1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a wastewater treatment 
1.3 	plant improvement in Owatonna to serve the cities of Owatonna and Medford; 
1.4 	authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REGIONALIZATION; 
1.7 	OWATONNA AND MEDFORD.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation; Owatonna. $22,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.9 	proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to the city of Owatonna to design, 
1.10 	engineer, construct, furnish, and equip a wastewater treatment facility in the city of 
1.11 	Owatonna. This appropriation is available when the commissioner of management and 
1.12 	budget determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project has been committed to 
1.13 	the project.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Appropriation; Medford. $4,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.15 	fund to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to the city of Medford to demolish the 
1.16 	existing wastewater treatment plant, pay for the sewer access charge, acquire property and 
1.17 	easements, design, engineer, construct, furnish, and equip a connection to the Owatonna 
1.18 	wastewater treatment facility from the city of Medford's wastewater collection system. This 
1.19 	appropriation is available when the commissioner of management and budget determines 
1.20 	that an amount sufficient to complete the project has been committed to the project.
1.21 		Subd. 3.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.22 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.23 	the state in an amount up to $26,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
2.1 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
2.2 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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