26.21proceeds of these grants must be publicly
26.22owned.
26.23
 Subd. 10.I-35W Storm Tunnel, Minneapolis
 4,000,000
26.24For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
26.25to design and construct capital asset
26.26preservation improvements and betterments
26.27to the marked Interstate Highway 35W north
26.28and south storm tunnel systems to provide
26.29drainage for the interstate right-of-way as
26.30well as portions of southwest and northeast
26.31Minneapolis which drain into the tunnel.
26.32
 Subd. 11.Safe Routes to School
 2,000,000
27.1For grants under the safe routes to school
27.2program in Minnesota Statutes, section
27.3174.40.
27.4
 Subd. 12.Rochester Maintenance Facility
 16,100,000
27.5To design, construct, furnish, and equip
27.6the maintenance facility in Rochester and
27.7corresponding remodeling of the existing
27.8district headquarters building.
27.9This appropriation is from the bond proceeds
27.10account in the trunk highway fund.
27.11
 Subd. 13.Willmar District Headquarters
 7,500,000
27.12To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
27.13maintenance facility addition to the existing
27.14Willmar district headquarters building,
27.15and corresponding remodeling of the
27.16headquarters building.
27.17This appropriation is for fiscal year 2013
27.18from the trunk highway fund and is available
27.19until expended.
27.20
 Subd. 14.Plymouth Truck Station
 5,600,000
27.21To construct and equip a new truck station
27.22and bridge crew building in Plymouth.
27.23This appropriation is for fiscal year 2013
27.24from the trunk highway fund and is available
27.25until expended.
27.26
 Subd. 15.Cambridge Truck Station
 3,300,000
27.27To design, construct, furnish, and equip a new
27.28truck station facility in Cambridge, including
27.29ancillary buildings and site improvements.
27.30This appropriation is for fiscal year 2013
27.31from the trunk highway fund and is available
27.32until expended.
28.1
28.2
 Subd. 16.Crookston, Eden Prairie, and
Mendota Truck Station Design
 1,100,000
28.3To design new additions to the existing truck
28.4station buildings in Crookston, Eden Prairie,
28.5and Mendota.
28.6This appropriation is for fiscal year 2013
28.7from the trunk highway fund and is available
28.8until expended.

28.9
 Sec. 17. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
28.10
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 57,100,000
28.11To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes
28.12specified in this section.
28.13
28.14
 Subd. 2.Southwest Corridor Light Rail
Transit (LRT)
 24,000,000
28.15To perform environmental studies and
28.16preliminary engineering for, acquire property
28.17or an interest in property for, and design the
28.18Southwest Corridor light rail transit line.
28.19
28.20
 Subd. 3.Transit Capital Improvement
Program
 14,000,000
28.21To the Metropolitan Council or for the
28.22Council to grant to Anoka County Regional
28.23Railroad Authority, Dakota County, Dakota
28.24County Regional Railroad Authority,
28.25Hennepin County, Hennepin County
28.26Regional Railroad Authority, Ramsey
28.27County Regional Railroad Authority, or
28.28Washington County Regional Railroad
28.29Authority to perform environmental studies,
28.30preliminary engineering, acquire property or
28.31an interest in property, design or construct
28.32transitway facilities and infrastructure,
28.33including roadways, for the following
28.34transitway projects: Northstar Ramsey
29.1station, Gateway (I-94 East) corridor,
29.2Minneapolis Interchange facility, Red Rock
29.3corridor, Newport park-and-ride and station,
29.4Rush Line corridor, Robert Street corridor,
29.535W South Bus Rapid Transit, and Cedar
29.6Avenue Bus Rapid Transit.
29.7
29.8
 Subd. 4.Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital
Improvements
 10,000,000
29.9For the cost of improvements and betterments
29.10of a capital nature and acquisition by the
29.11council and local government units of
29.12regional recreational open-space lands in
29.13accordance with the council's policy plan
29.14as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
29.15473.147. This appropriation must not be
29.16used to purchase easements.
29.17
29.18
29.19
 Subd. 5.Minneapolis Park and Recreation
Board - Phillips Community Center Pool
Renovation
 2,100,000
29.20For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and
29.21Recreation Board to predesign, design,
29.22engineer, reconstruct, renovate, furnish,
29.23and equip the Phillips Community Center
29.24indoor competitive swimming pool and to
29.25predesign, design, engineer, and construct
29.26an additional indoor multipurpose family
29.27pool and facilities associated with an aquatic
29.28center in the community center, subject to
29.29Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
29.30
29.31
 Subd. 6.Metropolitan Cities Inflow and
Infiltration Grants
 7,000,000
29.32For grants to cities within the metropolitan
29.33area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
29.34section 473.121, subdivision 2, for capital
29.35improvements in municipal wastewater
29.36collection systems to reduce the amount of
30.1inflow and infiltration to the Metropolitan
30.2Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer
30.3disposal system. To be eligible for a grant, a
30.4city must be identified by the Metropolitan
30.5Council as a contributor of excessive inflow
30.6or infiltration and must be subject to the
30.7council's inflow and infiltration surcharge.
30.8Grants from this appropriation are for up to
30.950 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow and
30.10infiltration in the publicly owned municipal
30.11wastewater collection systems. The council
30.12must award grants based on applications from
30.13eligible cities that identify eligible capital
30.14costs and include a timeline for inflow and
30.15infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant
30.16to guidelines established by the council.

30.17
 Sec. 18. HUMAN SERVICES
30.18
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 10,600,000
30.19To the commissioner of administration, or
30.20another named agency, for the purposes
30.21specified in this section.
30.22
 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 2,500,000
30.23For asset preservation improvements and
30.24betterments of a capital nature at Department
30.25of Human Services facilities statewide, to be
30.26spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
30.27section 16B.307.
30.28
30.29
 Subd. 3.Minnesota Security Hospital - Phase I
predesign and design
 4,700,000
30.30To predesign and design the first phase of a
30.31two-phase project to remodel existing, and to
30.32develop new, residential, program, activity,
30.33and ancillary facilities for the Minnesota
31.1Security Hospital on the upper campus of the
31.2St. Peter Regional Treatment Center.
31.3
31.4
 Subd. 4.Early Childhood Learning and Child
Protection Facilities
 3,100,000
31.5To the commissioner of human services for
31.6grants to construct and renovate facilities for
31.7programs under Minnesota Statutes, section
31.8256E.37.
31.9
 Subd. 5.Remembering with Dignity
 300,000
31.10For grave markers or memorial monuments
31.11for unmarked graves of deceased residents of
31.12state hospitals or regional treatment centers.

31.13
 Sec. 19. VETERANS AFFAIRS
31.14
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 8,085,000
31.15To the commissioner of administration
31.16for the purposes specified in this section.
31.17The commissioner must allocate money
31.18appropriated in this section so as to maximize
31.19the use of all available federal funding.
31.20
 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 5,000,000
31.21For asset preservation improvements and
31.22betterments of a capital nature at veterans
31.23homes and cemeteries statewide, to be spent
31.24in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
31.25section 16B.307.
31.26
31.27
 Subd. 3.Minneapolis Veterans Home
Tuckpointing
 2,100,000
31.28To predesign, design and repair joint on all
31.29masonry clad buildings on the Minneapolis
31.30campus.
31.31
31.32
 Subd. 4.Silver Bay Veterans Home Resident's
Porches
 600,000
32.1To predesign, design and construct two
32.2four-season porches for the special care
32.3households.
32.4
 Subd. 5.Fixed Track Trolley Lifts
 385,000
32.5To furnish and install fixed track trolley lifts
32.6in 25 percent of skilled nursing resident
32.7rooms throughout all Veterans Homes.

