1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a statue 
1.3 	commemorating Hmong veterans; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.4 	bonds. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$150,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
1.8 	veterans affairs to complete design and construction of a statue in the capitol area to honor 
1.9 	the Hmong veterans of the war in Laos who were allied with American forces during the 
1.10 	Vietnam War, pursuant to Laws 2003, chapter 69.

1.11 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 1.12 	To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund, 
1.13 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
1.14 	$150,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
1.16 	sections 4 to 7.

1.17 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.