1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a pedestrian bridge over 
1.3 	the Mississippi River connecting 26th Avenue North to 18th Avenue Northeast in 
1.4 	the city of Minneapolis; 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. MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD; 26th AVENUE 
1.7 	PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $18,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 
1.10 	to predesign, design, and construct a pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi River from 
1.11 	26th Avenue North to the east side of the Mississippi River at approximately 18th Avenue 
1.12 	Northeast. The bridge will be designed to provide a connection to the city of Minneapolis 
1.13 	26th Avenue North with 18th Avenue Northeast trail systems and to connect the Minneapolis 
1.14 	Park and Recreation Board's East and West River trail system.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.16 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.17 	the state in an amount up to $18,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.18 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.19 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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