1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reconstruction of marked 
1.3 	U.S. Highway 8.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MARKED U.S. HIGHWAY 8 RECONSTRUCTION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to Chisago County to 
1.8 	acquire property, predesign, design, construct, and engineer the reconstruction of marked 
1.9 	U.S. Highway 8 from Karmel Avenue in Chisago City to Interstate 35. This reconstruction 
1.10 	may include expanding segments of U.S. Highway 8 to four lanes, constructing or 
1.11 	reconstructing frontage roads and backage roads, and realigning local roads to consolidate, 
1.12 	remove, and relocate access onto and off of U.S. Highway 8. This appropriation is not 
1.13 	available until the commissioner of management and budget determines that sufficient 
1.14 	resources have been committed from nonstate sources to complete the project. This is a 
1.15 	onetime appropriation and is available until the project is completed or abandoned.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Marked U.S. Highway 8 reconstruction; application of planned 
1.17 	spending. Amounts planned by the Department of Transportation for the resurfacing of 
1.18 	U.S. Highway 8, as reflected in the department's Metro District 10-Year Capital Highway 
1.19 	Investment Plan 2020-2029, shall instead be applied to the reconstruction of U.S. Highway 
1.20 	8 to supplement appropriations for that purpose from any fund in this section.

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