1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grade separated 
1.3 	crossing for the North Urban Regional Trail in West Saint Paul; authorizing 
1.4 	the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. NORTH URBAN REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $3,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of West Saint Paul to acquire land 
1.9 	for and to predesign, design, engineer, and construct a grade separated crossing of South 
1.10 	Robert Street between Wentworth and Thompson Avenues in the city of West Saint Paul 
1.11 	for the North Urban Regional Trail. This appropriation is not available until an amount 
1.12 	sufficient to complete the project is committed from nonstate sources.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.14 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.15 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $3,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.16 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.17 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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