1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money to design and construct 
1.3 	bicycle and pedestrian facilities along 26th Avenue North in Minneapolis; 
1.4 	authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD; 26TH AVENUE 
1.7 	NORTH.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $1,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 
1.10 	to design the conversion of a large portion of the right-of-way for 26th Avenue North 
1.11 	between Lyndale Avenue North and the Mississippi River to a pedestrian and bicycle trail 
1.12 	connection from the Grand Rounds trails to the connector trails in the new regional park 
1.13 	running along both sides of the Mississippi River from trails into downtown Minneapolis 
1.14 	to trails in the northern suburbs and to planned trails running east to trails in Ramsey 
1.15 	County, and to design, engineer, and construct a pilot project within the corridor from 2nd 
1.16 	Street North to the Mississippi. This appropriation does not require a nonstate contribution.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.18 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.19 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.20 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.21 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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