1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to the military; changing certain military 1.3 requirements, procedures, and duties; clarifying 1.4 certain language; changing armory provisions; 1.5 eliminating a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 1.6 1994, sections 190.02; 190.05, by adding subdivisions; 1.7 190.07; 190.16, subdivision 2; 190.25, subdivision 1; 1.8 192.19; 192.20; 192.23; 192.37; 192.38, subdivision 1; 1.9 192.40; 192.49; 193.142, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 1.10 193.143; 193.144, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6; 193.145, 1.11 subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; 193.148; and 198.003, 1.12 subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, 1.13 sections 190.10; 190.13; 190.29; 192.36; 192.435; 1.14 192.44; 192.45; 192.46; 192.47; and 192.51, 1.15 subdivision 2. 1.16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.17 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 190.02, is 1.18 amended to read: 1.19 190.02 [GOVERNOR TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF; RULES; STAFF.] 1.20 The governor shall be the commander-in-chief of the 1.21 military forces, except so much thereof as may be in the actual 1.22 service of the United States, and may employ the same for the 1.23 defense or relief of the state or any other state, the 1.24 enforcement of law, and the protection of persons and property 1.25 therein. 1.26 The governor shall make and publish rules, not inconsistent 1.27 with law, and enforce all the provisions of the military code. 1.28 The governor may appoint a staff, consisting of an adjutant 1.29 general and six aides-de-camp of field grade who shall be 1.30 detailed from the national guard. 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 190.05, is 2.2 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 2.3 Subd. 3a. [MILITARY RESERVATIONS.] "Military reservations," 2.4 without limitation, includes military installations, armories, 2.5 air bases, and facilities owned or controlled by the state for 2.6 military purposes. 2.7 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 190.05, is 2.8 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 2.9 Subd. 6a. [OFFICER.] "Officer" includes commissioned 2.10 officers and commissioned warrant officers in the army national 2.11 guard and the air national guard. 2.12 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 190.07, is 2.13 amended to read: 2.14 190.07 [APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS; RANK.] 2.15 There shall be an adjutant general of the state who shall 2.16 be appointed by the governor. The adjutant general shall be a 2.17 staff officer, who at the time of appointment shall be a 2.18 commissioned officer of the national guard of this state, with 2.19 not less than ten years military service in the armed forces of 2.20 this state or of the United States, at least three of which 2.21 shall have been commissioned and who shall have reached the 2.22 grade of a field officer. 2.23 The adjutant general shall hold the rankequal to that of2.24the highest rank authorized for the army and air national guard2.25in the table of organization for units allotted to the state by2.26the department of the army, or the department of the air force,2.27or by both such departments, through the national guard2.28bureauof major general. However, the adjutant general shall 2.29 not be appointed to the rank of major general without having 20 2.30 years service in the national guard, of which one year has been 2.31 in the rank of brigadier general. 2.32 The term of the adjutant general is seven years from the 2.33 date of appointment. Section 15.06, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, 2.34 governs filling of vacancies in the office of adjutant general. 2.35 The adjutant general shall not be removed from office during a 2.36 term except upon withdrawal of federal recognition or as 3.1 otherwise provided by the military laws of this state. 3.2 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 190.16, 3.3 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 3.4 Subd. 2. [ACCEPTANCE OF MONEY.] The adjutant general may 3.5 acceptfederal moneys and other moneysmoney, either public or 3.6 private, for and in behalf of the state of Minnesota, for the 3.7 support of the state's military forces, and for the 3.8 construction, improvement, or maintenance of buildings, air 3.9 bases, roads, utilities and any or all other structures or 3.10 facilities required in the training, housing, and maintenance of 3.11 the military forces of the state upon such terms and conditions 3.12 as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the United States and 3.13 any rules or regulations made thereunder. 3.14 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 190.25, 3.15 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 3.16 Subdivision 1. The adjutant general is hereby authorized 3.17 to acquire in the name of the state by purchase, gift, or 3.18 condemnation, and is authorized to lease all lands which the 3.19 adjutant general may deem necessary, including lands already 3.20 devoted to a public use, for military training purposes, 3.21 adjacent to or in the vicinity of the military field training 3.22 center at Camp Ripley, or at any other suitable place in this 3.23 state, subject to the limitations of funds appropriated and 3.24 available. 