STATE OF
MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-EIGHTH
SESSION - 2014
_____________________
EIGHTY-SECOND
DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, April 3, 2014
The House of Representatives convened at
12:00 noon and was called to order by Paul Thissen, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Jon
Ellefson, Rosemount, Minnesota.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Abeler
Albright
Allen
Anderson, M.
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Barrett
Beard
Benson, J.
Benson, M.
Bernardy
Bly
Brynaert
Carlson
Clark
Cornish
Daudt
Davids
Davnie
Dean, M.
Dehn, R.
Dettmer
Dill
Dorholt
Drazkowski
Erhardt
Erickson, R.
Erickson, S.
Fabian
Falk
Faust
Fischer
FitzSimmons
Franson
Freiberg
Fritz
Garofalo
Green
Gruenhagen
Gunther
Hackbarth
Halverson
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Hertaus
Hilstrom
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Howe
Huntley
Isaacson
Johnson, B.
Johnson, C.
Johnson, S.
Kahn
Kelly
Kieffer
Kiel
Kresha
Laine
Leidiger
Lenczewski
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Loeffler
Lohmer
Loon
Mack
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McDonald
McNamar
McNamara
Melin
Metsa
Moran
Morgan
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Myhra
Nelson
Newberger
Newton
Nornes
Norton
O'Driscoll
O'Neill
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Petersburg
Poppe
Pugh
Quam
Radinovich
Rosenthal
Runbeck
Sanders
Savick
Sawatzky
Schoen
Schomacker
Scott
Selcer
Simonson
Slocum
Sundin
Swedzinski
Theis
Torkelson
Uglem
Urdahl
Wagenius
Ward, J.A.
Ward, J.E.
Wills
Winkler
Woodard
Yarusso
Zellers
Zerwas
Spk. Thissen
A quorum was present.
Lesch and Simon were excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day. There
being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the
Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.
REPORTS OF CHIEF CLERK
S. F. No. 1762 and
H. F. No. 2762, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
SUSPENSION
OF RULES
Uglem moved that the rules be so far
suspended that S. F. No. 1762 be substituted for
H. F. No. 2762 and that the House File be indefinitely
postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2060 and
H. F. No. 2178, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
SUSPENSION
OF RULES
Barrett moved that the rules be so far
suspended that S. F. No. 2060 be substituted for
H. F. No. 2178 and that the House File be indefinitely
postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2076 and
H. F. No. 2474, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical.
Hansen moved that
S. F. No. 2076 be substituted for H. F. No. 2474
and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2245 and
H. F. No. 2621, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
SUSPENSION
OF RULES
Freiberg moved that the rules be so far
suspended that S. F. No. 2245 be substituted for
H. F. No. 2621 and that the House File be indefinitely
postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2569 and
H. F. No. 2763, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for
comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
SUSPENSION
OF RULES
Isaacson moved that the rules be so far
suspended that S. F. No. 2569 be substituted for
H. F. No. 2763 and that the House File be indefinitely
postponed. The motion prevailed.
PETITIONS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were
received:
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL
55155
April 2,
2014
The
Honorable Paul Thissen
Speaker
of the House of Representatives
The
State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Thissen:
Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State
H. F. No. 2665.
Sincerely,
Mark
Dayton
Governor
STATE OF
MINNESOTA
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ST. PAUL
55155
The Honorable Paul Thissen
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
President of the Senate
I have the honor to inform you that the following
enrolled Act of the 2014 Session of the State Legislature has been received
from the Office of the Governor and is deposited in the Office of the Secretary
of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution, Article IV,
Section 23:
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2014 |
Date Filed 2014 |
2665 152 8:59 a.m. April 2 April 2
Sincerely,
Mark
Ritchie
Secretary
of State
REPORTS
OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS
Hausman from the Committee on Capital Investment to which was referred:
H. F. No. 1068, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Museum of American Art; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS. |
The sums shown in the column under
"Appropriations" are appropriated from the general fund to the state
agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes. Unless otherwise specified, the
appropriations in this act are available until the project is completed or
abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
SUMMARY |
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Natural Resources |
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13,000,000
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Agriculture |
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528,000
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Administration |
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15,000,000
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Minnesota Amateur Sports
Commission |
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1,500,000
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Public Safety |
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1,555,000
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Transportation |
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6,884,000
|
Metropolitan Council |
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37,193,000
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Human Services |
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195,000
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Veterans Affairs |
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250,000
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Corrections |
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4,000,000
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Employment and Economic
Development |
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5,000,000
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Minnesota Historical Society |
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1,422,000
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Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation Board |
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4,995,000
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Grants to Political
Subdivisions |
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33,478,000
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TOTAL |
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$125,000,000 |
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APPROPRIATIONS |
Sec. 2. NATURAL
RESOURCES |
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Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
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$13,000,000 |
To the commissioner of natural resources
for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Native Prairie Bank Acquisition and
Development |
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2,000,000
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To acquire native prairie bank easements
under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, to develop and restore certain tracts
of prairie bank lands.
Subd. 3. Fish
Hatchery Improvements |
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2,000,000
|
For
improvements at state fish hatcheries located in one or more of the following
locations: Lanesboro, Grand Rapids,
Hinckley, Waterville, Tower, Spire Valley near Remer, and Crystal Springs near
Altura, and for bio-security and energy efficiency upgrades statewide.
Subd. 4. Scientific and Natural Areas Acquisition and Development |
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2,000,000
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To acquire land identified by the
commissioner as targeted sites for potential acquisition for scientific and
natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision
5, and for protection and improvements of a capital nature in scientific and
natural areas.
Subd. 5. Groundwater Monitoring and Observation Wells |
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1,000,000
|
To install groundwater monitoring wells for
multiple groundwater quantity and quality monitoring purposes by state
agencies, as scientifically and practically appropriate, with preference given
to placing monitoring wells in ground water management areas.
Subd. 6. Forestry Seed Processing Facilities |
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2,000,000
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To construct, furnish, and equip an
expansion to the cold storage and processing facilities at Badoura Nursery to
support consolidated bareroot production; construct and equip improved seed
development, processing, and storage facilities at Badoura Nursery; construct,
furnish, and equip greenhouse and laboratory facilities at General Andrews
Nursery site to support expanded tree improvement operations; and to upgrade
irrigation and artificial propagation bed
infrastructure at the General Andrews Nursery site.
Subd. 7. Stream
Restoration |
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2,000,000
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For design, land acquisition, and
construction of the following stream protection and restoration projects:
(1) to convert four low-head dams to
rapids in a three-mile stretch on the Sand Hill River; and
(2) to modify dams on Deer Creek to
reconnect 20 miles of stream and 2,240 acres
on the Pickerel chain of lakes near the city of Effie.
Subd. 8. James
Ford Bell Museum |
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2,000,000
|
To design and construct outdoor classroom
space and landscapes representing Minnesota biomes at the new James Ford Bell
Museum of Natural History on the St. Paul campus of the University of
Minnesota.
Subd. 9. Unspent
Appropriations |
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The unspent portion of an appropriation for
a project in this section that is complete, upon written notice to the
commissioner of management and budget, is available for asset preservation
under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946.
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from the date of the
original appropriation to the unspent amount transferred.
Sec. 3. AGRICULTURE
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Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
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$528,000 |
To the commissioner of agriculture for the
purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Lab
Sample Storage |
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203,000
|
To design, reconstruct, and equip the feed
storage and grinding rooms in the Agriculture Laboratory.
Subd. 3. Aitkin
County Fairgrounds |
|
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325,000
|
For a grant to the Aitkin County
Agricultural Society to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a
shared food service building that can be separated into three smaller food
preparation areas.
Sec. 4. ADMINISTRATION
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$15,000,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to complete the design of, and to
construct, repair, improve, renovate, restore, furnish, and equip the State
Capitol building and grounds including, but not limited to, exterior stone
repairs and window replacement; asbestos and hazardous materials abatement;
mechanical, electrical, and plumbing; security systems replacement; general
construction including, but not limited to, demolition, site improvements, life
safety improvements, accessibility, security, and telecommunications; roof
replacement; and finish work; and
(2) to predesign, design, conduct hazardous
materials abatement, construct, repair, renovate, remodel, furnish, and equip
the State Office Building, Administration Building, Centennial Office Building,
321 Grove Street buildings, and such other properties located on the Capitol
campus as determined by the commissioner to meet temporary and permanent
office, broadcast media, storage, parking, and other space needs occasioned by
and in furtherance of an efficient restoration of the State Capitol building
and for the efficient and effective function of the tenants currently located
in the State Capitol building.
Sec. 5. MINNESOTA
AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION |
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$1,500,000 |
To the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
for grants to local government units under Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.09,
paragraph (g) or (k), or to acquire equipment to improve indoor air quality by
reducing concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide.
Sec. 6. PUBLIC
SAFETY |
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Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
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$1,555,000 |
To the commissioner of public safety for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Cyrus
- Public Safety Center |
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225,000
|
For a grant to the city of Cyrus to acquire
land for and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a facility to
accommodate the city hall with community meeting space and the fire department.
Subd. 3. Montgomery
- Public Safety Facility |
|
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1,330,000
|
For a grant to the city of Montgomery to
design, construct, furnish, and equip a public safety facility for fire and
ambulance services in the city of Montgomery.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget determines that at least an equal amount is committed to the project
from nonstate sources.
Sec. 7. TRANSPORTATION
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Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
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$6,884,000 |
To the commissioner of transportation for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Passenger
and Freight Rail |
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2,384,000
|
To implement capital improvements and
betterments for intercity passenger rail projects as identified in the
statewide freight and passenger rail plan under Minnesota Statutes, section
174.03, subdivision 1b, which are determined to be eligible for United States
Department of Transportation funding. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, a portion or phase of an intercity passenger rail
project may be accomplished with one or more state appropriations and an
intercity passenger rail project need not be completed with any one
appropriation. Capital improvements and
betterments include preliminary engineering, design, engineering, environmental
analysis and mitigation, acquisition of land and right-of-way, and
construction.
This
appropriation includes money for passenger and freight rail projects necessary
for system capacity improvements and betterments per Passenger Rail Investment
and Improvement Act of 2008 guidance, if federal funds are committed to the
overall project.
Subd. 3. Minneapolis; I-35W Storm Tunnel Rehabilitation |
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4,500,000
|
To design and construct the rehabilitation
of the Interstate 35W North and South Tunnels System in cooperation with the
city of Minneapolis. The commissioner of
transportation may enter into an agreement with the city of Minneapolis to
conduct the work. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines that
at least an equal amount is committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Sec. 8. METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL |
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Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
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$37,193,000 |
To the Metropolitan Council for the
purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Transit
Capital Improvement Program |
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14,475,000
|
(a) To advance transit in the metropolitan
area in accordance with the Metropolitan Council's current Transportation
Policy Plan and in consultation with the Counties Transit Improvement Board. This appropriation may be used by the
Metropolitan Council or for grants to metropolitan area political subdivisions
for preliminary engineering, engineering, environmental assessment,
environmental work, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction for the
Lake Street and I-35W transit station in Minneapolis, and in the following
transitway corridors: Bottineau
Boulevard, East 7th Street in St. Paul, I-94 Gateway, Penn Avenue North
bus rapid transit, Red Line bus rapid transit, Red Rock, Riverview, Robert
Street, Rush Line, and Snelling Avenue.
(b) The council shall allocate transit
capital development resources so as to achieve geographic balance within the
region to the extent possible.
Subd. 3. Maplewood
- Fish Creek Trail |
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318,000
|
For a grant to the city of Maplewood to
acquire and develop approximately 70 acres of land along Fish Creek to be
included within the Fish Creek Natural Greenway, a park of regional and
historical significance located in Ramsey County within the Mississippi
National River and Recreation Area. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
determines that an amount sufficient to complete the acquisition is committed
to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 4. |
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8,000,000
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For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board to predesign, design, and construct renovation of the
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which displays art owned by the Walker Art Center. The complete renovation will include
improving irrigation, drainage, the parking lot, security, granite
substructures, concrete, and fixtures in order to update them with more
ecologically sustainable options that are less expensive to maintain;
increasing physical accessibility in accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act; transplanting and replacing trees and plant materials; and
improving the mechanical plant, piping, and flooring of the Cowles Conservatory
to permit its flexible reuse in a way that is more ecologically sustainable and
less expensive to maintain.
Subd. 5. St. Paul
- Como Regional Park Access |
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5,400,000
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For a grant to the city of St. Paul
to predesign, design, and construct access and circulation improvements to Como
Regional Park.
Subd. 6. St. Paul
- Como Zoo |
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7,000,000
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For a grant to the city of St. Paul
to design, construct, furnish, and equip renovations to exhibits at Como Zoo.
Subd. 7. West St. Paul - North Urban
Regional Trail Bridge |
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2,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of West St. Paul
to predesign, design, and construct a pedestrian bridge for the North Urban
Regional Trail as an overpass of Robert Street in the area near Wentworth
Avenue in West St. Paul. This
appropriation may also be used to acquire property or purchase rights-of-way
needed for bridge construction. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed to the project
from nonstate sources.
Sec. 9. HUMAN
SERVICES |
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$195,000 |
To the commissioner of human services for
grave markers or memorial monuments for unmarked graves on public land of
deceased residents of state hospitals or regional treatment centers.
Sec. 10. VETERANS
AFFAIRS |
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$250,000 |
To the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
for up to five grants to conduct a housing needs assessment for veterans in a
community. The grants may be awarded to
any governmental or nongovernmental organization. The assessment, which may be a study or a
survey, may examine the need for scattered site housing
for
veterans and their families who are homeless or in danger of homelessness or
for housing that addresses the health care needs of disabled or aging veterans. The assessment must be started no later than
July 30, 2015, and completed no later than July 30, 2016. The commissioner of administration must
provide copies of any completed assessment
to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over housing and veterans
affairs no later than January 1, 2017.
Sec. 11. CORRECTIONS
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$4,000,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
a grant to the Arrowhead Regional Corrections Joint Powers Board to design,
construct, remodel, furnish, and equip the Northeast Regional Corrections
Center campus buildings that support farm operations, educational programming,
work readiness, and vocational training.
Nonstate contributions to improvements at the center made before the
enactment of this subdivision are considered to be sufficient match, and no
further nonstate match is required.
Sec. 12. EMPLOYMENT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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$5,000,000 |
To the commissioner of employment and
economic development for grants under the Greater Minnesota Business
Development Public Infrastructure Grant program, Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.431.
Sec. 13. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
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$1,422,000 |
To the Minnesota Historical Society to be
allocated to county and local jurisdictions as matching money for historic
preservation projects of a capital nature, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 138.0525.
Sec. 14. IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD |
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$4,995,000 |
To the Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation Board to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a new
multiuse, year-round event center at Giants Ridge that will replace the
existing facility. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines that
at least an equal amount has been committed to the project from other sources.
Sec. 15. GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS |
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Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
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$33,478,000 |
To the commissioner of employment and
economic development, or another named agency, for the purposes specified in
this section.
Subd. 2. Duluth
- NorShor Theatre |
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6,950,000
|
For a grant to the Duluth Economic
Development Authority to design, construct, furnish, and equip certain public
improvements, including skyway access from adjacent public parking, interior
circulation, street and utility upgrades, the connection between the skyway and
street levels, handicapped access, and the restoration of the lobby, entrance,
and marquee, as part of the restoration and to enhance and provide public
access to the historic NorShor Theatre. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
has determined that at least $20,850,000 has been committed to the project from
nonstate sources and that sufficient nonstate funds are available to complete
the project. Funds invested in the
project by an investor receiving an assignment of state historic tax credits
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 290.0681 are nonstate funds for
purposes of this requirement. Due to the
integrated nature of the overall development, public bidding shall not be
required.
Subd. 3. Duluth
- Spirit Mountain Recreation Area |
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3,400,000
|
For a grant to the city of Duluth for the
Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority to acquire easements, licenses, and
other interests in real property and to engineer, design, permit, and construct
works and systems to transport water from the St. Louis River estuary for
commercial and industrial use. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
determines that at least $1,100,000 has been committed to the project from
nonstate sources. Expenditures made on
or after September 1, 2011, for this project shall count toward the match from
nonstate sources.
Subd. 4. Duluth
- Wade Stadium |
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3,920,000
|
For a grant to the city of Duluth to
design, construct, furnish, and equip improvements to Wade Stadium, including the
stadium walls and façade, grandstand, lighting, concession facilities and
field, with proper drainage, for a ballpark and public outdoor events facility. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal amount
is committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 5. Hanover
- Bridge |
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78,000
|
For a grant to the city of Hanover to
rehabilitate the historic bridge over the Crow River.
Subd. 6. International
Falls - Airport |
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1,300,000
|
To the commissioner of transportation for a
grant to the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission to
design, construct, furnish, and equip a new terminal building,
jetway,
and associated appurtenances of a capital nature at the Falls International
Airport. This appropriation is not
available until the commissioner of management and budget has determined that
at least an equal amount has been committed to the project from nonstate
sources.
Subd. 7. Lake
Superior - Poplar River Water District |
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1,100,000
|
For a grant to the Lake Superior-Poplar
River Water District to acquire interests in real property, engineer, design,
permit, and construct infrastructure to transport and treat water from Lake
Superior through the Poplar River Valley to serve domestic, irrigation,
commercial, stock watering, and industrial water users.
