1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money to extend the 
1.3 	Northstar commuter rail line from Big Lake to St. Cloud; authorizing the sale 
1.4 	and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL; BIG LAKE TO ST. CLOUD.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $1,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.8 	proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for environmental analysis, design, 
1.9 	engineering, negotiations with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and acquisition 
1.10 	of real property or interests in real property, to extend the Northstar commuter rail line 
1.11 	from Big Lake to the St. Cloud area.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.13 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.14 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.15 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.16 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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