1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance 
1.3 	of state bonds; appropriating money for a Research and Technology Center in 
1.4 	Grand Rapids. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$3,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Grand Rapids Economic 
1.9 	Development Authority to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip the North 
1.10 	Central Research and Technology Center, to be located in Grand Rapids Township.

1.11 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.12 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.13 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.14 	$3,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.16 	sections 4 to 7.

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