HF 5403

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/26/2024 11:19am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for suicide prevention barriers
on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance
of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; WASHINGTON AVENUE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $15,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. This appropriation is to design and construct the
replacement of the pedestrian enclosure and suicide deterrent barriers on the Washington
Avenue Pedestrian Bridge on the Twin Cities campus. The board must consult with persons
impacted by suicide at this bridge, suicide prevention organizations, and experts in the field
of suicide prevention in designing the project.
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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 $15,000,000 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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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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