1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing sale of state bonds; appropriating 
1.3 	money for high-speed rail line between St. Paul and Rochester.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ST. PAUL TO ROCHESTER HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINE.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of transportation to study the feasibility of constructing a 
1.8 	high-speed rail line between Rochester and a downtown St. Paul transit hub located south 
1.9 	of Kellogg Boulevard and east of Jackson Street.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.11 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in 
1.12 	an amount up to $500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.14 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.15 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.16 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.