as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/28/2022 04:36pm
A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to
the Gateway State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) $2,960,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of natural resources for capital improvements to the Gateway
State Trail.
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(b) $500,000 of this appropriation is to engineer, construct, and equip the segment of
the Gateway State Trail from the Scandia Village Center to County Road 52 (Oakhill Road)
on previously acquired right-of-way to accommodate the trail.
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(c) $2,460,000 of this appropriation is to engineer, construct, and equip a tunnel under
County Road 52 (Oakhill Road) and alterations to County Road 52 to accommodate the
trail.
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(d) Any unspent portion of this appropriation remaining after completion of a project
described in paragraphs (b) and (c) or upon determination by the commissioner that the
project is not ready to proceed is available for the other projects described in this subdivision
or to other state trail, recreation area, or park infrastructure after written notice is provided
to the commissioner of management and budget.
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(e) The appropriation in this subdivision is subject to the requirements of the natural
resources capital improvement program under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
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The capital improvements described in
subdivision 1 to the Gateway State Trail shall be constructed to permit horseback riding as
well as bicycling and pedestrian use.
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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 $2,960,000 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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