1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to military veterans; providing funding to construct the Minnesota Medal 
1.3 	of Honor Commemorative Memorial;amending Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 
1.4 	13, section 64.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 13, section 64, is amended to read:
1.7 	Sec. 64. MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL OF 
1.8 	HONOR.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Medal of Honor Memorial on the State Capitol grounds. Subject to 
1.10 	approval by the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, the commissioner of 
1.11 	administration shall place a memorial on the State Capitol grounds to honor Minnesotans 
1.12 	awarded the Medal of Honor.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Gifts and grants. The commissioner of veterans affairs may solicit gifts, grants, 
1.14 	or donations of any kind from any private or public source to carry out the purposes of this 
1.15 	section. A Medal of Honor Memorial account is created in the special revenue fund. The 
1.16 	account consists of money transferred by law to the account and any other money donated, 
1.17 	gifted, granted, allotted, or otherwise provided to the account. All gifts, grants, or donations 
1.18 	received by the commissioner shall be deposited in a Medal of Honor Memorial account in 
1.19 	the special revenue fund. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner 
1.20 	of administration for predesign, design, construction, and ongoing maintenance of the 
1.21 	memorial.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Restrictions. Money deposited in the Medal of Honor Memorial account is not 
2.2 	available until the commissioner of management and budget has determined an amount 
2.3 	sufficient to complete predesign of the memorial has been committed to the project from 
2.4 	nonstate sources. The commissioner of administration shall not begin construction on this 
2.5 	project until money in the account is sufficient to pay for all costs related to construction 
2.6 	and ongoing maintenance of the memorial.

2.7 	Sec. 2. TRANSFER; MINNESOTA MEDAL OF HONOR COMMEMORATIVE 
2.8 	MEMORIAL.
 2.9 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2020 is transferred from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.10 	of administration for deposit in the Medal of Honor Memorial account established under 
2.11 	Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 13, section 64, subdivision 2. The commissioner shall use 
2.12 	the amount transferred under this section to construct the Medal of Honor Commemorative 
2.13 	Memorial.