HF 471

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/17/2023 11:37am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at
the Minnesota Zoological Garden; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $31,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Minnesota Zoological Board for the purposes specified in this section.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Asset preservation. new text end

new text begin $17,000,000 of this appropriation is for capital asset
preservation improvements and betterments to infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota
Zoological Garden, to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
Notwithstanding the specified uses of money under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307,
the board may use this appropriation to replace buildings that are in poor condition, outdated,
and no longer support the work of the Minnesota Zoo; to construct and renovate trails and
roads on the Minnesota Zoo site; and to replace the lakeside plaza infrastructure, including
the stairs and ramp to the upper plaza and to design, construct, furnish, and equip the
renovation of related animal holding and mechanical spaces.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Animal hospital renovation. new text end

new text begin $8,000,000 of this appropriation is to design,
renovate, construct, furnish, and equip the animal hospital building at the Minnesota
Zoological Garden.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Reopen the Nocturnal Trail. new text end

new text begin $6,000,000 of this appropriation is to design,
renovate, construct, furnish, and equip the closed nocturnal segment of the Tropics Trail.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $31,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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