1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Bruce Vento Nature 
1.3 	Sanctuary Cultural Center in St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of 
1.4 	state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY CULTURAL CENTER, 
1.7 	ST. PAUL.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $3,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, design, 
1.10 	renovate, furnish, and equip the vacant four-story warehouse building at the Bruce Vento 
1.11 	Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul for use as a cultural center, or in the alternative to demolish 
1.12 	the building, prepare the site, predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a new 
1.13 	building for the cultural center. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner 
1.14 	determines that at least $3,200,000 is committed to the project from nonstate sources. The 
1.15 	city may enter into a lease or management agreement under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.16 	16A.695, to operate the programs in the center.
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 $3,500,000 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.