1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; providing funding for 
  1.3             acquisition of native prairie bank easements; 
  1.4             authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating 
  1.5             money. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [NATIVE PRAIRIE BANK; APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] $2,000,000 is appropriated 
  1.9   from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural 
  1.10  resources for acquisition of native prairie bank easements under 
  1.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96. 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [BOND SALE.] To provide the money appropriated in 
  1.13  this section from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of 
  1.14  finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up 
  1.15  to $2,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
  1.16  prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, 
  1.17  and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.19     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.