1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new regional wastewater 
1.3 	treatment facility in Goodhue County; 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. NORTH ZUMBRO SANITARY DISTRICT; WASTEWATER 
1.7 	TREATMENT FACILITY.
 1.8 	$47,700,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Public Facilities Authority for 
1.9 	a grant to the joint powers sanitary district created pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.10 	471.59, comprising the cities of Zumbrota, Goodhue, Pine Island, and Wanamingo, to 
1.11 	predesign, design, engineer, permit, construct, and equip a new state-of-the-art regional 
1.12 	wastewater treatment facility to be located in Goodhue Countyand to serve as a regional 
1.13 	wastewater facility prototype. This facility shall provide wastewater treatment service for 
1.14 	the Elk Run settlement lands of the Prairie Island Indian Community, which shall connect 
1.15 	to existing wastewater infrastructure in the city of Pine Island. This appropriation includes 
1.16 	money for improvements and betterments, including the construction of infrastructure, 
1.17 	necessary to connect the new facility to the communities in the sanitary district and for the 
1.18 	facility to serve its intended purpose.

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