1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; highways; appropriating money for replacement of the 
1.3 	marked Interstate Highway 35W bridge over the Minnesota River; authorizing 
1.4 	the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. I-35W BRIDGE; APPROPRIATION AND TRUNK HIGHWAY BOND 
1.7 	SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $165,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.9 	proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation for 
1.10 	replacement of the bridge on marked Interstate Highway 35W over the Minnesota River at 
1.11 	the border of the counties of Dakota and Hennepin.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the 
1.13 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and 
1.14 	budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $165,000,000 in the 
1.15 	manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
1.16 	167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times 
1.17 	and in the amounts requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the 
1.18 	bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must 
1.19 	be deposited in the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

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