1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the MERIT Center; 
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. MERIT CENTER.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $2,900,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of public safety for a grant to the city of Marshall to design, construct, 
1.8 	furnish, and equip the driver training and road course expansion of the Minnesota Emergency 
1.9 	Response and Industrial Training (MERIT) Center in Marshall.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.11 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.12 	the state in an amount up to $2,900,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.13 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.14 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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