1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the MERIT Center in 
1.3 	Marshall; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MERIT CENTER, MARSHALL.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of public safety for a grant to the city of Marshall to predesign, 
1.8 	design, construct, furnish, and equip Phase II of the Minnesota Emergency Response and 
1.9 	Industry Training (MERIT) Center, including driving courses, shooting range, a multiuse, 
1.10 	three-story gas fire sims, hazmat area, tactical maze, and other training facilities.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Bond sale authorization. To provide the money appropriated in 
1.12 	subdivision 1 from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
1.13 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $....... in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.14 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.15 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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