3.25 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.19, is 3.26 amended to read: 3.27 192.19 [RETIRED OFFICERS MAY BE ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.] 3.28 The commander-in-chief or the adjutant general may assign 3.29 officers on the retired list, with their consent, to temporary 3.30 activedutyservice in recruiting, upon courts-martial, courts 3.31 of inquiry and boards, to staff duty not involving service with 3.32 troops, or in charge of a military reservation left temporarily 3.33 without officers. Such officers while so assigned shall receive 3.34 the full pay and allowances of their grades at time of 3.35 retirement. 3.36 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.20, is 4.1 amended to read: 4.2 192.20 [BREVET RANK.] 4.3General and fieldOfficers, warrant officers, and enlisted 4.4 persons of the national guard who have, after ten years active 4.5 service, resigned or retired for physical disability or 4.6 otherwise, may in the discretion of the commander-in-chief, on 4.7 the recommendation of the adjutant general, be commissioned by 4.8 brevet, in the next higher grade than that held by them at the 4.9 time of their resignation or retirement. Brevet rank shall be 4.10 considered strictly honorary and shall confer no privilege of 4.11 precedence or command, nor pay any emoluments. Brevet officers, 4.12 warrant officers, and enlisted persons may wear the uniform of 4.13 their brevet grade on occasions of ceremony. 4.14 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.23, is 4.15 amended to read: 4.16 192.23 [SERVICE MEDALS.] 4.17 The commander-in-chief may, by general order, provide a 4.18 suitable mark of distinction for all officers and enlisted 4.19 members who have served in the military forces of the state for 4.20 an aggregate period of three, five, ten, 15, and 20 years, 4.21 respectively, and for like service thereafter; and medals to be 4.22 awarded for valor, for distinguished service, and for good 4.23 conduct. The commander-in-chief may authorize and prescribe 4.24 regulations for the issuance of suitable marks of distinction to 4.25 be awarded to officers and enlisted members who have served in 4.26 the military forces of the state during periods of war or other 4.27 declared emergencies, provided that these shall not be awarded 4.28 for service for which service medals or bars are authorized by 4.29 federal authority. 4.30 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.37, is 4.31 amended to read: 4.32 192.37 [DISPOSINGWRONGFUL DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.] 4.33 Every person, whether a member of the military forces or 4.34 not, whoshall willfully sell or dispose of or buy or receive4.35any arms, equipment or accoutrements issued bysells, buys, 4.36 damages, destroys, disposes of, or retains any military property 5.1 of the United States or of the statefor the use of the military5.2forces, or refuses to deliver or pay for the same upon lawful5.3demand,without proper authority shall be guilty of a 5.4 misdemeanor. 5.5 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.38, 5.6 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 5.7 Subdivision 1. [TEMPORARY EMERGENCY RELIEF.] If any 5.8 officer or enlisted member of the military forces is wounded or 5.9 otherwise disabled, dies from disease contracted or injuries 5.10 received, or is killed while in state active service as defined 5.11 in section 190.05, subdivision 5a, the officer or member, or in 5.12 the case of death the officer's or member's dependent spouse, 5.13 child, or parent, may be provided with immediate temporary 5.14 relief as necessary in cases of severe hardship, in an amount to 5.15 be determined by the adjutant general and approved by the 5.16 governor. All payments under this subdivision shall be made 5.17 from appropriations for the maintenance of the state military 5.18 forces. The adjutant general shall notify theworkers'5.19compensation commissiondepartment of employee relations of any 5.20 payments made pursuant to this subdivision and the amount of it 5.21 shall be subtracted from any award made by thecommission5.22 department of employee relations. 5.23 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.40, is 5.24 amended to read: 5.25 192.40 [GOVERNOR TO APPOINT UNITED STATES PROPERTY AND 5.26DISBURSINGFISCAL OFFICER.] 