1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money for a lead
1.3 	hazard reduction project to reduce and prevent lead
1.4 	poisoning in Minnesota's children.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION PROJECT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $300,000 in fiscal year
1.8 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.9 	of health for a grant to a nonprofit organization currently
1.10 	operating the CLEARCorps lead hazard reduction project.  The
1.11 	grant must be used to continue the lead hazard reduction project
1.12 	and reduce and prevent lead poisoning in Minnesota's children.
1.13 	The grant may be used as a match for federal funds to reduce
1.14 	lead hazards.  Any balance in the first year does not cancel but
1.15 	is available in the second year.