1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to construct an adequate 
1.3 	barrier in the Mississippi River in order to prevent aquatic invasive species from 
1.4 	migrating up river; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. 
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 to construct an adequate barrier in the Mississippi River in order to 
1.9 	prevent aquatic invasive species from migrating up river. This money may be used by 
1.10 	the commissioner to match available federal dollars and dollars from other states. The 
1.11 	commissioner must inform and work with affected federal and state agencies and local 
1.12 	communities along the Mississippi River before construction of a river barrier.

1.13 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.14 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.15 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.16 	$5,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.17 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.18 	sections 4 to 7.

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