Purpose

• The bill would allocate funds to the Rush City Correctional Facility as part of a capital investment plan. Specifically, it authorizes a renovation and expansion project to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new building addition and to renovate existing space to provide services for incarcerated persons. It also allows funding for hazardous materials abatement as part of the project.

Main Provisions

• Appropriation: $60,668,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of corrections to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new building addition and to renovate existing space at the Rush City Correctional Facility, with the goal of providing services to incarcerated persons. The appropriation may also be used to design and complete hazardous materials abatement.
• Bond financing: To raise the money for this appropriation, the commissioner of management and budget must sell and issue state bonds in an amount up to $60,668,000.
• Legal framework: The bond sale must follow the terms and effects outlined in Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 and the Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Establishes a new capital investment project specifically for Rush City Correctional Facility, funded by a state bond sale. It creates a dedicated funding stream (bond proceeds fund) and ties the project to a defined financing method under the cited statutes and constitutional provisions.
• Expands the scope of work at the facility to include a new building addition, renovations of existing space, and hazardous materials abatement, all financed through the approved bond amount.

Funding and Financing (summary)

• Source of funds: bond proceeds fund.
• Financing method: sale and issuance of state bonds up to $60,668,000.
• Administration: governed by the specified Minnesota statutes and constitutional provisions.

"Relevant Terms"

• Rush City Correctional Facility
• appropriation
• bond proceeds fund
• design
• construct
• furnish
• equip
• new building addition
• renovate existing space
• incarcerated persons services
• hazardous materials abatement
• bond sale / state bonds
• Minnesota Statutes 16A.631 to 16A.675
• Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7
• commissioner of corrections
• commissioner of management and budget