1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to establish a veterans 
1.3 	facility in the city of Bemidji; 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. CITY OF BEMIDJI VETERANS FACILITY.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs to establish a 90-bed geriatric nursing facility 
1.8 	for veterans on the campus of the North County Regional Hospital in the city of Bemidji. 
1.9 	This facility shall be known as the "Northern Minnesota Veterans Home."
1.10 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
1.11 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.12 	the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.13 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.14 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.15 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.16 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.