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SF4098 • 2026
Root River State Trail bond issue and appropriation
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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Introduction and first reading
Root River State Trail bond issue and appropriation
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Root River State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin ROOT RIVER STATE TRAIL; PRESTON TO CARIMONA. new text end new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Appropriation. new text end new text begin $6,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for construction of the Root River State Trail under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015, from the city of Preston to the city of Carimona. 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 fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $6,000,000 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