1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; highways; appropriating money for segments on 
1.3 	marked Trunk Highway 23.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 23.
 1.6 	(a) $3,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of transportation for environmental analysis, preliminary design and 
1.8 	engineering, and right-of-way acquisition to establish marked Trunk Highway 23 as a 
1.9 	continuous divided highway having two lanes of travel in each direction. The specified 
1.10 	activities are for the following trunk highway segments: (1) between New London and 
1.11 	Paynesville; and (2) between Paynesville and Richmond.
1.12 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.13 	16A.28, this appropriation is available for five years after the year of appropriation.