1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for grants to make air 
1.3 	handling system improvements to improve air quality in indoor ice arenas; 
1.4 	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. INDOOR ICE ARENAS; AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $2,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission for grants to local government units 
1.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.09, paragraph (g) or (k), to renovate or replace 
1.10 	air handling systems in existing indoor ice arenas whose ice resurfacing and ice edging 
1.11 	equipment are not powered by electricity in order to improve indoor air quality by 
1.12 	reducing concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. The new or renovated 
1.13 	air handling systems must include continuous electronic air monitoring devices to 
1.14 	automatically activate the ventilation systems when the concentration of carbon monoxide 
1.15 	or nitrogen dioxide reaches a predetermined level. The priorities in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.16 	section 240A.09, paragraphs (a) and (b), do not apply to grants under this subdivision.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.18 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.19 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $2,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.20 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.21 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.