1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for electric fish barriers; 
1.3 	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. ELECTRIC INVASIVE FISH BARRIERS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $7,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to install electric fish barriers, using the most 
1.8 	modern technology available for fish dispersal systems, to address the imminent threat 
1.9 	posed to Minnesota's lakes and rivers by Asian carp. The commissioner may transfer 
1.10 	unexpended money between the projects in clauses (1), (2), and (3). Of this amount:
1.11 	(1) $...... is for an electric fish barrier at United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. 
1.12 	Paul District, Lock and Dam 1;
1.13 	(2) $...... is for an electric fish barrier at United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
1.14 	St. Paul District, Lock and Dam 2; and
1.15 	(3) $....... is for an electric fish barrier at United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
1.16 	St. Paul District, Upper St. Anthony Falls Lack and Dam.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.18 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.19 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $7,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.20 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.21 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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