<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Montevideo and Bemidji; allowing for nonstate contributions; authorizing the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>sale and issuance of state bonds.<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. <b>VETERANS HOMES; MONTEVIDEO AND BEMIDJI.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Short title.</b> This section may be cited as the "Minnesota Veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>and Quality of Life Act."<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Appropriation.</b> (a) $6,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>fund to the commissioner of administration to design, construct, furnish, and equip
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>a veterans home in Montevideo.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(b) $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of
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<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>administration to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new veterans home in Bemidji
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>provide a continuum of care, including skilled nursing care, to Minnesota veterans.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(c) This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>budget determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed from
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<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>nonstate sources.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Veterans homes established.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs may <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>apply for federal funding and establish in Montevideo and Bemidji veterans homes with
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<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>up to 140 beds available for eligible veterans and their spouses. The state shall
         provide <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>the necessary operating costs for the veterans homes in excess of any revenue and
         federal <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>funding for the homes that may be required to continue the operation of the homes
         and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>care for Minnesota veterans, but shall not begin operation of the homes in Montevideo
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<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>or Bemidji prior to July 1, 2017.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Nonstate contribution.</b> The commissioner of administration may accept <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>contributions of land or money from private individuals, businesses, local governments,
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<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>veterans service organizations, and other nonstate sources for the purpose of providing
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<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>matching funding when soliciting federal funding for the development of the homes.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Bond sale.</b> To provide the money appropriated in this section from the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>bonds of the state in an amount up to $16,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and
         with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
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<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>