1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans homes; expanding uses of certain appropriations; amending 
1.3 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.6 	read:

1.7	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				4,000,000
	
1.8 	For asset preservation improvements and 
1.9 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
1.10 	homes statewide to be spent in accordance 
1.11 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
1.12 	Up to $2,200,000 of federal money received 
1.13 	by the Minnesota Veterans Homes Board 
1.14 	of Directors as reimbursement for state 
1.15 	capital expenditures at the veterans homes 
1.16 	must be credited to the general fund and 
1.17 	is appropriated to the commissioner of 
1.18 	administration for asset preservation and 
1.19 	repair and betterment at the homes in 
1.20 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.21 	16A.632.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.