1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuanceof state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for a Boundary Waters Connectionof the Mesabi Trail.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$950,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fundto the commissioner of 
1.7 	natural resources for a grant to the St.Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad 
1.8 	Authority for land acquisition, engineering,construction, furnishing, and equipping of a 
1.9 	19-mile "Boundary Waters Connection" ofthe Mesabi Trail from Bearhead State Park to 
1.10 	the International Wolf Center in Ely.This appropriation is contingent upon a matching 
1.11 	contributionof $950,000 from other sources, public or private.

1.12 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.13 	To provide the money appropriated in this act fromthe bond proceeds fund, the 
1.14 	commissioner of finance shall sell andissue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.15 	$950,000 in the manner, upon the terms,and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.16 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675,and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.17 	sections 4 to 7.

1.18 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.19 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day followingfinal enactment.