Minnesota Session Laws - 1997 1st Special Session

                              CHAPTER 1-S.F.No. 3 
                  An act relating to public safety; providing a 
                  retroactive effective date for the requirement that 
                  employers continue to provide health insurance 
                  coverage when a peace officer or firefighter is 
                  disabled or injured in the line of duty; providing for 
                  the availability of related appropriations. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; ADJUSTMENT.] 
           Laws 1997, chapter 239, article 8, section 6, takes effect 
        June 1, 1997, and the appropriation by Laws 1997, chapter 239, 
        article 1, section 7, subdivision 9, is available to pay 
        benefits under article 8, section 6, that accrue on or after 
        June 1, 1997, as well as during the 1998 and 1999 fiscal years. 
           Presented to the governor June 27, 1997 
           Signed by the governor June 30, 1997, 9:40 a.m.