1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Metropolitan Center 
1.3 	for Independent Living; 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; METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $7,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.7 	to the commissioner of human services for a grant to the city of St. Paul to acquire land for 
1.8 	and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip the renovation and expansion of the 
1.9 	existing Metropolitan Center for Independent Living facility on Robert Street in St. Paul. 
1.10 	The renovated and expanded facility will provide a broad range of independent living, 
1.11 	vocational, case management, and other important services for persons with disabilities in 
1.12 	the seven-county metropolitan area. The city may enter into a lease for management 
1.13 	agreement with the Metropolitan Center for Independent Living for the operation of the 
1.14 	facility, under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.16 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.17 	the state in an amount up to $7,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
1.18 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
1.19 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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