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• The city has no capacity to take any additional depth to increased capacity at the lagoons.
• The budget forecast came out, and the bonding dollar capacity went down as well, which was very bad news
• The budget forecast came out, and the bonding dollar capacity went down as well, which was very bad news
• The budget forecast came out, and the bonding dollar capacity went down as well, which was very bad news
• The budget forecast came out, and the bonding dollar capacity went down as well, which was very bad news

Bills: HF458, HF459, HF461, HF449, HF450, HF965, HF1280, HF612, HF615, HF616, HF622, HF650, HF651, HF1045, HF972, HF851, HF644, HF1050

Keywords: HF458, Henderson, water treatment facility, drinking water, municipal water, public infrastructure, capital investment, state bonds, bonding bill, Public Facilities Authority, water distribution system, well connection, local government grant, Minnesota capital budget, HF459, Carver levee, City of Carver, levee restoration, flood control, flood mitigation

Bills: HF3521, HF1807, HF1270, HF2070, HF3136

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure

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• <00:04:57.040> And capacity needs in the east metro.
• And capacity needs in the east metro.
• Best practice for Level I trauma centers is to run around 80 to 85% capacity.
• This request is not a growth strategy; it is to ensure we have the inpatient capacity to safely care
• Adding licensed inpatient capacity helps us to do something basic but important.

Bills: HF3521, HF1807, HF1270, HF2070, HF3136

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure

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• What's the capacity? How much percentage are you actually delivering?
• payment bonds and performance bonds, for contracts exceeding certain sums of money in order to mitigate
• Current state law requires payment bonds for contracts in excess of $25,000 and performance bonds for
• House Bill 3887 raises that threshold from $25,000 to $150,000 for payment bonds and from $100,000 to
• $150,000 for performance bonds. $150,000.

Bills: HB3129, HB3251, HB3556, HB3724, HB3887

Keywords: construction, wildlife impact, height restrictions, national wildlife refuge, environmental regulations, HB 3887, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Parks and Wildlife Code, performance bond, payment bond, contractor bonding, public works, construction contracts, public building, procurement, bid security, subcontractors, suppliers, contractor payment protection, project completion

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• Again, representative Simpson on the Alabama Professional Bell Bonding Board.

Bills: HB159, HB110, HB114, HB115, HB116, HB123, HB125

Keywords: U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, public facilities, space exploration, education programs, bond issuance, Governor involvement, HB110, sunset bill, Alabama Sunset Law, State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Licensure Commission, medical licensing, physician regulation, healthcare regulation, professional licensing, ethics law, state ethics code, public servants, board members

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• , corridor include added traffic capacity, corridor include added traffic capacity, improved<00:03
• our city system is really at a capacity. our city system is really at a capacity.
• So that's part of the key of bonding.
• We would not come back to the bonding committee.
• <01:08:20.960> Um back to uh the bonding committee. Um back to uh the bonding committee.

Bills: HF1569, HF460, HF850, HF707, HF798, HF852, HF366, HF365, HF836, HF866, HF885, HF959, HF1196, HF1788, HF1349, HF2272, HF2652, HF1251, HF607

Keywords: transportation, bond issuance, capital investment, infrastructure, road improvements, HF460, Sibley County, Highway 21, County State-Aid Highway, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, transportation grant, infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, stormwater, public works, local infrastructure

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• Uh, the purpose of this is really conforming to the time period of the debt service on all the bonds
• of revenue uh which would be approved by the council would at least line up for the duration of the bond
• the duration of the bond repayments. the duration of the bond repayments.
• <01:13:48.239> earlier the ability to pay off the bonds earlier the ability to pay off the
• uh are repaid uh due the uh city bonds uh are repaid uh due to<01:16:25.520> some<01:16:25.679

Bills: HR1, HF387

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, Blaine, local sales tax, special tax, restaurant tax, lodging tax, admissions tax, amusement tax, hotel tax, redevelopment, capital improvements, municipal finance, bonding authority, tourism tax

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• your bonding tour visiting Woodbury. your bonding tour visiting Woodbury.
• It doesn't just come up in bonding.
• It doesn't just come up in bonding.
• It doesn't just come up in bonding.
• It doesn't just come up in bonding.

