1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional ballpark in St. 
1.3 	Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ST. PAUL REGIONAL BALLPARK.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $27,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.7 	proceeds fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant 
1.8 	to the city of St. Paul to prepare a site for and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
1.9 	equip a regional ballpark in the city of St. Paul. 
1.10 	(b) The city may employ or contract with persons, firms, or corporations to perform 
1.11 	one or more or all of the functions of architect, engineer, or construction manager with 
1.12 	respect to all or any part of the regional ballpark and related public infrastructure. The 
1.13 	city may deliver the project through either a design-build or construction manager at-risk 
1.14 	method. Alternatively, at the request of a minor league baseball team, and with the consent 
1.15 	of the city, the city may authorize the team to provide for the design and construction of 
1.16 	the ballpark and related public infrastructure, subject to the terms of this subdivision. To 
1.17 	the extent practicable and at the discretion of the city, Minnesota Statutes, section 473.756, 
1.18 	subdivision 12, applies to this project, and the city may exercise the authority provided 
1.19 	in that subdivision to the Minnesota Ballpark Authority.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.21 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.22 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $27,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
2.1 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.2 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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