1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to better public land and 
1.3 	other improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money for the swing bridge 
1.4 	in Inver Grove Heights; 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 	$100,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Metropolitan Council 
1.8 	for a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights to design and renovate the west bank bridge 
1.9 	and bridge approach to Mississippi River Bridge 5600, commonly known as the Rock 
1.10 	Island Swing Bridge, located between Inver Grove Heights and St. Paul Park in Dakota 
1.11 	County. The design for utilizing the bridge infrastructure along the west bank of the 
1.12 	Mississippi River must require connections with any local, regional, or state trails, and 
1.13 	incorporate walking trails and fishing pier concepts, along with any park development in 
1.14 	the area.
1.15 	This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget 
1.16 	has determined that at least an equal amount has been committed from nonstate sources.

1.17 	Sec. 2. BOND AUTHORIZATION.
 1.18 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.19 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.20 	$100,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.21 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.22 	sections 4 to 7.

2.1 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.2 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.