1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the
1.3 	issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a
1.4 	state museum of natural history.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$20,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
1.8 	the commissioner of natural resources to prepare a site for and
1.9 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new state museum of
1.10 	natural history on the St. Paul campus of the University of
1.11 	Minnesota in the city of Falcon Heights.
1.12 	This appropriation is dependent upon a matching
1.13 	contribution of $12,000,000 from other sources, public or
1.14 	private.

1.15 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.16 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond
1.17 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
1.18 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $20,000,000 in the manner,
1.19 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
1.20 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
1.21 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.22 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.23 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final
1.24 	enactment.