Bill Text: MN HF503 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Virgina; relocation funding provided for trails and utilities by marked Trunk Highway 53, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Capital Investment [HF503 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF503-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money for relocation of trails and
1.3utilities in the city of Virginia made necessary by marked Trunk Highway 53
1.4relocation; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. RELOCATION OF UTILITIES AND TRAILS IN VIRGINIA.
1.7    Subdivision 1. Utilities relocation. $11,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.8proceeds fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a
1.9grant to the city of Virginia and the Virginia Public Utilities Commission for design,
1.10engineering, construction, furnishing, and equipping of relocated gas, electric, water,
1.11sanitary sewer, and storm sewer utilities made necessary by and in conjunction with the
1.12relocation of marked Trunk Highway 53 in Virginia.
1.13    Subd. 2. Mesabi trails relocation. $1,200,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.14proceeds fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant
1.15to the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority for acquisition of land
1.16or interests in land, design, engineering, construction, furnishing, and equipping of the
1.17portions of the Mesabi bicycle, snowmobile, and ATV trails that must be relocated due to
1.18the relocation of marked Trunk Highway 53.
1.19    Subd. 3. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
1.20bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.21bonds of the state in an amount up to $12,200,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.22the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.23Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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