1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the military; changing certain military 
  1.3             requirements, procedures, and duties; clarifying 
  1.4             certain language; changing armory provisions; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 190.02; 190.05, by 
  1.6             adding subdivisions; 190.07; 190.16, subdivision 2; 
  1.7             190.25, subdivision 1; 192.19; 192.20; 192.23; 192.37; 
  1.8             192.38, subdivision 1; 192.40; 192.49, subdivisions 1 
  1.9             and 2; 193.142, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 193.143; 
  1.10            193.144, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6; 193.145, 
  1.11            subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; 193.148; and 193.29, 
  1.12            subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.13            sections 190.13; 190.29; 192.36; 192.435; 192.44; 
  1.14            192.45; 192.46; 192.47; and 192.51, subdivision 2. 
  1.15  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.16     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 190.02, is 
  1.17  amended to read: 
  1.18     190.02 [GOVERNOR TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF; RULES; STAFF.] 
  1.19     The governor shall be the commander-in-chief of the 
  1.20  military forces, except so much thereof as may be in the actual 
  1.21  service of the United States, and may employ the same for the 
  1.22  defense or relief of the state or any other state, the 
  1.23  enforcement of law, and the protection of persons and property 
  1.24  therein.  
  1.25     The governor shall make and publish rules, not inconsistent 
  1.26  with law, and enforce all the provisions of the military code.  
  1.27     The governor may appoint a staff, consisting of an adjutant 
  1.28  general and six aides-de-camp of field grade who shall be 
  1.29  detailed from the national guard. 
  1.30     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 190.05, is 
  2.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.2      Subd. 3a.  [MILITARY RESERVATIONS.] "Military reservations,"
  2.3   without limitation, includes military installations, armories, 
  2.4   air bases, and facilities owned or controlled by the state for 
  2.5   military purposes. 
  2.6      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 190.05, is 
  2.7   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.8      Subd. 6a.  [OFFICER.] "Officer" includes commissioned 
  2.9   officers and commissioned warrant officers in the army national 
  2.10  guard and the air national guard. 
  2.11     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 190.07, is 
  2.12  amended to read: 
  2.13     190.07 [APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS; RANK.] 
  2.14     There shall be an adjutant general of the state who shall 
  2.15  be appointed by the governor.  The adjutant general shall be a 
  2.16  staff officer, who at the time of appointment shall be a 
  2.17  commissioned officer of the national guard of this state, with 
  2.18  not less than ten years military service in the armed forces of 
  2.19  this state or of the United States, at least three of which 
  2.20  shall have been commissioned and who shall have reached the 
  2.21  grade of a field officer.  
  2.22     The adjutant general shall hold the rank ~~equal to that of~~ 
  2.23  ~~the highest rank authorized for the army and air national guard~~ 
  2.24  ~~in the table of organization for units allotted to the state by~~ 
  2.25  ~~the department of the army, or the department of the air force,~~ 
  2.26  ~~or by both such departments, through the national guard~~ 
  2.27  ~~bureau~~ of major general.  However, the adjutant general shall 
  2.28  not be appointed to the rank of major general without having 20 
  2.29  years service in the national guard, of which one year has been 
  2.30  in the rank of brigadier general.  
  2.31     The term of the adjutant general is seven years from the 
  2.32  date of appointment.  Section 15.06, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, 
  2.33  governs filling of vacancies in the office of adjutant general.  
  2.34  The adjutant general shall not be removed from office during a 
  2.35  term except upon withdrawal of federal recognition or as 
  2.36  otherwise provided by the military laws of this state. 
  3.1      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 190.16, 
  3.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.3      Subd. 2.  [ACCEPTANCE OF MONEY.] The adjutant general may 
  3.4   accept ~~federal moneys and other moneys~~ money, either public or 
  3.5   private, for and in behalf of the state of Minnesota, for the 
  3.6   support of the state's military forces, and for the 
  3.7   construction, improvement, or maintenance of buildings, air 
  3.8   bases, roads, utilities and any or all other structures or 
  3.9   facilities required in the training, housing, and maintenance of 
  3.10  the military forces of the state upon such terms and conditions 
  3.11  as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the United States and 
  3.12  any rules or regulations made thereunder. 
  3.13     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 190.25, 
  3.14  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.15     Subdivision 1.  The adjutant general is hereby authorized 
  3.16  to acquire in the name of the state by purchase, lease, gift, or 
  3.17  condemnation, and is authorized to lease all lands which the 
  3.18  adjutant general may deem necessary, including lands already 
  3.19  devoted to a public use, for military training purposes, 
  3.20  adjacent to or in the vicinity of the military field training 
  3.21  center at Camp Ripley, or at any other suitable place in this 
  3.22  state, subject to the limitations of funds appropriated and 
  3.23  available. 
  3.24     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.19, is 
  3.25  amended to read: 
  3.26     192.19 [RETIRED OFFICERS MAY BE ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.] 
