1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for forests and forestry capital 
1.3 	projects; 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. FORESTS AND FORESTRY CAPITAL PROJECTS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Reforestation. $18,000,000 is appropriated from bond proceeds fund to 
1.7 	the commissioner of natural resources to provide for reforestation on state forest lands to 
1.8 	meet the reforestation requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2, 
1.9 	including purchasing native seeds and native seedlings, planting, seeding, site preparation, 
1.10 	and protection on state lands administered by the commissioner. Of this amount, $8,000,000 
1.11 	may be used for forest stand improvement and management and treatment of emerald ash 
1.12 	borer and spruce budworm on state forest lands under Minnesota Statutes, sections 88.01 
1.13 	and 88.06.
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 $18,000,000 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.