1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing issuance of state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources for forestland 
1.4 	acquisition.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of natural resources for acquisition of forestland conservation easements within state 
1.9 	designated forest legacy areas, and to provide matching funds for private and federal 
1.10 	dollars for the conservation of large block forestlands. 

1.11 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.12 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, the 
1.13 	commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the 
1.14 	state in an amount up to $10,000,000 in the manner, on the terms, and with the effect 
1.15 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.16 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 

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