1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to 
1.3 	the Gateway State Trail; 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. GATEWAY STATE TRAIL.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $2,960,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources for capital improvements to the Gateway 
1.8 	State Trail.
1.9 	(b) $500,000 of this appropriation is to engineer, construct, and equip the segment of 
1.10 	the Gateway State Trail from the Scandia Village Center to County Road 52 (Oakhill Road) 
1.11 	on previously acquired right-of-way to accommodate the trail.
1.12 	(c) $2,460,000 of this appropriation is to engineer, construct, and equip a tunnel under 
1.13 	County Road 52 (Oakhill Road) and alterations to County Road 52 to accommodate the 
1.14 	trail.
1.15 	(d) Any unspent portion of this appropriation remaining after completion of a project 
1.16 	described in paragraphs (b) and (c) or upon determination by the commissioner that the 
1.17 	project is not ready to proceed is available for the other projects described in this subdivision 
1.18 	or to other state trail, recreation area, or park infrastructure after written notice is provided 
1.19 	to the commissioner of management and budget.
1.20 	(e) The appropriation in this subdivision is subject to the requirements of the natural 
1.21 	resources capital improvement program under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Horseback riding as permitted use. The capital improvements described in 
2.2 	subdivision 1 to the Gateway State Trail shall be constructed to permit horseback riding as 
2.3 	well as bicycling and pedestrian use.
2.4 		Subd. 3.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
2.5 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
2.6 	the state in an amount up to $2,960,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
2.7 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
2.8 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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