1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for design of a National 
1.3 	Center for Biofuels Research at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the 
1.4 	issuance of general obligation bonds. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF 
1.7 	REGENTS.
 1.8 	$2,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Board of Regents 
1.9 	of the University of Minnesota for design of a National Center for Biofuels Research on 
1.10 	the Twin Cities campus. 

1.11 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.12 	To provide the money appropriated by section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.13 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.14 	$2,500,000 in the manner, on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.16 	sections 4 to 7.

1.17 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.