1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; prohibiting certain appropriations for capital 
1.3 	improvements for state buildings being used for art.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PROHIBITION.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.35, or any other law to the 
1.7 	contrary, no part of an appropriation from the general fund or bond proceeds fund for 
1.8 	the construction or alteration of any state building may be used for the acquisition or 
1.9 	installation of works of art. For purposes of this section, "state building" has the meaning 
1.10 	given in Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.35, subdivision 1.
1.11 	(b) This section does not prohibit expenditures from an appropriation from the arts 
1.12 	and cultural heritage fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.17, from being used for 
1.13 	the purposes of acquiring or installing works of art in state buildings.

1.14 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.15 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to any 
1.16 	appropriation finally enacted between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2010.

1.17 	Sec. 3. SUNSET.
 1.18 	Section 1 expires January 1, 2011.