as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a draft EIS and
preliminary engineering for the Southwest transitway corridor; authorizing the
issuance of general obligation bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$1,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Metropolitan
Council for a grant to the Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority to prepare a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and for preliminary engineering for the
Southwest Transitway Corridor, from the Hiawatha light rail in downtown Minneapolis to
the vicinity of the Southwest Station transit hub in Eden Prairie.
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To provide the money appropriated by section 1 from the bond proceeds fund,
the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$1,000,000 in the manner, on 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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Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
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