32.8
 Sec. 20. CORRECTIONS
32.9
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 31,600,000
32.10To the commissioner of administration for
32.11the purposes specified in this section.
32.12
 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 8,000,000
32.13For improvements and betterments of a
32.14capital nature at Minnesota correctional
32.15facilities statewide, in accordance with
32.16Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
32.17
32.18
 Subd. 3.Minnesota Correctional Facility -
Shakopee
32.19
 (a) Perimeter Security Fence
 5,000,000
32.20To design, construct, and equip a fence of
32.21decorative iron pickets and masonry piers
32.22that will provide essential components
32.23of effective and reliable escape detection
32.24and intrusion, including but not limited
32.25to, installation of a fence protection alarm
32.26system, additional lighting and security
32.27cameras, and renovations of existing facilities
32.28required to accommodate the technology and
32.29functionality of the new system.
32.30
 (b) Escape Alert
 1,700,000
32.31To acquire and install an escape alert system
32.32throughout the MCF-Shakopee facility.
33.1
33.2
 Subd. 4.Minnesota Correctional Facility - St.
Cloud
 16,900,000
33.3New Intake, Health Services, and Loading
33.4Dock
33.5To design the entire project, and to construct,
33.6furnish, and equip a new health services
33.7unit, and the civil, mechanical, electrical and
33.8security components necessary to support
33.9the health services unit and the later phases
33.10of the project.
33.11
 Subd. 5.Unspent Appropriations
33.12The unspent portion of an appropriation for
33.13a project in this section that is complete,
33.14upon written notice to the commissioner of
33.15management and budget, is available for
33.16asset preservation under Minnesota Statutes,
33.17section 16B.307, at the same correctional
33.18facility as the project for which the original
33.19appropriation was made. Minnesota Statutes,
33.20section 16A.642, applies from the date of the
33.21original appropriation to the unspent amount
33.22transferred.

33.23
33.24
 Sec. 21. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
33.25
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 588,605,000
33.26To the commissioner of employment and
33.27economic development for the purposes
33.28specified in this section.
33.29
33.30
33.31
 Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business
Development Public Infrastructure Grant
Program
 5,000,000
33.32For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
33.33116J.431.
33.34
 Subd. 3.Redevelopment Account
 5,000,000
34.1For purposes of the redevelopment account
34.2under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.571
34.3to 116J.575.
34.4
34.5
 Subd. 4.Transportation Economic
Development Program
 10,000,000
34.6For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
34.7116J.436. Of this appropriation, $5,200,000
34.8is for a grant to Ramsey County to complete
34.9final design of the interchange of marked
34.10Interstate Highway 694 (I-694) and Rice
34.11Street and for associated improvements to
34.12the through-lanes of I-694 and areas of Rice
34.13Street adjacent to the interchange in Ramsey
34.14County.
34.15
34.16
 Subd. 5.Austin - Research and Technology
Center
 13,500,000
34.17For a grant to the city of Austin to design
34.18and construct a new building addition to
34.19the Hormel Institute, including research
34.20labs, research technology space, and support
34.21offices. This appropriation is not available
34.22until the commissioner has determined that
34.23at least an equal amount has been committed
34.24to the project from nonstate sources.
34.25
34.26
 Subd. 6.Bemidji - Headwaters Regional
Center
 475,000
34.27For a grant to the city of Bemidji to predesign
34.28and design the Headwaters Regional Center
34.29for Science, History, Culture, and the Arts,
34.30subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
34.3116A.695. This appropriation is not available
34.32until the commissioner has determined that
34.33at least an equal amount has been committed
34.34to the project from nonstate sources.
35.1
35.2
 Subd. 7.Bemidji - Lakeland Public Television
Media Center
 3,000,000
35.3For a grant to the city of Bemidji to construct,
35.4furnish, and equip a regional public
35.5television station in the city of Bemidji.
35.6This appropriation is not available until the
35.7commissioner determines that at least a 25
35.8percent match has been committed to the
35.9project from nonstate sources.
35.10
 Subd. 8.Duluth - Wade Stadium
4,700,000
35.11For a grant to the city of Duluth to design,
35.12construct, furnish, and equip improvements
35.13to the grandstand and field at Wade Stadium,
35.14including improvements to the field's
35.15drainage, prior to its resurfacing. There must
35.16be at least $1 of nonstate money committed
35.17to the project for every $2.50 of state money.
35.18
35.19
 Subd. 9.Hennepin County - Transportation
Interchange
 24,000,000
35.20For a grant to the Hennepin County Regional
35.21Railroad Authority for environmental
35.22analysis, engineering, design, acquisition of
35.23real property or interests in real property,
35.24site preparation for, and construction of the
35.25Minneapolis Transportation Interchange
35.26Facility located in the vicinity of the
35.27confluence of the Hiawatha light rail line and
35.28the Northstar commuter rail line.
35.29
35.30
 Subd. 10.Hennepin County - I-35W and Lake
Street Transit Station
 6,750,000
35.31For a grant to Hennepin County for design
35.32of a transit station in the Lake Street area at
35.33marked Interstate Highway 35W (I-35W) in
35.34the city of Minneapolis.
36.1
 Subd. 11.Itasca County - Regional Fire Station
1,200,000
36.2For a grant to Itasca County to acquire land
36.3along Trunk Highway 169 in Itasca County
36.4for a new consolidated regional fire station
36.5serving the cities of Calumet and Marble,
36.6and Greenway township, and to predesign,
36.7design, construct, furnish, and equip the
36.8new facility. The county may convey any
36.9property acquired with the appropriation to a
36.10public regional fire protection entity created
36.11by the communities to be served by the new
36.12fire station.
36.13
36.14
 Subd. 12.Mankato - Civic Center and All
Seasons Arena
 14,500,000
36.15For a grant to the city of Mankato to design,
36.16construct, furnish, and equip the expansion
36.17of the Civic Center auditorium, including a
36.18performing arts theater, and the remodeling
36.19and expansion of the Civic Center and
36.20All Seasons Arenas, which must include
36.21the Southern Minnesota Women's Hockey
36.22Exposition Center, for joint use by the city
36.23and Minnesota State University, Mankato.
36.24This appropriation is not available until the
36.25commissioner has determined that at least
36.26an equal amount has been committed to the
36.27project from nonstate sources.
36.28
36.29
 Subd. 13.Maplewood - Harriet Tubman
Center East
 3,435,000
36.30For a grant to the city of Maplewood to
36.31purchase, renovate, and make health, safety,
36.32and security improvements to the former St.
36.33Paul's Monastery to provide housing and
36.34various support programs for individuals
36.35and families in crisis. This appropriation
37.1is not available until the commissioner has
37.2determined that at least an equal amount has
37.3been committed to the project from nonstate
37.4sources.
37.5
37.6
 Subd. 14.Minneapolis - Sculpture Garden
Renovation
 8,500,000
37.7For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
37.8to preserve and renovate the Sculpture
37.9Garden, including a new HVAC system and
37.10mechanical plant in the Cowles Conservatory,
37.11increased Americans with Disabilities Act
37.12accessibility, new irrigation and drainage
37.13systems, and repair or replacement of lighting
37.14and security, stairways, sidewalks, walkways,
37.15and retaining walls. This appropriation is
37.16not available until the commissioner has
37.17determined that at least an equal amount has
37.18been committed to the project from nonstate
37.19sources.
37.20
 Subd. 15.Minnesota Vikings Stadium
 398,000,000
37.21For a grant to the Metropolitan Sports
37.22Facilities Commission or its successor to
37.23acquire land, prepare the site, including
37.24demolition, predesign, design, construct,
37.25furnish and equip a stadium suitable for
37.26professional football on the site of the
37.27Metrodome. This appropriation is not
37.28available until the commissioner has
37.29determined that at an amount sufficient to
37.30complete the project has been committed to
37.31the project.
37.32
37.33
 Subd. 16.Rochester - Mayo Civic Center
Complex
 29,000,000
37.34For a grant to the city of Rochester to design,
37.35construct, furnish, and equip the renovation
38.1and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center
38.2Complex. This appropriation is not available
38.3until the commissioner has determined that
38.4at least an equal amount has been committed
38.5to the project from nonstate sources.
38.6
 Subd. 17.Saint Cloud - Civic Center Expansion
 7,100,000
38.7For a grant to the city of Saint Cloud to
38.8predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
38.9equip an expansion of the Saint Cloud
38.10Civic Center, including a parking facility
38.11and pedestrian skyway connection. This
38.12appropriation is not available until the
38.13commissioner has determined that at least
38.14an equal amount has been committed to the
38.15project from nonstate sources. Amounts
38.16expended by the city of Saint Cloud for
38.17project costs since July 1, 2010, shall count
38.18toward the matching requirement.
38.19
38.20
 Subd. 18.Saint Paul - Minnesota Telecenter
Building Renovation
 8,000,000
38.21For a grant to the city of Saint Paul to
38.22construct and renovate the Minnesota
38.23Telecenter Building in downtown St. Paul.
38.24This appropriation is not available until the
38.25commissioner has determined that at least
38.26an equal amount has been committed from
38.27nonstate sources.
38.28
38.29
 Subd. 19.Saint Paul - Minnesota Children's
Museum
 10,000,000
38.30For a grant to the city of Saint Paul to
38.31design, construct, furnish, and equip an
38.32expansion and renovation of the Minnesota
38.33Children's Museum, subject to Minnesota
38.34Statutes, section 16A.695. The expansion
38.35and exhibit upgrades should incorporate the
39.1latest research on early learning, allow for
39.2new state-of-the art education facilities for
39.3Minnesota's early childhood educators, and
39.4increase the capacity of visitors to galleries
39.5and programming areas. This appropriation
39.6is not available until the commissioner has
39.7determined that at least an equal amount has
39.8been committed from nonstate sources.
39.9
 Subd. 20.Saint Paul - Regional Ballpark
 27,000,000
39.10For a grant to the city of Saint Paul to
39.11acquire land or an interest in land, complete
39.12site preparation, and to predesign, design,
39.13construct, furnish, and equip a regional
39.14ballpark and related public infrastructure in
39.15the city of Saint Paul. This appropriation
39.16is not available until the commissioner has
39.17determined that at least an equal amount has
39.18been committed to the project from nonstate
39.19sources.
39.20The city may employ or contract with
39.21persons, firms, or corporations to perform
39.22one or more or all of the functions of
39.23architect, engineer, or construction manager
39.24with respect to all or any part of the regional
39.25ballpark and related public infrastructure.
39.26The city may deliver the project through
39.27either a design-build or construction manager
39.28at-risk method. Alternatively, at the request
39.29of a minor league baseball team, and with the
39.30consent of the city, the city may authorize
39.31the team to provide for the design and
39.32construction for the ballpark and related
39.33public infrastructure, subject to the terms of
39.34this subdivision. To the extent practicable
39.35and at the discretion of the city, the city may
40.1have such rights and exercise such powers,
40.2with respect to the acquisition, construction,
40.3use, and operation of the regional ballpark,
40.4as are granted to the Minnesota Ballpark
40.5Authority under Minnesota Statutes, section
40.6473.756. No consent or approval of another
40.7political subdivision is required for the
40.8effectiveness or the exercise by the city of
40.9such rights or powers.
40.10
40.11
 Subd. 21.Saint Paul - University Enterprise
Laboratories
 9,000,000
40.12For a grant to the Saint Paul Port Authority
40.13to construct, furnish, and equip an addition
40.14to the University Enterprise Laboratories
40.15building in Saint Paul, subject to Minnesota
40.16Statutes, section 16A.695.
40.17
 Subd. 22.Stewartville - Fire Station Expansion
 485,000
40.18For a grant to the city of Stewartville to
40.19complete design work and engineering, and
40.20to construct, furnish, and equip an expansion
40.21and renovation of the city fire station. This
40.22appropriation is not available until at least
40.23an equal amount is committed to the project
40.24from nonstate sources.

