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SF3934 • 2026

University of Minnesota Saint Paul campus capital improvements bond issue and appropriation

University of Minnesota Saint Paul campus capital improvements bond issue and appropriation

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dahms, Putnam, Frentz, Duckworth, Kupec
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

University of Minnesota Saint Paul campus capital improvements bond issue and appropriation

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to capital investment; appropriating money to the University of Minnesota

for capital improvements on the Saint Paul campus; authorizing the sale and

issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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SAINT PAUL CAMPUS CENTER.
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Subdivision 1.

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Appropriation.

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$84,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds

fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to predesign, design, renovate,

construct, furnish, and equip a new campus center on the Saint Paul campus. This

appropriation includes money for site preparation, hazardous materials abatement, and the

relocation or expansion of related utility infrastructure.

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Subd. 2.

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University share.

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The appropriation in this section is intended to cover

approximately two-thirds of the costs of this project. The remaining project costs must be

paid from university sources.

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Bond sale.

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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond

proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of

the state in an amount up to $84,000,000 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.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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