5.27 The governor, upon the recommendation of the adjutant 5.28 general and pursuant to federal authority, shall appoint, 5.29 designate, or detail subject to the approval of the secretary of 5.30defense, the adjutant general, or an officer of the national5.31guard who shall be regarded as property and disbursing officer5.32for the United Statesthe army and secretary of the air force, a 5.33 qualified commissioned officer of the Minnesota national guard 5.34 to be the United States property and fiscal officer for 5.35 Minnesota. The officer appointed shall receipt and account for 5.36 all funds and property belonging to the United States in 6.1 possession of the national guard of this state and shall make 6.2 such returns and reports concerning the same as may be required 6.3 by thesecretary of defense. The officer appointed shall6.4render, through the defense department, such accounts of federal6.5funds entrusted to that officer for disbursement as may be6.6required by the treasury department.6.7The property and disbursing officer shall, before entering6.8upon the performance of duties, be required to give good and6.9sufficient bond to the United States, the amount thereof to be6.10determined by the secretary of defense, for the faithful6.11performance of assigned duties and for the safekeeping and6.12proper disposition of the federal property and funds entrusted6.13to the care of that officer.6.14This property and disbursing officer may also be the6.15quartermaster of the statechief, national guard bureau, and the 6.16 appropriate service secretary. 6.17 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 192.49, is 6.18 amended to read: 6.19 192.49 [PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS ANDORGANIZATIONS6.20 ENLISTED PERSONS.] 6.21 Subdivision 1. [OFFICERS.] Every commissioned officer of 6.22 the military forces shall receive from the state, while engaged 6.23 in any service ordered by the governor, pay and allowances at 6.24 the rate now or hereafter paid or allowed by law to officers 6.25 ofsimilar rankthe same grade and length of service in the 6.26 armed forces of the United States, but not less than $130 a day. 6.27 Subd. 2. [UNIFORMS TO BE SUPPLIEDENLISTED PERSONS.] 6.28 Whenexpedient, the adjutant general may issue to commissioned6.29officers from time to time any available articles of uniform and6.30equipment suitable for field work. Articles so issued shall be6.31charged to the officer and that officer shall account for them6.32as provided in rulescalled into active service by the governor, 6.33 other than for encampment or maneuvers, including the time 6.34 necessarily consumed in travel, each enlisted person of the 6.35 military forces shall be paid by the state the pay and the 6.36 allowances, when not furnished in kind, provided by law for 7.1 enlisted persons of similar grade, rating, and length of service 7.2 in the armed forces of the United States, or $130 a day, 7.3 whichever is more. 7.4 Subd. 3. [ALLOWANCES FOR MILITARY EXPENSE.] Allowances for 7.5 the necessary military expenses of all organizations, units, or 7.6 detachments of the military forces, including clerk hire, office 7.7 supplies, postage, and other actual outlay, shall be paid by the 7.8 adjutant general out of the funds appropriated for the 7.9 maintenance of the military forces, such. These allowances 7.10 annually may nottoexceed: 7.11 (1) for the state headquarters and for the division 7.12 headquarters when located in this state $2,000 each; 7.13 (2) $3,000a yearfor the commanding general of troops; 7.14 (3) for any other organization commanded by a general 7.15 officer $1,000 plus $100 for each immediately and directly 7.16 subordinate organization or unit; 7.17 (4) for any brigade, group, battalion, squadron, or 7.18 equivalent organization $200 plus $100 for each immediately and 7.19 directly subordinate organization or unit;and7.20 (5) $300 for incidental expenses of each company, battery, 7.21 or detachment; and 7.22 (6) at the time of the annual encampment or maneuvers,: 7.23 (i) for each division or camp headquarters mess $200; 7.24 (ii) for each officers' mess of a regiment, group, or 7.25 higher headquarters $200; and 7.26 (iii) for the officers' mess of each battalion or 7.27 equivalent headquarters $100. 7.28 Allowances authorized under this section shall be expended and 7.29 accounted for as prescribed by the commander-in-chief in orders 7.30 or rules. 7.31 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.142, 7.32 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 7.33 Subdivision 1. [CORPORATION CREATED; OFFICERS.] For the 7.34 purpose of constructing armories as provided by section 193.141, 7.35 there shall be created a corporation to be known as the 7.36 "Minnesota state armory building commission." The members and 8.1 governing body of such corporation shall be the adjutant general 8.2 and not less than two officersof the lineof the national guard 8.3 of the state above the grade oflieutenant colonelmajor, to be 8.4 selected and appointed by the adjutant general. The adjutant 8.5 general shall be chair of such commission. Such commission 8.6 shall elect a secretary and a treasurer from the members thereof 8.7 other than the adjutant general. The treasurer of the 8.8 corporation shall give a security bond to the corporation in 8.9 such sum as the corporation may determine, conditioned in like 8.10 manner to the bonds of treasurers of public bodies, to be 8.11 approved and filed as the corporation may determine. 