40.25
 Sec. 22. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
40.26
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 51,677,000
40.27To the Public Facilities Authority for the
40.28purposes specified in this section.
40.29
 Subd. 2.State Match for Federal Grants
 17,077,000
40.30To match federal grants for the clean water
40.31revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes,
40.32section 446A.07, and the drinking water
41.1revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes,
41.2section 446A.081.
41.3This appropriation must be used for qualified
41.4capital projects.
41.5
41.6
 Subd. 3.Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
Program
 31,000,000
41.7For grants to eligible municipalities under the
41.8wastewater infrastructure funding program
41.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
41.10$5,000,000 is for a grant to the Central Iron
41.11Range Sanitary Sewer District to supplement
41.12previous wastewater infrastructure funding
41.13grants to design, construct, furnish, and equip
41.14new wastewater treatment facilities, lift
41.15stations, and force mains. This grant is not
41.16subject to the limitations on the availability
41.17or amount of the grant in Minnesota Statutes,
41.18section 446A.072.
41.19
 Subd. 4.Lutsen Lake Superior Water Project
 3,600,000
41.20For a grant to the Lake Superior-Poplar River
41.21Water District to acquire property interests,
41.22engineer, design, permit, and construct works
41.23and systems to transport and treat water
41.24from Lake Superior through the Poplar River
41.25Valley to serve domestic and irrigation water
41.26users and commercial, stock watering, and
41.27industrial users. This appropriation is not
41.28available until the authority has determined
41.29that at least $1,200,000 in nonstate match has
41.30been committed to the project. Expenditures
41.31made on or after October 1, 2011, shall count
41.32towards the nonstate match.

41.33
 Sec. 23. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
 $
 10,000,000
42.1To the Housing Finance Agency to finance
42.2the rehabilitation of public housing under
42.3Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202,
42.4subdivision 3a. For purposes of this
42.5section, "public housing" means housing for
42.6low-income persons and households financed
42.7by the federal government and owned and
42.8operated by public housing authorities and
42.9agencies formed by cities and counties.
42.10Eligible public housing authorities must
42.11have a public housing assessment system
42.12rating of standard or above. Priority must be
42.13given to proposals that maximize federal or
42.14local resources to finance the capital costs.
42.15The priority in Minnesota Statutes, section
42.16462A.202, subdivision 3a, for projects to
42.17increase the supply of affordable housing and
42.18the restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section
42.19462A.202, subdivision 7, do not apply to this
42.20appropriation.

42.21
42.22
 Sec. 24. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
42.23
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 13,107,000
42.24To the Minnesota Historical Society for the
42.25purposes specified in this section.
42.26
 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 3,250,000
42.27For capital improvements and betterments
42.28at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping
42.29at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and
42.30monuments, to be spent in accordance with
42.31Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The
42.32society shall determine project priorities as
42.33appropriate based on need.
42.34
42.35
 Subd. 3.County and Local Preservation
Grants
 1,000,000
43.1To be allocated to county and local
43.2jurisdictions as matching money for historic
43.3preservation projects of a capital nature,
43.4as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
43.5138.0525.
43.6
 Subd. 4.Oliver H. Kelley Historical Site
 8,857,000
43.7To complete design and to construct, furnish,
43.8and equip the renovation of the Oliver H.
43.9Kelley Historical Site, including the site's
43.10visitor center and other essential visitor
43.11services and site operations facilities.

