as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds;
appropriating money for the Minnesota Zoological Garden.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
proceeds fund to the Minnesota Zoological Garden for capital asset preservation
improvements and betterments, to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.632.
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$13,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Minnesota Zoological Garden to implement the zoo's master plan. Of this
appropriation, $3,000,000 is to enhance the Gateway project and $10,000,000 is to design
and construct components of the Biodiversity Center.
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To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an
amount up to $21,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution,
article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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This act is effective the day following final enactment.
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