1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Union Depot; 
1.3 	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 	$9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Metropolitan 
1.7 	Council for a grant to the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority to acquire land 
1.8 	and structures, and for design, engineering, and environmental work to revitalize Union 
1.9 	Depot for use as a multimodal transit center in St. Paul.
1.10 	This appropriation is in addition to the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
1.11 	section 17, subdivision 7.

1.12 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.13 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.14 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.15 	$9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.16 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.17 	sections 4 to 7.

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