43.12
 Sec. 25. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 $
 1,173,000
43.13(a) $1,158,000 is from the bond proceeds
43.14fund to the commissioner of management
43.15and budget for bond sale expenses under
43.16Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
43.17subdivision 8.
43.18(b) $15,000 is from the bond proceeds
43.19account in the trunk highway fund to the
43.20commissioner of management and budget
43.21for bond sale expenses under Minnesota
43.22Statutes, section 167.50, subdivision 4.

43.23    Sec. 26. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
43.24    Subdivision 1. Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act
43.25from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and
43.26issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,223,318,000 in the manner, upon the terms,
43.27and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and
43.28by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
43.29    Subd. 2. Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from
43.30the state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and
43.31issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $30,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and
43.32with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by
44.1the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except
44.2accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to
44.3a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
44.4    Subd. 3. Trunk highway fund bond proceeds account. To provide the money
44.5appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the
44.6commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an
44.7amount up to $16,100,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed
44.8by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution,
44.9article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the commissioner
44.10of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium
44.11received from the sale of the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds account in
44.12the trunk highway fund.

44.13    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.14    Subdivision 1. Alternative energy sources. Plans prepared by the commissioner
44.15for a new building or for a renovation of 50 percent or more of an existing building or its
44.16energy systems must include designs which use active and passive solar energy systems,
44.17earth sheltered construction, and other alternative energy sources where feasible.

44.18    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.32, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
44.19    Subd. 1a. Onsite energy generation from renewable sources. A state agency that
44.20prepares a predesign for a new building must consider meeting at least two percent of the
44.21energy needs of the building from renewable sources wind energy located on the building
44.22site. For purposes of this subdivision, "renewable sources" are limited to wind and the
44.23sun. The predesign must include an explicit cost and price analysis of complying with the
44.24two-percent requirement compared with the present and future costs of energy supplied by
44.25a public utility from a location away from the building site and the present and future costs
44.26of controlling carbon emissions. If the analysis concludes that the building should not
44.27meet at least two percent of its energy needs from renewable sources wind energy located
44.28on the building site, the analysis must provide explicit reasons why not. The building may
44.29not receive further state appropriations for design or construction unless at least two
44.30percent of its energy needs are designed to be met from renewable sources wind energy,
44.31unless the commissioner finds that the reasons given by the agency for not meeting the
44.32two-percent requirement were supported by evidence in the record.

44.33    Sec. 29. [16B.323] SOLAR ENERGY IN STATE BUILDINGS.
45.1    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
45.2have the meanings given.
45.3(b) "Made in Minnesota" means the manufacture in this state of:
45.4(i) components of a solar thermal system certified by the Solar Rating and
45.5Certification Corporation; or
45.6(ii) solar photovoltaic modules that:
45.7(1) are manufactured at a manufacturing facility that is registered and authorized
45.8to manufacture those solar photovoltaic modules by Underwriters Laboratory, CSA
45.9International, Intertek, or an equivalent independent testing agency;
45.10(2) bear certification marks from Underwriters Laboratory, CSA International,
45.11Intertek, or an equivalent independent testing agency; and
45.12(3) meet the requirements of section 116C.7791, subdivision 3, paragraph (a),
45.13clauses (1), (5), and (6).
45.14 For the purposes of clause (ii), "manufactured" has the meaning given in section
45.15116C.7791, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2).
45.16(c) "Major renovation" means a substantial addition to an existing building, or
45.17a substantial change to the interior configuration or the energy system of an existing
45.18building.
45.19(d) "Solar energy system" means solar photovoltaic modules alone or installed in
45.20conjunction with a solar thermal system.
45.21(e) "Solar photovoltaic module" has the meaning given in section 116C.7791,
45.22subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
45.23(f) "Solar thermal system" has the meaning given "qualifying solar thermal project"
45.24in section 216B.2411, subdivision 2, paragraph (e).
45.25(g) "State building" means a building whose construction or renovation is paid
45.26wholly or in part by the state, from any source of funds.
45.27    Subd. 2. Percent of appropriation for solar energy. (a) Any appropriation
45.28made for the construction or major renovation of a state building, except as provided in
45.29paragraph (c), must include an amount equal to five percent of the appropriation for the
45.30purchase and installation of "Made in Minnesota" solar energy systems on or adjacent to
45.31the state building.
45.32(b) An appropriation made under this section may not be used to purchase and install:
45.33(i) solar photovoltaic modules on a single building that, in aggregate, exceed a
45.34capacity of 40 kilowatts; or
46.1(ii) a solar thermal system that does not operate conjointly with photovoltaic modules
46.2on the same building. Purchase and installation of a solar thermal system may account for
46.3no more than 25 percent of the total appropriation for a building made under this section.
46.4(c) The commissioner may exempt a major renovation of a state building from the
46.5requirements of this section if the commissioner finds that the structural soundness or
46.6other physical condition of the state building to be renovated makes the installation of a
46.7solar energy system infeasible.

46.8    Sec. 30. [116J.436] TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
46.9INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
46.10    Subdivision 1. Grant program established; purpose. The transportation economic
46.11development infrastructure program is created to foster interagency coordination between
46.12the Departments of Transportation and Employment and Economic Development to
46.13finance infrastructure to create economic development opportunities, jobs, and improve all
46.14types of transportation systems statewide.
46.15    Subd. 2. Eligible projects. Funds appropriated for the program must be used to
46.16fund construction, reconstruction, and infrastructure improvements that will promote
46.17economic development, increase employment, and improve transportation systems to
46.18accommodate private investment and job creation.
46.19    Subd. 3. Trunk highway projects. Money in the program shall not be used on
46.20trunk highway improvements, but can be used for needed infrastructure improvements
46.21and nontrunk highway improvements in coordination with trunk highway improvement
46.22projects undertaken by the Department of Transportation.
46.23    Subd. 4. Application. The commissioners of transportation and employment and
46.24economic development shall design an application process and selection process to
46.25distribute funding to local units of government for publicly owned infrastructure using
46.26criteria that take into account: job creation; increase in local tax base; level of private
46.27investment; leverage of nonstate funds; improvement to the transportation system to serve
46.28the project area; and appropriate geographic balance between the metropolitan area and
46.29greater Minnesota.

