1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; appropriating money 
  1.3             to acquire land for and construct the Orr-Ely North 
  1.4             American Bear center; authorizing the sale of state 
  1.5             bonds. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [ORR-ELY NORTH AMERICAN BEAR CENTER.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] $6,186,000 is appropriated 
  1.9   from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
  1.10  administration for a grant to the cities of Orr and Ely to 
  1.11  acquire and prepare a site for and to design, construct, 
  1.12  furnish, and equip the Orr-Ely North American Bear center.  The 
  1.13  cities may enter into a lease or management agreement for the 
  1.14  center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [BOND SALE.] To provide the money appropriated in 
  1.16  this act from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of 
  1.17  finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up 
  1.18  to $6,186,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
  1.19  prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, 
  1.20  and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.22     This act is effective the day following final enactment.