HF 1816

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/12/2015 02:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for systemwide trail
connections in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin MINNEAPOLIS; SYSTEMWIDE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to
predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a network of public pedestrian and bicycle
trails, walkways, and parkways in the city of Minneapolis. Improvements shall range from
trail connections across geographic barriers to small connections that maximize existing
infrastructure and shall provide safer and more accessible routes, and include: a Plymouth
Avenue Bridge bicycle and walkway connection; the east bank trail on Nicollet Island
from Boom Island to Main Street; the Minnehaha Creek bike trail under the Lyndale
Avenue bridge to eliminate an at-grade crossing; the West Bank trail from Ole Olson Park
to 26th Avenue North; and a pedestrian/ski bridge over Theodore Wirth Parkway in south
Wirth Park. This appropriation does not require a nonstate contribution.
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new text begin Subd. 2. 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 $....... 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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