Bill Text: MN SF2652 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Ice facilities indoor air quality improvements and elimination of R-22 establishment; Mighty Ducks grants bond issue and appropriation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Referred to Finance [SF2652 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2652-Introduced.html
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mighty Ducks grants;
1.3providing for indoor air quality improvements and elimination of R-22 in ice
1.4facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;amending Minnesota
1.5Statutes 2012, section 240A.09.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.09, is amended to read:
1.8240A.09 PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.
1.9The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission shall develop a plan to promote the
1.10development of proposals for new statewide public ice facilities including proposals for
1.11ice centers and matching grants based on the criteria in this section.
1.12(a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give priority to proposals that
1.13come from more than one local government unit. Institutions of higher education are not
1.14eligible to receive a grant.
1.15(b) The commission must give priority to grant applications for indoor air quality
1.16improvements and projects that eliminate R-22. For purposes of this section:
1.17(1) "Indoor air quality improvements" means renovation or replacement of heating,
1.18ventilating, and air conditioning systems in existing indoor ice arenas whose ice
1.19resurfacing and ice edging equipment are not powered by electricity in order to reduce
1.20concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. The new or renovated systems
1.21may include continuous electronic air monitoring devices to automatically activate the
1.22ventilation systems when the concentration of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide
1.23reaches a predetermined level; and
2.1(2) "Projects that eliminate R-22," means replacement of ice making systems in
2.2existing public facilities that use R-22 as a refrigerant, with systems that use alternative
2.3non-ozone-depleting refrigerants.
2.4(b) (c) In the metropolitan area as defined in section
473.121, subdivision 2 , the
2.5commission is encouraged to give priority to the following proposals:
2.6(1) proposals for construction of two or more ice sheets in a single new facility;
2.7(2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of ice at an existing ice center;
2.8(3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice as part of a sports complex
2.9with multiple sports facilities; and
2.10(4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice that will be expanded to a
2.11two-sheet facility in the future.
2.12(c) (d) The commission shall administer a site selection process for the ice centers.
2.13The commission shall invite proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities.
2.14A proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions including in-kind
2.15contributions of land, access roadways and access roadway improvements, and necessary
2.16utility services, landscaping, and parking.
2.17(d) (e) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must provide for meeting the
2.18demand for ice time for female groups by offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as
2.19needed, to female groups. For purposes of this section, prime ice time means the hours
2.20of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays
2.21and Sundays.
2.22(e) (f) The location for all proposed facilities must be in areas of maximum
2.23demonstrated interest and must maximize accessibility to an arterial highway.
2.24(f) (g) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be dispersed equitably,
2.25must be located to maximize potential for full utilization and profitable operation, and
2.26must accommodate noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages.
2.27(g) (h) The commission may also use the money to upgrade current facilities, purchase
2.28girls' ice time, or conduct amateur women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments.
2.29(h) (i) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must be awarded to
2.30communities in greater Minnesota.
2.31(i) (j) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be provided to Minnesota
2.32communities by the commission on ice arena planning, design, and operation, including
2.33the marketing of ice time and on projects described in paragraph (b).
2.34(j) (k) A grant for new facilities may not exceed $250,000.
2.35(k) (l) The commission may make grants for rehabilitation and renovation. A
2.36rehabilitation or renovation grant may not exceed$100,000 $200,000. Priority must be
3.1given to grant applications for indoor air quality improvements, including zero emission
3.2ice resurfacing equipment, and for projects that eliminate R-22.
3.3(l) (m) Grant money may be used for ice centers designed for sports other than hockey.
3.4(m) (n) Grant money may be used to upgrade existing facilities to comply with the
3.5bleacher safety requirements of section326B.112 .
3.6 Sec. 2. MIGHTY DUCKS GRANTS.
3.7 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
3.8fund to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission for grants to local units of government
3.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.09. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
3.10section 240A.09, paragraph (l), the commission may use this appropriation to award one
3.11grant exceeding $200,000 to a community within the metropolitan area as defined in
3.12Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, and one grant exceeding $200,000 to
3.13a community in greater Minnesota.
3.14 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
3.15bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
3.16bonds of the state in an amount up to $8,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
3.17the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
3.18Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
3.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3providing for indoor air quality improvements and elimination of R-22 in ice
1.4facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;amending Minnesota
1.5Statutes 2012, section 240A.09.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.09, is amended to read:
1.8240A.09 PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.
1.9The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission shall develop a plan to promote the
1.10development of proposals for new statewide public ice facilities including proposals for
1.11ice centers and matching grants based on the criteria in this section.
1.12(a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give priority to proposals that
1.13come from more than one local government unit. Institutions of higher education are not
1.14eligible to receive a grant.
1.15(b) The commission must give priority to grant applications for indoor air quality
1.16improvements and projects that eliminate R-22. For purposes of this section:
1.17(1) "Indoor air quality improvements" means renovation or replacement of heating,
1.18ventilating, and air conditioning systems in existing indoor ice arenas whose ice
1.19resurfacing and ice edging equipment are not powered by electricity in order to reduce
1.20concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. The new or renovated systems
1.21may include continuous electronic air monitoring devices to automatically activate the
1.22ventilation systems when the concentration of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide
1.23reaches a predetermined level; and
2.1(2) "Projects that eliminate R-22," means replacement of ice making systems in
2.2existing public facilities that use R-22 as a refrigerant, with systems that use alternative
2.3non-ozone-depleting refrigerants.
2.4
2.5commission is encouraged to give priority to the following proposals:
2.6(1) proposals for construction of two or more ice sheets in a single new facility;
2.7(2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of ice at an existing ice center;
2.8(3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice as part of a sports complex
2.9with multiple sports facilities; and
2.10(4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice that will be expanded to a
2.11two-sheet facility in the future.
2.12
2.13The commission shall invite proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities.
2.14A proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions including in-kind
2.15contributions of land, access roadways and access roadway improvements, and necessary
2.16utility services, landscaping, and parking.
2.17
2.18demand for ice time for female groups by offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as
2.19needed, to female groups. For purposes of this section, prime ice time means the hours
2.20of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays
2.21and Sundays.
2.22
2.23demonstrated interest and must maximize accessibility to an arterial highway.
2.24
2.25must be located to maximize potential for full utilization and profitable operation, and
2.26must accommodate noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages.
2.27
2.28girls' ice time, or conduct amateur women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments.
2.29
2.30communities in greater Minnesota.
2.31
2.32communities by the commission on ice arena planning, design, and operation, including
2.33the marketing of ice time and on projects described in paragraph (b).
2.34
2.35
2.36rehabilitation or renovation grant may not exceed
3.1given to grant applications for indoor air quality improvements, including zero emission
3.2ice resurfacing equipment, and for projects that eliminate R-22.
3.3
3.4
3.5bleacher safety requirements of section
3.6 Sec. 2. MIGHTY DUCKS GRANTS.
3.7 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
3.8fund to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission for grants to local units of government
3.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.09. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
3.10section 240A.09, paragraph (l), the commission may use this appropriation to award one
3.11grant exceeding $200,000 to a community within the metropolitan area as defined in
3.12Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, and one grant exceeding $200,000 to
3.13a community in greater Minnesota.
3.14 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
3.15bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
3.16bonds of the state in an amount up to $8,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
3.17the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
3.18Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
3.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
