1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the acquisition and 
1.3 	preservation of prairie and big woods remnants in Hennepin County; authorizing 
1.4 	the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. PRAIRIE AND BIG WOODS PRESERVATION; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $5,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.8 	to the commissioner of natural resources to acquire and protect approximately 27.5 acres 
1.9 	of prairie and big woods remnants, together with associated Riley Creek, Fredrick-Miller 
1.10 	Spring, and associated wetlands and adjacent lands within the Riley Creek Watershed 
1.11 	District. The lands and waters to be acquired are located on the South slope of the North 
1.12 	rim of the Minnesota River in Hennepin County. These lands and waters shall be established 
1.13 	by the commissioner as an aquatic management area under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.14 	86A.05, subdivision 14.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.16 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget, on the request of the governor, 
1.17 	shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,000,000 in the manner, upon 
1.18 	the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, 
1.19 	and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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