Subd. 8. Minneapolis - Brian Coyle Community Center |
|
|
330,000
|
To the Metropolitan Council for a grant to
the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to predesign and design the
renovation and expansion of the Brian Coyle Community Center. This appropriation does not require a local
match. The Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board, the Pillsbury United Communities, Hennepin County,
institutions of higher education, and neighborhood organizations shall develop
an agreement for the use of the existing Brian Coyle Community Center. The lease between the Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board and Pillsbury United Communities shall be reformed prior to
the expenditure of any funds for predesign and design.
Subd. 9. Minneapolis
- Hennepin Center for the Arts |
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3,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of Minneapolis for
improvements and betterments of a capital nature to renovate the historic
Hennepin Center for the Arts.
Subd. 10. Minneapolis - Pioneers and Soldiers
Cemetery Fence |
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1,900,000
|
To the Minnesota Historical Society for a
grant to the city of Minneapolis to restore the historic steel and limestone
pillar fence along Cedar Avenue and Lake Street, install a new steel fence and
pillars along 21st Avenue South, and install a waterproofing system for
preservation of the fence and pillars, at the Pioneer and Soldiers Cemetery.
Subd. 11. St. Paul - Ordway Center for the
Performing Arts |
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5,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of St. Paul
to construct, furnish, and equip a concert hall of approximately 1,100 seats
and support spaces at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
Subd. 12. St. Paul - Historic Palace Theater Renovation |
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6,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip the renovation of the historic
Palace Theater in St. Paul. The
city of St. Paul may enter into one or more lease or management agreements
to operate performing arts programs. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.
Subd. 13. University Enterprise Laboratories |
|
|
500,000
|
For a grant to the St. Paul Port
Authority to predesign and begin design of phase two of the University
Enterprise Laboratories building in St. Paul, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695. Amounts
expended to complete phase one of the University Enterprise Laboratories
building since January 1, 2004, shall count toward the matching requirement.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.09, is amended to read:
240A.09
PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.
The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission shall develop a plan to promote the development of proposals for new statewide public ice facilities including proposals for ice centers and matching grants based on the criteria in this section.
(a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give priority to proposals that come from more than one local government unit. Institutions of higher education are not eligible to receive a grant.
(b) In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, the commission is encouraged to give priority to the following proposals:
(1) proposals for renovation and indoor
air quality improvements at an existing indoor ice arena;
(1) (2) proposals for
construction of two or more ice sheets in a single new facility;
(2) (3) proposals for
construction of an additional sheet of ice at an existing ice center;
(3) (4) proposals for
construction of a new, single sheet of ice as part of a sports complex with
multiple sports facilities; and
(4) (5) proposals for construction of a new,
single sheet of ice that will be expanded to a two-sheet facility in the
future.
(c) The commission shall administer a site selection process for the ice centers. The commission shall invite proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities. A proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions including in-kind contributions of land, access roadways and access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services, landscaping, and parking.
(d) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must provide for meeting the demand for ice time for female groups by offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as needed, to female groups. For purposes of this section, prime ice time means the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
(e) The location for all proposed facilities must be in areas of maximum demonstrated interest and must maximize accessibility to an arterial highway.
(f) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be dispersed equitably, must be located to maximize potential for full utilization and profitable operation, and must accommodate noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages.
(g) The commission may also use the money to upgrade current facilities, purchase girls' ice time, or conduct amateur women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments.
(h) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must be awarded to communities in greater Minnesota.
(i) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be provided to Minnesota communities by the commission on ice arena planning, design, redesign, installation, renovation of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, and operation, including the marketing of ice time.
(j) A grant for new facilities may not exceed $250,000.
(k) The commission may make grants for
rehabilitation and renovation. A
rehabilitation or renovation grant may not exceed $100,000 $200,000. Priority must be given to grant applications
for indoor air quality improvements, including zero emission ice resurfacing
equipment and the upgrading of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
systems which may include electronic indoor air monitoring devices.
(l) Grant money may be used for ice centers designed for sports other than hockey.
(m) Grant money may be used to upgrade existing facilities to comply with the bleacher safety requirements of section 326B.112.
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Authorization. (a) The agency may issue up to $30,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of housing infrastructure bonds in one or more series to which the payment made under this section may be pledged. The housing infrastructure bonds authorized in this subdivision may be issued to fund loans, on terms and conditions the agency deems appropriate, made for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of supportive housing for individuals and families who are without a permanent residence;
(2) to finance the costs of the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed or abandoned housing to be used for affordable rental housing and the costs of new construction of rental housing on abandoned or foreclosed property where the existing structures will be demolished or removed;
(3) to finance that portion of the costs
of acquisition of abandoned or foreclosed property that is attributable
to the land to be leased by community land trusts to low- and moderate-income
homebuyers; and
(4) to finance the costs of acquisition and rehabilitation of federally assisted rental housing and for the refinancing of costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of federally assisted rental housing, including providing funds to refund, in whole or in part, outstanding bonds previously issued by the agency or another government unit to finance or refinance such costs.
(b) Among comparable proposals for permanent supportive housing, preference shall be given to permanent supportive housing for veterans and other individuals or families who:
(1) either have been without a permanent residence for at least 12 months or at least four times in the last three years; or
(2)
are at significant risk of lacking a permanent residence for 12 months or at
least four times in the last three years.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective the day following final enactment for bonds authorized in 2014 and
thereafter.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.37, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 2a. Additional
authorization. In addition to
the amount authorized in subdivision 2, the agency may issue up to $80,000,000
of housing infrastructure bonds in one or more series to which the payments
made under this section may be pledged.
Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.37, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. Additional
appropriation. (a) The agency
must certify annually to the commissioner of management and budget the actual
amount of annual debt service on each series of bonds issued under subdivision
2a.
(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2015 and
through 2037, if any housing infrastructure bonds issued under subdivision 2a
remain outstanding, the commissioner of management and budget must transfer to
the housing infrastructure bond account established under section 462A.21,
subdivision 32, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed
$6,400,000 annually. The amounts
necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of management and budget.
(c) The agency may pledge to the
payment of the housing infrastructure bonds the payments to be made by the
state under this section.
Sec. 20. APPROPRIATIONS
GIVEN EFFECT ONCE.
If an appropriation in this act is
enacted more than once in the 2014 legislative session, the appropriation must
be given effect only once.
Sec. 21. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital projects; authorizing the Housing Finance Agency to issue housing infrastructure bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 240A.09; 462A.37, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The
report was adopted.
Lenczewski from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:
H. F. No. 1765, A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring labor peace agreements on certain qualifying projects; defining terms.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. [16C.50]
LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
(1) the state has a "proprietary
interest" in a project where it finances the project in whole or in part
by any of the following: providing a
grant; providing a loan; guaranteeing any payment under any loan, lease, or
other obligation; contributing revenue on general obligation bond; or providing
a tax abatement, reduction, deferral, or credit;
(2) the state acts as a "market
participant" in a project when it is the owner of the project; is an
equity investor in the project; or donates, sells, or leases real property,
personal property, or infrastructure in support of the project;
(3) "qualifying project" means
a project that is located in a city of the first class as defined under section
410.01, and includes the construction or development of:
(i) a hotel;
(ii) a food and beverage operation that is integral to a hotel, a major league or minor league sports facility, a convention center, or a civic center;
(iii) a cultural venue with catering or
cafeteria facilities; or
(iv) infrastructure constructed
specifically to support a project in item (i), (ii), or (iii);
(4) "hospitality workers"
means all full-time or regular part-time employees of hotels and their integral
food and beverage operations, as well as all full-time or regular part-time
employees providing food and beverage, concession, catering, cafeteria, or
merchandise services at sports facilities, convention centers, civic centers,
or cultural venues, excluding supervisors, managers, and guards;
(5) "employer of hospitality
workers" means an employer of hospitality workers who will be employed as
a result of a qualifying project, and includes a developer of a state or local
government-owned facility that is all or part of a qualifying project and a
developer of a facility benefiting from state financial participation in a
qualifying project; and
(6) "labor peace agreement"
means a valid contract that sets forth agreements by and between an employer of
hospitality workers and any labor organization seeking to represent hospitality
workers on the process the employer and union will follow as the hospitality
workers who will be employed as a result of the project choose whether or not
to organize as a unit for collective bargaining with the employer.
Subd. 2. Labor
peace agreement required. Any
employer of hospitality workers on a qualifying project must have negotiated
and executed a labor peace agreement with any interested labor organization
prior to, and as a condition precedent of, the execution of a contract,
project, agreement, grant agreement, or other agreement for financial
assistance that causes the state to hold a proprietary interest in the project. When the state acts as a market participant
in the project, any employer of hospitality workers must have a signed labor
peace agreement with any interested labor organization prior to, and as a
condition precedent to, its contract with the state.
Subd. 3. Labor
peace agreement provisions. To
fulfill the condition precedent to state financial participation, a labor peace
agreement must contain:
(1) a provision prohibiting the labor
organization and its members from engaging in any picketing, work stoppages,
boycotts, or any other economic interference with the employer's hospitality
operations on the qualifying project for the duration of the state government's
ongoing financial interest in the qualifying project or for five years,
whichever is greater;
(2) a provision requiring that during
the duration of the agreement, all disputes relating to employment conditions
or the negotiation thereof shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration;
and
(3) a provision requiring the employer
of hospitality workers to incorporate the terms of the labor peace agreement in
any contract, subcontract, lease, sublease, operating agreement, concessionaire
agreement, franchise agreement, or other agreement or instrument giving a right
to any other employer of hospitality workers to own or operate the project or
activities within the project.
Subd. 4. Binding
arbitration. If the employer
of hospitality workers and the interested labor organization reach impasse in
negotiating a labor peace agreement, following mediation, either party may
petition the commissioner of the Bureau of Mediation Services for binding
arbitration. The procedural rules of
section 179A.16 shall be followed in the selection of the arbitration panel. The question to be certified for arbitration
shall be whether the interested labor organization has placed arbitrary or
capricious conditions upon the negotiation of the labor peace agreement. If the arbitrator answers in the affirmative,
the employer of hospitality workers is relieved of the obligations of this
section.
Subd. 5. Existing
agreements. If an employer of
hospitality workers has valid collective bargaining agreements with recognized
unions that cover, or will cover, the hospitality workers that will be employed
as a result of the qualifying project, those agreements satisfy the requirements
of this section.
Subd. 6. Exemption. This section shall not apply to
projects that receive funds, property, goods, guarantees, or allowances of less
than $2,000,000 of the total cost of the project from state sources.
Subd. 7. Limitations. Nothing in this section requires an
employer to recognize a particular labor organization. This section is not intended to enact or
express any generally applicable policy regarding labor management relations or
to regulate those relations in any way. This
section is not intended to favor any particular outcomes in the determination
of employee preference regarding union representation.
Subd. 8. Prior financial assistance. Nothing in this section applies to any financial assistance for which a contract or project agreement was executed prior to July 1, 2014."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to publicly financed projects; requiring labor peace agreements for certain state-funded construction projects; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Murphy, E., from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:
H. F. No. 1951, A bill for an act relating to retirement; various Minnesota public employee retirement plans; allowing MSRS-General deferred members to vote in board elections; continuing Stevens County Housing and Redevelopment Authority employees in PERA-General; excluding fixed-route bus drivers employed by the St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission from PERA-General coverage; increasing member and employer contribution rates for certain retirement plans; providing for the consolidation of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association retirement plan and fund into the statewide Teachers Retirement Association; revising an amortization target date, creating new state aid programs; appropriating money; extending a MnSCU early retirement incentive program; increasing the limit for certain reemployed MnSCU retirees; extending the applicability of a second chance at tenure retirement coverage election opportunity for MnSCU faculty members; revising investment authority for various defined contribution plans or programs; authorizing the State Board of Investment to revise, remove, or create investment options for the Minnesota supplemental investment fund; expanding permissible investments under the unclassified state employees retirement program, the public employees defined contribution plan, the deferred compensation program, and the health care savings plan; revising salary reporting requirements; clarifying retirement provision applications to sheriffs; revising local government postretirement option program requirements and extending expiration date; clarifying future postretirement adjustment rates for former members of the former Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association and the former Minneapolis Police Relief Association; making technical changes to amortization state aid and supplemental state aid; clarifying the eligibility of independent nonprofit firefighting corporations to receive police and fire supplemental retirement state aid; implementing the recommendations of the 2013-2014 state auditor volunteer fire working group; modifying the disability benefit application deadline for certain former Wadena County sheriff's deputies; authorizing city of Duluth and Duluth Airports Authority employee salary-supplement payments coverage following Court of Appeals decision; specifying interest rate for computing joint and survivor annuities; revising postretirement adjustment triggers; revising reemployed annuitant withholding in certain divorce situations; clarifying medical advisor and resumption of teaching provisions; specifying explicit postretirement adjustment assumptions; allowing volunteer firefighter relief associations to pay state fire chiefs association dues from the special fund; authorizing MnSCU employee to elect TRA coverage and transfer past service from IRAP to TRA; clarifying the applicability of 2013 postretirement adjustment modifications to certain county sheriffs; ratifying or grandparenting MSRS-Correctional plan coverage for Department of Human Services employees; allowing various service credit purchases; requiring a PERA report on certain survivor benefit amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3A.01, subdivision 1a; 11A.17, subdivisions 1, 9; 13.632, subdivision 1; 122A.18, subdivision 7a; 136F.481; 352.01, subdivisions 2b, 12; 352.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 352.04, subdivisions 2, 3; 352.115, subdivisions 8, 10; 352.1155, subdivisions 1, 4; 352.90; 352.91, subdivisions 1, 2, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, by adding a subdivision; 352.92, subdivisions 1, 2; 352.965, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 352.98, subdivision 2; 352B.08, subdivision 3; 352D.04, by adding subdivisions; 353.01, subdivision 14; 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 3b, 4, by adding a subdivision; 353.30, subdivision 3; 353.37, by adding a subdivision; 353.371, by adding a subdivision; 353.6511, subdivision 7; 353.6512, subdivision 7; 353D.05, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 354.05, subdivisions 2, 7, 13; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3; 354.44, subdivision 5; 354.445; 354.48, subdivision 6a; 354A.011, subdivisions 11, 15a, 27; 354A.021, subdivision 1; 354A.092; 354A.093, subdivision 1; 354A.096; 354A.12, subdivision 2; 354A.29, subdivision 8; 354A.31, subdivisions 1, 3a; 354A.32, subdivision 1; 354A.35, subdivision 1; 354A.37, subdivisions 3, 4; 354A.39; 354A.41; 354B.21, subdivisions 2, 3a; 355.01, subdivision 2c; 356.215, subdivision 11; 356.24, subdivision 1; 356.302, subdivision 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.415, subdivision 1d; 356.42, subdivision 3; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.635, subdivision 6; 356.99, subdivision 1; 356A.06, subdivisions 7, 7a; 424A.015, by adding a subdivision; 424A.016, subdivisions 4, 7; 424A.05, subdivision 3; 424A.08; 424B.12; 490.121, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 69.051, subdivisions 1a, 3; 352.01, subdivision 2a; 352.03, subdivision 4; 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 353.651, subdivision 4; 354.436; 354.44, subdivision 6; 354A.12, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3a, 3c; 354A.27, subdivision 6a; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.215, subdivision 8; 356.219, subdivision 8; 356.30, subdivision 3; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415, subdivisions 1a, 1c, 1e, 1f; 356.91; 423A.02, subdivision 3; 423A.022, subdivisions 2, 3; 424A.016, subdivision 6; 424A.02, subdivisions 3, 7; 424A.092, subdivision 6;
424A.093, subdivisions 2, 6; 424A.094, subdivision 2; 424A.10, subdivision 2; Laws 2009, chapter 169, article 5, section 2, as amended; article 6, section 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 354; 354A; 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 11A.17, subdivision 4; 352.965, subdivision 5; 352D.04, subdivision 1; 353D.05, subdivision 2; 354A.021, subdivision 5; 354A.108; 354A.24; 354A.27, subdivision 5; 356.415, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 354A.27, subdivisions 6a, 7; 354A.31, subdivision 4a.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Joint Rule 2.03 has been waived for any subsequent committee action on this bill.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2029, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring a study of funding, impact, and needs of artists from diverse racial and ethnic communities in the state.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Murphy, M., from the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2265, A bill for an act relating to elections; voters; authorizing secretary of state to obtain certain data from Department of Public Safety; authorizing secretary of state to share certain data; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 171.12, subdivision 7a; 201.13, subdivision 3.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 3, delete section 3 and insert:
"Sec. 3. RESTRICTION
ON USE OF FUNDS.
During the biennium ending June 30, 2015, the secretary of state may not use any funds appropriated to the office, other than appropriations of federal funds or grant funds, for purposes of an agreement to share information or data related to voter registration records with an organization governed exclusively by a group of states."
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 4, delete "appropriating money;"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2365, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring professional licensing boards to expedite license processing for members of the military; providing for temporary licensure for certain military members; authorizing rulemaking; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. [197.4552]
EXPEDITED LICENSE PROCESSING; FORMER AND CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY.
Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, each professional licensing board defined in section 214.01,
subdivisions 2 and 3, shall establish a procedure to expedite the issuance of a
license or certification to perform professional services regulated by each
board to a qualified individual who is:
(1) an active duty military member;
(2) the spouse of an active duty
military member; or
(3) an inactive military veteran who
has left service in the two years preceding the date of license or
certification application, and has confirmation of an honorable or general
discharge status.
Sec. 2. REPORT
ON TEMPORARY LICENSES.
(a) The governor shall designate
representatives of professional licensing boards listed under Minnesota
Statutes, section 214.01, subdivisions 2 and 3, to report to the legislature by
January 15, 2015, on procedures for issuing temporary licenses or certifications
to qualified persons who are active duty military members, spouses of active
duty military members, or veterans who have recently left military service. The report must include recommendations on:
(1) conditions for issuance of
temporary licenses, including evidence of credentialing in other states;
(2) duration of the temporary licenses
or certifications; and
(3) general legislation or
board-specific legislation needed to implement temporary licensure
recommendations quickly and cost-efficiently.
(b) The recommendations of the report
must ensure that to qualify for a temporary license a person must:
(1) produce evidence of a valid
license, certificate, or permit in another state without history of
disciplinary action by a regulatory authority in the other state; and
(2) produce evidence of a current criminal background check without a criminal conviction that adversely affects the person's ability to become licensed."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring professional licensing boards to expedite licensure of former and current members of the military; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Lenczewski from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2434, A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the maximum number of connections allowed for the Cedar Lake area water and sanitary sewer district; authorizing Helena Township in Scott County to use surplus land, property, or money for certain purposes after removal of a subordinate service district; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 14, section 5, subdivision 1.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Hausman from the Committee on Capital Investment to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2490, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing the sale of state bonds; modifying programs; modifying prior appropriations; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 16A.641, by adding a subdivision; 16A.642, subdivisions 1, 2; 115A.0716, subdivision 1; 462A.37, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4; Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 5; Laws 2012, chapter 293, section 19, subdivision 4.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"ARTICLE 1
APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS. |
The sums shown in the column under
"Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or
another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent
for public purposes. Appropriations of
bond proceeds must be spent as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution,
article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and
buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or as authorized
by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or
article XIV. Unless otherwise specified,
money appropriated in this act for a capital program or project may be used to
pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital
program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the
commissioner of management and budget. Unless
otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until the
project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. Unless otherwise
specified
in this act, money appropriated in this act for activities under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 16B.307, 84.946, and 135A.046, should not be used for
projects that can be financed within a reasonable time frame under Minnesota
Statutes, section 16B.322 or 16C.144.
SUMMARY |
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University of Minnesota |
|
$175,330,000
|
Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities |
|
193,615,000
|
Education |
|
13,491,000
|
Minnesota State Academies |
|
9,654,000
|
Perpich Center for Arts
Education |
|
2,000,000
|
Natural Resources |
|
63,700,000
|
Pollution Control Agency |
|
2,625,000
|
Board of Water and Soil
Resources |
|
25,400,000
|
Zoological Garden |
|
7,000,000
|
Administration |
|
1,700,000
|
Minnesota Amateur Sports
Commission |
|
8,723,000
|
Public Safety |
|
3,260,000
|
Military Affairs |
|
3,244,000
|
Transportation |
|
56,895,000
|
Metropolitan Council |
|
24,500,000
|
Human Services |
|
58,787,000
|
Veterans Affairs |
|
3,423,000
|
Corrections |
|
25,381,000
|
Employment and Economic
Development |
|
9,950,000
|
Public Facilities Authority |
|
45,067,000
|
Housing Finance Agency |
|
20,000,000
|
Minnesota Historical Society |
|
12,662,000
|
Grants to Political
Subdivisions |
|
147,736,000
|
Bond Sale Expenses |
|
860,000
|
Cancellations |
|
(2,115,000)
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
|
$914,603,000 |
|
|
|
Bond Proceeds Fund (General
Fund Debt Service) |
|
801,529,000
|
Bond Proceeds Fund (User
Financed Debt Service) |
|
54,538,000
|
Maximum Effort School Loan
Fund |
|
10,491,000
|
State Transportation Fund |
|
40,095,000
|
Trunk Highway Fund |
|
7,950,000
|
Bond Proceeds Cancellations |
|
(2,115,000)
|
|
|
|
|
|
APPROPRIATIONS |
Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$175,330,000 |
To the Board of Regents of the University
of Minnesota for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. |
|
|
30,000,000
|
To be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.
Subd. 3. Minneapolis; Tate Laboratory Renovation |
|
|
56,700,000
|
To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
the Tate Laboratory of Physics building on the Minneapolis campus for the
College of Science and Engineering.
Subd. 4. Crookston;
Wellness Center |
|
|
|
1,130,000
|
To predesign and design the renovation of
the campus wellness and recreational center on the Crookston Campus.
Subd. 5. Research
Laboratories |
|
|
|
12,000,000
|
To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
new bee research facility and a new greenhouse, and to design, renovate, furnish,
and equip the aquatic invasive species research laboratory.
Subd. 6. Duluth; Chemical Sciences and Advanced Materials Building |
|
|
24,000,000
|
To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
new facility to meet the research and undergraduate instruction needs of the
Swenson College of Science and Engineering on the Duluth campus.
Subd. 7. James Ford Bell Natural History Museum and Planetarium |
|
|
51,500,000
|
To complete the design of and to
construct, furnish, and equip a new James Ford Bell Natural History Museum and
Planetarium on the St. Paul campus.
Subd. 8. University
Share |
|
|
|
|
Except for the appropriations for HEAPR
and the Bell Museum, the appropriations in this section are intended to cover
approximately two-thirds of the cost of each project. The remaining costs must be paid from
university sources.
Subd. 9. Unspent
Appropriations |
|
|
|
|
Upon substantial completion of a project
authorized in this section and after written notice to the commissioner of
management and budget, the Board of Regents must use any money remaining in the
appropriation for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota Statutes, section
135A.046. The Board of Regents must
report by February 1 of each even-numbered year to the chairs of the house
of
representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investment
and higher education finance, and to the chairs of the house of representatives
Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee, on how the remaining
money has been allocated or spent.
Sec. 3. MINNESOTA
STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES |
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$193,615,000 |
To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) |
|
|
30,000,000
|
To be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.
Subd. 3. Metropolitan
State University |
|
|
|
35,865,000
|
To complete the design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip the Science Education Center, and renovate, furnish, and
equip space in the new main building.
Subd. 4. Bemidji
State University |
|
|
|
13,790,000
|
To complete design and renovate, construct
an addition to, furnish, and equip Memorial Hall; to design and renovate,
furnish, and equip Decker Hall; to demolish Sanford Hall; and to design the
demolition and replacement of Hagg Sauer Hall.
Subd. 5. Lake
Superior College |
|
|
|
5,266,000
|
To complete design, renovate, furnish, and
equip the allied health and science classroom, lab, and clinic space in the
1986 wing of the E building.
Subd. 6. Minneapolis Community and Technical College |
|
|
3,600,000
|
To design and renovate classroom and lab
space, and upgrade HVAC, security systems, and facility exteriors.
Subd. 7. St. Paul
College |
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
classroom and lab space for the culinary arts and computer numerical
control/machine tool programs.
Subd. 8. Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical |
|
|
1,700,000
|
To design, renovate, repurpose, furnish,
and equip classroom and lab space on the Red Wing and Winona campuses for
health, science, and trades programs.
Subd. 9. Central
Lakes College - Staples |
|
|
|
4,581,000
|
To demolish obsolete space and to design,
renovate, repurpose, furnish, and equip space on the main campus to improve
overall space utilization, efficiency, and academic program sustainability.
Subd. 10. Minnesota
State University - Mankato |
|
|
|
25,818,000
|
To complete design, construct, furnish,
and equip a clinical science building.
Subd. 11. Minnesota State Community and Technical College - Moorhead |
|
|
6,544,000
|
To design, renovate, demolish obsolete
space, construct an addition, and furnish and equip the transportation center.
Subd. 12. Rochester Community and Technical College |
|
|
1,000,000
|
To design the demolition of Memorial and
Plaza Halls and the renovation and
relocation of associated classrooms and office spaces.
Subd. 13. Minnesota West Community and Technical College - Canby and Jackson Campuses |
|
|
3,487,000
|
To design and replace existing HVAC system
with a geothermal system on the Canby campus; and to design, demolish and
replace, furnish, and equip the powerline training facility and to design,
relocate, renovate, and resize ITV classrooms on the Jackson campus.
Subd. 14. Dakota
County Technical College |
|
|
|
7,586,000
|
To complete design, renovate, furnish, and
equip classroom and lab space for transportation and emerging technologies
programs.
Subd. 15. Century
College |
|
|
|
2,020,000
|
To design, renovate, repurpose, furnish,
and equip classroom and lab space for high-demand technical programs including
a digital fabrication lab and solar panels.
Subd. 16. Northeast Higher Education District |
|
|
3,344,000
|
To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
Wilson Hall and construct a biomass boiler system on the Itasca campus; to
design, renovate, furnish, and equip the clinical nursing lab on the Rainy
River campus; to design, renovate, furnish, and equip classroom and lab space
on the Vermilion campus; and to design the demolition of and to demolish
obsolete space, and to design, renovate, furnish, and equip space on the
Hibbing campus.
Subd. 17. Winona
State University |
|
|
|
22,200,000
|
To design, renovate, remodel, furnish, and
equip classrooms for the Education Village project, which includes Wabasha
Hall, Wabasha Rec, and the Cathedral School.
Subd. 18. Anoka
Technical College |
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
classroom and lab spaces for the automotive
and manufacturing technology training programs.
Subd. 19. St. Paul
College |
|
|
|
14,482,000
|
To complete the design of and construct
the health and science alliance center addition and to renovate, furnish, and
equip existing health and West Tower spaces.
Subd. 20. Century
College |
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
To design the renovation and construction
of flexible, multiuse classrooms and labs for workforce programs.
Subd. 21. South
Central College - North Mankato |
|
|
|
7,467,000
|
To design, renovate, renew, furnish, and
equip laboratory, classroom, and office spaces on the North Mankato campus, including asbestos abatement, roof replacement,
and HVAC upgrades.
Subd. 22. St. Cloud
State University |
|
|
|
865,000
|
To design the renovation of Eastman Hall
to relocate student health services and academic programs into the renovated
Eastman Hall.
Subd. 23. Debt
Service |
|
|
|
|
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),
the Board of Trustees shall pay the debt service on one-third of the principal
amount of state bonds sold to finance projects authorized by this section. After each sale of general obligation bonds,
the commissioner of management and budget shall notify the board of the amounts
assessed for each year for the life of the bonds.
(b) The board need not pay debt service on
bonds sold to finance HEAPR. Where a
nonstate match is required, the debt service is due on a principal amount equal
to one-third of the total project cost, less the match committed before the
bonds are sold.
(c) The commissioner of management and
budget shall reduce the board's assessment each year by one-third of the net
income from investment of general obligation bond proceeds in proportion to the
amount of principal and interest otherwise required to be paid
by
the board. The board shall pay its
resulting net assessment to the commissioner of management and budget by
December 1 each year. If the board fails
to make a payment when due, the commissioner of management and budget shall
reduce allotments for appropriations from the general fund otherwise available
to the board and apply the amount of the reduction to cover the missed debt
service payment. The commissioner of
management and budget shall credit the payments received from the board to the
bond debt service account in the state bond fund each December 1 before money
is transferred from the general fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
subdivision 10.
Subd. 24. Unspent
Appropriations |
|
|
|
|
(a) Upon substantial completion of a
project authorized in this section and after written notice to the commissioner
of management and budget, the board must use any money remaining in the
appropriation for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota Statutes, section
135A.046. The Board of Trustees must
report by February 1 of each even-numbered year to the chairs of the house of
representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investment
and higher education finance, and to the chairs of the house of representatives
Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee, on how the remaining
money has been allocated or spent.
(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation
for a project in this section that is complete is available for HEAPR under
this subdivision, at the same campus as the project for which the original
appropriation was made and the debt service requirement under subdivision 23 is
reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.642, applies from the date of the original appropriation to the
unspent amount transferred.
Sec. 4. EDUCATION
|
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$13,491,000 |
To the commissioner of education for the purposes
specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake |
|
|
10,491,000
|
From the maximum effort school loan fund
for a capital loan to Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, as
provided in Minnesota Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 126C.72. Of this appropriation, $5,491,000 is to
complete design and construction of, furnish, and equip a single kitchen and
cafeteria to serve the high school and middle school, and $5,000,000 is to
complete design, renovation, and construction of, furnish, and equip Red Lake
Elementary School. Before any capital
loan contract is
approved
under this authorization, the district must provide documentation acceptable to
the commissioner on how the capital loan will be used.
Subd. 3. Library
Construction Grants |
|
|
|
3,000,000
|
(a) For library construction grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45.
(b) $570,000 of this appropriation is for a grant to the city of Jackson to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip the renovation and expansion of the city library. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal amount has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
(c) $257,000 of this appropriation is for
a grant to the city of Perham to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
equip the renovation of the city library.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget determines that at least an equal amount has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources.
Sec. 5. MINNESOTA
STATE ACADEMIES |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$9,654,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
For capital asset preservation
improvements and betterments on both campuses of the Minnesota State Academies,
to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
Subd. 3. New
Residence Hall |
|
|
|
8,654,000
|
To complete the design of and perform
asbestos and hazardous materials abatement and demolition of Frechette Hall and
to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new boys' dormitory on the Minnesota
State Academy for the Deaf campus.
Sec. 6. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION |
|
|
$2,000,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
capital asset preservation improvements and betterments at the Perpich Center
for Arts Education, to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.307. This appropriation includes
money to renovate the restrooms in the east wing of the administration
building.
Sec. 7. NATURAL
RESOURCES |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$63,700,000 |
To the commissioner of natural resources
for the purposes specified in this section.
The appropriations in this section are
subject to the requirements of the natural resources capital improvement
program under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, unless this section or the
statutes referred to in this section provide more specific standards, criteria, or priorities for projects than
Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
Subd. 2. Natural
Resources Asset Preservation |
|
|
|
12,000,000
|
For the renovation of state-owned
facilities and recreational assets operated by the commissioner of natural
resources to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946. Notwithstanding section 84.946, the
commissioner may use this appropriation to replace buildings if, considering
the embedded energy in the building, that is the most energy-efficient and
carbon-reducing method of renovation.
Subd. 3. Buildings
and Facilities Development |
|
|
|
2,500,000
|
To predesign buildings in Bemidji,
Rochester, and a lab/necropsy facility; and to replace buildings that are in
poor condition, outdated, and no longer support the natural resource work.
Subd. 4. Flood
Hazard Mitigation |
|
|
|
9,900,000
|
(a) For the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements to prevent or alleviate
flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161. Levee projects, to the extent practical,
shall meet the state standard of three feet above the 100-year flood elevation. Project priorities shall be determined by the
commissioner as appropriate and based on need.
(b) This appropriation includes money for
the projects in Montevideo and Moorhead.
(c) For any project listed in this
subdivision that the commissioner determines is not ready to proceed or does
not expend all the money allocated to it, the commissioner may allocate that
project's money to a project on the commissioner's priority list.
(d) To the extent that the cost of a
project exceeds two percent of the median household income in a municipality or
township multiplied by the number of households in the municipality or
township, this appropriation is also for the local share of the project.
Subd. 5. Dam
Renovation, Repair, Removal |
|
|
|
5,400,000
|
(a) To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. The commissioner shall determine project priorities as appropriate under Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.
(b) This appropriation includes up to
$3,000,000 for a grant to the city of Champlin to repair and renovate the
Champlin Mill Pond Dam. Notwithstanding
the match requirements in section 103G.515, the grant to the city of Champlin
does not require any nonstate match.
(c) $2,400,000 of this appropriation is
for a grant to Blue Earth County to repair and renovate the Rapidan Dam. Notwithstanding the match requirements in
section 103G.515, the grant to Blue Earth County does not require any nonstate
match.
Subd. 6. RIM
Critical Habitat |
|
|
|
3,000,000
|
To provide the state match for the
critical habitat private sector matching account under Minnesota Statutes, section
84.943. This appropriation must be used
only to acquire fee title.
Subd. 7. School
Trust Lands Acquisition |
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
To acquire school trust lands where
revenue generation is prohibited. All
payments made pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited into the
permanent school fund under Minnesota Statutes,
section 11A.16. For purposes of this
section, "school trust land" has the meaning given in Minnesota
Statutes, section 92.025.
