1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a visitor center in the town 
1.3 	of Crane Lake; 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. TOWN OF CRANE LAKE; VISITOR CENTER.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $6,600,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the town of Crane Lake in St. Louis 
1.8 	County to predesign, design, engineer, prepare the site for, and construct a visitor center, 
1.9 	campground, boat ramp, and access road from the visitor center to the boat ramp to 
1.10 	accommodate activities in Voyageurs National Park, the Superior National Forest, and the 
1.11 	Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness along the shores of Crane Lake. This appropriation 
1.12 	also includes money for the purchase of land for the access road between the visitor center 
1.13 	and the boat ramp. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management 
1.14 	and budget determines that at least $1,000,000 has been committed from nonstate sources 
1.15 	to complete the project.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.17 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.18 	the state in an amount up to $6,600,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.19 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.20 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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