Minnesota Legislature
HF 349
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; authorizing the
issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for grave
markers or memorial monuments for unmarked graves of
deceased residents of state hospitals or regional
treatment centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$2,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
the commissioner of human services for grants to cities, towns,
and counties for grave markers or memorial monuments for
unmarked graves at the cemeteries of former or current state
hospitals or regional treatment centers.
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The grants are to purchase and place individual cemetery
grave markers, or memorial monuments when burial locations are
unknown, that include the available names of individuals, at the
cemeteries of former or current regional treatment centers or
state hospitals and within the boundaries of the city, county,
or town awarded the grant. An individual monument must not be
placed if the family of the deceased resident objects to the
placement of the monument. A grantee must consult with members
of local service or charitable organizations, members of the
local business community, persons with mental illness or
developmental disabilities or their representatives; and, to the
extent possible, with former residents of the regional treatment
center or state hospital, family members of deceased residents
of the regional treatment center or state hospital, and current
or former employees of the regional treatment center or state
hospital.
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Sec. 2. new text begin BOND SALE.
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To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $2,500,000 in the manner,
upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final
enactment.
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