1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to design and construct 
1.3 	a regional transit facility in Mankato; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.4 	bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MANKATO REGIONAL TRANSIT FACILITY.
 1.7 	$5,200,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of transportation for a grant to the city of Mankato to design, renovate, and equip the 
1.9 	Minnesota Department of Transportation's former district 7 building in the city of Mankato 
1.10 	as a regional transit facility. This renovation may include vehicle storage facilities, a 
1.11 	fueling island, a bus wash facility, and remodeled and expanded maintenance facilities 
1.12 	to accommodate the mechanics and equipment necessary to maintain city buses. An 
1.13 	employee locker room and break area, along with office space with a central waiting area 
1.14 	for intracity and intercity transit passengers, may also be included. In addition, the facility 
1.15 	will be used in partnership with intracity and intercity providers as a multimodel hub. The 
1.16 	facility may be designed for a regional bus rapid transit system providing service to the 
1.17 	counties of Blue Earth, LeSueur, Nicollet, and Waseca.
1.18 	This appropriation is not available until the commissioner has determined that at least 
1.19 	$1,300,000 has been committed from nonstate sources.

1.20 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.21 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
1.22 	commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
1.23 	amount up to $5,200,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
2.1 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
2.2 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.3 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.4 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.