1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; authorizing counties to appropriate money for 
1.3 	Veterans Day; removing limits on county spending for Memorial Day;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 375.34; 375.35.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 375.34, is amended to read:
1.7 	375.34 MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY, APPROPRIATION FOR 
1.8 	OBSERVANCE.
1.9 	The county board of each county may appropriate funds from the revenue fund of the 
1.10 	county not more than $3,500 annually to aid in the observance of Memorial Day and Veterans 
1.11 	Day in commemoration of the noble and valiant deeds of the nation's soldier dead soldiers.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 375.35, is amended to read:
1.13 	375.35 $300 APPROPRIATIONS TO MILITARY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 
1.14 	FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY.
1.15 	A county board may also appropriate funds annually not more than $300 to each post 
1.16 	of a recognized military service persons' organization or society, holding charter from 
1.17 	Congress or incorporated in this state, organized and existing in the county, to defray the 
1.18 	expenses of Memorial Day exercises and Veterans Day exercises.