46.30    Sec. 31. [174.40] SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
46.31    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
46.32have the meanings given them.
46.33(b) "Bond eligible cost" means expenditures under this section for acquisition of
46.34land or permanent easements, predesign, design, preliminary and final engineering,
47.1environmental analysis, construction, and reconstruction of publicly owned infrastructure
47.2in this state with a useful life of at least ten years that provides for nonmotorized
47.3transportation to and from public schools; preparation of land for which a route to school
47.4is established, including demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous
47.5conditions on the land; and the unpaid principal on debt issued by a political subdivision
47.6for a safe routes to school project.
47.7(c) "Federal program" means the safe routes to school program under Title I, section
47.81404 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
47.9for Users (SAFETEA-LU) of 2005, Public Law 109-59.
47.10(d) "School" means a public school, as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9,
47.1111, 13, and 17, and a charter school operated under section 124D.10.
47.12    Subd. 2. Program creation. (a) A safe routes to school program is established
47.13to provide assistance in capital investments for safe and appealing nonmotorized
47.14transportation to and from a school. The commissioner shall develop and implement the
47.15safe routes to school program as provided in this section. Financial assistance under
47.16this section is to supplement or replace aid for infrastructure projects under the federal
47.17program.
47.18(b) The commissioner may provide grants or other financial assistance for a safe
47.19routes to school project at the commissioner's discretion, subject to the requirements
47.20of this section.
47.21    Subd. 3. Safe routes to school accounts. (a) A safe routes to school account is
47.22established in the bond proceeds fund. The account consists of state bond proceeds
47.23appropriated to the commissioner. Money in the account may only be expended on
47.24bond-eligible costs of a project receiving financial assistance as provided under this
47.25section. All uses of funds from the account must be for publicly owned property.
47.26(b) A safe routes to school account is established in the general fund. The account
47.27consists of funds as provided by law, and any other money donated, allotted, transferred,
47.28or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account may only be expended on a
47.29project receiving financial assistance as provided under this section.
47.30    Subd. 4. State general obligation bond funds. Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
47.31section 5, clause (a), requires that state general obligation bonds be issued to finance only
47.32the acquisition or betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements
47.33of a capital nature. The legislature has determined that many school transportation
47.34infrastructure projects will constitute betterments and capital improvements within the
47.35meaning of the Minnesota Constitution and capital expenditures under generally accepted
48.1accounting principles, and will be financed more efficiently and economically under this
48.2section than by direct appropriations for specific projects.
48.3    Subd. 5. Program administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish general
48.4program requirements and a competitive process for financial assistance, including but
48.5not limited to eligibility requirements for grant recipients and projects; procedures for
48.6solicitation of grants; application requirements; procedures for payment of financial
48.7assistance awards; and a schedule for application, evaluation, and award of financial
48.8assistance.
48.9(b) An application must include:
48.10(1) a detailed and specific description of the project;
48.11(2) an estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total costs for the
48.12project and the allocation of identified and proposed funding sources for the project;
48.13(3) an assessment of the need for and benefits of the project;
48.14(4) a resolution adopted by the school board of the school for which a safe routes
48.15to school grant is requested, certifying that (i) the school board supports the project, and
48.16(ii) funds, if any, required to be supplied by the school district to complete the project are
48.17available and committed;
48.18(5) a timeline indicating the major milestones of the project and their anticipated
48.19completion dates; and
48.20(6) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
48.21(c) The commissioner shall make reasonable efforts to (1) publicize each solicitation
48.22for applications among all eligible recipients, and (2) provide technical and informational
48.23assistance in creating and submitting applications.
48.24(d) By January 1, 2013, the commissioner of transportation shall publish and
48.25maintain a manual on the safe routes to school program that assists applicants for and
48.26recipients of financial assistance. The manual must include identification of eligibility
48.27and general program requirements, explanation of the application process, and review of
48.28criteria for evaluation of projects.
48.29    Subd. 6. Evaluation criteria. The commissioner shall establish criteria for
48.30evaluation of applications and selection of projects. The criteria must include:
48.31(1) establishment or capital improvement of transportation infrastructure that
48.32improves safety and encourages nonmotorized transportation to and from a school;
48.33(2) compliance with all applicable requirements for capital infrastructure projects
48.34established by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation,
48.35for the federal program; and
48.36(3) other components as determined by the commissioner.
49.1    Subd. 7. Grant cancellation. If, five years after execution of a grant agreement,
49.2the commissioner determines that the grantee has not proceeded in a timely manner
49.3with implementation of the project funded, the commissioner must cancel the grant
49.4and the grantee must repay to the commissioner all grant money paid to the grantee.
49.5Section 16A.642 applies to any appropriations made from the bond proceeds fund to the
49.6commissioner under this section that have not been awarded as financial assistance.
49.7    Subd. 8. Legislative report. By November 1 annually, the commissioner shall
49.8submit a report on the safe routes to school program to the chairs and ranking minority
49.9members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over
49.10transportation policy and finance. The report must at a minimum:
49.11(1) summarize program implementation;
49.12(2) provide an overview of grant evaluation and criteria used in project selection;
49.13(3) provide a brief description of each project funded in the previous fiscal year,
49.14including the amount of money provided from each safe routes to school account under
49.15this section and the amount provided under the federal program;
49.16(4) summarize the status of the federal program or successor legislation; and
49.17(5) identify any recommendations for legislative changes, including proposals to
49.18improve program effectiveness.

49.19    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 462A.21, is amended by adding a
49.20subdivision to read:
49.21    Subd. 33. Housing infrastructure bonds account. The agency may establish a
49.22housing infrastructure bond account as a separate account within the housing development
49.23fund. Proceeds of housing infrastructure bonds and payments made by the state under
49.24section 462A.37 may be credited to the account. The agency may transfer the proceeds of
49.25housing infrastructure bonds to other accounts within the housing development fund that it
49.26determines appropriate to accomplish the purposes for which the bonds are authorized
49.27under section 462A.37.

49.28    Sec. 33. [462A.37] HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS;
49.29AUTHORIZATION; STANDING APPROPRIATION.
49.30    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
49.31have the meanings given.
49.32(b) "Abandoned property" has the meaning given in section 117.025, subdivision 5.
49.33(c) "Community land trust" means an entity that meets the requirements of section
49.34462A.31, subdivisions 1 and 2.
50.1(d) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any fiscal year of principal,
50.2premium, if any, and interest on housing infrastructure bonds and the fees, charges, and
50.3expenses related to the bonds.
50.4(e) "Foreclosed property" means residential property where foreclosure proceedings
50.5have been initiated or have been completed and title transferred or where title is transferred
50.6in lieu of foreclosure.
50.7(f) "Housing infrastructure bonds" means bonds issued by the agency under chapter
50.8462A that are qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, within the meaning of Section 145(a) of the
50.9Internal Revenue Code, or are tax-exempt bonds that are not private activity bonds, within
50.10the meaning of Section 141(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for the purpose of financing
50.11or refinancing affordable housing authorized under this chapter.
50.12(g) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
50.13(h) "Supportive housing" means housing that is not time-limited and provides or
50.14coordinates with linkages to services necessary for residents to maintain housing stability
50.15and maximize opportunities for education and employment.
50.16    Subd. 2. Authorization. (a) The agency may issue up to $25,000,000 in aggregate
50.17principal amount of housing infrastructure bonds in one or more series to which the
50.18payment made under this section may be pledged. The housing infrastructure bonds
50.19authorized in this subdivision may be issued to fund loans, on terms and conditions the
50.20agency deems appropriate, made for one or more of the following purposes:
50.21(1) to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of (i)
50.22supportive housing for individuals and families who are without a permanent residence, or
50.23(ii) culturally specific supportive housing for girls and women to provide them protection
50.24from and the means to escape exploitation and trafficking;
50.25(2) to finance the costs of the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed or
50.26abandoned housing to be used for affordable rental housing and the costs of new
50.27construction of rental housing on abandoned or foreclosed property where the existing
50.28structures will be demolished or removed;
50.29(3) to finance that portion of the costs of acquisition of abandoned or foreclosed
50.30property that is attributable to the land to be leased by community land trusts to low-
50.31and moderate-income homebuyers; and
50.32(4) to finance the costs of acquisition and rehabilitation of federally assisted rental
50.33housing and for the refinancing of costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation
50.34of federally assisted rental housing, including providing funds to refund, in whole or in
50.35part, outstanding bonds previously issued by the agency or another governmental unit to
50.36finance or refinance such costs.
51.1(b) Among comparable proposals for permanent supportive housing, preference
51.2shall be given to permanent supportive housing for individuals or families who: (1) either
51.3have been without a permanent residence for at least 12 months or at least four times in
51.4the last three years; or (2) are at significant risk of lacking a permanent residence for 12
51.5months or at least four times in the last three years.
51.6    Subd. 3. No full faith and credit. The housing infrastructure bonds are not public
51.7debt of the state, and the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the state are not pledged
51.8to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds or to any payment that the state agrees
51.9to make under this section. The bonds must contain a conspicuous statement to that effect.
51.10    Subd. 4. Appropriation; payment to agency or trustee. (a) The agency must
51.11certify annually to the commissioner of management and budget the actual amount of
51.12annual debt service on each series of bonds issued under subdivision 2.
51.13(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2013 and through 2035, if any housing infrastructure
51.14bonds issued under subdivision 2 remain outstanding, the commissioner of management
51.15and budget must transfer to the affordable housing bond account established under
51.16section 462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed
51.17$1,850,000 annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from
51.18the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
51.19(c) The agency may pledge to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds the
51.20payments to be made by the state under this section.

