SF 2682

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 04/19/2010 02:19pm

A bill for an act
relating to veterans; authorizing funding for a veterans cemetery in Fillmore
County; appropriating money for design and predesign of veterans cemeteries;
amending Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to
read:

Subd. 3. Veterans Cemeteries

1,500,000

Of this amount, up to $500,000 is to
acquire land located in Redwood County and,
northeastern Minnesota, and Fillmore County
for publicly owned veterans cemeteries,
to be operated by the commissioner of
veterans affairs. The commissioner also must
seek donations of land for the cemeteries.
The balance of the appropriation is to
predesign and design the cemeteries.
Federal reimbursement of predesign and
design costs for each cemetery must be
deposited in the state treasury and credited
to a special account and is appropriated to
the commissioner for asset preservation
of veterans homes statewide, to be spent
in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 16B.307 to predesign and design the
remaining cemeteries.

Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.