1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for natural resources 
1.3 	acquisition and development; 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. NATURAL RESOURCES ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the purposes of this section.
1.8 		Subd. 2.Scientific and natural areas (SNA) acquisition. $2,500,000 of this 
1.9 	appropriation is to acquire and designate approximately 500 acres of land for scientific 
1.10 	and natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.
1.11 		Subd. 3.Native prairie bank (NPB) acquisition. $2,100,000 of this appropriation 
1.12 	is to acquire native prairie bank easements under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, on 
1.13 	approximately 750 acres of privately owned native prairie land.
1.14 		Subd. 4.SNA and NPB development. $400,000 of this appropriation is for 
1.15 	protection, restoration, and improvements of a capital nature to scientific and natural areas 
1.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5, and to develop and 
1.17 	restore certain tracts of prairie bank lands for which the easement is permanent.
1.18 		Subd. 5.Wildlife and aquatic management area acquisition and development.
 1.19 	$5,000,000 of this appropriation is to acquire land in fee for wildlife management area and 
1.20 	aquatic management area purposes and for improvements of a capital nature to develop, 
1.21 	protect, or improve habitat and facilities on wildlife and aquatic management areas under 
1.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions 8 and 14.
2.1 		Subd. 6.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
2.2 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
2.3 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
2.4 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.5 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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