51.21    Sec. 34. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 2010,
51.22chapter 399, section 2, is amended to read:
51.23
 Subd. 23.Trail connections
 2,010,000
51.24For matching grants under Minnesota
51.25Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
51.26$500,000 is for a grant to Carlton County
51.27to predesign, design, and construct a
51.28nonmotorized pedestrian trail connection
51.29to the Willard Munger State Trail from the
51.30city of Carlton through the city of Scanlon
51.31continuing to the city of Cloquet, along the
51.32St. Louis River in Carlton County.
51.33$260,000 is to provide the state match for the
51.34cost of the Soo Line Multiuse Recreational
52.1Bridge project over marked Trunk Highway
52.2169 in Mille Lacs County.
52.3$175,000 is for a grant to the city of Bowlus
52.4in Morrison County to design, construct,
52.5furnish, and equip a trailhead center at the
52.6head of the Soo Line Recreational Trail.
52.7$125,000 is for a grant to Morrison
52.8County to predesign, design, construct,
52.9furnish, and equip a park-and-ride lot and
52.10restroom building adjacent to the Soo Line
52.11Recreational Trail at U.S. Highway 10.
52.12$950,000 is for a grant to the St. Louis
52.13and Lake Counties Regional Railroad
52.14Authority for land acquisition, engineering,
52.15construction, furnishing, and equipping of
52.16a 19-mile "Boundary Waters Connection"
52.17of the Mesabi Trail from Bearhead State
52.18Park to the International Wolf Center in
52.19Ely. This appropriation is contingent upon
52.20a matching contribution of $950,000 from
52.21other sources, public or private. segment of
52.22the Mesabi Trail from County Road 697 in
52.23Breitung Township east through Vermilion
52.24State Park. Notwithstanding Minnesota
52.25Statutes, section 85.019, no local match shall
52.26be required for this grant. Notwithstanding
52.27Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
52.28bond authorization and appropriation of bond
52.29proceeds for this project are available until
52.30June 30, 2014.

52.31    Sec. 35. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
52.32
52.33
 Subd. 3.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT)
 5,000,000
53.1To the Metropolitan Council or for a
53.2grant to Dakota County for environmental
53.3studies, preliminary engineering, bus
53.4lane improvements, and transit station
53.5construction and improvements in the Cedar
53.6Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor.
53.7This appropriation may not be spent for
53.8capital improvements within a trunk highway
53.9right-of-way.

53.10    Sec. 36. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 27, as amended by Laws 2010,
53.11chapter 189, section 56, and Laws 2010, chapter 399, section 4, is amended to read:
53.12
53.13
 Subd. 27.State Trail Acquisition,
Rehabilitation, and Development
 15,320,000
53.14To acquire land for and to construct and
53.15renovate state trails under Minnesota
53.16Statutes, section 85.015.
53.17$970,000 is for the Chester Woods Trail
53.18from Rochester to Dover. Notwithstanding
53.19Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
53.20bond authorization and appropriation of bond
53.21proceeds for this project are available until
53.22June 30, 2016.
53.23$700,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
53.24$750,000 is for the Gateway Trail, to replace
53.25an at-grade crossing of the Gateway Trail
53.26at Highway 120 with a grade-separated
53.27crossing.
53.28$1,600,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail
53.29between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State
53.30Park.
53.31$1,500,000 is for the Great River Ridge Trail
53.32from Plainview to Elgin to Eyota.
53.33$1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail.
54.1$500,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail from
54.2Lake Byllesby Park to Cannon Falls.
54.3$150,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail within
54.4the city of Faribault.
54.5$1,500,000 is for the Minnesota River
54.6Trail from Appleton to Milan and to
54.7the Marsh Lake Dam. Notwithstanding
54.8Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
54.9bond authorization and appropriation of bond
54.10proceeds for this project are available until
54.11December 30, 2014.
54.12$2,000,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail from
54.13Walker to Guthrie.
54.14$250,000 is for the Root River Trail from
54.15Preston to Forestville State Park.
54.16$100,000 is for the Root River Trail, the
54.17eastern extension.
54.18$250,000 is for the Root River Trail, the
54.19eastern extension Wagon Wheel.
54.20$550,000 is to connect the Stagecoach Trail
54.21with the Douglas Trail in Olmsted County.
54.22$3,000,000 is to rehabilitate state trails.
54.23For any project listed in this subdivision that
54.24the commissioner determines is not ready to
54.25proceed, the commissioner may allocate that
54.26project's money to another state trail project
54.27in this subdivision. The chairs of the house
54.28and senate committees with jurisdiction
54.29over environment and natural resources
54.30and legislators from the affected legislative
54.31districts must be notified of any changes.

54.32    Sec. 37. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 17, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
55.1
 Subd. 4.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
 4,000,000
55.2To the Metropolitan Council or to the
55.3Council to grant to Dakota County, the
55.4Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority,
55.5or the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority to
55.6acquire land, or an interest in land, and to for
55.7design, environmental studies, preliminary
55.8engineering, bus lane improvements, layover
55.9and maintenance facilities, and transit station
55.10construction and improvements in the Cedar
55.11Avenue Bus Rapid Transit corridor in Dakota
55.12County. This appropriation may not be spent
55.13for capital improvements within a trunk
55.14highway right-of-way. This appropriation
55.15is added to the appropriation in Laws 2006,
55.16chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 3.

55.17    Sec. 38. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2011,
55.18First Special Session chapter 12, section 34, is amended to read:
55.19
 Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus
55.20
 Building 17 HVAC Replacement
 1,155,000
55.21To predesign, design, and construct
55.22improvements to heating, ventilation, air
55.23conditioning, and lighting systems and
55.24associated areas serving the south wing of
55.25Building 17. Any unspent funds from this
55.26appropriation may be used for the purposes
55.27provided under Laws 2010, chapter 189,
55.28section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by
55.29Laws 2010, chapter 399, section 8, and
55.30Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12,
55.31section 46.

56.1    Sec. 39. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, subdivision 15, as amended by Laws
56.22008, chapter 365, section 22, and Laws 2008, chapter 370, section 6, is amended to read:
56.3
56.4
 Subd. 15. St. Cloud State University - National
Hockey Center; HEAPR
 6,500,000
56.5To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
56.6State Colleges and Universities to predesign,
56.7design, construct, furnish, and equip the
56.8renovation of and addition to the National
56.9Hockey Center or for higher education asset
56.10preservation and replacement (HEAPR)
56.11pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
56.12135A.046, at St. Cloud State University or
56.13systemwide. The board may use university
56.14and nonstate money for the remainder of
56.15the cost of the construction of the National
56.16Hockey Center project. Notwithstanding
56.17Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
56.18bond authorization and appropriation of bond
56.19proceeds in this subdivision are available
56.20until June 30, 2016.

