1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital investment; appropriating money for suicide prevention barriers
1.3 on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge; authorizing the sale and issuance
1.4 of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; WASHINGTON AVENUE
1.7PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Appropriation.$15,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.9fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to be spent in accordance with
1.10Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. This appropriation is to design and construct the
1.11replacement of the pedestrian enclosure and suicide deterrent barriers on the Washington
1.12Avenue Pedestrian Bridge on the Twin Cities campus. The board must consult with persons
1.13impacted by suicide at this bridge, suicide prevention organizations, and experts in the field
1.14of suicide prevention in designing 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 $15,000,000 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.
1Section 1.
25-02763 as introduced01/23/25 REVISOR JSK/LJ
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 955NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: DIBBLE, Klein, Pratt, Johnson Stewart and Coleman)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/03/2025
Referred to Capital Investment