1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.3 	bonds; appropriating money for a grant to the city of St. Paul for a regional 
1.4 	baseball facility. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CITY OF ST. PAUL SAINTS STADIUM.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $25,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the city 
1.9 	of St. Paul to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a regional baseball facility. 
1.10 	This project may be developed in phases, and for any phase of the project there must be at 
1.11 	least $1 of nonstate money committed to the phase of the project for $2.50 of state funds.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from 
1.13 	the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 
1.14 	state in an amount up to $25,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.15 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.16 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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