1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating funds for the project SOAR prisoner 
1.3 	reentry program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$1,800,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections 
1.7 	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. The commissioner must grant the entire 
1.8 	appropriation to the employment action center's project SOAR, which helps offenders 
1.9 	reenter Minneapolis communities upon release from prison. This appropriation is in 
1.10 	addition to the amount appropriated to the commissioner for community services in Laws 
1.11 	2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 13, subdivision 3. This appropriation is added to 
1.12 	the department's base funding.