1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the military; appropriating money for a grant to support activities 
1.3 	related to the commissioning of the USS Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$200,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 from the general fund to the adjutant 
1.7 	general of military affairs for a grant to the USS Minnesota Commissioning Committee to 
1.8 	support activities related to the commissioning of the USS Minnesota. The grant shall 
1.9 	be provided upon the condition that each state-appropriated dollar be matched with a 
1.10 	private sector dollar. The USS Minnesota Commissioning Committee shall certify to the 
1.11 	adjutant general by June 1, 2015, the amount of private sector funds raised to support the 
1.12 	commissioning of the USS Minnesota. Acceptable matching funds are private sector 
1.13 	contributions that the USS Minnesota Commissioning Committee has received and that 
1.14 	have not been used to match any other state grant.