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

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Asset preservation. $8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.7 	proceeds fund to the Minnesota Zoological Garden for capital asset preservation 
1.8 	improvements and betterments, to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.9 	16A.632.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Zoo master plan. $13,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.11 	fund to the Minnesota Zoological Garden to implement the zoo's master plan. Of this 
1.12 	appropriation, $3,000,000 is to enhance the Gateway project and $10,000,000 is to design 
1.13 	and construct components of the Biodiversity Center.
1.14 		Subd. 3.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
1.15 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
1.16 	amount up to $21,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
1.17 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.18 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.19 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.20 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.