1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to disaster relief; providing highway improvements; appropriating 
1.3 	money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NOISE BARRIER FOR ROGERS TORNADO 
1.6 	RELIEF.
 1.7 	$827,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of transportation 
1.8 	for fiscal year 2007 for predesign, design, construction, and erection of a noise barrier 
1.9 	along marked Interstate Highway 94 adjacent to Rogers, Minnesota to provide substantial 
1.10 	noise reduction and to mitigate the effects of tree loss resulting from the Rogers tornado 
1.11 	on September 16, 2006. This appropriation is available until expended.

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