St. Paul, MN--Some elements of a budget bill considered Sunday by the

Legislature:

-Takes $500 million from the state's reserve fund, leaving $153

million.

-Provides public schools $51 more per student, financed in part

by a $10 million cut to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's QComp program that

offers incentives to districts with teacher contracts based on

performance.

-Calls for compensation increases of up to 1 percent for nursing

home workers.

-Reduces state payments to hospitals.

-Higher fees totaling $500,000 are assessed on industrial water

users, depending on the volume of water.

-Adds a $1.75 surcharge to driver's license issuance fees

through June 2012.

-Cuts to the Legislature of $1.8 million, the governor's office

of $113,000, the attorney general's office of $749,000 and the

secretary of state's office of $195,000.

-The Department of Revenue is given $7 million to go after

individuals and businesses not paying all the taxes they owe, which

officials expect to produce $21 million more for the state next

year.

-Makes $21 million in combined cuts to the University of

Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system

budgets.

-Cuts $1.25 million from a program that provides incentives to

gas stations that install E-85 pumps.

-Redirects $500,000 from a state marketing account to lure

filming of a Coen Brothers movie to Minnesota.

-Allocates $200,000 for completion of a polar bear exhibit at

St. Paul's Como Zoo.

-Puts $40,000 toward a memorial to former Vice President Hubert

H. Humphrey on the Capitol grounds that has been in the works for

at least 15 years. The same amount is set aside for a Capitol

worker's memorial.

Some elements of a tax bill considered Sunday by the

Legislature:

-Increases the maximum state refund tied to property taxes. The

refund amount is based on income and property taxes payable for

2009.

-Imposes a levy limit of 3.9 percent on local governments. But

it allows for exemptions tied to police and fire services, areas

dealing with high mortgage foreclosure rates and for counties hit

with federal grant reductions.

-Adds more than $60 million to the state aid given to local

governments.

-Requires a study of state aid to local governments that must be

completed by December 2010.

-Changes the definition of a foreign operating corporation, a

tax code change that will bring in $109 million to the state

treasury in 2009.

-Provides a tax credit of up to $750 for veterans and members of

the military who served more than 20 years or were disabled in

service.

-Allows Bloomington to raise the sales, entertainment and

restaurant taxes at the Mall of America and the lodging tax

citywide to help finance construction of a major expansion.

-Permits Mankato to raise its food and beverage and

entertainment taxes to help pay for a new women's collegiate hockey

arena.

-Leaves a business incentive program known as JOBZ (Job

Opportunity Building Zone) intact.

Some elements of a borrowing proposal considered Sunday by the

Legislature:

-Approves $70 million for the Central Corridor light rail line

running between Minneapolis and St. Paul.

-Allows the state to spend up to $20 million to acquire land for

a new northeastern Minnesota state park on Lake Vermilion. Any

leftover money can be used to furnish the park.

-Provides $2 million to remove and replace the old Cedar Avenue

bridge in Bloomington for bicycle commuters and recreational users.

-Allocates $10.1 million for work on the Minneapolis Veterans

Home campus.