1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a native seed processing 
1.3 	complex; 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. NATIVE SEED PROCESSING COMPLEX.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $2,800,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the state forest nursery program. Of 
1.8 	this amount:
1.9 	(1) $2,000,000 is for constructing and equipping improved seed processing and 
1.10 	cold storage facilities;
1.11 	(2) $600,000 is for tree improvement laboratory and greenhouse facilities; and
1.12 	(3) $200,000 is for establishing local seed zone orchards.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.14 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.15 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $2,800,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.16 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.17 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.