1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for natural and scenic areas 
1.3 	and regional parks; 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. NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS; REGIONAL PARKS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $5,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to provide matching grants to local 
1.8 	governments for acquisition and betterment of natural and scenic areas, as provided in 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4a, and acquisition and betterment of 
1.10 	regional parks outside the metropolitan area, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.11 	85.019, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). For the purposes of this subdivision, the match may 
1.12 	be either cash or a qualifying land donation. 
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 $5,000,000 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.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.