HF 2157

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/14/2012 02:57pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to establish a veterans
facility in the city of Bemidji; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CITY OF BEMIDJI VETERANS FACILITY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs to establish a 90-bed geriatric nursing facility
for veterans on the campus of the North County Regional Hospital in the city of Bemidji.
This facility shall be known as the "Northern Minnesota Veterans Home."
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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 act from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 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.
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Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.
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