1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for construction of a third 
1.3 	mainline railroad track in Anoka County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.4 	bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. NORTHERN LIGHTS EXPRESS; THIRD MAINLINE RAILROAD 
1.7 	TRACK IN ANOKA COUNTY.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $55,100,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the commissioner of transportation to design, engineer, and construct a third mainline 
1.10 	railroad track and related track, bridge, signal, and drainage improvements adjacent to the 
1.11 	two existing mainline tracks between the north end of BNSF's Northtown Yard in the vicinity 
1.12 	of mile post 14.9 and Coon Creek Junction at mile post 21.10.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.14 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.15 	the state in an amount up to $55,100,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.16 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.17 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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