1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for predesign of a 
1.3 	multicounty regional chemical dependency treatment facility and correctional 
1.4 	center in west central Minnesota; authorizing the issuance and sale of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MULTICOUNTY REGIONAL CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY 
1.7 	TREATMENT FACILITY AND CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN WEST 
1.8 	CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.10 	to the commissioner of human services for predesign of a multicounty regional chemical 
1.11 	dependency treatment facility and correctional center in west central Minnesota. The 
1.12 	commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of corrections on the predesign of the 
1.13 	facility and prepare a report to the legislature assessing the need for and the viability of 
1.14 	the facility, and the benefits derived from a coordinated multicounty, regional approach 
1.15 	to local chemical dependency needs in west central Minnesota. The report is due to the 
1.16 	legislature on or before February 1, 2008.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
1.18 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
1.19 	amount up to $....... in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
1.20 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.21 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.22 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.23 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.