1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to military veterans; allowing the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
1.3 	contract with publicity representatives;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.4 	15.057.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 15.057, is amended to read:
1.7 	15.057 PUBLICITY REPRESENTATIVES.
1.8 	No state department, bureau, or division, whether the same operates on funds appropriated 
1.9 	or receipts or fees of any nature whatsoever, except the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
1.10 	the Department of Transportation, the Department of Employment and Economic 
1.11 	Development, the Game and Fish Division, State Agricultural Society, and Explore Minnesota 
1.12 	Tourism shall use any of such funds for the payment of the salary or expenses of a publicity 
1.13 	representative. The head of any such department, bureau, or division shall be personally 
1.14 	liable for funds used contrary to this provision. This section shall not be construed, however, 
1.15 	as preventing any such department, bureau, or division from sending out any bulletins or 
1.16 	other publicity required by any state law or necessary for the satisfactory conduct of the 
1.17 	business for which such department, bureau, or division was created.