1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money to the Board of Regents of the 
1.3 	University of Minnesota; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 137.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [137.0253] APPROPRIATION; MEN'S HOCKEY REQUIREMENT.
1.7 	$800,0000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the 
1.8 	University of Minnesota in any fiscal year in which at least one men's ice hockey game is 
1.9 	conducted between the University of Minnesota and the University of North Dakota. The 
1.10 	commissioner of management and budget shall release the funds to the Board of Regents 
1.11 	upon certification by the university that a game has occurred, or that the two universities 
1.12 	have agreed by contract that a game will occur during the fiscal year. The outcome of the 
1.13 	game shall not affect the amount appropriated under this section.