Bills: HF3700, HF3982, HF3927, HF3933, HF3949, HF4238, HF4275, HF4476, HF4504

Keywords: Duluth, Lake Superior Zoo, capital improvements, funding, bonds, appropriations, capital investment, port development, grant caps, state assistance, navigation facilities, Dakota County, state bonds, park improvements, infrastructure, transportation, safety, congestion, water infrastructure, bond issuance

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• I'm a public finance professional with DAD Davidson and a tax-exempt bond expert.
• of borrowing for these institutions that are using these bonds.
• It's a longstanding financing bonds are.
• It allows for these these bonds.
• allocation, LIHTC or low 4% tax credit bonds, which fall in this pool.

Bills: HF3217, HF2252

Keywords: bioindustrial facilities, economic development, renewable energy, advanced biofuels, state funding, HF2252, Minnesota bonding, volume cap, private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, public facility bonds, public facilities pool, unified pool, bond allocation, municipal finance, bond cap, housing bonds, residential rental projects, manufacturing bonds, enterprise zone bonds

Summary: The committee first approved the prior day’s minutes as amended, correcting the meeting number from the 46th to the 45th meeting. It then took up House File 3217, which would restore funding for the Minnesota Bioincentive Program. Representative Kisha argued the state should honor commitments made to companies that met program requirements and had not received full reimbursement. Testifiers from the Great Plains Institute and Minnesota Biofuels Association said the program has supported bioeconomy investment, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and generated strong economic returns, but has been underfunded, leaving unpaid claims. Members raised questions about whether the bill was retrospective and whether it should be reviewed by another committee; the bill was laid over for further consideration without a vote. The committee then heard House File 2252, a proposal to modernize Minnesota’s private activity bond volume cap by shifting unused allocation from the small issuer/manufacturing bucket to the public facilities bucket while leaving the overall cap unchanged. The bill’s public finance testifier said the current allocation formula is outdated, housing would remain the top priority, and the change would be budget neutral. Testifiers from the Minnesota Milk Producers Association and Minnesota Biofuels Association supported the bill, saying it would better align financing with rural infrastructure, clean water, manure management, renewable natural gas, dairy processing, and low-carbon fuel projects, and could lower borrowing costs for those sectors. Members questioned whether the bill fit the committee’s jurisdiction and noted it might be more appropriate for another committee; the bill was also laid over for further consideration.

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• appropriations in the bill include $445 million in the general fund, $444 million in severance tax bonds
• , and $280 million in supplemental severance tax bonds. tax bonds, and $280 million in supplemental severance
• tax bonds.
• And then on the severance bonds, are we putting those... toward the projects that will go out in the
• So I would say that we have done that in this bill. because the bonding capacity was really reserved

Bills: SB240

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• That is where we get our tax package capacity.
• If there's capacity in gross receipts tax rates, local governments can increase those.
• If there's capacity in property tax rates, local governments can Increase those.
• And if you don't increase taxes, your capacity could be smaller. When your capacity is smaller.
• The frenzy that happens when we react to a capacity bill is always...

Bills: SB240

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• Additional bond debt.
• We bonded roads for 20 or 30 years. They bonded the Railrunner. They bonded the Spaceport.
• But, you don't want to hit your maximum bonding capacity.
• I do have the capacity.
• for these bonds.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• We're basically driving a one-room schoolhouse with two classrooms on board, 77 capacity limit on a big
• :39:42.319> on classrooms on classrooms on board<00:39:44.800> 77<00:39:45.800> capacity
• limit on a big bus board 77 capacity limit on a big bus it's<00:39:49.280> extra<00:39:49.760
• education, they had to say goodbye to the paraprofessional that they had grown close to and formed a bond
• <01:07:47.279> at have some concerns about a capacity at have some concerns about a capacity

Bills: HF6, HF52, HF53

Keywords: education, literacy, science of reading, school performance, funding flexibility, innovation zones, equity and inclusion, HF52, New Germany, wastewater treatment, wastewater facility, sewer infrastructure, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, municipal infrastructure, water quality, sanitation, sewage treatment