Subd. 8. State
Trails Acquisition and Development |
|
|
|
19,400,000
|
To acquire land for and to construct and
renovate state trails under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015. This appropriation includes funding for the
following trail projects:
(1) $500,000 to acquire land for and
develop approximately four miles of the Blazing Star Trail from Myre-Big Island
State Park to Hayward;
(2) $650,000 is to develop and pave
approximately five miles of the Casey Jones Trail in Pipestone County from
County Road 16 through Woodstock and to improve the trailhead in Pipestone;
(3) $2,750,000 is for the Cuyuna Lakes
Trail segment from Deerwood to Crosby and the Sagamore Unit of the Cuyuna
Country State Recreation Area, to connect to the Paul Bunyan Trail and into Lum
Park and then to the airport;
(4)
$600,000 is to acquire land and develop the Gateway Trail from Pine Point Park in May Township into William
O'Brien State Park;
(5) $1,700,000 is to acquire land and
develop the Gitchi-Gami Trail from a Department of Transportation wayside rest
on Trunk Highway 61 at Cutface Creek to the existing trail terminus on the west
edge of Grand Marais;
(6) $1,500,000 is to acquire land and
develop an approximately five mile spur from the Glacial Lakes Trail through
New London and into Sibley State Park, including a separated grade crossing of
Trunk Highway 71;
(7) $650,000 is to acquire land and
develop a portion of the Goodhue Pioneer Trail;
(8) $3,100,000 is to design, develop, and
complete the Heartland Trail from Detroit Lakes to Frazee, and to predesign the
trail between Moorhead and Hawley. Any
remaining portion of this amount may be used to fund the design and completion
of other sections of the Heartland Trail, including from Park Rapids to Itasca
State Park or from Hawley to Detroit Lakes;
(9) $2,000,000 is to pave approximately
28.5 miles of the Luce Line Trail from the Carver-McLeod County border to Cedar
Mills in Meeker County;
(10) $550,000 is to acquire land and
develop the Mill Towns Trail segment from Faribault to Dundas;
(11) $400,000 is for the Minnesota River
Trail between Mankato and St. Peter, and connections to the Sakatah
Singing Hills State Trail and the Red Jacket Trail in Mankato;
(12) $2,500,000 is to develop the
Minnesota Valley Trail from the Bloomington Ferry Bridge to the Minnesota
Valley Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Bloomington; and
(13) $2,500,000 is to acquire land and
develop approximately 11 miles of the Shooting Star Trail from Rose Creek to
Austin.
The commissioner may allocate money not
needed to complete a project listed in this section to another project listed
in this section that may need additional money to be completed. For any project listed in this subdivision
that the commissioner determines is not ready to proceed, the commissioner may
reallocate that project's money to another state trail project described in
this section or other state trail infrastructure. The chairs of the house of representatives
and senate committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources
and legislators from the affected legislative districts must be notified of any
changes.
Subd. 9. Aquatic Management Area Acquisition and Development |
|
|
1,000,000
|
To acquire land in fee for aquatic
management area purposes and for improvements of a capital nature to develop,
protect, or improve habitat and facilities on wildlife management areas under
Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 14.
Subd. 10. Central
Minnesota Regional Parks |
|
|
|
500,000
|
For a grant to the city of Sartell to
acquire up to 68 acres of land located along the Sauk River near the confluence
of the Mississippi River to serve as part of the Central Minnesota Regional
Parks and Trails.
Subd. 11. Fort
Snelling Upper Post, Paths |
|
|
|
500,000
|
To design and construct bicycle and
pedestrian paths between the Fort Snelling light rail transit station and
historic Fort Snelling and the upper post area.
Subd. 12. Fountain
Lake Restoration |
|
|
|
7,500,000
|
For a grant to the Shell Rock River
Watershed District for sediment removal and cleanup of Fountain Lake, including
engineering, design, permitting, and land acquisition for deposit of removed
sediment.
Subd. 13. State Forest Campground Connection to Sewer System |
|
|
|
The commissioner must provide for the state
forest campground in Kabetogama Township to be connected to a public sewage
treatment system within the Voyageurs National Park Clean Water Joint Powers
Board's jurisdiction, when one is constructed and operational.
Subd. 14. Unspent
Appropriations |
|
|
|
|
The unspent portion of an appropriation for
a project in this section that is complete, upon written notice to the
commissioner of management and budget, is available for asset preservation
under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946.
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from the date of the
original appropriation to the unspent amount transferred.
Sec. 8. POLLUTION
CONTROL AGENCY |
|
|
|
$2,625,000 |
To the Pollution Control Agency for a solid
waste capital assistance grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, to
Becker County to design and construct a waste transfer facility and
a
material recovery facility. This amount
includes 75 percent of the cost of the transfer station and 50 percent of the
cost of a material recovery facility. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed from
nonstate sources.
Sec. 9. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES |
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$25,400,000 |
To the Board of Water and Soil Resources
for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) Reserve Program |
|
|
19,600,000
|
(a) To acquire conservation easements from
landowners to preserve, restore, create, and enhance wetlands and associated
uplands of prairie and grasslands, and restore and enhance rivers and streams,
riparian lands, and associated uplands of prairie and grasslands in order to
protect soil and water quality, support fish and wildlife habitat, reduce flood
damage, and provide other public benefits.
The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply to this
program.
(b) The board shall give priority to
leveraging federal funds by enrolling targeted new lands or enrolling
environmentally sensitive lands that have expiring federal conservation
agreements.
(c) The board is authorized to enter into
new agreements and amend past agreements with landowners as required by
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision 5, to allow for restoration. Of this appropriation, up to five percent may
be used for restoration and enhancement.
Subd. 3. Local Government Roads Wetland Replacement Program |
|
|
5,400,000
|
To acquire land or permanent easements and
to restore, create, enhance, and preserve wetlands to replace those wetlands
drained or filled as a result of the repair, reconstruction, replacement, or
rehabilitation of existing public roads as required by Minnesota Statutes,
section 103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraphs (l) and (m). The board may vary the priority order of
Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), to
implement an in-lieu fee agreement approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
The purchase price paid for acquisition of land or perpetual easement
must be a fair market value as determined by the board. The board may enter into agreements with the
federal government, other state agencies, political subdivisions, nonprofit
organizations, fee title owners, or other qualified private entities to acquire
wetland replacement credits in accordance
with Minnesota Rules, chapter 8420.
Sec. 10. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS |
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$7,000,000 |
To the Minnesota Zoological Garden Board
for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Discovery
Bay Renovation |
|
|
|
3,000,000
|
To complete renovation of Discovery Bay to
permit the opening of a new marine exhibit.
Subd. 3. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
4,000,000
|
For capital asset preservation improvements
and betterments to infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota Zoo, to be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION
|
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$1,700,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Capital Asset Preservation and Replacement Account |
|
|
1,000,000
|
To be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
Subd. 3. Minnesota Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial |
|
|
450,000
|
To complete design of and construct a
memorial in the Capitol Area to honor all Hmong-Lao veterans of the war in Laos
who were allied with the American forces during the Vietnam War. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget has determined that at least $100,000 has
been committed to the project from nonstate sources. Nonstate funds provided for this project may
also be used to fund only its proportional share of new sidewalks leading to
monuments in the Capitol Area.
Subd. 4. Minnesota
Workers Memorial |
|
|
|
250,000
|
For capital improvements to the Minnesota
Workers Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
Sec. 12. MINNESOTA
AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION |
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$8,723,000 |
To the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Southwest Regional Amateur Sports Center |
|
|
4,298,000
|
For a grant to the city of Marshall to
acquire land and prepare a site for, and to predesign, design, construct,
furnish, and equip the Southwest Regional Amateur Sports Center in Marshall. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal amount
is committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 3. National
Sports Center Expansion |
|
|
|
3,950,000
|
To acquire land and prepare a site for and
to design, construct, and equip parking lots, roads, athletic fields, and other
infrastructure necessary for expansion of tournament fields at the National
Sports Center in Blaine.
Subd. 4. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
475,000
|
For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at the National Sports Center in Blaine, to be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307, including life
safety improvements, emergency roof and wall repair, and to replace lighting
systems on the National Sports Center campus.
Sec. 13. PUBLIC
SAFETY |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$3,260,000 |
To the commissioner of public safety for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Cottage
Grove - HERO Center |
|
|
|
1,460,000
|
For a grant to the city of Cottage Grove
to predesign and design a Health and Emergency Response Occupations (HERO)
Center at 12600 Ravine Parkway in Cottage Grove. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that the cities of Cottage
Grove and Woodbury and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities have entered into an agreement for operation and management of
the center, and that at least an equal amount is committed to the project from
nonstate sources.
Subd. 3. Maplewood - East Metro Public Safety Training Center |
|
|
1,800,000
|
For a grant to the city of Maplewood to
complete the second half of the critical Class A burn building; construct the
simulation/training building and related site work; purchase and install two
additional gas-fired burn equipment props; and install site training equipment,
props, and burn room liners for the East
Metro
Public Safety Training Center located in the city of Maplewood. This appropriation does not require any
additional contributions from nonstate sources.
Sec. 14. MILITARY
AFFAIRS |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$3,244,000 |
To the adjutant general for the purposes
specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
2,000,000 |
For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at military affairs facilities statewide, to be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307, including life
safety improvements, correcting code deficiencies, and federal Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance activities.
The adjutant general may also use these funds to expand the military
parking lot at the armory in Owatonna.
Subd. 3. Brooklyn
Park Armory |
|
|
|
1,244,000
|
To renovate existing space, furnish, and
equip the Brooklyn Park Armory. This
appropriation may also be used to construct an addition to the armory if
sufficient federal funds are committed to the project.
Sec. 15. TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$56,895,000 |
To the commissioner of transportation for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Local
Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation |
|
|
|
21,750,000
|
This appropriation is from the bond
proceeds account in the state transportation fund to match federal money and to
replace or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as provided in Minnesota
Statutes, section 174.50. To the extent
practicable, the commissioner shall expend the funds as provided under
Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, subdivision 6a, 6b, or 6c.
$11,750,000 of this appropriation is for a
grant to Hennepin County to rehabilitate the Franklin Avenue Bridge. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least $16,500,000 is
committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 3. Local
Road Improvement Fund Grants |
|
|
|
18,345,000
|
This appropriation is from the bond
proceeds account in the state transportation fund as provided in Minnesota
Statutes, section 174.50, for construction and reconstruction of local roads
with statewide or regional significance under Minnesota Statutes, section
174.52, subdivision 4, or for grants to counties to assist in paying the costs
of rural road safety capital improvement projects on county state-aid highways
under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4a.
This appropriation includes funding for
the following projects:
(1) a grant to the city of Richfield for
the 77th Street underpass project;
(2) a grant to Anoka County for the U.S. Highway
10 and County State-Aid Highway 83 (Armstrong Boulevard) project; and
(3) a grant to Ramsey County for the road
improvements related to the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant redevelopment
project.
Subd. 4. Greater
Minnesota Transit |
|
|
|
1,350,000
|
For capital assistance for greater
Minnesota transit systems to be used for transit capital facilities under
Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24, subdivision 3c. Money from this appropriation may be used to
pay up to 80 percent of the nonfederal share of these facilities. Of this appropriation:
(1) $1,100,000 is for a grant to the St. Cloud
Metropolitan Transit Commission for phase I of the metro bus operations center
vehicle storage addition and improvements project; and
(2) $250,000 is for a grant to the
Kandiyohi Area Transit Joint Powers Board for an additional bus storage garage
in Willmar.
Subd. 5. Willmar
District Headquarters |
|
|
|
4,370,000
|
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund to complete the Willmar headquarters and is added to the
appropriation in Laws 2012, chapter 287, article 1, section 1, subdivision 2.
Subd. 6. Little
Falls Truck Station |
|
|
|
3,580,000
|
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund to complete the Little Falls truck station and is added to the
appropriation in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 15.
Subd. 7. Safe
Routes to School |
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
For grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 174.40.
Subd. 8. Port
Development Assistance |
|
|
|
6,000,000
|
For grants under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 457A. Any improvements made with
the proceeds of these grants must be publicly owned.
Sec. 16. METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$24,500,000 |
To the Metropolitan Council for the
purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Metropolitan Regional Parks and Trails Capital Improvements |
|
|
9,000,000
|
For the cost of improvements and
betterments of a capital nature and acquisition by the council and local
government units of regional recreational open-space lands in accordance with
the council's policy plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.147. This appropriation must not be used to
purchase easements.
Subd. 3. Metropolitan Cities Inflow and Infiltration Grants |
|
|
1,000,000
|
For grants to cities within the
metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121,
subdivision 2, for capital improvements in municipal wastewater collection
systems to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration to the Metropolitan
Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal system. Grants from this appropriation are for up to
50 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow and infiltration in the publicly
owned municipal wastewater collection systems.
To be eligible for a grant, a city must be identified by the council as
a contributor of excessive inflow and infiltration in the metropolitan disposal
system or have a measured flow rate within 20 percent of their allowable
council-determined inflow and infiltration limits. The council must award grants based on
applications from cities that identify eligible capital costs and include a
timeline for inflow and infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant to
guidelines established by the council.
Subd. 4. Inver
Grove Heights - Heritage Village Park |
|
|
|
3,500,000
|
For a grant to the city of Inver Grove
Heights for public infrastructure improvements and land acquisition in and
adjacent to the Heritage Village Park, the Mississippi River Trail, and the
Rock
Island Swing Bridge. These improvements
will include but are not limited to motor vehicle access, utility service,
stormwater treatment, and trail and sidewalk connections. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget has determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 5. Fridley
- Springbrook Nature Center |
|
|
|
5,500,000
|
For a grant to the city of Fridley to
predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip the redevelopment and
expansion of the Springbrook Nature Center.
A nonstate match is not required.
Subd. 6. St. Paul - Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary Cultural Center |
|
|
3,500,000
|
For a grant to the city of St. Paul
to predesign, design, renovate, furnish, and equip the areas of the vacant
four-story warehouse building at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul
that will be used for uses and programs that the city determines meet regional
and city public and park purposes requirements.
The city may enter into a lease or management agreement under Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695, to operate the programs in the center. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal amount
has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 7. Washington County - Hastings Bridge Trail Connection |
|
|
2,000,000
|
For a grant to Washington County to design
and construct trail bridges and related trails that connect the regional trail
systems of Washington County and Dakota County.
Sec. 17. HUMAN
SERVICES |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$58,787,000 |
To the commissioner of administration, or
another named agency, for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Minnesota
Security Hospital - St. Peter |
|
|
|
41,317,000
|
To design and perform asbestos and
hazardous materials abatement and demolition; to complete the design of, and to
construct, furnish, and equip the first phase of a two-phase project to remodel
existing, and to develop new, residential, program, activity, and ancillary
facilities for the Minnesota Security Hospital on the upper campus of the St. Peter
Regional Treatment Center. This
appropriation includes funding to design the second phase of the project. Upon substantial completion of the first
phase of this
project,
any unspent portion of this appropriation is available to design, perform
asbestos and hazardous materials abatement, perform demolition, and to
construct, renovate, furnish, and equip the second phase.
Subd. 3. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
3,000,000
|
For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at Department of Human Services facilities
statewide, to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
Subd. 4. Early Childhood Learning and Child Protection Facilities |
|
|
10,000,000
|
To the commissioner of human services for
grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.37, to construct and rehabilitate
early childhood learning and child protection facilities. Notwithstanding the limits on grant amounts
in Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.37, a grant from this appropriation for an
individual facility may be for up to $1,000,000.
Notwithstanding the limitations on grant
amounts in Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.37, $5,000,000 of this
appropriation is for a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, design, renovate,
furnish, and equip the early childhood center at the YWCA of Minneapolis,
subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
The grant to Hennepin County is not available until the commissioner of
management and budget determines that at least an equal amount has been
committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 5. Maplewood
- Harriet Tubman Center East |
|
|
|
720,000
|
For a grant to the city of Maplewood to
complete renovation of and equip Harriet Tubman Center East to be used as a
regional collaborative service center that includes a shelter for victims of
violence and exploitation and their children, legal services, youth programs,
mental and chemical health services, and community education. This appropriation does not require any
nonstate match and is added to the appropriation in Laws 2012, chapter 293,
section 18, subdivision 3, for the same purposes.
Subd. 6. Hennepin County - St. David's Center for Child and Family Development |
|
|
3,750,000
|
To the commissioner of human services for
a grant to Hennepin County to acquire land for and to predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip the expansion and renovation of the St. David's
Center for Child and Family Development, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695. The center must be used to
promote the public welfare by providing early childhood education and respite
care, children's mental health services, pediatric rehabilitative
therapies
for children with special needs, support services for persons with
disabilities, foster care placement, and other interventions for children who
are at risk for poor developmental outcomes or maltreatment. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget has determined that at least an equal
amount has been expended or committed to the project from nonstate sources. Nonstate money spent on the project since
January 1, 2011, shall be included in the determination of nonstate commitments
to the project.
Sec. 18. VETERANS
AFFAIRS |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$3,423,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
408,000
|
For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at veterans affairs facilities statewide, to be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
Subd. 3. Minneapolis
Deep Tunnel |
|
|
|
730,000
|
To complete the design of and perform
repairs to stabilize the structural integrity of and waterproof the deep tunnel
on the Minneapolis Veterans Home campus.
These funds may be used for asbestos and hazardous materials abatement
related to this project.
Subd. 4. Residents
Rooms Renovation |
|
|
|
1,840,000
|
To complete the design of and perform
improvements to resident rooms and renovation of the nursing station in the
Luverne Veterans Home and to complete the design of and renovate resident
bathrooms in the Silver Bay Veterans Home.
These funds may be used for asbestos and hazardous materials abatement
related to this project.
Subd. 5. New
Storage Building, Luverne |
|
|
|
120,000
|
To construct a new storage building in
Luverne to house seasonal equipment and excess supplies.
