1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Gateway State Trail; 
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. GATEWAY STATE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $4,600,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to better the Gateway State Trail, as follows:
1.8 	(1) $2,000,000 is to engineer, construct, and equip the segment of the Gateway State 
1.9 	Trail from William O'Brien State Park to the village center of the city of Scandia on already 
1.10 	acquired right-of-way, including the engineering and construction of a tunnel under 
1.11 	Washington County Road 52 and alterations to Washington County Road 52 to accommodate 
1.12 	the trail;
1.13 	(2) $2,250,000 is to engineer, construct, and equip the segment of the Gateway State 
1.14 	Trail from the northern boundary of William O'Brien State Park to a suitable connection 
1.15 	terminus and existing trails within the park; and
1.16 	(3) $350,000 is to design and engineer the route for connection of the Gateway State 
1.17 	Trail from its current terminus at Pine Point Regional Park to William O'Brien State Park 
1.18 	and from the Scandia Village Center to the Swedish Immigrant Regional Trail.
1.19 	(b) The Gateway State Trail shall be constructed to permit horseback riding as well as 
1.20 	bicycling and pedestrian use.
1.21 	(c) The commissioner may allocate money not needed to complete a project listed in 
1.22 	this subdivision to another project listed in this subdivision that needs additional money to 
2.1 	be completed. For any project listed in this subdivision that the commissioner determines 
2.2 	is not ready to proceed, the commissioner may reallocate that project's money to another 
2.3 	project described in this subdivision or other state trail, recreation area, or park infrastructure. 
2.4 	The chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
2.5 	environment and natural resources finance and legislators from the affected legislative 
2.6 	districts must be notified of any changes.
2.7 	(d) The appropriation in this section is subject to the requirements of the natural resources 
2.8 	capital improvement program under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
2.9 		Subd. 2.Bond sale authorization. To provide the money appropriated in this section 
2.10 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
2.11 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $4,600,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
2.12 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.13 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.