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• And so I'm carrying the high-capacity magazine ban, which would ban capacities larger than 10 throughout
• I'm carrying uh the high-capacity I'm carrying uh the high-capacity magazine<00:08:27.840> ban
• Um, and the high-capacity magazines—the so-called high-capacity magazines—that's a new definition that
• well as standard capacity magazines. well as standard capacity magazines.
• <01:10:27.600> magazines got rid of his large capacity magazines got rid of his large capacity

Bills: HF3433, HF3402, HF3412, HF3405, HF3404

Keywords: assault weapons, semi-automatic rifle, military-style firearm, gun ban, firearms regulation, gun control, public safety, BCA, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, background check, transferee permit, private gun sale, waiting period, felony possession, gross misdemeanor, AR-15, AK-47, Uzi, TEC-9, high-capacity magazine

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• One-time cap, but there's still a lot of capacity in there with this bill to bond for additional projects
• We bonded roads for 20 or 30 years. They bonded the Rail Runner. They bonded the spaceport.
• And I'll talk about a little bit more, but you don't want to hit your maximum bonding capacity when we
• If you could figure out a way to pay those bonds and not do 20-year bonds and do 5-year bonds, you could
• If you bond the capacity, you're just going to put us on the hook for 20 more years, and somebody else

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• As of July in 2025, the state has 74,000 licensed and registered capacity slots and serves 31,000 children
• On page 89, you'll see that capacity for our The youngest children's capacity has declined pretty significantly
• And it's about $30 million short of the capacity. Are we serving in universal child care?
• I think we're talking about, so the ECCD has capacity, licensed capacity to serve, there's 70,000 slots
• I would have to look at their capacity to understand what you're saying.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• I've had the opportunity to travel across the country and do work in 25 different states in the capacity
• work in uh 25 different states<00:50:11.480> in<00:50:11.640> the<00:50:11.839> capacity
• <00:50:12.359> of<00:50:12.720> pavement states in the capacity of pavement states
• in the capacity of pavement Foundation<00:50:13.680> assessment<00:50:14.200> and<00:50

Bills: HF198, HF269, HF185, HF303, HF305, HF189

Keywords: HF198, shared time pupils, shared-time enrollment, nonpublic school, private school, public school, career and technical education, CTE, secondary credit, school funding, state aid, education finance, Minnesota Statutes 126C.01, compulsory attendance, school district, education policy, HF269, Spicer, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment

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• .<00:03:02.879> like capacity. like capacity. like >> uh<00:03:04.080> these<00:03
• <00:13:42.639> is treatment capacity and filtration is treatment capacity and filtration is
• Without bonding support, in poverty.
• million in Minnesota legislative bonding million in Minnesota legislative bonding funds<00:19:36.880
• So, um, for general obligation bonds.

Bills: HF4680, HF4047, HF4590, HF3757, HF3569, HF4507, HF4426, HF4927, HF4788, HF4757, HF4747, HF3561, HF4014, HF4013, HF4689, HF4766, HF4589

Keywords: wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure

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• Thank you so much for this opportunity to present our request for $34.8 million in bonding funds for
• Our facility is going to expand in order to reach a capacity of 92 children, up from our current capacity
• bonding committees.
• In state bonding locally since 2021, we've locally bonded $3.4 million through debt levies and. operating
• As Chief Raines and I talked about, I would love to be on the bonding committee.

Bills: HF2418, HF1666, HF232, HF344, HF402, HF431, HF468, HF547, HF583, HF1476, HF1711, HF2787, HF2788, HF3207

Keywords: capital investment, political subdivisions, state assistance, funding, project grants, child care, Slayton, state bonds, economic development, extended time revenue, school funding, state aid, career and technical education, CTE, STEM, secondary credit, after-school programs, summer school, learning year program, extended day

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• Paul Colleg's bonding funds for the St.
• capacity of 76.
• bonding committees.
• <01:01:44.160> Uh Um and um so why state bonding? Uh Um and um so why state bonding?
• can do it with bonding fund here. can do it with bonding fund here.

Bills: HF2418, HF1666, HF232, HF344, HF402, HF431, HF468, HF547, HF583, HF1476, HF1711, HF2787, HF2788, HF3207

Keywords: capital investment, political subdivisions, state assistance, funding, project grants, child care, Slayton, state bonds, economic development, extended time revenue, school funding, state aid, career and technical education, CTE, STEM, secondary credit, after-school programs, summer school, learning year program, extended day