1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to repair and restore the 
1.3 	Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth; 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. DULUTH AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $16,250,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to the city of Duluth for design and 
1.8 	construction related to capital repairs and restoration of the Aerial Lift Bridge and other 
1.9 	associated roadway approaches.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Bond sale authorization. To provide the money appropriated in this section 
1.11 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
1.12 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $16,250,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
1.13 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.14 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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