HF 1414
1st Committee Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016)
Posted on 03/10/2015 10:34 a.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money for veterans homes in
1.3Montevideo and Bemidji; allowing for nonstate contributions; authorizing the
1.4sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. new text begin VETERANS HOMES; MONTEVIDEO AND BEMIDJI.new text end
1.7 new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Short title.new text end new text begin This section may be cited as the "Minnesota Veterans new text end
1.8new text begin and Quality of Life Act."new text end
1.9 new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Appropriation.new text end new text begin (a) $6,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds new text end
1.10new text begin fund to the commissioner of administration to design, construct, furnish, and equip
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1.11new text begin a veterans home in Montevideo.new text end
1.12new text begin (b) $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of
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1.13new text begin administration to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new veterans home in Bemidji
to new text end
1.14new text begin provide a continuum of care, including skilled nursing care, to Minnesota veterans.new text end
1.15new text begin (c) This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and new text end
1.16new text begin budget determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed from
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1.17new text begin nonstate sources.new text end
1.18 new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Veterans homes established.new text end new text begin The commissioner of veterans affairs may new text end
1.19new text begin apply for federal funding and establish in Montevideo and Bemidji veterans homes with
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1.20new text begin up to 140 beds available for eligible veterans and their spouses. The state shall
provide new text end
1.21new text begin the necessary operating costs for the veterans homes in excess of any revenue and
federal new text end
1.22new text begin funding for the homes that may be required to continue the operation of the homes
and new text end
2.1new text begin care for Minnesota veterans, but shall not begin operation of the homes in Montevideo
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2.2new text begin or Bemidji prior to July 1, 2017.new text end
2.3 new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Nonstate contribution.new text end new text begin The commissioner of administration may accept new text end
2.4new text begin contributions of land or money from private individuals, businesses, local governments,
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2.5new text begin veterans service organizations, and other nonstate sources for the purpose of providing
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2.6new text begin matching funding when soliciting federal funding for the development of the homes.new text end
2.7 new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Bond sale.new text end new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the new text end
2.8new text begin bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
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2.9new text begin bonds of the state in an amount up to $16,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and
with new text end
2.10new text begin the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
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2.11new text begin Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.new text end
2.12new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end