1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; appropriating money to the 
  1.3             commissioner of transportation for planning and design 
  1.4             of a commuter rail station in Columbia Heights. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION; COMMUTER RAIL STATION.] 
  1.7      $50,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.8   commissioner of transportation for fiscal year 1999 for the 
  1.9   planning and design of a commuter rail station in Columbia 
  1.10  Heights.  This appropriation is available until spent. 
  1.11     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.12     Section 1 is effective July 1, 1998.