1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota River Bluffs 
1.3 	and Extension and Scott County Connection project in Scott County; authorizing 
1.4 	the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. SCOTT COUNTY; MERRIAM JUNCTION TRAIL.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $11,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to Scott County to predesign, design, engineer, 
1.9 	and construct approximately 2.2 miles of trail on the former Union Pacific rail line connecting 
1.10 	Scott and Carver Counties, the National Wildlife Refuge Louisville Swamp Unit, the city 
1.11 	of Carver, and the regional trail network in Carver County. The project includes the 
1.12 	construction or renovation of four bridges. This appropriation is not available until the 
1.13 	commissioner of management and budget determines that at least $17,300,000 has been 
1.14 	committed from other sources to complete the project.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.16 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.17 	the state in an amount up to $11,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.18 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.19 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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