as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/27/2012 10:29am
A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for electric fish barriers;
authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$7,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of natural resources to install electric fish barriers, using the most
modern technology available for fish dispersal systems, to address the imminent threat
posed to Minnesota's lakes and rivers by Asian carp. The commissioner may transfer
unexpended money between the projects in clauses (1), (2), and (3). Of this amount:
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(1) $...... is for an electric fish barrier at United States Army Corps of Engineers, St.
Paul District, Lock and Dam 1;
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(2) $...... is for an electric fish barrier at United States Army Corps of Engineers,
St. Paul District, Lock and Dam 2; and
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(3) $....... is for an electric fish barrier at United States Army Corps of Engineers,
St. Paul District, Upper St. Anthony Falls Lack and Dam.
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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 $7,500,000 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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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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