1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for systemwide trail 
1.3 	connections in Minneapolis; 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. MINNEAPOLIS; SYSTEMWIDE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
1.8 	Board to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a network of public pedestrian 
1.9 	and bicycle trails, walkways, and parkways in the city of Minneapolis. Improvements 
1.10 	shall range from trail connections across geographic barriers to small connections that 
1.11 	maximize existing infrastructure and shall provide safer and more accessible routes.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.13 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.14 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.15 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.16 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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