1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money
1.3 	for acquisition and betterment of nonmetro regional
1.4 	parks; authorizing the issuance of state general
1.5 	obligation bonds.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$7,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
1.9 	the commissioner of natural resources for acquisition and
1.10 	betterment of regional parks located outside the seven-county
1.11 	metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
1.12 	473.121, subdivision 2.

1.13 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.14 	To provide the money appropriated by this act from the bond
1.15 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
1.16 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $7,000,000 in the manner,
1.17 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
1.18 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
1.19 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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