1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the H Line bus rapid transit 
1.3 	project; 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. H LINE BUS RAPID TRANSIT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $55,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for predesign, design, engineering, environmental analysis, 
1.8 	and right-of-way acquisition to establish the H Line bus rapid transit line in a corridor from 
1.9 	downtown Minneapolis to the Sun Ray Transit Center in St. Paul via Como Avenue and 
1.10 	Maryland Avenue.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the bond 
1.12 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.13 	the state in an amount up to $55,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.14 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.15 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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