HF 2761

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds;
appropriating money for a state museum of natural history.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
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new text begin $24,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the University of
Minnesota to prepare a site for and construct, furnish, and equip a new state museum
of natural history on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota in the city of
Falcon Heights. This appropriation must be matched by at least $12,000,000 from other
sources, public or private.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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new text begin $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of
natural resources to design and construct an environmental landscape for a new state
museum of natural history on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota in
the city of Falcon Heights.
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Sec. 3. new text begin BOND AUTHORIZATION.
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new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the
commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$28,000,000 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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Sec. 4. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.
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