1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the St. Louis County
1.3 Heritage and Arts Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. ST. LOUIS COUNTY; HERITAGE AND ARTS CENTER.
1.6 Subdivision 1.Appropriation.$8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
1.7to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to St. Louis
1.8County for asset preservation and expansion of the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts
1.9Center, also known as the Depot, in the city of Duluth. The project includes predesign,
1.10design, construction, and renovation work for the replacement of or improvements to
1.11mechanical, electrical, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; and life-safety
1.12elements of the building. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of
1.13management and budget determines that at least $5,671,000 has been committed from
1.14nonstate sources to complete the project.
1.15 Subd. 2.Bond sale.To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
1.16proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
1.17the state in an amount up to $8,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
1.18prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
1.19Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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REVISOR JSK/BM 25-0164601/07/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 440
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Johnson, P.; Kozlowski; Skraba and Zeleznikar02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment