1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the East Metro Rail 
1.3 	Corridor; 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. EAST METRO RAIL CORRIDOR.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $1,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
1.8 	Railroad Authority for environmental analysis and design of capital improvements 
1.9 	associated with grade separation of Union Pacific and BNSF track between Westminster 
1.10 	Junction and Division Street/Hoffman Interlocking.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.12 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.13 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.14 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.15 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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