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SF3576 • 2026
Washington County Lake Elmo Avenue and Trunk Highway 36 new interchange bond issue and appropriation
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Introduction and first reading
Washington County Lake Elmo Avenue and Trunk Highway 36 new interchange bond issue and appropriation
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new interchange at marked Trunk Highway 36 and Lake Elmo Avenue in Washington County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin LAKE ELMO; INTERCHANGE AT TRUNK HIGHWAY 36 AND LAKE ELMO AVENUE. new text end new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Appropriation. new text end new text begin $5,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to the city of Lake Elmo for property acquisition and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip a new interchange at marked Trunk Highway 36 and Washington County State-Aid Highway 17, known as Lake Elmo Avenue, in Washington County. This appropriation is for the city's share of the project that is eligible to be funded with general obligation bonds. new text end new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Bond sale. new text end new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,000,000 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. new text end new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end