1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; appropriating money 
  1.3             for St. Paul Civic Center; authorizing state bonds. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER.] 
  1.6      $51,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to 
  1.7   the city of St. Paul to upgrade the St. Paul Civic Center to 
  1.8   make it suitable and feasible for use by a National Hockey 
  1.9   League team. 
  1.10     Sec. 2.  [BOND SALE.] 
  1.11     To provide the money appropriated in this act from the 
  1.12  state bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on 
  1.13  request of the governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
  1.14  in an amount up to $51,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
  1.15  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  1.16  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
  1.17  XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  1.18     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.19     This act is effective the day following final enactment.