1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements 
1.3 	consistent with the Capitol Mall Design Framework update and for related 
1.4 	fundraising efforts; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CAPITOL MALL IMPROVEMENTS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $12,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of administration to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
1.9 	equip improvements and betterments of a capital nature to the upper mall of the Minnesota 
1.10 	State Capitol consistent with the Capitol Mall Design Framework update required by Laws 
1.11 	2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 124. This appropriation includes money for Americans 
1.12 	with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, security, and landscaping improvements. 
1.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, this appropriation must be fully 
1.14 	encumbered on or before December 31, 2026, and is not available until nonstate funds have 
1.15 	been secured in accordance with section 2 of this act.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.17 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.18 	the state in an amount up to $12,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.19 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.20 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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

2.1 	Sec. 2. CAPITOL MALL DESIGN FRAMEWORK UPDATE; MATCHING FUNDS.
 2.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
2.3 	the meanings given.
2.4 	(b) "Capitol Mall Design Framework update" means the Capitol Mall Design Framework 
2.5 	update required by Laws 2023, chapter 62, article 2, section 124.
2.6 	(c) "Nonstate funds" means money secured from private sources, including individuals 
2.7 	and businesses, toward the Capitol Mall Design Framework update.
2.8 		Subd. 2.Capitol Mall Design Framework; use of nonstate funds. (a) Nonstate funds 
2.9 	must be used to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip improvements and 
2.10 	betterments of a capital nature consistent with the Capitol Mall Design Framework update. 
2.11 	Nonstate funds must be applied first toward capital improvements to Cass Gilbert Memorial 
2.12 	Park, including bus parking, visitor accommodations, a playground, public gathering space, 
2.13 	landscaping, a donor memorial, and other improvements at the park consistent with the 
2.14 	Capitol Mall Design Framework update.
2.15 	(b) The donor memorial funded as part of the improvements to Cass Gilbert Memorial 
2.16 	Park must display the names of all donors of nonstate funds for at least 20 years.
2.17 	(c) The commissioner of administration shall coordinate the expenditure of nonstate 
2.18 	funds toward the Capitol Mall Design Framework update improvements. Any unspent 
2.19 	nonstate funds may be used by the commissioner of administration for improvements and 
2.20 	betterments of a capital nature in the lower mall area of the Minnesota State Capitol and 
2.21 	for other capital improvements consistent with the Capitol Mall Design Framework update.
2.22 		Subd. 3.Availability of Capitol Mall improvement funds. Nonstate funds and the 
2.23 	appropriation in section 1 of this act may not be expended until at least $12,000,000 of 
2.24 	nonstate funds have been secured toward the Capitol Mall Design Framework update.
2.25 		Subd. 4.Appropriation. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general 
2.26 	fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to ....... 
2.27 	for promotion and fundraising efforts toward capital improvements consistent with the 
2.28 	Capitol Mall Design Framework update.

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