as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/25/2019 02:54pm
A bill for an act
relating to state government; appropriating money to construct the John Francis
Wheaton Memorial.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Subject
to approval by the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, the commissioner of
administration shall place a memorial on the State Capitol grounds in front of the Department
of Transportation to honor John Francis Wheaton, the first black legislator in state history
and the first black individual to graduate from the University of Minnesota Law School.
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$....... in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
administration to construct the John Francis Wheaton Memorial in section 1.
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