1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.3 	bonds; appropriating money for a wind turbine training facility on the campus of 
1.4 	Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Canby.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE, 
1.7 	CANBY; WIND TURBINE TRAINING FACILITY.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to acquire 
1.10 	land for a commercial scale wind turbine near the Minnesota West Community and 
1.11 	Technical College, Canby campus and for preliminary engineering, design, acquisition, 
1.12 	construction, and installation of a commercial scale wind turbine for the college's wind 
1.13 	energy technology program. This appropriation is not subject to the one-third debt service 
1.14 	requirement.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the 
1.16 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.17 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.18 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.19 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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