1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing sale of state transportation bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for Rice Street bridge in Ramsey County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RICE STREET BRIDGE.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $2,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
1.7 	transportation from the state transportation fund for the preliminary planning, design, 
1.8 	and engineering of the Rice Street bridge where it crosses marked Trunk Highway 36 
1.9 	in Ramsey County.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.11 	state transportation fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 
1.12 	state in an amount up to $2,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.13 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 and 174.51, and by the 
1.14 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
1.15 	accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to 
1.16 	a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 

1.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Section 1 is effective July 1, 2007.