as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/20/2015 09:15am
A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a veterans home in
Fillmore County; allowing for nonstate contributions; authorizing the sale and
issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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This section may be cited as the "Minnesota Veterans
and Quality of Life Act."
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$10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the commissioner of administration to design, construct, furnish, and equip a veterans
home in Fillmore County to provide a continuum of care, including skilled nursing care,
to Minnesota veterans.
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The commissioner of veterans affairs may
apply for federal funding and establish a veterans home in Fillmore County with up to
140 beds available for eligible veterans and their spouses. The state shall provide the
necessary operating costs for the veterans home in excess of any revenue and federal
funding for the home that may be required to continue the operation of the home and care
for Minnesota veterans.
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The commissioner of administration may accept
contributions of land or money from private individuals, businesses, local governments,
veterans service organizations, and other nonstate sources for the purpose of providing
matching funding when soliciting federal funding for the development of the home.
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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 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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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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