1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a highway overpass in 
1.3 	the city of Staples; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STAPLES HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $250,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to the city of Staples in Todd County 
1.8 	to predesign, design, and construct a highway overpass over U.S. Highway 10 and the 
1.9 	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Staples.
1.10 	The appropriation is not available until the commissioner determines that at least an 
1.11 	equal amount has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond 
1.13 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
1.14 	amount up to $250,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.16 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.