1.1Senator .................... moves to amend S.F. No. 187 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 5, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 7, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 7. Credit of proceeds. (a) Proceeds of bonds issued under each law must be
1.6credited by the commissioner to a special fund, as provided in this subdivision.
1.7(b) Accrued interest and any premium received on sale of the bonds must be credited
1.8to the state bond fund created by the Constitution, article XI, section 7. Any premium
1.9received on the sale of the bonds on or prior to December 1, 2012, must be credited to
1.10the state bond fund. Any premium received on the sale of the bonds after December 1,
1.112012, must be credited to either the bond proceeds fund where it is used to reduce the par
1.12amount of the bonds issued or the state bond fund.
1.13(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, proceeds of state bonds issued under the
1.14Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a), must be credited to the bond proceeds fund
1.15established by section 16A.631.
1.16(d) Proceeds of state highway bonds must be credited to the trunk highway fund
1.17under the Constitution, article XIV, section 6.
1.18(e) Proceeds of bonds issued for programs of grants or loans to political subdivisions
1.19must be credited to special accounts in the bond proceeds fund or to special funds
1.20established by laws stating the purposes of the grants or loans, and the standards and
1.21criteria under which an executive agency is authorized to make them.
1.22(f) Proceeds of refunding bonds must be credited to the state bond fund as provided
1.23in section 16A.66, subdivision 1.
1.24(g) Proceeds of other bonds must be credited as provided in the law authorizing
1.25their issuance.

1.26    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.27    Subd. 2. Cancellation. (a) If the commissioner determines that the purposes for
1.28which general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or for which general fund
1.29monies were appropriated are accomplished or abandoned, after consultation with the
1.30affected agencies, and there is a remaining authorization or appropriation for a specific
1.31project of $500 or less, the commissioner may cancel the remaining authorization or
1.32appropriation for that project.
1.33(b) If a premium received on the sale of bonds is credited to the bond proceeds
1.34fund, pursuant to section 16A.641, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the corresponding bond
2.1authorization to which the premium is attributable must be reduced accordingly by the
2.2commissioner.
2.3(c) The commissioner must notify the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and
2.4the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee of any bond authorizations or
2.5general fund appropriations canceled under this subdivision.

2.6    Sec. 3. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2007,
2.7chapter 122, section 4, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 59, is amended to read:

2.8

Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants

25,000,000

2.9For the state share of flood hazard
2.10mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
2.11improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
2.12damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.13103F.161.
2.14The commissioner shall determine project
2.15priorities as appropriate, based on need.
2.16This appropriation includes money for the
2.17following projects:
2.18(a) Austin
2.19(b) Albert Lea
2.20(c) Browns Valley
2.21(d) Crookston
2.22(e) Canisteo Mine
2.23(f) Delano
2.24(g) East Grand Forks
2.25(h) Golden Valley
2.26(i) Grand Marais Creek
2.27(j) Granite Falls
2.28(k) Inver Grove Heights
2.29(l) Manston Slough
2.30(m) Oakport Township
3.1(n) Riverton Township
3.2(o) Roseau
3.3(p) Shell Rock Watershed District
3.4(q) St. Vincent
3.5(r) Wild Rice River Watershed District
3.6For any project listed in this subdivision
3.7that the commissioner determines is not
3.8ready to proceed or does not expend all the
3.9money allocated to it, the commissioner may
3.10allocate that project's money to a project on
3.11the commissioner's priority list.
3.12To the extent that the cost of a project in Ada,
3.13Breckenridge, Browns Valley, Crookston,
3.14Dawson, East Grand Forks, Granite Falls,
3.15Montevideo, Oakport Township, Roseau,
3.16St. Vincent, or Warren exceeds two percent
3.17of the median household income in the
3.18municipality multiplied by the number
3.19of households in the municipality, this
3.20appropriation is also for the local share of the
3.21project. The local share for the St. Vincent
3.22dike may not exceed $30,000.
3.23Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
3.2416A.642, this appropriation is available until
3.25December 31, 2011.

