1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for acquisition of land for the 
1.3 	Fish Creek Natural Greenway; 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. MAPLEWOOD; LAND ACQUISITION FOR FISH CREEK 
1.6 	NATURAL GREENWAY.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $700,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of Maplewood to acquire 
1.9 	approximately 70 acres of land along Fish Creek to be included within the Fish Creek 
1.10 	Natural Greenway, a park of regional and historical significance located in Ramsey 
1.11 	County within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. This appropriation 
1.12 	is not available until an amount sufficient to complete the acquisition is committed to 
1.13 	the project from nonstate sources.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.15 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.16 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $700,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.17 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.18 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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