1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; 
1.4 	authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds; appropriating money for 
1.5 	the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, University of Minnesota, 
1.6 	Duluth arena.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT AND 
1.9 	CONVENTION CENTER/UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, DULUTH ARENA.
 1.10 	$33,736,659 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner 
1.11 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the city of Duluth to design, 
1.12 	construct, furnish, and equip an approximately 217,446 square foot arena at the Duluth 
1.13 	Entertainment and Convention Center. The arena must include an ice rink of at least 
1.14 	200 feet by 85 feet; trade show and concert space; seating capacity for at least 6,630 
1.15 	with suites, club seats, and concessions; state-of-the-art locker and training facilities; 
1.16 	and accessible and expanded media space.
1.17 	This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of finance has determined: 
1.18 	(1) that at least an equal amount is committed to the project from nonstate sources, 
1.19 	including an annual payment from the University of Minnesota, Duluth of at least 
1.20 	$455,000, for the life of the bonds issued by the city of Duluth for the project, and 
1.21 	an annual payment from the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center of at least 
1.22 	$461,000, for the life of the bonds issued by the city of Duluth for the project; and (2) 
1.23 	the University of Minnesota, Duluth and the city of Duluth have entered into a lease 
1.24 	agreement for the university??a??a??s use of the arena for the life of the bonds issued by the city.

2.1 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 2.2 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
2.3 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
2.4 	$33,736,659 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
2.5 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
2.6 	sections 4 to 7.

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