Special session adjourns, governor signs bills
On Friday, June 12, the Minnesota Legislature convened for a one-day special session to pass six bills: E-12 education; agriculture, environment, and natural resources; jobs and energy; bonding; legacy; and revisors’ technical corrections. The bonding bill includes $26.5 million in capital investment for the University of Minnesota: $18 million for the Veterinary Isolation Laboratories and $8.5 million for the Minnesota Poultry Testing Laboratory in Willmar. Read President Kaler’s statement on the bonding bill. Also, the agriculture bill provides almost $13 million for University agriculture research, education, extension, and technology transfer, including $2 million for avian flu research.
Governor Dayton signed all six bills into law on Saturday. Read the five laws relevant to the University.
The legislature is scheduled to convene next on March 8, 2016.