1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for railway and highway safety 
1.3 	improvements for pedestrian and bicycle trails in Dakota County; authorizing the 
1.4 	sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DAKOTA COUNTY; PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAILS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $13,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to Dakota County for right-of-way acquisition 
1.9 	and for predesign, design, engineering, and construction of pedestrian safety related 
1.10 	improvements including grade-separated crossings of railroads and multilane highways in 
1.11 	Dakota County. This appropriation includes money for the following projects: Mississippi 
1.12 	River Regional Greenway in Rosemount, North Creek Regional Greenway in Apple Valley, 
1.13 	and the Minnesota River Regional Greenway in Fort Snelling State Park and Eagan.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.15 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.16 	the state in an amount up to $13,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.17 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.18 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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