as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/05/2012 04:23pm
A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for an invasive species
research center at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance
of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$1,000,000
is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Board of Regents of the University
of Minnesota to remodel, renovate, furnish, and equip the Engineering and Fisheries
Laboratory, owned by the university and located on the St. Paul campus, for an invasive
species research center. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner has
determined that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed to it from
nonstate sources.
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$12,000,000 is appropriated from
the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources to design and construct
an Asian carp deterrent barrier to control the spread of Asian carp and to accelerate the
renewal and rehabilitation of public water access site facilities to provide for aquatic
invasive species management, including the installation of decontamination stations.
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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $13,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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