1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for replacement of the Randolph 
1.3 	Avenue bridge in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.4 	bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. ST. PAUL; RANDOLPH AVENUE BRIDGE.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $3,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	account in the state transportation fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to 
1.9 	the city of St. Paul to design, acquire right-of-way, construct a replacement for Randolph 
1.10 	Avenue Bridge No. 7272 over the Union Pacific Railroad, and reconstruct and rehabilitate 
1.11 	Randolph Avenue, east of and through its intersection with CSAH 37 (Shepard Road) in 
1.12 	St. Paul. This appropriation includes money for internal staff costs, right-of-way acquisition, 
1.13 	design, project administration, engineering and inspection, and construction of bridge and 
1.14 	roadway, including but not limited to railroad permitting and development costs, railroad 
1.15 	realignment and profile modification, railroad flagging, internal force account work, retaining 
1.16 	walls, slope stabilization, temporary access, and maintenance of traffic, trails and sidewalks, 
1.17 	signals, lighting, sewer utility, water utility, and other utilities and public infrastructure on 
1.18 	Randolph Avenue east of and through its intersection with CSAH 37 (Shepard Road).
1.19 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.20 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.21 	the state in an amount up to $3,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.22 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.23 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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