1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Mississippi River 
1.3 	Learning Center in St. Paul; 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. MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEARNING CENTER; ST. PAUL.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $22,638,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of St. Paul to design, construct, 
1.8 	furnish, and equip several buildings and outdoor spaces at the Crosby Farm Regional Park 
1.9 	in St. Paul to create the Mississippi River Learning Center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
1.10 	section 16A.695. The project includes a new visitor center, office space for partner 
1.11 	organizations, and space for environmental education. The project includes site preparation 
1.12 	and topographical work to make the site accessible from the top of the bluff. This 
1.13 	appropriation is in addition to the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 
1.14 	17, subdivision 5.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.16 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.17 	the state in an amount up to $22,638,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.18 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.19 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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