1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for the Southern Minnesota Women's Hockey Exposition 
1.4 	Center and a performing arts center.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY EXPOSITION 
1.7 	CENTER; PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $13,800,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the 
1.10 	city of Mankato to design, construct, furnish, and equip the Southern Minnesota Women's 
1.11 	Hockey Exposition Center and a performing arts center for use by Minnesota State 
1.12 	University, Mankato.
1.13 	This appropriation is not available until the commissioner has determined that at 
1.14 	least an equal amount has been committed to the project from nonstate sources.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.16 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in 
1.17 	an amount up to $13,800,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed 
1.18 	by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.19 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.20 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.21 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.