as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/17/2021 11:15am
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Introduction | Posted on 03/17/2021 |
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:
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$24,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Minnesota Zoological Board for the purposes specified in this section.
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$5,000,000 of this appropriation is to design,
renovate, construct, furnish, and equip the animal hospital at the Minnesota Zoological
Garden.
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$4,000,000 of this appropriation is to design,
renovate, construct, furnish, and equip the closed portion of the Nocturnal Trail.
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$15,000,000 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the board may use this appropriation to replace buildings that are in poor condition, outdated,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 Zoological Garden site. A portion of this
appropriation must be used to replace the Lakeside Plaza.
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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 $24,000,000 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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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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