HF 3478

01/14/26   REVISOR  JSK/NS  26-06544
This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.   3478
02/19/2026     Authored by Lee, F.,
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment
04/27/2026     Adoption of Report: Re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the
1.3Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites to prepare for future
1.4redevelopment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. CENTENNIAL OFFICE BUILDING SITE REDEVELOPMENT.
1.7Subdivision 1. Appropriations. (a) $12,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.8fund to the commissioner of administration for Phase 1 of capital improvements to the
1.9Centennial Office Building site on the Capitol complex. This appropriation includes money
1.10for design, demolition of the Centennial Office Building, and other site preparation work
1.11needed to facilitate redevelopment of the site.
1.12(b) $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.13commissioner of administration for mechanical, electrical, and life safety modifications in
1.14the Freeman Office Building on the Capitol complex to prepare for the relocation of the
1.15cellular Distributed Antenna System from the Centennial Office Building to the Freeman
1.16Building, and to relocate associated fiber optic infrastructure.
1.17Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
1.18proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
1.19the state in an amount up to $12,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
1.20prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
1.21Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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