3.26    Sec. 4. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 9, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

3.27

Subd. 5.Grass Lake

2,200,000

3.28To acquire conservation easements, reroute
3.29County Ditch 23A, construct water control
3.30structures, and plant vegetation in order
3.31to restore the Grass Lake prairie wetland
3.32basin adjacent to the city of Willmar
4.1in Kandiyohi County. Notwithstanding
4.2Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
4.3bond authorization and appropriation of bond
4.4proceeds for this project are available until
4.5December 31, 2012.
4.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.7    Sec. 5. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

4.8

Subd. 6.Rail Service Improvement

3,700,000

4.9For the rail service improvement program,
4.10to be spent for the purposes set forth
4.11in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50,
4.12subdivision 7 .
4.13(a) $700,000 is for a grant to the McLeod
4.14County Railroad Authority to acquire
4.15land for and to design and construct a
4.16railroad switching yard facility in Glencoe.
4.17This appropriation is not available until
4.18the commissioner determines that funds
4.19sufficient to complete the project are
4.20committed to the project from nonstate
4.21sources.
4.22Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
4.23section 16A.642, this appropriation and
4.24its corresponding bond authorization is
4.25available until December 31, 2014.
4.26(b) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Minnesota
4.27Valley Regional Rail Authority to rehabilitate
4.28up to 33 miles of railroad track from
4.29Gibbon to Norwood-Young America. The
4.30commissioner may not make the grant until
4.31the commissioner has determined that the
4.32authority has obtained a commitment for
4.33at least $495,000 in federal funds for the
5.1project. A grant under this paragraph is in
5.2addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee
5.3for this project made by the commissioner
5.4under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46
5.5to 222.62.

5.6    Sec. 6. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

5.7 5.8

Subd. 8.Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training Center

3,655,000 2,955,000

5.9Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for
5.10a grant to Olmsted County to acquire land for,
5.11and to design, construct, furnish, and equip
5.12the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public
5.13Safety Training Center in Olmsted County.
5.14The facility must include, but is not limited
5.15to, a live burn training simulator, a driving
5.16range, and a weapons training facility.
5.17This appropriation or any portion of it is not
5.18available until when the commissioner has
5.19determined that at least an equal amount
5.20has been committed it has been matched,
5.21dollar-for-dollar, from nonstate sources.
5.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from December 27,
5.232007.

5.24    Sec. 7. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2010,
5.25chapter 399, section 5, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

5.26

Subd. 6.Hennepin County Medical Center

820,000

5.27For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign,
5.28design, construct, furnish, and equip an
5.29outpatient clinic and a health education
5.30facility at Hennepin County Medical
5.31Center that includes teaching clinics and an
5.32education center.

6.1    Sec. 8. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

6.2

Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

6.3 6.4

Building 17 HVAC Replacement

3,955,000 1,655,000

6.5To replace the sections of the campus-wide
6.6heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
6.7system that serve Building 17 To predesign,
6.8design, and replace heating, ventilation, and
6.9air conditioning systems serving the south
6.10wing of Building 17.

6.11    Sec. 9. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

6.12

Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries

1,500,000

6.13Of this amount, up to $500,000 is
6.14to acquire land located in Redwood
6.15County southeastern, southwestern, and
6.16northeastern Minnesota for publicly owned
6.17veterans cemeteries, to be operated by
6.18the commissioner of veterans affairs. The
6.19commissioner also must seek donations of
6.20land for the cemeteries. The balance of the
6.21appropriation is to predesign and design
6.22the cemeteries. Federal reimbursement of
6.23design costs for each cemetery must be
6.24deposited in the state treasury and credited to
6.25a special account and is appropriated to the
6.26commissioner of veterans affairs to design the
6.27remaining cemeteries. Following completion
6.28of all legislatively authorized Minnesota
6.29state veterans cemeteries, final federal
6.30reimbursement of predesign and design costs
6.31is appropriated to the commissioner for asset
6.32preservation of veterans homes statewide,
6.33to be spent in accordance with Minnesota
6.34Statutes, section 16B.307.

7.1    Sec. 10. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

7.2

Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition

755,000265,500

7.3To demolish the Alpha Building.