Subd. 6. Edina
- All Veterans Memorial |
|
|
|
225,000
|
For a grant to the city of Edina to design
and construct the All Veterans Memorial in the city of Edina, in accordance
with Minnesota Statutes, section 416.01.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed to
the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 7. North
St. Paul - Veterans Memorial |
|
|
|
100,000
|
For a grant to the city of North St. Paul
to design and construct a memorial to those who have served or are presently in
the military of the United States of America and those who have died while in
the line of duty. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner of management and budget has determined
that at least an equal amount has been committed to the project from nonstate
sources.
Sec. 19. CORRECTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$25,381,000 |
To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Asset
Preservation |
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at Minnesota correctional facilities statewide,
to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
Subd. 3. Minnesota
Correctional Facility - Shakopee |
|
|
|
5,381,000
|
To design, construct, and equip a
perimeter security fence at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Shakopee.
Subd. 4. Minnesota
Correctional Facility - St. Cloud |
|
|
|
18,000,000
|
To design, construct, furnish, and equip
phase one of a new health services unit, a new service corridor and security
station leading to the unit, and a mechanical building to serve the new health
unit and associated utility infrastructure systems and site work; and to design
phase two consisting of new intake, warehouse, and loading dock buildings
associated utility infrastructure systems and sitework and all associated
repurposing, including asbestos and hazardous materials abatement of interior
spaces that were formally used for the occupancies being moved to the new phase
one and two buildings at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud.
Subd. 5. Unspent
Appropriations |
|
|
|
|
The unspent portion of an appropriation
for a project in this section that is complete, upon written notice to the
commissioner of management and budget, is available for asset preservation
under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307, at the same correctional facility as
the project for which the original appropriation was made. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
from the date of the original appropriation to the unspent amount transferred.
Sec. 20. EMPLOYMENT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$9,950,000 |
To the commissioner of employment and
economic development for the purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Innovative Business Development Public Infrastructure Grants |
|
|
500,000
|
For grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.435.
Subd. 3. Public
Building Accessibility Grants |
|
|
|
450,000
|
For grants under new Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.434.
Subd. 4. St. Paul
- Minnesota Public Media Commons |
|
|
|
9,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
renovate the Twin Cities Public Television Building in downtown St. Paul. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal amount
is committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Sec. 21. PUBLIC
FACILITIES AUTHORITY |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$45,067,000 |
To the Public Facilities Authority for the
purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. State
Match for Federal Grants |
|
|
|
12,000,000
|
To match federal grants for the clean water
revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.07, and the drinking
water revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081. This appropriation must be used for qualified
capital projects.
Subd. 3. Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Program |
|
|
20,000,000
|
For grants to eligible municipalities under
the wastewater infrastructure funding program under Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.072.
Subd. 4. Big
Lake Area Sanitary District |
|
|
|
4,500,000
|
For a grant to the Big Lake Area Sanitary
District to acquire land for and to predesign, design, and construct a pressure
sewer system and force main to convey sewage to the Western Lake Superior
Sanitary District connection in the city of Cloquet. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal amount
has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 5. Voyageurs National Park Clean Water Joint Powers Board |
|
|
8,567,000
|
(a) $750,000 is for a grant to the Crane
Lake Water and Sanitary District to acquire land for and to predesign, design,
and construct a new sanitary sewer collection system and to expand the existing
systems. The project will include a
sewer extension to the Handberg Resort, public landing, and any associated work
in Area T of the Crane Lake Water and Sanitary District comprehensive plan,
including any necessary road work. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
determines that at least an equal amount has been committed to the project from
nonstate sources.
(b) $7,817,000 is for a grant to
Koochiching County to acquire land for and to predesign, design, and construct
new sanitary sewer collection systems and expand the existing systems in
Koochiching County for the Island View sewer project as designated in the
November 2013 Voyageurs National Park Clean Water Joint Powers Board Draft
Comprehensive Plan. This appropriation
is not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines
that at least an equal amount has been committed to the project from nonstate
sources.
(c) Any remaining funds from the projects
in paragraphs (a) or (b) may be used for the other project or for the Ash River
project in St. Louis County or the Kabetogama project in St. Louis
County. Funds are not available until
the commissioner of management and budget determines that at least an equal
amount has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Sec. 22. MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY |
|
|
$20,000,000 |
For transfer to the housing development
fund to finance the costs of rehabilitation to preserve public housing under
Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision 3a. For purposes of this section, "public
housing" means housing for low-income persons and households financed by
the federal government and owned and operated by the public housing authorities
and agencies formed by cities and counties.
Public housing authorities receiving a public housing assessment
composite score of 80 or above are eligible to receive funding. Priority must be given to proposals that
maximize federal or local resources to finance the capital costs. The priority in Minnesota Statutes, section
462A.202, subdivision 3a, for projects to increase the supply of affordable
housing and the restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202,
subdivision 7, do not apply to this appropriation.
Sec. 23. MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$12,662,000 |
To the Minnesota Historical Society for the
purposes specified in this section.
Subd. 2. Oliver
H. Kelley Farm Historic Site |
|
|
|
10,562,000
|
To complete design and to construct,
furnish, and equip the renovation of the Oliver H. Kelley Farm Historic Site,
including the site's visitor center and other essential visitor services and
site operations facilities.
Subd. 3. Historic
Sites Asset Preservation |
|
|
|
1,600,000
|
For capital improvements and betterments at
state historic sites, buildings, landscaping at historic buildings, exhibits,
markers, and monuments, to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 16B.307. The society shall
determine project priorities as appropriate based on need.
Subd. 4. Historic
Fort Snelling Predesign |
|
|
|
500,000
|
For predesign of facilities to support
visitor services and history programs at Historic Fort Snelling.
Sec. 24. GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS |
|
|
|
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation |
|
|
|
$147,736,000 |
To the commissioner of employment and
economic development, or another named agency, for the purposes specified in
this section.
Subd. 2. Brainerd - Utilities Extension to the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport |
|
|
6,500,000
|
For a grant to the city of Brainerd to
design, engineer, and construct an extension of water and sanitary sewer
service to the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport and to replace approximately one
mile of existing sewer to accommodate flow from the airport.
Subd. 3. Chatfield
- Center for the Arts |
|
|
|
7,985,000
|
For a grant to the city of Chatfield
economic development authority to predesign, design, renovate, construct, furnish,
and equip the Chatfield Center for the Arts in the city of Chatfield. The center includes the George H. Potter
auditorium, the adjacent 1916 school building, and the land surrounding the
structures currently owned by the economic development authority. Money, land and buildings, and in-kind
contributions provided to the center before the enactment of this section are
considered to be sufficient local match, and no further local match is
required.
Subd. 4. Grand Rapids - Independent School
District No. 318 |
|
|
3,897,000
|
For a grant to Independent School District No. 318,
Grand Rapids, to complete the design of, and to renovate, construct, furnish,
and equip, the Myles Reif Center for the Performing Arts. This
appropriation
is not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines
that at least $3,347,000 is committed to the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 5. Lewis
and Clark Joint Powers Board |
|
|
|
20,000,000
|
For a grant to the Lewis and Clark Joint
Powers Board to acquire land or interests in land for, and to design, engineer,
and construct pipeline and other facilities and infrastructure necessary for
phase I of the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System project. This appropriation does not require a local
match.
Subd. 6. Mankato - Arena and Events Center Auditorium |
|
|
14,500,000
|
For a grant to the city of Mankato to
design, construct, furnish, and equip an addition to and renovate existing
space, and for other improvements of a capital nature to the Minnesota State
University Arena and Event Center Auditorium.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget determines that at least $14,500,000 has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources. Amounts
expended by the city of Mankato for project costs since March 1, 2013, shall
count toward the matching requirement.
Subd. 7. Minneapolis
- Nicollet Mall |
|
|
|
4,500,000
|
For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
predesign and design the reconstruction of Nicollet Mall and its adjacent and
related infrastructure in downtown Minneapolis.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget determines that at least an equal amount has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 8. Range
Regional Airport |
|
|
|
6,500,000
|
To the commissioner of transportation for
a grant to the Chisholm-Hibbing Airport Authority to demolish the existing
terminal, construct, furnish, and equip a new airline passenger terminal,
passenger boarding bridge, and associated appurtenances to include, but not
limited to, building signage, building security systems, and tying into the
adjacent sidewalks, driveway, and aircraft parking apron area at the Range
Regional Airport terminal. The airport
authority must use American-made steel for this project, unless the airport
authority determines that an exception in Public Law 111-5, section 1605,
applies. The capital improvements paid
for with this appropriation may be used as the local contribution required by
Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision 4.
Subd. 9. Red
Wing - River Renaissance |
|
|
|
6,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of Red Wing for
the River Renaissance projects, which include reconstruction of deteriorated
portions of the Levee Road to segregate pedestrians and bicyclists from motor
vehicle traffic; improve underground utilities, surface storm water management,
and access points; realignment of the Riverwalk Trail to segregate pedestrians
and bicyclists from motor vehicle traffic and connect the trail to the Cannon
Valley and Goodhue Pioneer trails; reconstruction of the small boat harbor
retaining wall and abutting parking area; construction of new dockage to
accommodate larger riverboats; and to predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip the renovation of the historic Sheldon Theater in Red Wing, subject
to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. This
grant is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed to it
from nonstate sources.
Subd. 10. Rice Lake Township - Water Main Replacement |
|
|
1,168,000
|
For a grant to Rice Lake Township in St. Louis
County to design and construct a replacement water main and related public
infrastructure on East Calvary Road and Kolstad, Austin, Milwaukee, Mather, and
Chicago Avenues in Rice Lake Township. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
determines that at least an equal amount is committed to the project from
nonstate sources.
Subd. 11. Rochester - Mayo Civic Center Complex |
|
|
30,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of Rochester to
design, construct, furnish, and equip the renovation and expansion of the Mayo
Civic Center complex and related infrastructure, including but not limited to
skyway access, lighting, parking, and landscaping. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget has determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed to the project from nonstate sources. Amounts expended by the city of Rochester for
project costs since July 1, 2013, shall count toward the matching requirement.
Subd. 12. Sandstone
- Business Park |
|
|
|
200,000
|
For a grant to the city of Sandstone to
design and construct necessary public infrastructure to open a planned business
park to serve a major tenant in Sandstone, Pine County.
Subd. 13. St. Cloud - River's Edge Convention Center |
|
|
11,560,000
|
For a grant to the city of St. Cloud
to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip an expansion of the River's
Edge Convention Center, including a parking facility and pedestrian skyway
connection. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that at least $10,100,000 has
been committed to the project from nonstate sources. Amounts expended by the city of St. Cloud
for project costs since July 1, 2010, shall count toward the matching
requirement.
Subd. 14. St. Paul - Minnesota Children's Museum |
|
|
14,000,000
|
For a grant to the city of St. Paul
to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip an expansion and renovation
of the Minnesota Children's Museum, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695. The expansion and exhibit
upgrades should incorporate the latest research on early learning, allow for
new state-of-the art education facilities, and increase the capacity of
visitors to galleries and programming areas.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
Subd. 15. Truman
- Storm Water Project |
|
|
|
1,426,000
|
For a grant to the city of Truman to
design, construct, and install new storm water lines to two areas of the city
that experience flooding with heavy rain.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management
and budget has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed to
the project from nonstate sources.
Subd. 16. Virginia - Highway 53 Utilities Relocation |
|
|
19,500,000
|
To the commissioner of transportation for:
(1) a grant to the city of Virginia Public
Utilities Commission to acquire land, predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip relocated storm water, sanitary sewer, water, electrical, and gas
utilities along or near the relocated U.S. Highway 53 in Virginia, St. Louis
County; and
(2) a grant to the St. Louis and Lake
Counties Regional Railroad Authority to acquire land, predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip trails to handle bicycles, pedestrians,
snowmobiles, and ATVs along or near the relocated U.S. Highway 53 in Virginia, St. Louis
County.
Sec. 25. BOND
SALE EXPENSES |
|
|
|
$860,000 |
To the commissioner of management and
budget for bond sale expenses under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 8.
Sec. 26. BOND
SALE AUTHORIZATION.
Subdivision 1. Bond
proceeds fund. To provide the
money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of
management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up
to $856,067,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed
by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
Subd. 2. Maximum
effort school loan fund. To
provide the money appropriated in this act from the maximum effort school loan
fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $10,491,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and
with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675,
and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued
interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to
a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.
Subd. 3. Transportation
fund. To provide the money
appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the commissioner
of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount
up to $40,095,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed
by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium
received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account
in the state transportation fund.
Sec. 27. CANCELLATIONS;
BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION REDUCTIONS.
Subdivision 1. 2002;
BCA headquarters. $23,340.68
of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7,
subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 90, for
construction of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension building in St. Paul,
is canceled. The bond sale authorization
in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 17, is reduced by the same
amount.
Subd. 2. 2002;
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center.
$4,805 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section
22, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 43,
and Laws 2013, chapter 136, section 10, for the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment
Center, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter
393, section 30, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 3. 2005;
CAAPB. $28,600 of the
appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 14, subdivision 2,
for design of Capitol restoration work, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005,
chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same
amount.
Subd. 4. 2005;
DHS. $3,236 of the
appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 3,
as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 47, and Laws 2013, chapter 136,
section 11, for statewide redevelopment, reuse, or demolition of Department of
Human Services facilities, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 5. 2005;
DHS. $5,542.15 of the
appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 6,
for asset preservation of Department of Human Services facilities, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005,
chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same
amount.
Subd. 6. 2005;
Veterans Home Board. $3,020.50
of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 21,
subdivision 4, for building 4 remodeling at the Minneapolis Veterans Home, is
canceled. The bond sale authorization in
Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, is reduced by the
same amount.
Subd. 7. 2006;
CAPRA. $4,701.25 of the
appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 12, subdivision 2, for capital
asset preservation and replacement, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 8. 2006;
asset preservation. $11,114.70
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 12, subdivision 3, for
Department of Administration asset preservation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 9. 2006;
CAAPB. $6,927.50 of the
appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 13, for the Capitol dome and
design work, is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced
by the same amount.
Subd. 10. 2006;
local bridges, MnDOT. $251,357
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 2, for
local bridge replacement and rehabilitation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 3, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 11. 2006; local roads, MnDOT. $111,487.69 of the appropriation in
Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 3, for local
roads, is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 3, is reduced
by the same amount.
Subd. 12. 2006; Northeast Minnesota Rail
Initiative, MnDOT. $5 of the
appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision
5, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 63, Laws 2008, chapter 365,
section 14, subdivision 5, and Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12,
section 29, for the Northeast Minnesota Rail Initiative, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 13. 2006; I-35W BRT. $987,142 of the appropriation in Laws
2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 2, for the I-35W bus rapid
transitway, is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced
by the same amount.
Subd. 14. 2006;
MSOP. $3,062.50 of the
appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 18, subdivision 3, for the
Moose Lake sex offender treatment facility, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 15. 2006;
Veterans Home Board. $2,600
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 2, for
asset preservation at veterans homes, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 16. 2006;
Veterans Home Board. $1,225
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 3, for
the Fergus Falls veterans home, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 17. 2006;
Veterans Home Board. $110,224.98
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 4, as
amended by Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 15, for the Hastings supportive
housing, is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, is reduced
by the same amount.
Subd. 18. 2006;
Veterans Home Board. $18,418.94
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 6, for
the Minneapolis veterans home, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 19. 2006;
Veterans Home Board. $1,300.61
of the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 7, for
the Silver Bay veterans home, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 20. 2007;
disaster relief, DPS. $53,847.53
of the appropriation in Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1,
section 3, subdivision 3, for state and local match, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2007,
First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 15, subdivision 1, is
reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 21. 2008;
Minnesota State Academies. $24,122.31
of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 5, subdivision 2, for
asset preservation, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1,
is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 22. 2008;
administration. $1,500 of the
appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 12, subdivision 2, for
purchase of real property, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1,
is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 23. 2008;
administration. $14,716.28 of
the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 12, subdivision 3, for
Capitol renovation, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1,
is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 24. 2008;
urban partnership agreement, Metropolitan Council. $45,000 of the appropriation in Laws
2008, chapter 179, section 17, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter
365, section 21, is canceled. The bond
sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, is
reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 25. 2008;
DHS asset preservation. $17,532.93
of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 2, for
asset preservation, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1,
is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 26. 2008;
veterans homes. $60,426.34 of
the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 2, for
asset preservation, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1,
is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 27. 2008;
veterans homes. $8,368.46 of
the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 3, for the
Fergus Falls Veterans Home, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 28. 2008;
veterans homes. $26,191.18 of
the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, as
amended by Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 34, and Laws
2012, chapter 293, section 42, for the Minneapolis Veterans Home, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008,
chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 29. 2008;
corrections. $3,083 of the
appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 20, subdivision 2, for
Department of Corrections asset preservation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008,
chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 30. 2008;
corrections. $29,209.49 of
the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 20, subdivision 3, for
expansion of the Faribault facility, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008,
chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 31. 2008;
corrections. $1,178.90 of the
appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 20, subdivision 4, for a new
building at Red Wing, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1,
is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 32. 2008;
DEED. $60,186.86 of the
appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, subdivision 4, for redevelopment
grants, is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced
by the same amount.
