1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Zoo; 
1.3 	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. MINNESOTA ZOO.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $17,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.7 	proceeds fund to the Minnesota Zoological Garden Board for the purposes of this 
1.8 	subdivision.
1.9 	(b) $4,000,000 of this appropriation is for capital asset preservation improvements 
1.10 	and betterments to infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota Zoo, to be spent in 
1.11 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
1.12 	(c) $10,000,000 of this appropriation is for the design, renovation, and repair of 
1.13 	the upper and lower plazas; for the design and extension of the plaza; and for design of 
1.14 	the Heart of the Zoo II project.
1.15 	(d) $3,000,000 of this appropriation is to complete renovation of Discovery Bay to 
1.16 	permit the opening of a new marine exhibit.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.18 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.19 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $17,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.20 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.21 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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