1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Ramsey Northstar 
1.3 	Commuter Rail Station; 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. RAMSEY NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL STATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $4,300,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of Ramsey to match federal 
1.8 	and local funds for environmental analysis, engineering, design, negotiations with the 
1.9 	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, acquisition of real property or interests in real 
1.10 	property, and construction of a Northstar commuter rail station in the vicinity of the city 
1.11 	of Ramsey Municipal Center. This appropriation is not contingent on matching funds to 
1.12 	complete necessary project phases prior to the commencement of construction.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.14 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.15 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $4,300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.16 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.17 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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