Subd. 33. 2008;
CAPRA. $67,037.96 of the
appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 3, for capital asset
preservation and replacement, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 6, is
reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 34. 2008;
veterans homes. $2,139.85 of
the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 5, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a), as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 59, for the
Minneapolis Veterans Home demolition of building 9, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008,
chapter 365, section 6, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 35. 2008;
veterans homes. $118,858.49
of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 5, subdivision 2,
paragraph (b), for the 100-bed nursing facility at the Minneapolis Veterans
Home, is canceled. The bond sale
authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 6, is reduced by the same
amount.
Subd. 36. 2009;
Bigfork Airport. $199,627 of
the appropriation in Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision
8, for the Bigfork airport runway, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization in Laws 2009, article 1, chapter 93, section
21, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 37. 2010;
Perpich Center for Arts Education. $6,041.58
of the appropriation in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 2, as
amended by Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 39, for
demolition of Alpha Building, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization is Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 38. 2010;
Perpich Center for Arts Education. $191,154.83
of the appropriation in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 3, for
windows in the Delta Dormitory, is canceled.
The bond sale authorization is Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26,
subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.
Subd. 39. 2010;
Perpich Center for Arts Education. $3,087.98
of the appropriation in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 4, as
amended by Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 40, for a
storage building, is canceled. The bond
sale authorization is Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 1, is
reduced by the same amount.
Sec. 28. Laws 2013, chapter 136, section 7, is amended to read:
Sec. 7. BOND
SALE SCHEDULE.
The commissioner of management and budget
shall schedule the sale of state general obligation bonds so that, during the
biennium ending June 30, 2015, no more than $1,280,165,000 $1,254,063,000
will need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond fund to pay
principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state general
obligation bonds. During the biennium,
before each sale of state general obligation bonds, the commissioner of
management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt service payments
needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service
payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall adjust the amount of
bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this section. The amount needed to make the debt service
payments is appropriated from the general fund as provided in Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.641.
Sec. 29. APPROPRIATIONS
GIVEN EFFECT ONCE.
If an appropriation in this act is
enacted more than once in the 2014 legislative session, the appropriation must
be given effect only once.
Sec. 30. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This article is effective the day
following final enactment.
ARTICLE 2
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 12A.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. Waivers
authorized. The requirements of
section 174.50, subdivisions 5, 6, 6a, and to 7, are waived for
grants under subdivision 3.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.641, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4b. Negotiated
sales authority. Notwithstanding
the public sale requirements of subdivision 4 and section 16A.66, subdivision
2, the commissioner may sell bonds, including refunding bonds, at negotiated
sale.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.642, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Reports. (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall report to the chairs of the senate Committee on Finance and the house of representatives Committees on Ways and Means and Capital Investment by January 1 of each odd-numbered year on the following:
(1) all laws authorizing the issuance of state bonds, bonds supported by a state appropriation, or appropriating general fund money for state or local government capital investment projects enacted more than four years before January 1 of that odd-numbered year; the projects authorized to be acquired and constructed for which less than 100 percent of the authorized total cost has been expended, encumbered, or otherwise obligated; the cost of contracts to be let in accordance with existing plans and specifications shall be considered expended for this report; and the amount of general fund money appropriated but not spent or otherwise obligated, and the amount of bonds not issued and bond proceeds held but not previously expended, encumbered, or otherwise obligated for these projects; and
(2) all laws authorizing the issuance of state bonds, bonds supported by a state appropriation, or appropriating general fund money for state or local government capital programs or projects other than those described in clause (1), enacted more than four years before January 1 of that odd-numbered year; and the amount of general fund money appropriated but not spent or otherwise obligated, and the amount of bonds not issued and bond proceeds held but not previously expended, encumbered, or otherwise obligated for these programs and projects.
(b) The commissioner shall also report on general fund appropriations for capital projects, bond authorizations or bond proceed balances that may be canceled because projects have been canceled, completed, or otherwise concluded, or because the purposes for which the money was appropriated or bonds were authorized or issued have been canceled, completed, or otherwise concluded. The general fund appropriations, bond authorizations or bond proceed balances that are unencumbered or otherwise not obligated that are reported by the commissioner under this subdivision are canceled, effective July 1 of the year of the report, unless specifically reauthorized by act of the legislature.
(c)
The reports required by this subdivision shall only contain bond authorizations
supported by a state appropriation and their associated general fund
appropriations for projects authorized or amended after December 31, 2013.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Cancellation. (a) If the commissioner determines that
the purposes for which general obligation bonds of the state or bonds
supported by a state appropriation have been issued or for which general
fund monies were appropriated are accomplished or abandoned, after consultation
with the affected agencies, and there is a remaining authorization or
appropriation for a specific project of $500 or less, the commissioner may
cancel the remaining authorization or appropriation for that project. Bonds supported by a state appropriation
shall only be canceled if they were authorized or amended after December 31,
2013.
(b) If a premium received on the sale of bonds is credited to the bond proceeds fund, pursuant to section 16A.641, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the corresponding bond authorization to which the premium is attributable must be reduced accordingly by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner must notify the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee of any bond authorizations, including bond authorizations supported by a state appropriation, or general fund appropriations canceled under this subdivision.
Sec. 5. [116J.434]
PUBLIC BUILDING ACCESSIBILITY GRANT PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1. Creation
of account. A public building
accessibility account is created in the bond proceeds fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner
for grants under this section.
Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
(1) "accessible" means
satisfies the requirements of the State Building Code for accessibility by
persons with disabilities;
(2) "eligible project" means
predesign, design, acquisition of land or an interest in land, construction,
renovation, or other improvement or betterment of a capital nature to make a
building or facility owned by a local government unit accessible or improve its
accessibility;
(3) "governing body" means
the county board of commissioners, city council, or town board of supervisors;
and
(4) "local government unit"
means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town.
Subd. 3. Grant
program established. The
commissioner shall make grants to local government units on a first-come,
first-served basis for eligible projects.
Subd. 4. Application. A local government unit seeking a
grant under this section must apply to the commissioner in the form and manner
determined by the commissioner. The
application must include:
(1) a resolution of the governing body
requesting the grant and stating that the local government unit has or will
have in a timely manner the required nonstate contribution necessary to
complete the project;
(2) a detailed description of the
project and cost estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence; and
(3) any other information the
commissioner determines is necessary or useful.
Subd. 5. Maximum
grant amount; match. A local
unit of government must not be awarded in aggregate more than $150,000, whether
for one or more projects in one or more years.
The local government unit awarded a grant under this section must
provide at least an equal amount from nonstate sources which may include
contributions made before the grant is awarded.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 134.45, subdivision 5b, is amended to read:
Subd. 5b. Qualification;
improvement grants. A public library
jurisdiction may apply for a grant in an amount up to $1,000,000 or 50 percent,
whichever is less, of the approved costs of renovating or expanding an existing
library building, or to construct a new library building. Renovation may include remediation of
conditions hazardous to health or safety.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 135A.034, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Capital projects. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are requested to consider the following criteria in establishing priorities for requests for bond funds for capital projects:
(1) maintenance and preservation of existing facilities;
(2) completion of projects that have received funding;
(3) updating facilities to meet contemporary needs;
(4) providing geographic distribution of capital projects; and
(5) maximizing the use of nonstate contributions.
The criteria listed in this subdivision are not in
priority order.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.50, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:
Subd. 6b. Bridge
engineering and design costs in smaller cities. Until June 30, 2007, (a) The
commissioner may make grants from the state transportation fund to a home rule
or statutory city with a population of 5,000 or less and a net tax capacity
of under $200,000 for design and preliminary, engineering,
and construction of bridges on city streets.
(b) Grants under this subdivision
are subject to the procedures and criteria established under subdivisions 5 and,
6, and 7.
(c) Grants may be used for:
(1) 100 percent of the design and preliminary
engineering costs that are in excess of $10,000;
(2) 100 percent of the bridge approach
work costs that are in excess of $10,000; and
(3) 100 percent of the bridge construction work costs.
Total grants under this subdivision to
all cities may not exceed $200,000.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. Bridge
grant program requirements; rulemaking.
(a) The commissioner of transportation shall develop rules,
procedures for application for grants, conditions of grant administration,
standards, and criteria as provided under subdivision 6, including
bridge specifications, in cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions,
for use in the administration of funds appropriated to the commissioner and for
the administration of grants to subdivisions.
(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size of the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from the state transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement bridge must be ten feet or more in length.
(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with local road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross over the same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a grant under this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from the minimum distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.
(d) Political subdivisions may use
grants made under this section to construct or reconstruct bridges, including
but not limited to:
(1) matching federal aid grants to
construct or reconstruct key bridges;
(2) paying the costs to abandon an
existing bridge that is deficient and in need of replacement but where no
replacement will be made; and
(3) paying the costs to construct a
road or street to facilitate the abandonment of an existing bridge if the
commissioner determines that the bridge is deficient, and that construction of
the road or street is more economical than replacement of the existing bridge.
(e) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds created by article XIV of the Minnesota Constitution.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. Advisory
committee. (a) The commissioner
shall establish an a local road improvement program advisory
committee consisting of five members, including:
(1) one county commissioner;
(2) one county engineer;
(3) one city engineer;
(4) one city council member or city administrator representing a city with a population over 5,000; and
(5) one city council member or city administrator representing a city with a population under 5,000.
(b) The advisory committee shall
provide recommendations to the commissioner regarding expenditures from the trunk
highway corridor projects account accounts established in this section.
(b) (c) Notwithstanding
section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee does not expire.
Sec. 11. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. Minnesota Valley Railroad Track Rehabilitation |
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3,000,000 |
For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority to rehabilitate a portion of railroad track from Norwood-Young America to Hanley Falls. The grant under this subdivision may also be used for predesign, design, engineering, and rehabilitation or replacement of bridges with new bridges or culverts between Norwood-Young America and Hanley Falls. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the bond sale authorization for this project and appropriation of bond proceeds in this subdivision are available until December 31, 2015. A grant under this subdivision is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee for this project made by the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 222.62.
Sec. 12. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. Minnesota Valley Railroad Track Rehabilitation |
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4,000,000 |
For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority to rehabilitate up to 95 miles of railroad track from Norwood-Young America to Hanley Falls. The grant under this subdivision may also be used for predesign, design, engineering, and rehabilitation or replacement of bridges with new bridges or culverts between Norwood-Young America and Hanley Falls. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the bond sale authorization for this project and appropriation of bond proceeds in this subdivision are available until December 31, 2015. A grant under this subdivision is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee for this project made by the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 222.62.
Sec. 13. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. Minnesota Valley Railroad Track Rehabilitation |
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5,000,000 |
For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority to rehabilitate and make capital improvements to railroad track from east of Gaylord to Winthrop. The grant under this subdivision may also be used for predesign, design, engineering, and rehabilitation or replacement of bridges with new bridges or culverts between Gaylord and Winthrop. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the bond sale authorization for this project and appropriation of bond proceeds in this subdivision are available until December 31, 2015. A grant under this subdivision is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee for this project made by the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 222.62.
Sec. 14. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 21, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. Minneapolis - Orchestra Hall |
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16,000,000 |
For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip the renovation of Orchestra
Hall at its current downtown Minneapolis location, including $2,000,000 for
Peavey Plaza. The city of Minneapolis
may operate a performing arts center and adjacent property for public
recreation and may enter into a lease or management agreement for the improved
facilities, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.642, the bond sale authorization and appropriation of bond proceeds
for the Peavey Plaza project are available until December 31, 2018.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed from nonstate sources.
Sec. 15. Laws 2012, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. Flood Hazard Mitigation, Stream Restoration Grants |
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10,000,000 |
(a) For the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.12, subdivision 2. Funds may be used to acquire or relocate structures damaged or threatened by the impacts resulting from the rain storm and are also available for the local share of acquisition and relocation flood mitigation projects. Of this appropriation, $9,000,000 is from the bond proceeds fund and $1,000,000 is from the general fund.
(b) This appropriation may also be used for
stream restoration projects in the area included in DR-4069.
Sec. 16. Laws 2012, First Special Session chapter 1, article 2, section 4, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Reforestation
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994,000 |
From the bond proceeds fund for reforestation
of lands damaged by natural causes under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002. Money appropriated in this section may be
used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly to the
capital program. This appropriation
may also be used for reforestation in the area included in the 2011 declared
disaster area, DR-4009.
Sec. 17. Laws 2013, chapter 136, section 4, is amended to read:
Sec. 4. VETERANS
AFFAIRS |
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$18,935,000 |
(a) Of this amount, up to $1,750,000 is
to the commissioner of administration to:
(1) construct a new distribution and service tunnel to serve Buildings
17 north and 18 and the future Building
17
south; and (2) construct steam and electrical connections, related
infrastructure, site work, a canopy with vestibule, and required modifications
to Building 18 drop-off and entry. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
has determined that at least $5,000,000 has been committed from federal sources. Any unused funds may be used under paragraph
(b).
(b) The remainder of this amount is to the
commissioner of administration to complete the design of, perform hazardous
materials abatement for, and demolish the south wing of Building 17 and
adjoining buildings, and; design, reconstruct, and furnish the new
south wing of Building 17 and adjoining buildings as a new skilled nursing
building,; construct a new distribution and service tunnel to
serve buildings 6, 17 north, and 19, and the future 17 south,;
and design, construct, and equip a network and server room, including
installation of new fiber optic lines. This
appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget
has determined that the funds to complete this work have been committed from
federal sources.
Sec. 18. EAST
METRO INTEGRATION DISTRICT, PROPERTY CONVEYANCE.
Subdivision 1. Harambee. Notwithstanding the appropriations of
state general obligation bond proceeds in Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 14,
subdivision 7, to Joint Powers District No. 6067, East Metro Integration
District, to acquire and better the Harambee community school, in Maplewood,
the real and personal property of the Harambee school may be conveyed to
Independent School District No. 623, Roseville, for operation of a
multidistrict integration facility that serves students in any grade from early
education through grade 12.
Subd. 2. Crosswinds. Notwithstanding the appropriation of
state general obligation bond proceeds in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5,
subdivision 5; Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 3; Laws 2000, chapter
492, article 1, section 5, subdivision 2; Laws 2001, First Special Session
chapter 12, section 2, subdivision 2; and Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1,
section 5, subdivision 3, to acquire and better the Crosswinds school
facilities by the Joint Powers District No. 6067, East Metro Integration
District, in Woodbury, the Crosswinds school may be conveyed to the Perpich
Center for Arts Education for use as an east metropolitan area integration
magnet school.
Sec. 19. REVISOR'S
INSTRUCTION.
The revisor of statutes shall change
the headnote for Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45, to "LIBRARY
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS."
Sec. 20. EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final enactment."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; modifying previous appropriations; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing the use of negotiated sales; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 12A.16,
subdivision 5; 16A.641, by adding a subdivision; 16A.642, subdivisions 1, 2; 134.45, subdivision 5b; 135A.034, subdivision 2; 174.50, subdivisions 6b, 7; 174.52, subdivision 3; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 16, subdivision 5; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4; Laws 2010, chapter 189, sections 15, subdivision 5; 21, subdivision 11; Laws 2012, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 3; article 2, section 4, subdivision 2; Laws 2013, chapter 136, sections 4; 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The
report was adopted.
Hausman from the Committee on Capital Investment to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2491, A bill for
an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for higher education
asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) at the University of Minnesota;
authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 7, before "$100,000,000" insert "(a)"
Page 1, after line 9, insert:
"(b) $100,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046."
Page 1, line 12, delete "$100,000,000" and insert "$200,000,000"
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 3, after "Minnesota" insert "and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2536, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for the Women's Economic Security Act; modifying workforce development provisions; modifying eligibility for unemployment benefits; creating women in high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs grant program; offering women entrepreneurs business development competitive grants; modifying pregnancy and parenting leave and accommodations; providing employment protections for women and family caregivers; protecting wage disclosure; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 181.939; 181.940, subdivision 2; 181.941; 181.943; 268.095, subdivisions 1, 6; 363A.03, by adding a subdivision; 363A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 116L.665, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116L; 181.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, after line 20, insert:
"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.552, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 7. Equal pay certificate of compliance. Access to data relating to equal pay certificates of compliance is governed by section 363A.44."
Page 8, after line 24, insert:
"Sec. 6. [363A.44]
EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.
Subdivision 1. Scope. No department or agency of the state
may execute a contract in excess of $500,000 with a business that has 50 or
more full-time employees in this state or a state where the business has its
primary place of business on a single working day during the previous 12 months
unless the business has an equal pay certificate of compliance. For purposes of this section, a business does
not include an entity or a parent or subsidiary of the entity with a contract
with a department or agency of the state if the entity has a license,
certification, registration, provider agreement, or provider enrollment
contract which are a prerequisite to receive reimbursement for providing goods
and services to individuals under chapters 43A, 62A, 62C, 62D, 62E, 256B, 256I,
and 256L. The commissioner shall issue
an equal pay certificate of compliance to a business that submits to the
commissioner a statement that:
(1) its compensation policies or
practices are based on the principle of equal pay for equal work, and are in
compliance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of
1963, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, and the Minnesota Equal Pay for Equal
Work Law;
(2) its wage schedules and other
compensation formulas are not related to, or based on, the sex of its
employees;
(3) it does not restrict employees of one
sex to certain job classifications and makes retention and promotion of
qualified employees without regard to sex;
(4) its contributions to insurance,
pensions, and other benefit plans are not related to, or based on, the sex of
its employees; and
(5) the average compensation for its
female employees is not consistently below the average compensation for its
male employees within each of the major job categories in the EEO-1 employee
information report for which an employee is expected to perform work under the
contract, taking into account factors such as length of service, requirements
of specific jobs, experience, skill, effort, responsibility, working conditions
of the job, or other mitigating factors.