7.4    Sec. 11. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

7.5

Subd. 4.Storage and Maintenance Building

129,000618,500

7.6To design, construct, and equip a storage
7.7and maintenance building on the site of the
7.8demolished Alpha Building.

7.9    Sec. 12. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 20, is amended to read:

7.10 7.11

Subd. 20.St. Mathias Trail Paving - Fort Ripley

50,000

7.12For a grant to the city of Fort Ripley township
7.13of St. Mathias to pave a trail in St. Mathias
7.14Park.

7.15    Sec. 13. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

7.16

Subd. 3.State Emergency Operations Center

2,250,000

7.17To the commissioner of administration to
7.18predesign and design a new state emergency
7.19operations center in Arden Hills.
7.20The commissioner of administration must
7.21consult with the commissioner of public
7.22safety in the predesign and design. This
7.23appropriation is not available until the
7.24commissioner has reported to the chairs and
7.25ranking minority members of the house of
7.26representatives and senate committees with
7.27jurisdiction over public safety policy and
7.28finance, capital investment, finance, and
7.29ways and means, how the Arden Hills site
7.30will be adequately accessible in the event
8.1of a disaster that adversely affects major
8.2transportation corridors.
8.3Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
8.416B.31, subdivision 5, the commissioner
8.5of administration, at the request of the
8.6commissioner of public safety, may acquire
8.7land, utility and road easements, and any
8.8other necessary right of access or use from
8.9the federal government or other applicable
8.10parties for the state emergency operations
8.11center proposed to be located in Arden Hills.

8.12    Sec. 14. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

8.13 8.14

Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home

9,450,000 11,750,000

8.15To remodel building 16 to accommodate
8.16a domiciliary program, demolish the north
8.17wing of building 17, and design, construct,
8.18furnish, and equip up to a 72-bed single
8.19occupancy person-centered nursing care
8.20building, including site improvements and
8.21amenities for building and program support
8.22To predesign, design, construct, furnish,
8.23and equip the renovation of Building 16
8.24to accommodate a domiciliary program,
8.25demolish the north wing of Building 17,
8.26predesign a new Building 17, and design,
8.27construct, furnish, and equip the north
8.28wing of the new Building 17, including site
8.29improvements and amenities for building
8.30and program support.

8.31    Sec. 15. Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23, is amended to read:
8.32    Sec. 23. PLANNING NEW VETERANS CEMETERIES.
8.33(a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine a suitable site and plan for
8.34three new state veterans cemeteries, one to be located in northeastern Minnesota, one to
9.1be located in southeastern Minnesota, and one to be located in southwestern Minnesota.
9.2In determining the site for a cemetery, the commissioner shall consider available public
9.3land options and shall seek proposals for donated land from interested counties, local
9.4communities, civic organizations, veterans service organizations, and individuals.
9.5(b) For determining the veterans cemetery site in southeastern Minnesota, the
9.6commissioner shall give priority consideration to land owned and proposed for donation
9.7by the county of Fillmore.
9.8(c) The commissioner's planning process for a state veterans cemetery must include,
9.9at a minimum, the following actions:
9.10(1) determining the need for the cemetery;
9.11(2) investigating the availability of suitable land for the cemetery;
9.12(3) assessment of impacts of the cemetery;
9.13(4) encouragement of support from veteran service organizations and local
9.14governments; and
9.15(5) preparation and submission of a preapplication for a grant from the United States
9.16Department of Veterans Affairs for commitment of funding for establishing the cemetery.
9.17(d) By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the chair and ranking
9.18minority member of the house of representatives and senate committees having
9.19responsibility for veterans affairs with a report of the commissioner's progress in
9.20implementing this section."
9.21Page 1, line 10, after "for" insert "publicly owned"
9.22Page 1, after line 15, insert:

9.23    "Sec. 17. 2008 AUTHORIZATION REDUCED.
9.24The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8,
9.25is reduced by $700,000."
9.26Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
9.27Amend the title as follows:
9.28Page 1, line 2, delete everything after "modifying"
9.29Pages 1, line 3, delete everything before the semicolon and insert "previous
9.30appropriations; adding an option for the use of bond premiums; specifying a prioritized
9.31location for one veterans cemetery"
9.32Amend the title numbers accordingly