1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for a Rice Street Capitol Area 
1.3 	redesign project.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; RICE STREET CAPITOL AREA REDESIGN.
 1.6 	(a) $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of transportation for one or more grants to the city of St. Paul, Ramsey County, 
1.8 	or both, for planning, predesign, design, engineering, environmental analysis and mitigation, 
1.9 	land acquisition, and reconstruction of the Rice Street Capitol Area corridor as follows:
1.10 	(1) Rice Street from West Pennsylvania Avenue to John Ireland Boulevard;
1.11 	(2) Como Avenue from West Pennsylvania Avenue and Marion Street to Rice Street;
1.12 	(3) West 12th Street from John Ireland Boulevard to the vicinity of Saint Peter Street; 
1.13 	and
1.14 	(4) Saint Peter Street from West 12th Street to East 11th Street.
1.15 	(b) The Rice Street Capitol Area redesign project under this section must:
1.16 	(1) be developed under a multiagency planning process that is coordinated by the Capitol 
1.17 	Area Architectural and Planning Board under Minnesota Statutes, section 15B.03;
1.18 	(2) conform with the comprehensive plan adopted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.19 	15B.05, and the street design manual adopted by the city of St. Paul; and
1.20 	(3) establish a multimodal hub in the vicinity of Rice Street and University Avenue.
2.1 	(c) The appropriation in this section is available until June 30, 2032.