as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to capital improvements; authorizing state 1.3 bonds; authorizing spending to develop a safe harbor 1.4 on Lake Superior; appropriating money for a grant to 1.5 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. [APPROPRIATION.] 1.8 $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to 1.9 the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the joint 1.10 powers board made up of the city of Duluth, the town of Duluth, 1.11 and the town of Lakewood to develop a public access on Lake 1.12 Superior. The grant may be used for design and development of 1.13 the McQuade Road public access. 1.14 Sec. 2. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 1.15 To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the 1.16 bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of 1.17 the governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 1.18 amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 1.19 the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 1.20 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 1.21 4 to 7.