1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans affairs; establishing a grant program for eligible survivors 
1.3 	of certain veterans; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [197.69] VETERAN'S SURVIVOR GRANT PROGRAM.
1.7 	The commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish a grant program to provide 
1.8 	assistance to an eligible surviving spouse of a veteran. A surviving spouse is eligible 
1.9 	for assistance through this grant program if the spouse was married to a veteran who 
1.10 	died prior to completing the forms required to provide for ongoing survivor benefits. 
1.11 	An eligible spouse must apply for assistance to the commissioner as required by the 
1.12 	commissioner, according to the timelines established and providing all necessary 
1.13 	information as determined by the commissioner.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; VETERAN'S SURVIVOR GRANT PROGRAM.
 1.15 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of Veterans Affairs 
1.16 	for fiscal year 2013 for the veteran's survivor grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.17 	section 197.69. The amount of this appropriation is added to the base for each fiscal 
1.18 	year, beginning in fiscal year 2014.