HF 3299

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/11/2020 02:59pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a trail to connect Itasca
State Park to the Heartland Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin HEARTLAND STATE TRAIL CONNECTION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $3,800,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the commissioner of natural resources to acquire land for, predesign, design, and construct
a paved, multiple-use trail to connect Itasca State Park to the Heartland State Trail beginning
with Phase 1 from the park contact station to the park's southeast boundary and through a
tunnel to be constructed under marked Trunk Highway 71, and continuing from there about
two miles and, with any remaining funds, a trailhead at or near the proposed trail's southern
junction with the Heartland Trail.
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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 $3,800,000 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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