1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; 
1.4 	authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds; appropriating money for a 
1.5 	grant to the Houston County Historical Society.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; HOUSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
1.8 	BUILDING ADDITION.
 1.9 	$500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Minnesota Historical 
1.10 	Society for a grant to the Houston County Historical Society to design, construct, furnish, 
1.11 	and equip a building addition to the museum. This appropriation is not available until the 
1.12 	commissioner of finance has determined that at least an equal amount is committed to 
1.13 	the project from nonstate sources. This appropriation is subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
1.14 	section 16A.695.

1.15 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.16 	To provide the money appropriated by section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, the 
1.17 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $500,000 
1.18 	in the manner, on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
1.19 	16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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