SF 1591

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/02/2021 09:03am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for railway and highway safety
improvements for pedestrian and bicycle trails in Dakota County; authorizing the
sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. DAKOTA COUNTY; PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAILS.

Subdivision 1.

Appropriation.

$1,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the Metropolitan Council for a grant to Dakota County for right-of-way acquisition and
for predesign, design, engineering, and construction of pedestrian safety-related
improvements including grade-separated crossings of railroads and multilane highways in
Dakota County. This appropriation includes money for North Creek Regional Greenway
in Apple Valley.

Subd. 2.

Bond sale.

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 $1,500,000 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.