1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LOCAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $75,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	account in the state transportation fund to the commissioner of transportation to match 
1.8 	federal money and to replace or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as provided in 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50.
1.10 	Political subdivisions may use grants made under this subdivision to construct or 
1.11 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited to: 
1.12 	(1) matching federal-aid grants to construct or reconstruct key bridges;
1.13 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary engineering and environmental studies authorized 
1.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, subdivision 6a;
1.15 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of 
1.16 	replacement, but where no replacement will be made; and
1.17 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the abandonment of 
1.18 	an existing bridge determined by the commissioner to be deficient, if the commissioner 
1.19 	determines that construction of the road or street is more economical than replacement of 
1.20 	the existing bridge.
1.21 	$2,000,000 is to rehabilitate historic Mayowood County Road 125 bridge 89182 
1.22 	in Olmsted County.
1.23 	$1,050,000 is to replace County State-Aid Highway 19 bridge 5877 over the north 
1.24 	branch of the Root River in Olmsted County.
2.1 	$400,000 is to replace Mayo Run County State-Aid Highway 8 bridge L6145 
2.2 	in Olmsted County.
2.3 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
2.4 	state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
2.5 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $75,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
2.6 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
2.7 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
2.8 	accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to 
2.9 	a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.

2.10 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.11 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.