1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Prairie Ecology 
1.3 	Center in Jackson County; 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. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$2,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of employment and economic development for a grant to Jackson County to design, 
1.8 	construct, furnish, and equip a 10,500 square foot facility providing an exhibit hall, and 
1.9 	programming, classroom, and office space for the Prairie Ecology Center to be located in 
1.10 	Sparks County Park in Jackson County.

1.11 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.12 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.13 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.14 	$2,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.16 	sections 4 to 7.

1.17 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.