1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for a passenger rail feasibility study 
1.3 	in southern Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NORTHFIELD CORRIDOR PASSENGER RAIL 
1.6 	FEASIBILITY STUDY.
 1.7 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of transportation for a feasibility study and alternatives analysis of a passenger rail corridor 
1.9 	connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul to Albert Lea on existing rail line and passing through 
1.10 	Faribault and Northfield and auxiliary east-west passenger rail service connecting Mankato 
1.11 	and Winona on existing rail line and passing through Owatonna and Rochester.