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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to higher education; capital improvements; appropriating money for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>higher education asset preservation and replacement; authorizing the sale of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>state bonds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>HIGHER EDUCATION ASSET PRESERVATION AND </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>REPLACEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.</b> $50,000,000 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>State Colleges and Universities for the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>135A.046, including safety and statutory compliance, building envelope integrity, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>mechanical systems, and space restoration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>University of Minnesota.</b> $35,000,000 is appropriated from the bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>proceeds fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to be spent in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>BOND AUTHORIZATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>$85,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>sections 4 to 7.<br />
         		
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