1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money to expand U.S. Highway 212 to 
1.3 	four lanes between Norwood Young America and Cologne.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. U.S. HIGHWAY 212 EXPANSION TO FOUR LANES BETWEEN 
1.6 	NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA AND COLOGNE.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $38,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	account in the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation to acquire property 
1.9 	or permanent easements for, and to design, engineer, construct, furnish, and equip an 
1.10 	expansion of U.S. Highway 212 to four lanes from Tacoma Avenue North in Norwood 
1.11 	Young America to Lake Street West in Cologne. Of this amount, up to $10,000,000 is for 
1.12 	safety improvements to the intersection of Trunk Highway 212 and Carver County Road 
1.13 	51.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.15 	proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget 
1.16 	shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $38,000,000 in the manner, upon 
1.17 	the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, 
1.18 	and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts 
1.19 	requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued 
1.20 	interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond 
1.21 	proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.