1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for an alternatives analysis of a commuter rail line between 
1.4 	Northfield and St. Paul.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. COMMUTER RAIL.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of transportation for an alternatives analysis of a commuter rail 
1.9 	line on existing tracks from Northfield, through Rosemount, to St. Paul.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the 
1.11 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in 
1.12 	an amount up to $500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.14 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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