56.21    Sec. 40. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.22
56.23
 Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement
Program
 21,000,000
56.24(a) To the Metropolitan Council. $8,500,000
56.25is for the state's share of costs for the Central
56.26Corridor light rail line for one or more of the
56.27following activities: preliminary engineering,
56.28final design, property acquisition, including
56.29improvements and betterments of a capital
56.30nature, relocation of utilities owned by public
56.31entities, and construction.
56.32(b) Any remaining money from this
56.33appropriation is to implement one or more of
56.34the following capital improvements, which
57.1are not listed in a ranked order of priority.
57.2The council shall determine project priorities
57.3after consultation with the Counties Transit
57.4Improvement Board, and other stakeholders,
57.5as appropriate. The council shall seek
57.6geographic balance in the allotment of this
57.7appropriation where possible and maximize
57.8the use of all available federal money from
57.9the American Recovery and Reinvestment
57.10Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and any
57.11other available federal money.
57.12
 (1) Bottineau Boulevard Transit Way
57.13For a grant to the Hennepin County Regional
57.14Railroad Authority for environmental work
57.15for Bottineau Transit Way corridor from the
57.16Hiawatha light rail and Northstar intermodal
57.17transit station in downtown Minneapolis to
57.18the vicinity of the Target development in
57.19northern Brooklyn Park or the Arbor Lakes
57.20retail area in Maple Grove.
57.21
 (2) Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
57.22To the Metropolitan Council or to the
57.23Council for a grant to Dakota County, the
57.24Dakota County Regional Rail Railroad
57.25Authority, or the Minnesota Valley Transit
57.26Authority to acquire real property and
57.27construct, for preliminary engineering, and to
57.28design and construct transit stations, layover
57.29and maintenance facilities, and roadway
57.30improvements for shoulder running bus lanes
57.31on County State-Aid Highway 23 in Apple
57.32Valley and Lakeville for the Cedar Avenue
57.33Bus Rapid Transit Way (BRT) in Dakota
57.34County.
57.35
 (3) I-94 Corridor Transit Way
58.1(i) For a grant to Washington County
58.2Regional Rail Authority for environmental
58.3work and preliminary engineering of
58.4transportation and transit improvements,
58.5including busways, park-and-rides, or rail
58.6transit, in the marked Interstate Highway 94
58.7corridor.
58.8(ii) To acquire property and construct
58.9transportation and transit improvements,
58.10including busways, park-and-rides, or rail
58.11transit, in the marked Interstate Highway 94
58.12corridor.
58.13
 (4) Red Rock Corridor Transit Way
58.14To design, construct, and furnish
58.15park-and-ride lots for the Red Rock
58.16Corridor Transit Way between Hastings and
58.17Minneapolis via St. Paul, and any extension
58.18between Hastings and Red Wing.
58.19
 (5) Riverview Corridor Transit Way
58.20For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional
58.21Railroad Authority for environmental work
58.22and preliminary engineering for bus rapid
58.23transit in the Riverview corridor between the
58.24east side of St. Paul and the Minneapolis-St.
58.25Paul International Airport and the Mall of
58.26America.
58.27
 (6) Robert Street Corridor Transit Way
58.28To design and construct new passenger
58.29shelters and a bus layover facility, including
58.30rest rooms, break areas, and a passenger
58.31shelter, in the Robert Street Corridor Transit
58.32Way along or parallel to U.S. Highway
58.3352 and Robert Street from within the city
59.1of St. Paul to Dakota County Road 42 in
59.2Rosemount.
59.3
 (7) Rush Line Corridor Transit Way
59.4For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional
59.5Railroad Authority to acquire land for,
59.6design, and construct park-and-ride or
59.7park-and-pool lots located along the Rush
59.8Line Corridor along I-35E/I-35 and Highway
59.961 from the Union Depot in downtown St.
59.10Paul to Hinckley.
59.11
 (8) Southwest Corridor Transit Way
59.12To prepare an environmental impact
59.13statement (EIS) and for preliminary
59.14engineering for the Southwest Transit Way
59.15Corridor, from the Hiawatha light rail in
59.16downtown Minneapolis to the vicinity of the
59.17Southwest Station transit hub in Eden Prairie.
59.18The Metropolitan Council may grant a
59.19portion of this appropriation to the Hennepin
59.20County Regional Railroad Authority for the
59.21EIS work.
59.22
 (9) Union Depot
59.23For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional
59.24Railroad Authority to acquire land and
59.25structures, to renovate structures, and
59.26for design, engineering, and construction
59.27to revitalize Union Depot for use as a
59.28multimodal transit center in St. Paul. The
59.29center must be designed so that it facilitates a
59.30potential future connection of high-speed rail
59.31to Minneapolis.
59.32(c) Of this amount, $313,000 is for
59.33preliminary engineering and final design for
59.34betterments in the State Capitol area related
60.1to the Central Corridor light rail transit
60.2project. This money is not included in the
60.3Central Corridor light rail transit project
60.4budget.

60.5    Sec. 41. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
60.6
 Subd. 12.Shade Tree Program
 3,000,000
60.7For Department of Natural Resources
60.8expenditures on state lands, if recommended
60.9by an adjacent or coterminous unit of local
60.10government, and for grants to cities, counties,
60.11townships, and park and recreation boards
60.12in cities of the first class for the planting of
60.13publicly owned shade trees on public land
60.14to provide environmental benefits; replace
60.15trees lost to forest pests, disease or storm; or
60.16to establish a more diverse community forest
60.17better able to withstand disease and forest
60.18pests. The commissioner must give priority
60.19to grant requests to remove and replace
60.20trees with active infestations of emerald ash
60.21borer. For purposes of this appropriation,
60.22"shade tree" means a woody perennial grown
60.23primarily for aesthetic or environmental
60.24purposes with minimal to residual timber
60.25value and no intent to harvest the tree for its
60.26wood. Any tree planted with funding under
60.27this subdivision must be a species native to
60.28Minnesota.

60.29    Sec. 42. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
60.30
60.31
 Subd. 5.Minnesota Sex Offender Program
Treatment Facilities - Moose Lake
 47,500,000
60.32To complete design for and to construct,
60.33furnish, and equip phase 2 of the Minnesota
61.1sex offender treatment program at Moose
61.2Lake. Upon substantial completion
61.3of this project, the unspent portion of
61.4this appropriation is available for asset
61.5preservation projects for the Moose Lake
61.6campus of the Minnesota sex offender
61.7program, including design and construction
61.8of a replacement water tower, abatement
61.9of hazardous materials, and the demolition
61.10of the existing water tower serving the
61.11Moose Lake sex offender program and the
61.12Department of Corrections Moose Lake
61.13facility. The water tower project must
61.14be cost-shared with the Department of
61.15Corrections.

61.16    Sec. 43. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 24, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
61.17
61.18
 Subd. 3.County and Local Preservation
Grants
 1,000,000
61.19To be allocated to county and local
61.20jurisdictions as matching money for historic
61.21preservation projects of a capital nature,
61.22as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
61.23138.0525 .
61.24$150,000 is for a grant to the city of South St.
61.25Paul to renovate the historically significant
61.261941 Navy Hangar at 310 Airport Road at
61.27Fleming Field in the city to meet life safety
61.28and building code requirements, subject to
61.29Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. No
61.30local match is required for this grant.

61.31    Sec. 44. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 3, subdivision 7, is
61.32amended to read:
61.33
 Subd. 7.Normandale Community College
62.1
62.2
 Academic Partnership Center and Student
Services
 21,984,000
62.3To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
62.4new building for classrooms and offices and
62.5to design, construct, furnish, and equip the
62.6renovation of the Student Services Building.

62.7    Sec. 45. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 3, subdivision 8, is
62.8amended to read:
62.9
62.10
 Subd. 8.NHED Mesabi Range Community
and Technical College, Virginia
62.11
 Iron Range Engineering Program Facilities
 3,000,000
62.12To predesign, design, construct, furnish,
62.13and equip an addition to and renovation of
62.14existing space for the Iron Range engineering
62.15program, including laboratory spaces, other
62.16learning spaces, and improvements to the
62.17entrance, and to acquire a privately owned
62.18housing facility on the campus.