8.12 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.142, 8.13 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 8.14 Subd. 2. [FILING; OFFICERS; MEMBERS; VACANCY.] Upon the 8.15 filing with the secretary of state of a certificate by the 8.16 adjutant general naming the persons authorized to compose such 8.17 commission and corporation, and declaring them to be constituted 8.18 a commission and corporation hereunder, such persons shall 8.19 forthwith become and be such commission and corporation without 8.20 further proceeding. In case of a vacancy in the membership of 8.21 such commission and corporation, the remaining members, provided 8.22 there are not less than two, shall have power to act and to 8.23 elect such temporary officers of the commission as may be 8.24 necessary during the existence of the vacancy.In case at any8.25time there shall not be at least two qualified officers of the8.26national guard in addition to the adjutant general eligible to8.27serve as members of such commission, the adjutant general may8.28appoint a member or members of such commission from the8.29lieutenant colonels of the line of the national guard of the8.30state, so as to provide not more than two members of such8.31commission in addition to the adjutant general. The membership8.32of the members last so appointed shall automatically terminate8.33upon the appointment and qualification of an officer of the8.34national guard eligible under subdivision 1, to serve as a8.35member of such commission, provided the total membership be not8.36thereby reduced to less than three including the adjutant9.1general.In case of a vacancy in the office of the adjutant 9.2 general, or in case of the incapacity of the adjutant general to 9.3 act as a member and chair of such commission, the officer who is 9.4 appointed or authorized according to law to exercise the powers 9.5 of the adjutant general for the time being, shall during the 9.6 existence of such vacancy or incapacity act as a member and 9.7 chair of such commission and have all the powers and duties 9.8 herein vested in or imposed upon the adjutant general as a 9.9 member and chair of such commission. The adjutant general shall 9.10 certify to the secretary of state all changes in the membership 9.11 of the commission, but failure to do so shall not affect the 9.12 authority of any new member of the commission or the validity of 9.13 any act of the commission after the accession of a new member. 9.14 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.142, 9.15 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 9.16 Subd. 3. [TRUSTEE IN CERTAIN CASES.] In case at any time 9.17 all or all but one of thelineofficers of the national guard 9.18 who are members of the commission or who are eligible to serve 9.19 as such are in active service outside the state, or where for 9.20 any other reason there are not at least two qualifiedline9.21 officers of the national guard available within the state to 9.22 serve as members of the commission, the adjutant general, or in 9.23 case of incapacity or of a vacancy in that office, the officer 9.24 who is appointed or authorized according to law to exercise the 9.25 powers of the adjutant general for the time being, shall become 9.26 trustee of the commission and shall have all the powers and 9.27 perform all the duties of the commission and its officers so 9.28 long as such conditions exist. Upon the occurrence of such 9.29 conditions the officer becoming trustee shall file with the 9.30 Secretary of State a certificate reciting the circumstances and 9.31 declaring that that officer assumes office as such trustee, and 9.32 thereupon shall be deemed to have qualified as such, with all 9.33 the authority hereby conferred. Any change in such office shall 9.34 be likewise certified by the officers succeeding as trustee. 9.35 Upon the termination of such conditions, the adjutant general or 9.36 an authorized substitute shall certify the circumstances in like 10.1 manner, with the names of the officers then authorized by law to 10.2 compose the commission, and thereupon such officers shall 10.3 constitute the commission, and the authority of the trustee 10.4 shall terminate. 10.5 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.143, is 10.6 amended to read: 10.7 193.143 [STATE ARMORY BUILDING COMMISSION, POWERS.] 10.8 Such corporation, subject to the conditions and limitations 10.9 prescribed in sections 193.141 to 193.149, shall possess all the 10.10 powers of a body corporate necessary and convenient to 10.11 accomplish the objectives and perform the duties prescribed by 10.12 sections 193.141 to 193.149, including the following, which 10.13 shall not be construed as a limitation upon the general powers 10.14 hereby conferred: 10.15 (1) To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, or condemnation 10.16 proceedings all necessary right, title, and interest in and to 10.17 the lands required for a site for a new armory and all other 10.18 real or personal property required for the purposes contemplated 10.19 by the military code and to hold and dispose of the same, 10.20 subject to the conditions and limitations herein prescribed; 10.21 provided that any such real or personal property or interest 10.22 therein may be so acquired or accepted subject to any condition 10.23 which may be imposed thereon by the grantor or donor and agreed 10.24 to by such corporation not inconsistent with the proper use of 10.25 such property by the state for armory or military purposes as 10.26 herein provided. 