1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the 
1.3 	Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; authorizing the sale and issuance of 
1.4 	state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $5,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
1.8 	employment and economic development for a grant to the city of St. Paul to construct, 
1.9 	furnish, and equip a concert hall of approximately 1,100 seats and support spaces at the 
1.10 	Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
1.11 		Subd. 2.State bond financed property requirements. Additional or supplemental 
1.12 	predesign review and other requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335, shall not 
1.13 	apply to the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts project as a result of the additional 
1.14 	money provided under subdivision 1. The commissioner shall provide the additional 
1.15 	money authorized by subdivision 1 by an amendment to the existing grant agreement 
1.16 	entered into by and between the city of St. Paul and the Department of Employment and 
1.17 	Economic Development, pursuant to Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 21, subdivision 16, 
1.18 	paragraph (b), dated December 24, 2012.
1.19 		Subd. 3.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.20 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.21 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.22 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.23 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.1 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.2 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.