1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the
1.3 	issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the
1.4 	Northstar Rail Corridor.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$37,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
1.8 	the commissioner of transportation for Northstar Commuter Rail,
1.9 	specifically for final design and project management of a
1.10 	commuter rail line serving Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis; to
1.11 	acquire land for stations, maintenance facilities, and park and
1.12 	ride lots; and for final design and project management of an
1.13 	extension of the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit line from its
1.14 	terminus in downtown Minneapolis to a new terminus near Fifth
1.15 	Avenue North adjacent to the proposed downtown Minneapolis
1.16 	commuter rail station.
1.17 	This appropriation is not available until $37,500,000 has
1.18 	been committed by local governments and approval to proceed to
1.19 	final design has been authorized by the Federal Transit
1.20 	Administration.
1.21 	Up to $10,000,000 of this appropriation may be used for
1.22 	final design and project management.
1.23 	After a full-funding grant agreement has been executed with
1.24 	the Federal Transit Administration for the Northstar Commuter
1.25 	Rail project, the remaining balance of this appropriation not
2.1 	committed for final design and project management or committed
2.2 	to acquire land shall be available to construct, furnish, and
2.3 	equip the Northstar Commuter Rail line and to construct,
2.4 	furnish, and equip the extension of the Light Rail Transit line.

2.5 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 2.6 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond
2.7 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
2.8 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $37,500,000 in the manner,
2.9 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
2.10 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
2.11 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.12 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.13 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final
2.14 	enactment.