1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Nobles County WELL 
1.3 	Center; 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. NOBLES COUNTY; WELCOME, EDUCATION, LIBRARY, 
1.6 	LIVABILITY (WELL) CENTER.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $16,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of education for a grant to Nobles County to design, engineer, 
1.9 	and construct a resource center on the site of the former Campbell's Soup facility in the city 
1.10 	of Worthington. The new facility, the WELL - Welcome, Education, Library, Livability 
1.11 	Center, shall provide space for Nobles County, the city of Worthington, and Independent 
1.12 	School District No. 518, Worthington, to provide library and human services support 
1.13 	functions, as well as community education, integration, and a welcome center for new 
1.14 	residents to the region. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of 
1.15 	management and budget determines that at least an equal amount has been committed to 
1.16 	complete the project.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.18 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.19 	the state in an amount up to $16,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.20 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.21 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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