Key Votes
HF 1752 - Authorizes Bonds for Construction Works - Key Vote
Minnesota Key Votes
Richard Cohen voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
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Stages
- May 11, 2012 Executive Signed
- May 8, 2012 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 7, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- May 7, 2012 House Bill Passed
- May 21, 2011 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 11, 2012
Title: Authorizes Bonds for Construction Works
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (97-33) - May 8, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizes Bonds for Construction Works
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes the appropriation of funds from bond proceeds for public works.
- Requires the commissioner of management and budget to sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $525.86 million in order to fund this act, some of which is appropriated as follows (Secs. 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 16, 21, & 26):
- $64.06 million to the University of Minnesota;
- $132.13 million to the Minnesota state colleges and universities system;
- $30 million for flood hazard mitigation grants;
- $44 million to restoring the state Capitol building;
- $78.5 million to the Department of Employment and Economic Development, $50 million of which is for business development through capital project grants;
- $4 million to the Minnesota zoological garden;
- $49.4 million to transportation projects, $30 million of which are for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and
- $13.5 million to the Austin Port Authority for construction of a research and technology center.
- Requires the commissioner of management and budget to report to legislative committees on the jobs created and retained as a result of capital project funding by the state (Sec. 28).
- Establishes the transportation economic development infrastructure program to “finance infrastructure, create economic development opportunities, jobs, and improve all types of transportation systems statewide” (Sec. 33).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (45-22) - May 7, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizes Bonds for Construction Works
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the appropriation of funds from bond proceeds for public works.
- Requires the commissioner of management and budget to sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $525.86 million in order to fund this act, some of which is appropriated as follows (Secs. 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 16, 21 & 26):
- $64.06 million to the University of Minnesota;
- $132.13 million to the Minnesota state colleges and universities system;
- $30 million for flood hazard mitigation grants;
- $44 million to restoring the state Capitol building;
- $78.5 million to the Department of Employment and Economic Development, $50 million of which is for business development through capital project grants;
- $4 million to the Minnesota zoological garden;
- $49.4 million to transportation projects, $30 million of which are for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and
- $13.5 million to the Austin Port Authority for construction of a research and technology center.
- Requires the commissioner of management and budget to report to legislative committees on the jobs created and retained as a result of capital project funding by the state (Sec. 28).
- Establishes the transportation economic development infrastructure program to “finance infrastructure, create economic development opportunities, jobs, and improve all types of transportation systems statewide” (Sec. 33).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (99-32) - May 7, 2012
Legislation - Introduced (House) - May 21, 2011
Title: Authorizes Bonds for Construction Works
Sponsors
- Gregory M. Davids (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Alice Hausman (MN - D)
- Larry Howes (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry Howes (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phyllis Kahn (MN - D)
- Morrie Lanning (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bev Scalze (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Gregory M. Davids (MN - R)
- Alice Hausman (MN - D)
- Phyllis Kahn (MN - D)
- Morrie Lanning (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bev Scalze (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
