HF 2744

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 11:32pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid
Transit Way (BRT) in Dakota and Hennepin Counties; authorizing the sale and
issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CEDAR AVENUE BUS RAPID TRANSIT WAY (BRT);
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Metropolitan Council for environmental assessment, preliminary engineering,
design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of bus shoulders and transit facilities
all as part of the Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Way (BRT) in Dakota County and
Hennepin County from 162nd Street in Lakeville to 28th Avenue in Bloomington.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin 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 $9,000,000 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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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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