1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; transportation; appropriating money for 
1.3 	improvements to a segment of marked Trunk Highway 65 in Columbia Heights.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CENTRAL AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$2,716,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of transportation for highway improvements on marked Trunk Highway 65, known as 
1.8 	Central Avenue, from 43rd Avenue NE to 47th Avenue NE, in Columbia Heights. 
1.9 	Improvements may include but are not limited to (1) improvement, enhancement, and 
1.10 	replacement of sidewalks, lighting, pedestrian crossings, and bus facilities, and (2) temporary 
1.11 	easements. The commissioner may make a grant from this appropriation to the city of 
1.12 	Columbia Heights for the project. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, 
1.13 	this appropriation is available in fiscal year 2020. This is a onetime appropriation.