1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing the sale of trunk highway bonds for marked 
1.3 	Trunk Highways 61/50 corridor study; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TRUNK HIGHWAYS 61/50 CORRIDOR STUDY.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $300,000 is appropriated from the trunk highway 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of transportation for corridor study and mapping for the corridor 
1.8 	that extends along marked Trunk Highway 61 from its intersection with marked Trunk 
1.9 	Highway 316 to its intersection with marked Trunk Highway 50, then along marked 
1.10 	Trunk Highway 50 to its intersection with marked Trunk Highway 52. The study must, 
1.11 	among other things, identify and recommend improvements to mainline segments and 
1.12 	intersections needed to efficiently and safely accommodate present and future projected 
1.13 	traffic load, identify key environmental issues, preserve key environmental features, and 
1.14 	preserve access. This appropriation is available until spent.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond authorization. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 
1.16 	1 from the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds 
1.17 	of the state in an amount up to $300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
1.18 	effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota 
1.19 	Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the 
1.20 	commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and 
1.21 	any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to the trunk highway fund.

1.22 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.23 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.