62.19    Sec. 46. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 14, subdivision 2,
62.20is amended to read:
62.21
62.22
 Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement
Program
 20,000,000
62.23To the Metropolitan Council or for the
62.24Council to grant to Anoka County Regional
62.25Railroad Authority, Dakota County, Dakota
62.26County Regional Railroad Authority,
62.27Hennepin County, Hennepin County
62.28Regional Railroad Authority, Minnesota
62.29Valley Transit Authority, Ramsey County
62.30Regional Railroad Authority, or Washington
62.31County Regional Railroad Authority to
62.32perform environmental studies, preliminary
62.33engineering, acquire property or an interest
63.1in property, design or construct transitway
63.2facilities and infrastructure, including
63.3roadways, for the following transitway
63.4projects: Northstar Ramsey station,
63.5Gateway (I-94 East) corridor, Minneapolis
63.6Interchange facility, Red Rock corridor,
63.7Newport park-and-ride and station, Rush
63.8Line corridor, Robert Street corridor, 35W
63.9South Bus Rapid Transit, and Cedar Avenue
63.10Bus Rapid Transit.

63.11    Sec. 47. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 19, is amended to read:
63.12
 Sec. 19. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 $
 20,000,000
63.13
 Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Program
63.14To the Public Facilities Authority for
63.15grants to eligible municipalities under the
63.16wastewater infrastructure funding program
63.17under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
63.18Notwithstanding the criteria and requirements
63.19of Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072,
63.20up to $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for
63.21a grant to the city of Albert Lea to design,
63.22construct, and equip water and sewer utilities
63.23in the area of Broadway Avenue and Main
63.24Street. This project may include demolition
63.25of deteriorating concrete curbs, gutters,
63.26sidewalks, and streets above the utilities,
63.27and the construction costs to replace and
63.28rehabilitate the infrastructure.

63.29    Sec. 48. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 22, is amended to read:
63.30    Sec. 22. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
63.31The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state
63.32general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2013, no more than
63.33$1,200,858,000 $.................. will need to be transferred from the general fund to the
64.1state bond fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state
64.2general obligation bonds. Of the amount transferred, $.......... is from the general fund and
64.3$635,744,000 is from the tobacco settlement bond proceeds fund. During the biennium,
64.4before each sale of state general obligation bonds, the commissioner of management and
64.5budget shall calculate the amount of debt service payments needed on bonds previously
64.6issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service payments that will be needed on the
64.7bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled
64.8to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this section. The amount needed to make
64.9the debt service payments is appropriated from the general fund as provided in Minnesota
64.10Statutes, section 16A.641.

64.11    Sec. 49. LAKE SUPERIOR-POPLAR RIVER WATER DISTRICT.
64.12    Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Lake Superior-Poplar River Water District is
64.13created as a municipal corporation, having the powers provided under Minnesota Statutes,
64.14chapters 110A; 429, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 110A to the contrary; and
64.15444. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the district shall not have the power to issue
64.16general obligation bonds. Minnesota Statutes, sections 110A.04, 110A.07, and 110A.09 to
64.17110A.18, shall not apply to the district or to the board created by this act.
64.18    Subd. 2. Definitions. For purposes of applying Minnesota Statutes, chapter 110A,
64.19to this act, "works" and "systems" shall include irrigation purposes, "court" is deemed to
64.20refer to the board of county commissioners; and "secretary of state" is deemed to refer to
64.21the county auditor.
64.22    Subd. 3. Territory included in district. The territory of the district shall include
64.23all lands within Sections 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, and 33 of Township 60 North, Range 3 West
64.24of the Fourth Principal Meridian. Additional territory may be added as provided in
64.25Minnesota Statutes, sections 110A.19 to 110A.22.
64.26    Subd. 4. Payment of costs. No person shall be obligated to purchase or be entitled
64.27to receive water from the district unless that person is a party to a contract to purchase
64.28water from the district. Excluding any initial capital investment funded by the state, all
64.29capital and operating expenses of the district shall be paid by the users in proportion to
64.30their use of water. The cost of distribution lines: (1) departing from the main water pipe
64.31from Lake Superior to the domestic water treatment plant to any user; or (2) from the
64.32water treatment plant to any user, shall be paid for by the user of the water either at the
64.33time of installation or by user charges that allow the district to recoup the full cost of the
65.1distribution lines and the cost of financing. Subject to this subdivision and the availability
65.2of water under any applicable permit with a state or federal agency, any owner of land
65.3within the district may contract with the district for the purchase of water.
65.4    Subd. 5. Board of directors; elections. (a) The district shall be governed by a
65.5board of directors which shall have not less than three nor more than 13 members. The
65.6district's initial directors shall be appointed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners,
65.7with one director representing the domestic water users to serve for three years; up to two
65.8directors representing the irrigation water users, one to serve for two years and one to
65.9serve for three years; and up to two directors representing the commercial, stock watering,
65.10and industrial users, one to serve for one year and one to serve for two years.
65.11(b) The district's establishment shall take effect upon the Cook County Board of
65.12Commissioners' appointment of the initial directors. The initial directors shall meet for
65.13the purposes of organization within 30 days of their appointment. Thereafter, except
65.14as otherwise provided in this subdivision, directors shall be elected in accordance with
65.15Minnesota Statutes, section 110A.24, from election divisions comprised of domestic water
65.16users; irrigation water users, and commercial, stock watering, and industrial users. Each
65.17use classification shall be entitled to elect one director, plus one additional director if its
65.18expected water usage for the following fiscal year exceeds ten percent of total water
65.19usage. Each water user within each use classification shall be entitled to cast one vote for
65.20each one percent of expected water usage for the following fiscal year. A homeowner's
65.21association shall vote on behalf of its members if duly authorized by appropriate action by
65.22the association's members. Prior to each election, the board of directors shall determine
65.23the use classifications entitled to vote, the expected water use percentage of each user and
65.24of use classification for the following fiscal year, and the number of directors each such
65.25use classification is entitled to elect. The elections shall be conducted and supervised by
65.26the board of directors and ratified by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
65.27    Subd. 6. Termination of appropriation of water from Poplar River.
65.28Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 30 days after the works and systems to transport
65.29water from Lake Superior to Lutsen Mountains Corporation's snowmaking systems first
65.30become fully permitted and operational, the water district shall notify the commissioner of
65.31natural resources and all permits issued by the Department of Natural Resources to Lutsen
65.32Mountains Corporation to use or appropriate water from the Poplar River shall terminate.
65.33For the purposes of section 51, paragraph (b), the commissioner of natural resources shall
65.34notify the revisor of statutes in writing when the permits have been terminated.
66.1EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.This section is effective the day after
66.2the governing body of Cook County and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota
66.3Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

66.4    Sec. 50. ACQUISITIONS FOR CANISTEO PROJECT.
66.5The commissioner of natural resources shall acquire, without undue delay, the land
66.6or interests in land that are needed to construct a conveyance system and other betterments
66.7to accommodate the water level and outflow of water level from the Canisteo mine pit.
66.8The commissioner may acquire the land or interests in land by eminent domain, including
66.9use of the possession procedures under Minnesota Statutes, section 117.042.

66.10    Sec. 51. REPEALER.
66.11(a) Minnesota Rules, part 8895.0700, subpart 1, is repealed.
66.12(b) Laws 2011, chapter 107, section 101, is repealed effective the day the permits
66.13have been terminated under section 49, subdivision 6. The commissioner of natural
66.14resources shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing when the permits have been
66.15terminated.

66.16    Sec. 52. EFFECTIVE DATE.
66.17Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final
66.18enactment."
66.19Amend the title accordingly