SF 2970

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for lab addition to the
University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory building, St. Paul
campus; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $2,150,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Board of Regents
of the University of Minnesota to design, construct, and furnish a biosafety level 3
necropsy laboratory addition to the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory building on the
St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota to protect students, employees, and the
environment from avian influenza ("bird flu"), bovine tuberculosis, and other zoonotic and
foreign animal diseases.
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Sec. 2. new text begin BOND SALE.
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new text begin To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund,
the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$2,150,000 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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Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
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