1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expansion of and upgrades 
1.3 	to the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy facility; authorizing the sale 
1.4 	and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. RAMSEY/WASHINGTON RECYCLING AND ENERGY.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $21,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Ramsey County 
1.9 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip the expansion of and upgrades to the 
1.10 	Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy facility, jointly owned by Ramsey and 
1.11 	Washington Counties, located on Red Rock Road in Newport. The project includes 
1.12 	preliminary engineering and engineering, and the acquisition and installation of equipment 
1.13 	to process organics and increase recycling of plastics, cardboard, and metals. This 
1.14 	appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines 
1.15 	that at least an equal amount has been committed from nonstate sources to complete the 
1.16 	project.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.18 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.19 	the state in an amount up to $21,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.20 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.21 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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