<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>route transit for disabled veterans;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>473.408, by adding a subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.408, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Transit service for disabled veterans.</b> (a) On and after the effective <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>date of this section, the council shall provide regular route transit, as defined in section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>473.385, subdivision 1, free of charge for veterans, as defined in section 197.447, certified <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>as disabled. For purposes of this section, "certified as disabled" means certified in writing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the state commissioner of veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>affairs as having a permanent and total service-connected disability.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>    (b) The requirements under this subdivision apply to operators of regular route <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>transit (1) receiving financial assistance under section 473.388, or (2) operating under <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>section 473.405, subdivision 12.<br/>