1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.3 	bonds; appropriating money for a veterans home in Albert Lea.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. VETERANS NURSING HOME; ALBERT LEA.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of administration to design, construct, furnish, and equip a veterans 
1.8 	home in Albert Lea.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Nonstate contributions. The commissioner of administration may accept 
1.10 	contributions of land or money from private individuals, businesses, local governments, 
1.11 	veterans service organizations, and other nonstate sources for the purpose of providing 
1.12 	matching funding when soliciting federal funding for the development of the home.
1.13 		Subd. 3.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from 
1.14 	the state bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.15 	the state in an amount up to $....... in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.16 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.17 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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