1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Willow Creek Trail & 
1.3 	Safety Connection in Rochester; 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. WILLOW CREEK TRAIL & SAFETY CONNECTION; ROCHESTER.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $1,875,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the city of Rochester to predesign, 
1.8 	design, engineer, construct, furnish, and equip a paved trail to extend the Rochester Trail 
1.9 	network approximately 2.5 miles from 28th Street SE to Gamehaven Regional Park and the 
1.10 	future extension of the Bluestem Trail to Stewartville. This project includes a trail crossing 
1.11 	under U.S. Highway 52, property/easement acquisition, trail rehabilitation, creek crossing, 
1.12 	trail construction, installation of trail wayfinding and rest areas, and a trailhead located at 
1.13 	Gamehaven Regional Park. Expenditures made by the city before enactment of this section, 
1.14 	related to predesign, design, and engineering are included in the nonstate contribution to 
1.15 	the project. This appropriation is available when the commissioner of management and 
1.16 	budget determines that sufficient resources have been committed to complete the project 
1.17 	from nonstate sources.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.19 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.20 	the state in an amount up to $1,875,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.21 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.22 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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