10.27 (2) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner 10.28 provided by chapter 117, for the purpose of acquiring any 10.29 property which such corporation is herein authorized to acquire 10.30 by condemnation; provided, that the corporation may take 10.31 possession of any such property so to be acquired at any time 10.32 after the filing of the petition describing the same in 10.33 condemnation proceedings; provided further, that this shall not 10.34 preclude the corporation from abandoning the condemnation of any 10.35 such property in any case where possession thereof has not been 10.36 taken. 11.1 (3) To construct and equip new armories as authorized 11.2 herein; to pay therefor out of the funds obtained as hereinafter 11.3 provided and to hold, manage, and dispose of such armory, 11.4 equipment, and site as hereinafter provided. The total amount 11.5 of bonds issued on account of such armories shall not exceed the 11.6 amount of the cost thereof; provided also, that the total bonded 11.7 indebtedness of the commission shall not at any time exceed the 11.8 aggregate sum of $7,000,000. 11.9 (4) To sue and be sued. 11.10 (5) To contract and be contracted with in any matter 11.11 connected with any purpose or activity within the powers of such 11.12 corporations as herein specified; provided, that no officer or 11.13 member of such corporation shall be personally interested, 11.14 directly or indirectly, in any contract in which such 11.15 corporation is interested. 11.16 (6) To employ any and all professional and nonprofessional 11.17 services and all agents, employees, workers, and servants 11.18 necessary and proper for the purposes and activities of such 11.19 corporation as authorized or contemplated herein and to pay for 11.20 the same out of any portion of the income of the corporation 11.21 available for such purposes or activities. The officers and 11.22 members of such corporation shall not receive any compensation 11.23 therefrom, but may receive their reasonable and necessary 11.24 expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their 11.25 duties; provided however, that whenever the duties of any member 11.26 of the commission require full time and attention the commission 11.27 may compensate the member therefor at such rates as it may 11.28 determine. 11.29 (7) To borrow money and issue bonds for the purposes and in 11.30 the manner and within the limitations herein specified, and to 11.31 pledge any and all property and income of such corporation 11.32 acquired or received as herein provided to secure the payment of 11.33 such bonds, subject to the provisions and limitations herein 11.34 prescribed, and to redeem any such bonds if so provided therein 11.35 or in the mortgage or trust deed accompanying the same. 11.36 (8) To use for the following purposes any available money 12.1 received by such corporation from any source as herein provided 12.2 in excess of those required for the payment of the cost of such 12.3 armory and for the payment of any bonds issued by the 12.4 corporation and interest thereon according to the terms of such 12.5 bonds or of any mortgage or trust deed accompanying the same: 12.6 (a) To pay the necessary incidental expenses of carrying on 12.7 the business and activities of the corporation as herein 12.8 authorized; 12.9 (b) To pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, 12.10 and improving such new armories; 12.11 (c) If any further excess moneys remain, to purchase upon 12.12 the open market at or above or below the face or par value 12.13 thereof any bonds issued by the corporation as herein 12.14 authorized; provided, that any bonds so purchased shall 12.15 thereupon be canceled. 12.16 (9) To adopt and use a corporate seal. 12.17 (10) To adopt all needful bylaws and rules for the conduct 12.18 of business and affairs of such corporation and for the 12.19 management and use of all armories while under the ownership and 12.20 control of such corporation as herein provided, not inconsistent 12.21 with the use of such armory for armory or military purposes. 12.22 (11) Such corporation shall issue no stock. 12.23 (12) No officer or member of such corporation shall have 12.24 any personal share or interest in any funds or property of the 12.25 corporation or be subject to any personal liability by reason of 12.26 any liability of the corporation. 12.27 (13) The Minnesota state armory building commission created 12.28 under section 193.142 shall keep all money and credits received 12.29 by it as a single fund, to be designated as the "Minnesota state 12.30 armory building commission fund," with separate accounts for 12.31 each armory; and the commission may make transfers of money from 12.32 funds appertaining to any armory under its control for use for 12.33 any other such armory; provided such transfers shall be made 12.34 only from money on hand, from time to time, in excess of the 12.35 amounts required to meet payments of interest or principal on 12.36 bonds or other obligations appertaining to the armory to which 13.1 such funds pertain and only when necessary to pay expenses of 13.2 construction, operation, maintenance, and debt service of such 13.3 other armory; provided further, no such transfer of any money 13.4 paid for the support of any armory by the municipality in which 13.5 such armory is situated shall be made by the commission. 