1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation finance; appropriating money for the port development 
1.3 	assistance program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PORT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of transportation 
1.7 	for purposes of the port development assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.8 	457A. Any improvements made with the proceeds of these grants must be publicly owned.

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