1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for affordable housing, 
1.3 	residences for seniors, and a family shelter in Maplewood.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human 
1.7 	services for a grant to the Tubman Family Alliance and Common Bond to design, 
1.8 	construct, furnish, and equip a facility to provide 90 units of affordable housing and 
1.9 	residences for seniors and improvements of a capital nature to the former Sisters of 
1.10 	St. Benedict monastery to serve as a 64-bed family shelter for victims of domestic 
1.11 	violence and provide office space, on Larpenteur Avenue, in the city of Maplewood. 
1.12 	This appropriation is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.