1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money
1.3 	for identification, removal, and replacement of
1.4 	diseased shade trees; authorizing the sale and
1.5 	issuance of state bonds.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$30,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
1.9 	the commissioner of natural resources for grants to
1.10 	municipalities and park and recreation boards in cities of the
1.11 	first class for the identification, removal, disposal, and
1.12 	replacement of dead or dying shade trees lost to forest pests or
1.13 	disease.  For purposes of this section, shade tree means a woody
1.14 	perennial grown primarily for aesthetic or environmental
1.15 	purposes with minimal to residual timber value.  The
1.16 	commissioner shall consult with municipalities, park and
1.17 	recreation boards in cities of the first class, nonprofit
1.18 	organizations, and other interested parties in developing
1.19 	eligibility criteria.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in
1.21 	section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of
1.22 	finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up
1.23 	to $30,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the
1.24 	effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to
1.25 	16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections
2.1 	4 to 7.

2.2 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.3 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.