1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for marked Trunk Highway 14 
1.3 	construction.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 14 APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$431,600,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the trunk 
1.7 	highway fund for fiscal year 2013. Of this amount: (1) $219,000,000 is for acquisition 
1.8 	of right-of-way and construction or reconstruction of marked Trunk Highway 14 as a 
1.9 	four-lane divided highway, from the interchange with marked Interstate Highway 35 near 
1.10 	the city of Owatonna to the point near the city of Dodge Center at which marked Trunk 
1.11 	Highway 14 constitutes a four-lane divided highway, located southeast of the intersection 
1.12 	with marked Trunk Highway 56; and (2) $212,600,000 is for acquisition of right-of-way 
1.13 	and construction or reconstruction of marked Trunk Highway 14 as a four-lane divided 
1.14 	highway, from the city of New Ulm to the intersection with Nicollet County State-Aid 
1.15 	Highway 6, located west of the city of North Mankato.
1.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available 
1.17 	for five years following the year of appropriation.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2013.