1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for natural area protection in the Twin Cities metropolitan 
1.4 	region and portions of the surrounding counties.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
1.8 	natural resources, in consultation with the Metro Greenways Advisory Committee, for the 
1.9 	metro greenways program and for grants to local units of government to protect or better 
1.10 	natural areas in the metropolitan area, as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
1.11 	subdivision 2, and portions of the surrounding counties through grants, conservation 
1.12 	easements, and fee acquisition.

1.13 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 1.14 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
1.15 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount to $5,000,000 
1.16 	in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, 
1.17 	sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 
1.18 	to 7.

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