13.6 (14) The corporation created under section 193.142 may 13.7 designate one or more state or national banks as depositories of 13.8 its funds, and may provide, upon such conditions as the 13.9 corporation may determine, that the treasurer of the corporation 13.10 shall be exempt from personal liability for loss of funds 13.11 deposited in any such depository due to the insolvency or other 13.12 acts or omissions of such depository. 13.13 (15) The governor is empowered to apply for grants of 13.14 money, equipment, and materials which may be made available to 13.15 the states by the federal government for leasing, building, and 13.16 equipping armories for the use of the military forces of the 13.17 state which are reserve components of the armed forces of the 13.18 United States, whenever the governor is satisfied that the 13.19 conditions under which such grants are offered by the federal 13.20 government, are for the best interests of the state and are not 13.21 inconsistent with the laws of the state relating to armories, 13.22 and to accept such grants in the name of the state. The 13.23 Minnesota state armory building commission is designated as the 13.24 agency of the state to receive such grants and to use them for 13.25 armory purposes as prescribed in this chapter, and by federal 13.26 laws, and regulations not inconsistent therewith. 13.27 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.144, 13.28 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 13.29 Subdivision 1. [AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SITE.] Any county or 13.30 municipality as defined in section 471.345, subdivision 1, 13.31 desiring to construct a new armory may provide a site therefor 13.32 as hereinafter provided. 13.33 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.144, 13.34 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 13.35 Subd. 2. [ACQUISITION OF SITE; CONVEYANCE TO CORPORATION.] 13.36 If such county or municipality as defined in section 471.345, 14.1 subdivision 1, shall desire to have a new armory constructed, 14.2 such county or municipality may secure by purchase, gift, or 14.3 condemnation, and may convey to such corporation, a site for 14.4 such new armory approved as suitable therefor by the adjutant 14.5 general. In case such site or any part thereof or interest 14.6 therein is owned or controlled by the board of park 14.7 commissioners of such county or municipality or by any other 14.8 governmental agency therein except the state or county or 14.9 municipality, such board or other agency may convey the same by 14.10 way of gift or sale to such corporation without charge. 14.11 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.144, 14.12 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 14.13 Subd. 6. [DISPOSAL OF UNUSED SITE.] In case any land 14.14 acquired for armory site purposes hereunder has been donated to 14.15 such corporation by such county or municipality or by other 14.16 governmental agency except the state, and in case such land or 14.17 any part thereof shall thereafter not be used for armory 14.18 purposes for a continuous period of more than ten years, not 14.19 including the period of any war or other emergency in which the 14.20 armed forces of the state may be engaged,the title to such14.21unused land or part thereof shall thereupon pass, revert and be14.22vested in such county, municipality or other governmental agency14.23which donated the same, subject to any encumbrances that may14.24have been lawfully placed thereon by such corporation or14.25otherwisethe county or municipality may provide written notice 14.26 to the adjutant general and, if the property is not used for 14.27 armory purposes within one year from the notice, the adjutant 14.28 general shall reconvey the property to the donor county or 14.29 municipality. 14.30 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.145, 14.31 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 14.32 Subd. 2. [TAX LEVY.] A county or municipality, as defined 14.33 in section 471.345, subdivision 1, in which an armory has been 14.34 constructed or is to be constructed hereunder may by resolution 14.35 of its governing body irrevocably provide for levying and 14.36 collecting annually for a specified period, not exceeding 40 15.1 years, a tax on the taxable property in the county or 15.2 municipality. 15.3 The proceeds of the levy shall be paid to the corporation 15.4 for the purposes herein prescribed. The county or municipality 15.5 may make the levies and payments and bind itself thereto by 15.6 resolution of its governing body. The provisions of the 15.7 resolution may be made conditional upon the giving of an 15.8 agreement by the adjutant general as authorized in subdivision 15.9 4. The obligations of the county or municipality to levy, 15.10 collect, and pay over the taxes shall not be deemed to 15.11 constitute an indebtedness of the county or municipality within 15.12 the meaning of any provision of law or of its charter limiting 15.13 its total or net indebtedness, and such taxes may be levied and 15.14 collected without regard to any charter provision limiting the 15.15 amount or rate of taxes which such county or