1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to 
1.3 	merge the city of South St. Paul library with the Dakota County library system; 
1.4 	authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. SOUTH ST. PAUL; LIBRARY.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.8 	to the commissioner of employment and economic development for one or more grants to 
1.9 	the city of South St. Paul, Dakota County, or both, for predesign, design, construction, and 
1.10 	renovation of the existing city library building or a new facility to merge the city library 
1.11 	with the county library system. This appropriation does not require a nonstate contribution.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.13 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.14 	the state in an amount up to $8,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.15 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.16 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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