HF 3195

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/03/2023 12:49pm

A bill for an act
relating to state government; appropriating money to construct the John Francis
Wheaton Memorial.

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

Section 1. new text begin MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING JOHN FRANCIS WHEATON new text end .

new text begin Subject to approval by the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, the
commissioner of administration shall place a memorial on the State Capitol grounds in front
of the Department of Transportation to honor John Francis Wheaton, the first black legislator
in state history and the first black individual to graduate from the University of Minnesota
Law School.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; JOHN FRANCIS WHEATON MEMORIAL STATUE.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
administration to construct the John Francis Wheaton Memorial in section 1.
new text end