HF 474

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/27/2025 04:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the erection of a new statue
in the Statutory Hall in the United States Capitol.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; HUBERT H. HUMPHREY STATUE.
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new text begin $200,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of administration to replace the statue of Henry Mower Rice in the Statutory Hall in the
United States Capitol with a statue of Hubert H. Humphrey. This appropriation includes
money for the removal and transportation of the Henry Mower Rice statue to the Minnesota
State Historical Society, the recasting of the statue of Hubert H. Humphrey that currently
stands on the mall of the Minnesota State Capitol, and the erection of the new Hubert H.
Humphrey statue in the Statutory Hall in the United States Capitol. This appropriation is
onetime and is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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