1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for safety and infrastructure 
1.3 	improvements in the BNSF Northtown Yard to increase the speed of Northstar 
1.4 	Commuter Rail travel through the yard; authorizing the sale and issuance of 
1.5 	state bonds.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. NORTHTOWN YARD SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
1.8 	IMPROVEMENTS.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $650,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.10 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for safety and infrastructure improvements in the 
1.11 	Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Northtown Yard located south of I-694 in Anoka County, 
1.12 	to allow for a higher speed limit for Northstar Commuter Rail trains travelling through 
1.13 	the Northtown Yard. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of 
1.14 	management and budget determines that at least an equal amount is committed to the 
1.15 	project from nonstate sources.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.17 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.18 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $650,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.19 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.20 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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