Subd. 2. Application;
issuance; duration. A
business applying for a certificate of compliance must pay a $150 fee to the
commissioner. The commissioner must
issue a business an equal pay certificate of compliance, or a statement of why
the application was rejected, within 15 days of receipt of the application and
the filing fee. An equal pay certificate
of compliance is valid for four years. Proceeds
of the filing fee are appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of this
section.
Subd. 3. Conditions;
audit. (a) As a condition of
receiving an equal pay certificate of compliance, and as a condition of the
contract that is subject to this section, a business must agree that:
(1) the commissioner may audit the
business's compliance with this section; and
(2) the commissioner or the agency
entering into the contract may void a contract if the commissioner determines
that the business is not in compliance with items specified in subdivision 1,
clauses (1) to (5).
(b)
As a condition of receiving an equal pay certificate of compliance, and as a
condition of the contract that is subject to this section, a business must
agree that as part of an audit, the business will provide the commissioner the
following information with respect to employees expected to perform work under
the contract in each of the major job categories in the EEO-1 employee
information report:
(1) number of male employees;
(2) number of female employees;
(3) average annualized salaries paid to
male employees and to female employees, in the manner most consistent with the
employer's compensation system, within each major job category;
(4) information on performance payments,
benefits, or other elements of compensation, in the manner most consistent with
the employer's compensation system, if requested by the commissioner as part of
a determination as to whether these elements of compensation are different for
male and female employees;
(5) average length of service for male
and female employees in each major job category; and
(6) other information identified by the
business or by the commissioner, as needed, to determine compliance with items
specified in subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (5).
Subd. 4. Compliance
plan; revocation of certificate. If
the commissioner determines that a business that has an equal pay certificate
of compliance is not in compliance with subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (5), the
commissioner may require the business to implement a plan to remedy the
noncompliance with subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (5), as a condition of
retaining its certificate of compliance.
The commissioner may suspend or revoke a certificate if the commissioner
determines that the business is not in compliance with items specified in
subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (5), and is failing to implement its plan to
remedy noncompliance.
Subd. 5. Voiding
of contract. Prior to taking
action to void a contract, the commissioner must first demonstrate that no
undue hardship would occur to the state and that obtaining wages and benefits
due to employees of the business is an insufficient remedy. Multiple violations of the laws set forth in
subdivision 1, clause (1), or a determination of deliberate intent to violate
these laws by the certificate holder may be sufficient justification for the
commissioner to void a contract.
Subd. 6. Administrative
review. A business may obtain
a hearing when the commissioner issues an order directing a contract voided or
an equal pay certificate of compliance revoked by filing a written request for
a hearing with the department within 20 days after service of the notice of
sanction. The hearing shall be a
contested case proceeding pursuant to sections 14.57 to 14.69.
Subd. 7. Technical
assistance. The commissioner
must provide technical assistance to any business that requests assistance.
Subd. 8. Access
to data. Data submitted to
the commissioner by a business for purposes of obtaining a certificate of
compliance under this section, or in response to an audit under this section,
are private data on individuals or nonpublic data with respect to persons other
than Department of Human Rights employees.
The commissioner's decision to grant, not grant, revoke, or suspend a
certificate of compliance is public data.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to a contract for which a state department or agency issues a solicitation on or after that date."
Page 8, line 31, after the period, insert "This is a onetime appropriation."
Page 9, line 3, delete "Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency" and insert "Women's Business Center of Northeastern Minnesota at the Northeast Entrepreneurial Fund"
Page 9, line 4, after "businesses" insert "in Minnesota"
Page 9, after line 28, insert:
"(e) The Women's Business Center of Northeastern Minnesota shall partner with the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency to provide entrepreneurial development training and resources to women with incomes less than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline, adjusted for a family size of four, to assist with the start-up or expansion of eligible women-owned businesses."
Page 9, line 35, after the period, insert "This is a onetime appropriation."
Page 9, after line 35, insert:
"Sec. 10. REPORT;
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN.
(a) The commissioner of management and
budget must report to the legislature by January 15, 2015, on the potential for
a state-administered retirement savings plan to serve employees without access
to either an automatic enrollment payroll deduction IRA maintained or offered
by their employer, or a multiemployer retirement plan or qualifying retirement
plan or arrangement described in sections 414(f) and 219(g)(5), respectively,
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended through April 14, 2011. The potential
state-administered plan would provide for individuals to make contributions to
their own accounts to be pooled and invested by the State Board of Investment,
with the benefit consisting of the balance in each individual's account, and
with the state having no liability for investment earnings and losses,
while discouraging employers from dropping existing retirement plan options.
(b) The report must include:
(1) estimates of the number of Minnesota
workers who could be served by the potential state-administered plan, and the
participation rate that would make the plan self-sustaining;
(2) the effect of federal tax laws and the
federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act on a potential
state-administered plan and on participating employers and employees, including
coverage and potential gaps in consumer protections;
(3) the potential use and availability of
investment strategies, private insurance, underwriting, or reinsurance against
loss to limit or eliminate potential state liability and manage risk to the
principal;
(4) options for the process by which
individuals would enroll in and contribute to the plan;
(5) projected costs of administration,
record keeping, and investment management, including staffing, legal,
compliance, licensing, procurement, communications with employers and
employees, oversight, marketing, technology and infrastructure, and the fee
needed to cover these costs as a percentage of the average daily net assets of
the potential state-administered plan, relative to asset size, with estimates
of investment-related fees determined in consultation with the State Board of
Investment; and
(6) a comparison of a potential
state-administered plan to private sector and federal government retirement
savings options with regard to participation rates, contribution rates,
risk-adjusted return expectations, fees, and any other factors determined by
the commissioner, which may include suitability in meeting the investment needs
of participants.
(c)
Subject to available appropriation, the report may include:
(1) estimates of the average amount of
savings and other financial resources residents of Minnesota have upon
retirement and those that are recommended for a financially secure retirement
in Minnesota;
(2) estimates of the relative progress
toward achieving the savings recommended for a financially secure retirement by
gender, race, and ethnicity;
(3) barriers to savings and reasons
individuals and employers may not be participating in existing private sector
retirement plans;
(4) the estimated impact on publicly
funded social safety net programs attributable to insufficient retirement
savings, and the aggregate effect of potential state-administered plan options
on publicly funded social safety net programs and the state economy;
(5) the effect of federal tax laws and
the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act on a potential
state-administered plan that allows for voluntary employer contributions,
either commingled with or segregated from employee contributions;
(6) options for a potential
state-administered plan to use group annuities to ensure a stable stream of
retirement income throughout beneficiaries' retirement years;
(7) alternative ways and costs for the
state to encourage similar outcomes to a state-administered plan; and
(8) other topics that the commissioner
determines are relevant to legislative consideration of possible establishment
of a state-administered plan.
(d) The commissioner may meet any of the
topics in paragraph (c) by reporting the results of a request for public
comment.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective the day following final enactment.
Sec. 11. RETIREMENT
SAVINGS PLAN REPORT; APPROPRIATION.
$300,000 in fiscal year 2014 is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget
for the retirement savings plan report under section 10. This is a onetime appropriation and is
available until expended.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective the day following final enactment.
Sec. 12. REPORT;
PAY EQUITY.
The commissioner of human rights shall
report to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of the
committees in the senate and the house of representatives with primary
jurisdiction over the department by January 31, 2016. The report shall indicate the number of equal
pay certificates issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 363A.44, the number
of audits conducted, and a summary of results of its auditing efforts. The commissioner shall consult with the
Office on the Economic Status of Women in preparing the report.
Sec. 13. APPROPRIATION;
PAY EQUITY.
$674,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human rights for implementation of Minnesota Statutes, section 363A.44. The agency base budget for this purpose is $426,000 each year in fiscal years 2016 and 2017."
Page 11, after line 7, insert:
"Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413, is amended to read:
181.9413
SICK LEAVE BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVES.
(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave benefits payable to the employee from the employer's general assets.
(b) An employee may use sick leave as
allowed under this section for safety leave, whether or not the employee's
employer allows use of sick leave for that purpose for such reasonable periods
of time as may be necessary. Safety
leave may be used for assistance to the employee or assistance to the relatives
described in paragraph (a). For the
purpose of this section, "safety leave" is leave for the purpose of
providing or receiving assistance because of sexual assault, domestic abuse, or
stalking. For the purpose of this
paragraph:
(1) "domestic abuse" has the
meaning given in section 518B.01;
(2) "sexual assault" means an
act that constitutes a violation under sections 609.342 to 609.3453 or 609.352;
and
(3) "stalking" has the meaning
given in section 609.749.
(c) An employer may limit the use of safety leave as described in paragraph (b) or personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent to no less than 160 hours in any 12-month period. This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the illness or injury of a child, as defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4.
(c) (d) For purposes of this
section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued and
available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to
personal illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term
disability or other salary continuation benefits.
(d) (e) For the purpose of
this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological, adopted,
and foster child.
(f) For the purpose of this section,
"grandchild" includes a step-grandchild, and a biological, adopted,
and foster grandchild.
(e) (g) This section does not
prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave benefits than are
provided for under this section.
(h) An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence under this section."
Page 11, line 14, after the period, insert "The employee and employer shall engage in an interactive process with respect to an employee's request for a reasonable accommodation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employer shall not be required to create a new or additional position in order to accommodate an employee pursuant to this subdivision, and shall not be required to discharge any employee, transfer any other employee with greater seniority, or promote any employee."
Page 11, line 15, delete everything after "Transfer." and insert "An employer must temporarily transfer a pregnant female employee to a less strenuous or hazardous position for the duration of her pregnancy if she so requests provided the transfer does not impose an undue hardship on the employer. An employee requesting a temporary transfer shall be required to provide to the employer written documentation of medical necessity by a licensed health care provider. The employee and employer shall engage in an interactive process with respect to an employee's request for a temporary transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employer shall not be required to create a new or additional position in order to accommodate an employee pursuant to this subdivision and shall not be required to discharge any employee, transfer any other employee with greater seniority, or promote any employee."
Page 11, delete lines 16 to 22
Page 16, after line 8, insert:
"ARTICLE 5
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 124D.165, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. Administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish application timelines and determine the schedule for awarding scholarships that meets operational needs of eligible families and programs. The commissioner may prioritize applications on factors including family income, geographic location, and whether the child's family is on a waiting list for a publicly funded program providing early education or child care services.
(b) Scholarships may be awarded up to
$5,000 for each eligible child.
The commissioner shall establish a target for the average scholarship
amount per child based on the results of the rate survey conducted under
section 119B.13, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), per year.
(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled in or on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify the commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, each year of the program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children than current funding provides. The commissioner may designate a predetermined number of scholarship slots for that program and notify the program of that number.
(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has not been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within ten months of the awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply in order to be eligible for another scholarship. A child may not be awarded more than one scholarship in a 12-month period.
(e) A child who receives a scholarship who has not completed development screening under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19 must complete that screening within 90 days of first attending an eligible program.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Renumber the sections in sequence
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 2, delete everything after "to" and insert "state government; providing for the Women's Economic Security Act; requiring equal pay certificates of compliance; modifying workforce development provisions; creating women and high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs grant program; modifying eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits; offering women entrepreneurs business development competitive grants; requiring a report on a potential state-administered retirement savings plan; modifying parenting leave, sick leave, and pregnancy accommodations; providing employment protections for women and family caregivers; providing wage disclosure protection; modifying the award of early childhood scholarships;"
Page 1, delete lines 3 to 7
Page 1, line 8, delete everything before "appropriating"
Correct the title numbers accordingly
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2603, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying the community energy efficiency and renewable energy loan program; modifying permissible administrative expenses for disbursement of supplemental low-income home energy assistance; appropriating money for the weatherization assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 216C.145; 216C.146; Laws 2014, chapter 145, section 1.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 13, after "energy" insert "projects" and strike "projects"
Page 1, line 14, strike "include" and insert "means"
Page 1, line 17, after "and" insert "cost-effective energy efficiency projects installed in"
Page 1, line 18, delete the new language and insert "buildings or health care facilities"
Page 1, after line 18, insert:
"(c) "Health care
facilities" means a hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, or
a nursing home licensed under chapter 144A.
(d) "Industrial customer"
means a business that is classified under the North American Industrial
Classification System under codes 21, 31 to 33, 48, 49, or 562.
(e) "Small business" means a business that employs 50 or fewer employees."
Page 1, line 19, strike "(c)" and insert "(f)"
Page 2, line 4, after the semicolon, insert "or"
Page 2, lines 5 and 6, strike the old language and delete the new language
Page 2, line 7, delete "(3)" and insert "(2)" and after "businesses" insert "or health care facilities"
Page 2, after line 35, insert:
"(b) The commissioner may not consider as criteria for issuing a loan under this section a requirement by a local unit of government for an industrial customer seeking a loan funded under this section to release information regarding the amount of energy used by the industrial customer to the local unit of government, to the commissioner, or to a third party."
Page 3, after line 4, insert:
"Subd. 6a. Energy usage information. A local unit of government receiving a loan under this section may not require an industrial customer applying for a loan or other aid to release information regarding the amount of energy used by the industrial customer to the local unit of government, to the commissioner, or to a third party."
Page 3, lines 5 and 11, after "efficiency" insert "and"
Page 3, line 28, delete "business and public entity projects" and insert "community energy efficiency and renewable energy projects taking place in small businesses and public buildings"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
Carlson from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:
H. F. No. 2785, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring a feasibility study on creating a central fund to pay for costs of providing accommodations to state employees with disabilities.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.
The
report was adopted.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. Nos. 1765, 2029,
2365, 2434, 2536, 2603 and 2785 were read for the second time.
SECOND READING
OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. Nos. 1762, 2060,
2076, 2245 and 2569 were read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION
AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The
following House Files were introduced:
Moran introduced:
H. F. No. 3333, A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring certain state councils to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights; creating an American Indian Liaison Office in Minnesota Management and Budget; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3.9223, subdivision 5; 3.9225, subdivision 5; 3.9226, subdivision 5; 307.08, as amended; 363A.06, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.922, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Anzelc introduced:
H. F. No. 3334, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for military affairs and veterans affairs capital projects; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.
Sawatzky; Sundin; Franson; Urdahl; McNamar; Persell; Abeler; Ward, J.E.; Gruenhagen; Zerwas; McDonald; Fischer; Erickson, R.; Johnson, C.; Anzelc; Lien and Metsa introduced:
H. F. No. 3335, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying nursing facility peer groups; providing an operating payment rate increase for certain nursing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.441, subdivision 30, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. No. 3336, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; exempting certain property used to provide services to school district employees from taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.02, subdivision 42; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 272.01, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Albright, Drazkowski, Zellers, Pugh and Kelly introduced:
H. F. No. 3337, A bill for an act relating
to elections; providing term limits for state legislators and constitutional officers; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota
Constitution, article IV, section 6; and article V, sections 2 and 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections.
Albright; Drazkowski; Gunther; Franson; Uglem; Kresha; Woodard; Johnson, B.; Green; Hertaus; Nornes; Lohmer; O'Neill; Anderson, M.; Howe; Theis; Zellers; Kelly and Pugh introduced:
H. F. No. 3338, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; motor vehicles; providing an exemption for used goods and used motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 297A.67, by adding a subdivision; 297B.03.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Laine introduced:
H. F. No. 3339, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing rates for chemical dependency providers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The
following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following Senate Files, herewith transmitted:
S. F. Nos. 1747, 2108, 2162, 2221 and 2571.
JoAnne M. Zoff, Secretary of the Senate
FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. No. 1747, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying environmental review requirements for chemical production using cellulosic feedstock; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time.
Anzelc moved that S. F. No. 1747 and H. F. No. 2719, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2108, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting certain practices in connection with a sales representative agreement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.37, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time.
Schoen moved that S. F. No. 2108 and H. F. No. 2413, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2162, A bill for an act relating to Hennepin County; modifying the multijurisdictional reinvestment program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383B.79, subdivisions 1, 2, 5.
The bill was read for the first time.
Nelson moved that S. F. No. 2162 and H. F. No. 2613, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2221, A bill for an act relating to water; modifying drainage system provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 103E.015, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 103E.091, subdivision 1; 103E.245, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 103E.255; 103E.261, subdivisions 4, 5; 103E.285, subdivision 10; 103E.301; 103E.341, subdivision 1; 103E.501, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time.
