1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Canisteo Mine 
1.3 	Outflow Project; 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. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural 
1.7 	resources for a grant to the Western Mesabi Mine Planning Board to construct siphons, a 
1.8 	conveyance system, and other improvements to accommodate water level and outflow 
1.9 	control of the water level in the Canisteo mine pit in Itasca County. This appropriation 
1.10 	does not require a local match. The commissioner of natural resources shall be responsible 
1.11 	to maintain the improvements after completion of the project.

1.12 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.13 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, the 
1.14 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $....... in 
1.15 	the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
1.16 	16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.17 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.