1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Northeast 
1.3 	Minnesota rail initiative; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
1.7 	transportation for a grant to St. Louis County for renovation and upgrades to the St. 
1.8 	Louis County Heritage and Arts Center (the Duluth Depot) and for Phase I design, 
1.9 	engineering, construction, and purchase of rolling stock, railway stations, park-and-ride 
1.10 	lots, and other railroad appurtenances necessary to facilitate the return of inter-city and 
1.11 	commuter/passenger rail service within Duluth and the Duluth/Twin Cities rail corridor.

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

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