1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for a Rice Creek Regional Trail 
1.3 	crossing on Silver Lake Road in New Brighton.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RICE CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL CROSSING; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$362,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of transportation for a grant to Ramsey County for predesign, design, engineering, and 
1.8 	construction of pedestrian and traffic control systems on Ramsey County State-Aid Highway 
1.9 	44, known as Silver Lake Road, at the intersection with Rice Creek West Regional Trail 
1.10 	and the at-grade highway-rail crossing in the city of New Brighton. Notwithstanding 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available for three years after the 
1.12 	year of appropriation.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.