Hansen moved that S. F. No. 2221 and H. F. No. 2571, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 2571, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing technical amendments to criminal vehicular homicide or operation statute; clarifying driving while impaired law to work with amendments to criminal vehicular homicide and operation statute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 169A.03, subdivisions 20, 21; 169A.24, subdivision 1; 609.21, subdivisions 1, 1a, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time.
Slocum moved that S. F. No. 2571 and H. F. No. 2928, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion prevailed.
Murphy, E., moved that the House recess
subject to the call of the Chair. The
motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
The House reconvened and was called to
order by the Speaker.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY
H. F. No. 3172 was reported
to the House.
Carlson moved to amend H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 7, after line 3, insert:
"EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 7, before line 4, insert:
"Sec. 4. Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 4, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. Grants
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(a) This appropriation is for the grants in
paragraphs (b) to (d) (e) and is available until expended. This appropriation is added to the agency's
base.
(b) $70,000 each year is for a grant to Open Access Connection to provide free voice mail services for homeless and low-income people so that they have a reliable and consistent communication tool to aid in their search for affordable housing and their search for and maintenance of jobs so that they have income to maintain affordable housing. This service is provided in the metropolitan area and through a toll-free number in greater Minnesota.
(c) $200,000 each year is for a grant to HOME Line for the tenant's rights advocacy and services program.
(d) $175,000 each year is for a grant to the Voice of East African Women Organization to provide safe housing for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking. The program shall provide shelter to East African women and children in Minnesota and other victims of domestic violence. This appropriation is available in either year.
(e) $500,000 the first year is a onetime
appropriation for a grant to the nonprofit organization selected to administer
the state demonstration project for high-risk adults established under Laws
2007, chapter 54, article 1, section 19.
This appropriation is available until June 30, 2015.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 7, line 32, delete "38,350,000" and insert "37,350,000"
Page 8, line 5, delete "36,250,000" and insert "35,750,000"
Page 8, line 6, after "is" insert "from the general fund"
Page 11, line 18, delete "1,600,000" and insert "1,100,000"
Page 12, line 9, delete "275,000" and insert "25,000"
Page 12, line 13, delete "275,000" and insert "25,000"
Page 18, delete line 11
Page 18, line 12, delete the new language
Page 69, after line 16, insert:
"EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment."
Page 106, line 20, delete "to"
Page 194, line 12, after "the" insert "specific"
Page 253, after line 20, insert:
"Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256.969, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
Subd. 3c. Rateable reduction and readmissions reduction. (a) The total payment for fee for service admissions occurring on or after September 1, 2011, through June 30, 2015, made to hospitals for inpatient services before third-party liability and spenddown, is reduced ten percent from the current statutory rates. Facilities defined under subdivision 16, long-term hospitals as determined under the Medicare program, children's hospitals whose inpatients are predominantly under 18 years of age, and payments under managed care are excluded from this paragraph.
(b) Effective for admissions occurring during calendar year 2010 and each year after, the commissioner shall calculate a regional readmission rate for admissions to all hospitals occurring within 30 days of a previous discharge. The commissioner may adjust the readmission rate taking into account factors such as the medical relationship, complicating conditions, and sequencing of treatment between the initial admission and subsequent readmissions.
(c) Effective for payments to all hospitals on or after July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015, the reduction in paragraph (a) is reduced one percentage point for every percentage point reduction in the overall readmissions rate between the two previous calendar years to a maximum of five percent.
(d) A hospital with at least 1,700
licensed beds on January 1, 2012, located in Hennepin County is excluded from
the reduction in paragraph (a) for admissions occurring on or after September
1, 2011, through August 30, 2013, but is
subject to the reduction in paragraph (a) for admissions occurring on or after
September 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effectively retroactively from September 1, 2011."
Page 378, line 19, after "adjustment" insert "shall be"
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
Amend the title accordingly
Peppin moved to amend the Carlson amendment to H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 1, delete lines 4 to 25
Page 2, delete lines 1 to 16 and insert:
"Page 5, line 29, strike "10,276,000" and insert "10,776,000"
Page 6, line 8, strike "is a" and insert "and $500,000 in the second year are"
Page 6, line 9, strike "appropriation"
and insert "appropriations""
The
motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment was adopted.
Huntley moved to amend the Carlson amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 3, delete lines 14 to 18 and insert:
"(d) The payment reduction in paragraph (a) shall not apply to payments to a hospital with at least 1,700 licensed beds on January 1, 2011, located in Hennepin County, for admissions of children as defined in section 256B.055, subdivision 3a, occurring on or after September 1, 2011, through August 31, 2013, but shall apply to payments for admissions of children occurring on or after September 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015."
The
motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment was adopted.
O'Neill moved to amend the Carlson amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 2, after line 27, insert:
"Page 98, after line 17, insert:
"Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Report
required. (a) The commissioner of
transportation shall submit a report by December 15 of each year on (1) the
status of major highway projects completed during the previous two years or
under construction or planned during the year of the report and for the ensuing
15 years, and (2) trunk highway fund expenditures, and (3)
efficiencies achieved in the previous biennium.
(b) For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway project that has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of the report to be at least (1) $15,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, or (2) $5,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.56, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 2b. Efficiencies. The commissioner shall include in the report information on efficiencies implemented in the previous biennium in planning and project management and delivery, along with an explanation of the efficiencies used to achieve the savings and the methodology used in the calculations. The level of savings achieved must equal, in comparison with the total state road construction budget for that year, a minimum of five percent in fiscal year 2015. The report must identify the projects that have been advanced or completed due to the implementation of efficiency measures.""
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
Correct the title numbers accordingly
The
motion prevailed and the amendment to the amendment was adopted.
Newberger moved to amend the Carlson amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 2, after line 28, insert:
"Page 140, line 25, after the period, insert "This includes humane societies, animal rescue shelters, or any group which operates in like fashion.""
The
motion did not prevail and the amendment to the amendment was not adopted.
Loon moved to amend the Carlson amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 2, after line 22, insert:
"Page 12, delete lines 14 to 23
Page 12, line 24, delete "(b)""
Page 2, after line 29, insert:
"Page 225, after line 15, insert:
"Sec. 12. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
Subd. 18. School Climate Center. For the School Climate Center:
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EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.""
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly
seconded.
The question was taken on the amendment to
the amendment and the roll was called.
There were 61 yeas and 70 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Abeler
Albright
Anderson, M.
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Barrett
Beard
Benson, M.
Cornish
Daudt
Davids
Dean, M.
Dettmer
Drazkowski
Erickson, S.
Fabian
FitzSimmons
Franson
Garofalo
Green
Gruenhagen
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hertaus
Holberg
Hoppe
Howe
Johnson, B.
Kelly
Kieffer
Kiel
Kresha
Leidiger
Lohmer
Loon
Mack
McDonald
McNamara
Myhra
Newberger
Nornes
O'Driscoll
O'Neill
Peppin
Petersburg
Pugh
Quam
Runbeck
Sanders
Schomacker
Scott
Swedzinski
Theis
Torkelson
Uglem
Urdahl
Wills
Woodard
Zellers
Zerwas
Those who voted in the negative were:
Allen
Anzelc
Atkins
Benson, J.
Bernardy
Bly
Brynaert
Carlson
Clark
Davnie
Dehn, R.
Dill
Dorholt
Erhardt
Erickson, R.
Falk
Fischer
Freiberg
Fritz
Halverson
Hansen
Hausman
Hilstrom
Hornstein
Hortman
Huntley
Isaacson
Johnson, C.
Johnson, S.
Kahn
Laine
Lenczewski
Liebling
Lien
Lillie
Loeffler
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McNamar
Melin
Metsa
Moran
Morgan
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Norton
Paymar
Pelowski
Persell
Poppe
Radinovich
Rosenthal
Savick
Sawatzky
Schoen
Selcer
Simonson
Slocum
Sundin
Wagenius
Ward, J.A.
Ward, J.E.
Winkler
Yarusso
Spk. Thissen
The
motion did not prevail and the amendment to the amendment was not adopted.
The question recurred on the Carlson
amendment, as amended, to H. F. No. 3172, the first
engrossment. The motion prevailed and
the amendment, as amended, was adopted.
Daudt moved to amend H. F. No. 3172, the first engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"ARTICLE 1
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS. |
The sums shown in the columns under
"Appropriations" are added to or, if shown in parentheses, subtracted
from the appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, or other law to
the specified agencies. The
appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are
available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2014" and
"2015" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under
them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or June 30, 2015,
respectively. Appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, are effective the day following final
enactment. Reductions may be taken in
either fiscal year.
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Appropriation |
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The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following subdivisions.
Subd. 2. Business
and Community Development |
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(a) $24,850,000 in fiscal year 2015 is
from the general fund for grants for the development of broadband
infrastructure under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395, or to supplement
revenues raised by bonds sold by local units of government for broadband
infrastructure development. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2017.
(b) $150,000 in fiscal year 2015 is from
the general fund for the Office of Broadband Development to conduct a study of
the feasibility of using wireless broadband technologies to meet Minnesota's
broadband goals established in section 237.012 in areas of the state that
currently lack access to broadband services.
The study must be submitted to the chairs and ranking minority members
of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over telecommunications by
March 1, 2015.
(c) $500,000 in fiscal year 2015 is from
the general fund for grants to small business development centers under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.68. Funds
made available under this paragraph may be used to match funds under the
federal Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program under United States
Code, title 15, section 648, to provide consulting and technical services, or
to build additional SBDC network capacity to serve entrepreneurs and small
businesses. The commissioner shall
allocate funds equally among the nine regional centers and lead center. This is a onetime appropriation and is available
until expended.
(d) $1,600,000 in fiscal year 2015 is from
the general fund for the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.02. Of
this appropriation, $600,000 is onetime and is available until expended and
$1,000,000 is added to the agency's base budget each year for fiscal years 2016
and 2017.
(e) $450,000 in fiscal year 2015 is from
the general fund for the Office of Regenerative Medicine under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 116J.886 to 116J.8862.
This is a onetime appropriation and is available until expended.
Subd. 3. Workforce
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(a) $75,000 in fiscal year 2015 is from
the general fund for workforce program outcome activities under Minnesota
Statutes, section 116L.98. Up to five
percent of this appropriation may be used by the commissioner for
administration of the program. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until expended.
(b)
$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 is from the general fund for training rebates under
article 2, section 10. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until expended.
Subd. 4. General
Support Services |
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$500,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for
establishing and operating the interagency Olmstead Implementation Office. This is a onetime appropriation and is
available until expended.
Sec. 3. Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. Business
and Community Development |
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Appropriations by Fund |
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52,942,000 |
44,707,000 |
Remediation |
700,000 |
700,000 |
(a)(1) $15,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota investment fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731. Of this amount, the commissioner of employment and economic development may use up to one percent for administrative expenses. This appropriation is available until spent.
(2) Of the amount available under clause (1), up to $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 is for a loan to facilitate initial investment in the purchase and operation of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. This loan is not subject to the loan limitations under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, and shall be forgiven by the commissioner of employment and economic development upon verification of meeting performance goals. Purchases related to and for the purposes of this loan award must be made between January 1, 2013, and June 30, 2015. The amount under this clause is available until expended.
(3) Of the amount available under clause (1), up to $2,000,000 is available for subsequent investment in the biopharmaceutical facility project in clause (2). The amount under this clause is available until expended. Loan thresholds under clause (2) must be achieved and maintained to receive funding. Loans are not subject to the loan limitations under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, and shall be forgiven by the commissioner of employment and economic development upon verification of meeting performance goals. Purchases related to and for the purposes of loan awards must be made during the biennium the loan was received.
(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in this paragraph shall be deemed eligible for the Minnesota job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8748, by having at least $25,000,000 in capital investment and 190 retained employees.
(5) For purposes of clauses (1) to (4), "biopharmaceutical" and "biologics" are interchangeable and mean medical drugs or medicinal preparations produced using technology that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives of living organisms, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. The medical drugs or medicinal preparations include but are not limited to proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids, and vaccines.
(b) $12,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the commissioner of employment and economic development may use up to three percent for administrative expenses. This appropriation is available until spent. The base funding for this program shall be $12,500,000 each year in the fiscal year 2016-2017 biennium.
(c) $1,272,000 each year is from the general fund for contaminated site cleanup and development grants under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This appropriation is available until expended.
(d) $700,000 each year is from the remediation fund for contaminated site cleanup and development grants under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This appropriation is available until expended.
(e) $1,425,000 the first year and $1,425,000 the second year are from the general fund for the business development competitive grant program. Of this amount, up to five percent is for administration and monitoring of the business development competitive grant program. All grant awards shall be for two consecutive years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
(f) $4,195,000 each year is from the general fund for the Minnesota job skills partnership program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 116L.17. If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is available. This appropriation is available until spent.
(g) $6,000,000 the first year is from the general fund for the redevelopment program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until spent.
(h) $12,000 each year is from the general fund for a grant to the Upper Minnesota Film Office.
(i) $325,000 each year is from the general fund for the Minnesota Film and TV Board. The appropriation in each year is available only upon receipt by the board of $1 in matching contributions of money or in-kind contributions from nonstate sources for every $3 provided by this appropriation, except that each year up to $50,000 is available on July 1 even if the required matching contribution has not been received by that date.
(j) $100,000 each year is for a grant to the Northern Lights International Music Festival.
(k) $5,000,000 each year is from the general fund for a grant to the Minnesota Film and TV Board for the film production jobs program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26. This appropriation is available until expended. The base funding for this program shall be $1,500,000 each year in the fiscal year 2016-2017 biennium.
(l) $375,000 each year is from the general fund for a grant to Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., for the small business growth acceleration program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116O.115. This is a onetime appropriation.
(m) $160,000 each year is from the general fund for a grant to develop and implement a southern and southwestern Minnesota initiative foundation collaborative pilot project. Funds available under this paragraph must be used to support and develop entrepreneurs in diverse populations in southern and southwestern Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until expended.
(n) $100,000 each year is from the general fund for the Center for Rural Policy and Development. This is a onetime appropriation.
(o) $250,000 each year is from the general fund for the Broadband Development Office.
(p) $250,000 the first year is from the general fund for a onetime grant to the St. Paul Planning and Economic Development Department for neighborhood stabilization use in NSP3.
(q) $1,235,000 the first year is from the general fund for a onetime grant to a city of the second class that is designated as an economically depressed area by the United States Department of Commerce. The appropriation is for economic development, redevelopment, and job creation programs and projects. This appropriation is available until expended.
(r) $875,000 each year is from the general fund for the Host Community Economic Development Program established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.548.
(s) $750,000 the first year is from the general fund for a onetime grant to the city of Morris for loans or grants to agricultural processing facilities for energy efficiency improvements. Funds available under this section shall be used to increase conservation and promote energy efficiency through retrofitting existing systems and installing new systems to recover waste heat from industrial processes and reuse energy. This appropriation is not
available
until the commissioner determines that at least $1,250,000 a match of
$750,000 is committed to the project from nonpublic sources. This appropriation is available until
expended.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. This section is
effective retroactively from July 1, 2013.
Sec. 4. Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 3, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. Vocational
Rehabilitation |
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Appropriations by Fund |
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General |
20,861,000 |
20,861,000 |
Workforce Development |
6,830,000 |
6,830,000 |
(a) $10,800,000 each year is from the general fund for the state's vocational rehabilitation program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268A.
(b) $2,261,000 each year is from the general fund for grants to centers for independent living under Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11.
(c) $5,745,000 each year from the general fund
and $6,830,000 each year from the workforce development fund is for extended
employment services for persons with severe disabilities under Minnesota
Statutes, section 268A.15. The
allocation of extended employment funds to Courage Center from July 1, 2012 to
June 30, 2013 must be contracted to Allina Health systems from July 1,
2013 to June 30, 2014 2015 to provide extended employment
services in accordance with Minnesota Rules, parts 3300.2005 to 3300.2055.
(d) $2,055,000 each year is from the general fund for grants to programs that provide employment support services to persons with mental illness under Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 268A.14. The base appropriation for this program is $1,555,000 each year in the fiscal year 2016-2017 biennium.
Sec. 5. Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 13, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. Telecommunications
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2,249,000 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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General |
1,009,000 |
1,009,000 |
Special Revenue |
940,000 |
1,240,000 |
$940,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $1,240,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated to the commissioner from the telecommunication access fund for the following transfers. This appropriation is added to the department's base.
(1) $500,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2015 to the commissioner of human services to supplement the ongoing operational expenses of the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans;
(2) $290,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $290,000 in fiscal year 2015 to the chief information officer for the purpose of coordinating technology accessibility and usability; and
(3) $150,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2015 to the Legislative Coordinating Commission for captioning of legislative coverage and for a consolidated access fund for other state agencies. These transfers are subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.281.
ARTICLE 2
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Section 1.
[116J.394] DEFINITIONS.
(a) For the purposes of sections
116J.394 to 116J.396, the following terms have the meanings given them.
(b) "Broadband" or "broadband
service" has the meaning given in section 116J.39, subdivision 1,
paragraph (b).
(c) "Broadband
infrastructure" means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment
and technologies necessary to provide high-speed Internet access and other advanced
telecommunications services for end users.
(d) "Commissioner" means the
commissioner of employment and economic development.
(e) "Last-mile
infrastructure" means broadband infrastructure that serves as the final
leg connecting the broadband service provider's network to the end-use
customer's on-premises telecommunications equipment.