Bill Text: MN HF259 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Northstar commuter rail line extension from Big Lake to St. Cloud funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-07 - Author added Abeler [HF259 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF259-Introduced.html
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money for extending the Northstar
1.3commuter rail line from Big Lake to St. Cloud; authorizing the sale and issuance
1.4of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL; BIG LAKE TO ST. CLOUD.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $1,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.8proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for environmental analysis, design,
1.9engineering, negotiations with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and acquisition
1.10of real property or interests in real property, to extend the Northstar commuter rail line
1.11from Big Lake to the St. Cloud area.
1.12 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
1.13bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.14bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.15the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.16Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3commuter rail line from Big Lake to St. Cloud; authorizing the sale and issuance
1.4of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL; BIG LAKE TO ST. CLOUD.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $1,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.8proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for environmental analysis, design,
1.9engineering, negotiations with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and acquisition
1.10of real property or interests in real property, to extend the Northstar commuter rail line
1.11from Big Lake to the St. Cloud area.
1.12 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
1.13bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.14bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.15the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.16Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
