Bill > SF5005

This bill appropriates over $1.4 billion for capital improvements and new programs across various state agencies for fiscal year 2027, with some funds available until projects are completed. * **University of Minnesota:** $74,800,000 for capital improvements. * **Minnesota State Colleges and Universities:** $74,800,000 for capital improvements. * **Department of Education:** $2,000,000 for library construction grants. * **Minnesota State Academies:** $3,450,000 for asset preservation, student center predesign, and therapy pool improvements. * **Perpich Center for Arts Education:** $1,300,000 for capital asset preservation. * **Department of Natural Resources:** $62,000,000 for asset preservation, facility improvements, land acquisition, wildfire aviation infrastructure, accessibility improvements, dam renovation, flood hazard mitigation, and local/regional recreation grants. * **Pollution Control Agency:** $7,150,000 for a statewide drinking water contamination mitigation program and sustainable construction and demolition waste grants. * **Board of Water and Soil Resources:** $14,000,000 for local government roads wetland replacement and the Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) Reserve Program. * **Department of Agriculture:** $1,380,000 for capital asset preservation at the potato inspection facility. * **Rural Finance Authority:** $50,000,000 for agricultural loans to beginning farmers and other loan programs. * **Minnesota Zoological Garden:** $4,000,000 for capital asset preservation and infrastructure improvements. * **Department of Administration:** $88,448,000 for capital asset preservation, physical security upgrades at the Capitol Complex, Capitol Building asset preservation, and demolition of the Centennial Office Building. * **Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission:** $5,500,000 for asset preservation at the National Sports Center and grants for the Mighty Ducks program. * **Department of Military Affairs:** $6,000,000 for Duluth hangar design and statewide readiness center asset preservation. * **Department of Public Safety:** $46,833,000 for the expansion and renovation of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Bemidji Regional Facility. * **Department of Transportation:** $68,000,000 for high-priority pavement projects, port development assistance, drainage asset management, and remodeling of the Transportation Building. * **Metropolitan Council:** $6,000,000 for inflow and infiltration grants and metropolitan regional parks and trails acquisition. * **Direct Care and Treatment:** $42,500,000 for asset preservation and water and sewer infrastructure upgrades at the St. Peter Campus. * **Department of Veterans Affairs:** $86,072,000 for asset preservation at veterans homes and cemeteries, and renovations at the Minneapolis and Hastings Veterans Homes. * **Department of Corrections:** $114,939,000 for asset preservation at correctional facilities, a new building addition at the Rush City Correctional Facility, and demolition of buildings at the Faribault Correctional Facility. * **Department of Employment and Economic Development:** $5,000,000 for grants for Greater Minnesota business development and transportation economic development infrastructure. * **Public Facilities Authority:** $106,000,000 for state match for federal revolving loan programs, water infrastructure funding, point source implementation grants, lead service line replacement, and emerging contaminants grants. * **Minnesota Housing Finance Agency:** $10,000,000 to finance rehabilitation to preserve public housing. * **Minnesota Historical Society:** $3,500,000 for capital improvements at state historic sites. * The bill also authorizes the sale of state bonds totaling up to $812,372,000 from the bond proceeds fund and up to $50,050,000 from the trunk highway fund. It also includes provisions for modifying prior appropriations and bond sale authorizations.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/5005/