HF 1267

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/26/2015 01:20pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for predesign and design of
an environmental learning center in Crosby Farms Regional Park; authorizing
the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CROSBY FARMS REGIONAL PARK; ST. PAUL
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $3,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to the city of St. Paul for predesign and
design of an environmental learning center and adjacent site development in Crosby
Farms Regional Park. The project will integrate environmental education, river access,
and river-based and nature-based recreation, along with increasing safe access to and
awareness by the public of the Mississippi River. This project continues the design and
implementation of the Great River Passage Master Plan, that will eventually connect all
17 miles of the Mississippi riverfront in St. Paul. This appropriation does not require
a nonstate contribution.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $3,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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