1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for rail service improvement 
1.3 	program; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA RAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of transportation for the rail service improvement program, to 
1.8 	be expended as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50, subdivision 7.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the 
1.10 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.11 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $8,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.12 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.13 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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