municipality is 15.16 otherwise authorized to levy. 15.17 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.145, 15.18 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 15.19 Subd. 4. [PAYMENTS BY ADJUTANT GENERAL.]In addition to15.20the payments by the state under subdivision 3,The adjutant 15.21 general is hereby authorized to pay to such corporation, out of 15.22 any moneys which may from time to time be appropriated to and 15.23 for the military department and not appropriated or set apart 15.24 for any other specific purpose, the sum of not less than $3,000 15.25 per year for each unit of the national guard quartered in such 15.26 armory when only one such unit is so quartered, and the sum of 15.27 not less than $2,000 per year for each additional unit when more 15.28 than one such unit is so quartered, and may bind the office of 15.29 the adjutant general, both currently and in the future, by 15.30 agreement to such corporation to make such payments in a 15.31 specific amount or amounts out of such appropriations for a 15.32 period of not more than 40 years. 15.33 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.145, 15.34 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 15.35 Subd. 5. [LEASE TO STATE.] Upon completion of each new 15.36 armory such corporation shall lease the same to the state 16.1 through the adjutant general, until such armory and site shall 16.2 be conveyed to the state as hereinafter provided. Such lease 16.3 shall be made upon such terms and conditions as shall secure to 16.4 the state the full and complete use of such armory, for armory 16.5 and military purposes so far as may be required for the 16.6 headquarters, organizations, and units of the national guard 16.7 stationed in such municipality, and upon such other terms and 16.8 conditions not inconsistent therewith as may be agreed upon; 16.9 provided, that, except for such use of such property for armory 16.10 and military purposes which will be secured to the state as 16.11 aforesaid, such lease shall be subject to any encumbrance placed 16.12 upon the property to secure the payment of any bonds issued as 16.13 herein provided. No further consideration for such lease shall 16.14 be required than the payments to be made by the state as 16.15 provided bysubdivisions 3 andsubdivision 4. Otherwise, and so 16.16 far as it is not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of 16.17 such lease to the state and so far as will not interfere with 16.18 the use by the state of such property for armory or military 16.19 purposes, such corporation may lease, rent, or otherwise make 16.20 use of such new armory building or any part thereof for such 16.21 purposes and upon such terms as such corporation may deem 16.22 proper, and may use the rents and profits therefrom for the 16.23 purposes herein provided. 16.24 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 193.148, is 16.25 amended to read: 16.26 193.148 [CONVEYANCE TO STATE.] 16.27 When payment has been made of all indebtedness incurred by 16.28 such corporation incident to the procurement, erection, 16.29 equipment, and operation of any armory built under the 16.30 provisions of sections 193.141 to 193.149, including the payment 16.31 in full of the principal and interest of all bonds issued by 16.32 such corporation to cover the cost of such armory or the full 16.33 repayment of any commission funds expended for the construction 16.34 of such armory, such corporation shall transfer and convey such 16.35 armory building and the site thereof to the state of Minnesota, 16.36 for military purposes, to be administered as are other 17.1 state-owned armories. 17.2 Any unencumbered balance then held by the commission 17.3 accruing to such armory shall bepaid over to the adjutant17.4generalretained to be applied to the future maintenance, 17.5 repair, and equipment ofsuch armory, as provided for in section17.6193.29armories. 17.7 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 198.003, 17.8 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 17.9 Subdivision 1. [POLICY; RULES; REPORT.]It is the duty of17.10the board andThe boardhas the power to:17.11(1)shall determine policy and, subject to chapter 14, 17.12 adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the governance of the homes,17.13 andto adopt emergencyrules necessary to implement this 17.14 chapter. With respect to residents' administrative appeal time 17.15 periods that are not established by statute, the board may 17.16 create by rule reasonable time periods within which a resident 17.17 must appeal an administrative determination to the next 17.18 administrative level. If the determination is not appealed 17.19 within the time set by rule, the determination becomes final;. 17.20(2) report quarterly to the governor on the management,17.21operations, and quality of care provided at the homes; and17.22(3)The board shall take other action as provided by law. 17.23Emergency rules adopted under this section are not effective17.24after December 31, 1989.17.25 Sec. 26. [REPEALER.] 17.26 Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 190.10; 190.13; 190.29; 17.27 192.36; 192.435; 192.44; 192.45; 192.46; 192.47; and 192.51, 17.28 subdivision 2, are repealed.