1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at 
1.3 	the Minnesota State Academies; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $6,700,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.7 	proceeds fund to the commissioner of administration for capital improvements at the 
1.8 	Minnesota State Academies.
1.9 	(b) $6,200,000 of this appropriation is to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new 
1.10 	technology center on the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf campus. This technology 
1.11 	center of approximately 20,336 square feet, an addition to Smith Hall on the Minnesota 
1.12 	State Academy for the Deaf campus, will serve students from both the Minnesota State 
1.13 	Academy for the Blind and the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf.
1.14 	(c) $500,000 of this appropriation is to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
1.15 	equip an independent living structure on the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf 
1.16 	campus. The project will be conducted in collaboration with the carpentry class of South 
1.17 	Central College of Faribault and provide housing for students 18 to 21 years of age in the 
1.18 	nontraditional student component of the academy's transition program.
1.19 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.20 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.21 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $6,700,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.22 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.23 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.