Bill Text: MN SF2877 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislative office building construction authority repeal
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Referred to Finance [SF2877 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2877-Introduced.html
1.2relating to capital investment; repealing authority to build a new legislative
1.3office building; appropriating money remaining from the project to the capitol
1.4renovation project;amending Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 12, section 21.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 12, section 21, is amended to read:
1.7 Sec. 21. LEGISLATIVE OFFICE FACILITIES.
1.8(a) The commissioner of administration may enter into a long-term lease-purchase
1.9agreement for a term of up to 25 years, to predesign, design, construct, and equip offices,
1.10hearing rooms, and parking facilities for legislative and other functions. The facility must
1.11be located on the block bounded by Sherburne Avenue on the north, Park Street on the
1.12west, University Avenue on the south, and North Capitol Boulevard on the east. The
1.13legislative office facility must provide office accommodations for all senators and senate
1.14staff who do not have offices in the Capitol building and on-site parking facilities for all
1.15members and staff and disabled visitors to senate offices. A parking structure may also
1.16be built on the state-owned land located in the block bounded by Sherburne Avenue
1.17on the north, Park Street on the east, University Avenue on the south, and Rice Street
1.18on the west. The commissioner of management and budget may issue lease revenue
1.19bonds or certificates of participation associated with the lease-purchase agreement. The
1.20lease-purchase agreements must not be terminated, except for nonappropriation of
1.21money. The lease-purchase agreements must provide the state with a unilateral right to
1.22purchase the leased premises at specified times for specified amounts. The lease-purchase
1.23agreements are exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.24, subdivisions 6 and 6a.
2.1(b) The facilities under the lease-purchase agreement are exempt from the design
2.2competition requirement under Minnesota Statutes, section
15B.10. Notwithstanding
2.3anything to the contrary under Minnesota Statutes, sections
16C.32 and
16C.33, if the
2.4commissioner of administration elects to use a design-build delivery method to design and
2.5construct one or more facilities under this appropriation, the Capitol Area Architectural and
2.6Planning Board, in cooperation with the commissioner, shall create a selection committee
2.7to act as the board under Minnesota Statutes, sections
16C.32 and
16C.33, for the design
2.8and construction of the facilities. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.33, if
2.9the commissioner elects to contract with a primary designer to design one or more facilities
2.10under this appropriation, the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, in cooperation
2.11with the commissioner, shall create a selection committee to conduct the selection process
2.12in accordance with standards under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15B, 16B, and 16C. A
2.13selection committee created under this section must contain no more than seven members,
2.14including at least three representatives designated by the senate Committee on Rules and
2.15Administration and three representatives designated by the speaker of the house.
2.16(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Minnesota Statutes, sections
2.1716C.32
and
16C.33 , if the commissioner of administration elects to use a design-build
2.18delivery method to design, construct, and equip one or more facilities and associated
2.19infrastructure to provide audio and video broadcast services for the Capitol building, and
2.20 State Office Building,and a new legislative office building, if applicable, the commissioner
2.21shall create a selection committee to act as the board under Minnesota Statutes, sections
2.2216C.32
and
16C.33 , to design, build, and equip the facilities. The selected design-builder
2.23may self-perform trade work or name an audio and video subcontractor as a member of
2.24the design-builder's team. If an audio and video subcontractor is named as a member of
2.25the design-builder's team, the design-builder is not required to competitively bid the trade
2.26work. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section16C.33, subdivision 5 , paragraph (b),
2.27after obtaining and evaluating qualifications from each design-builder, in accordance
2.28with the weighted criteria and subcriteria and procedures provided in the request for
2.29qualifications, the selection committee shall select a short list of up to five proposals. If
2.30the commissioner does not receive any proposals, the commissioner may either:
2.31(1) solicit new proposals;
2.32(2) revise the request for qualifications and thereafter solicit new proposals using
2.33the revised request for qualifications; or
2.34(3) request selection of a primary designer under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.3516B.33
,
16C.08 , or
16C.095 , and proceed with competitive bidding pursuant to Minnesota
2.36Statutes, sections16C.25 to
16C.29 .
3.1(d) The commissioner of administration may enter into a ground lease for state-owned
3.2property in the capitol area in conjunction with the execution of a lease-purchase
3.3agreement entered into under this section for any improvements constructed on that site.
3.4Notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695, subdivision 2,
3.5paragraph (b), the ground lease must be for a term equal to the term of the lease-purchase
3.6agreement, and must include an option to purchase the land at its then fair market value, if
3.7the improvements are not purchased by the state at the end of the term of the lease-purchase
3.8agreement, or at any earlier time that the lease-purchase agreement is terminated.
3.9(e) The commissioner of administration must not prepare final plans and
3.10specifications for any construction authorized under this section until the program plan
3.11and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the project have been approved
3.12by the senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
3.13(f) The unencumbered, unexpended, or unobligated amount of the $3,000,000
3.14is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the commissioner of
3.15administration forpredesign and design of facilities authorized under paragraph (a) a
3.16new legislative office building is appropriated to the commissioner of administration for
3.17the capitol renovation project. This appropriation is availablefor expenditure the day
3.18following final enactment and until June 30, 2015.
3.19(g) The commissioner of administration may reserve a portion of money from
3.20appropriations for office space costs of the legislature to fund future repairs for facilities
3.21constructed under the authority provided in this section. Money reserved under this
3.22paragraph must be credited to a segregated account for each building in the special
3.23revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to make the repairs. When the state
3.24acquires title to a building with an account established under this paragraph, the account
3.25for that building must be abolished and the balance remaining in the account must be
3.26transferred to the appropriate asset preservation and replacement account.
3.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3office building; appropriating money remaining from the project to the capitol
1.4renovation project;amending Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 12, section 21.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 12, section 21, is amended to read:
1.7 Sec. 21. LEGISLATIVE OFFICE FACILITIES.
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2.19infrastructure to provide audio and video broadcast services for the Capitol building
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2.21shall create a selection committee to act as the board under Minnesota Statutes, sections
2.23may self-perform trade work or name an audio and video subcontractor as a member of
2.24the design-builder's team. If an audio and video subcontractor is named as a member of
2.25the design-builder's team, the design-builder is not required to competitively bid the trade
2.26work. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
2.27after obtaining and evaluating qualifications from each design-builder, in accordance
2.28with the weighted criteria and subcriteria and procedures provided in the request for
2.29qualifications, the selection committee shall select a short list of up to five proposals. If
2.30the commissioner does not receive any proposals, the commissioner may either:
2.31(1) solicit new proposals;
2.32(2) revise the request for qualifications and thereafter solicit new proposals using
2.33the revised request for qualifications; or
2.34(3) request selection of a primary designer under Minnesota Statutes, section
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3.16new legislative office building is appropriated to the commissioner of administration for
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3.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