  3.27     The commander-in-chief or the adjutant general may assign 
  3.28  officers on the retired list, with their consent, to temporary 
  3.29  active ~~duty~~ service in recruiting, upon courts-martial, courts 
  3.30  of inquiry and boards, to staff duty not involving service with 
  3.31  troops, or in charge of a military reservation left temporarily 
  3.32  without officers.  Such officers while so assigned shall receive 
  3.33  the full pay and allowances of their grades at time of 
  3.34  retirement. 
  3.35     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.20, is 
  3.36  amended to read: 
  4.1      192.20 [BREVET RANK.] 
  4.2      ~~General and field~~ Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted 
  4.3   persons of the national guard who have, after ten years active 
  4.4   service, resigned or retired for physical disability or 
  4.5   otherwise, may in the discretion of the commander-in-chief, on 
  4.6   the recommendation of the adjutant general, be commissioned by 
  4.7   brevet, in the next higher grade than that held by them at the 
  4.8   time of their resignation or retirement.  Brevet rank shall be 
  4.9   considered strictly honorary and shall confer no privilege of 
  4.10  precedence or command, nor pay any emoluments.  Brevet officers, 
  4.11  warrant officers, and enlisted persons may wear the uniform of 
  4.12  their brevet grade on occasions of ceremony. 
  4.13     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.23, is 
  4.14  amended to read: 
  4.15     192.23 [SERVICE MEDALS.] 
  4.16     The commander-in-chief may, by general order, provide a 
  4.17  suitable mark of distinction for all officers and enlisted 
  4.18  members who have served in the military forces of the state for 
  4.19  an aggregate period of three, five, ten, 15, and 20 years, 
  4.20  respectively, and for like service thereafter; and medals to be 
  4.21  awarded for valor, for distinguished service, and for good 
  4.22  conduct.  The commander-in-chief may authorize and prescribe 
  4.23  regulations for the issuance of suitable marks of distinction to 
  4.24  be awarded to officers and enlisted members who have served in 
  4.25  the military forces of the state during periods of war or other 
  4.26  declared emergencies, provided that these shall not be awarded 
  4.27  for service for which service medals or bars are authorized by 
  4.28  federal authority. 
  4.29     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.37, is 
  4.30  amended to read: 
  4.31     192.37 [~~DISPOSING~~ WRONGFUL DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.] 
  4.32     Every person, whether a member of the military forces or 
  4.33  not, who ~~shall willfully sell or dispose of or buy or receive~~ 
  4.34  ~~any arms, equipment or accoutrements issued by~~ sells, buys, 
  4.35  damages, destroys, disposes of, or retains any military property 
  4.36  of the United States or of the state ~~for the use of the military~~ 
  5.1   ~~forces, or refuses to deliver or pay for the same upon lawful~~ 
  5.2   ~~demand,~~ without proper authority shall be guilty of a 
  5.3   misdemeanor.  
  5.4      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.38, 
  5.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.6      Subdivision 1.  [TEMPORARY EMERGENCY RELIEF.] If any 
  5.7   officer or enlisted member of the military forces is wounded or 
  5.8   otherwise disabled, dies from disease contracted or injuries 
  5.9   received, or is killed while in state active service as defined 
  5.10  in section 190.05, subdivision 5a, the officer or member, or in 
  5.11  the case of death the officer's or member's dependent spouse, 
  5.12  child, or parent, may be provided with immediate temporary 
  5.13  relief as necessary in cases of severe hardship, in an amount to 
  5.14  be determined by the adjutant general and approved by the 
  5.15  governor.  All payments under this subdivision shall be made 
  5.16  from appropriations for the maintenance of the state military 
  5.17  forces.  The adjutant general shall notify the ~~workers'~~ 
  5.18  ~~compensation commission~~ department of employee relations of any 
  5.19  payments made pursuant to this subdivision and the amount of it 
  5.20  shall be subtracted from any award made by the ~~commission~~ 
  5.21  department of employee relations. 
  5.22     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.40, is 
  5.23  amended to read: 
  5.24     192.40 [GOVERNOR TO APPOINT UNITED STATES PROPERTY AND 
  5.25  ~~DISBURSING~~ FISCAL OFFICER.] 
  5.26     The governor, upon the recommendation of the adjutant 
  5.27  general and pursuant to federal authority, shall appoint, 
  5.28  designate, or detail subject to the approval of the secretary of 
  5.29  ~~defense, the adjutant general, or an officer of the national~~ 
  5.30  ~~guard who shall be regarded as property and disbursing officer~~ 
  5.31  ~~for the United States~~ the army and secretary of the air force, a 
  5.32  qualified commissioned officer of the Minnesota national guard 
  5.33  to be the United States property and fiscal officer for 
  5.34  Minnesota.  The officer appointed shall receipt and account for 
  5.35  all funds and property belonging to the United States in 
  5.36  possession of the national guard of this state and shall make 
  6.1   such returns and reports concerning the same as may be required 
  6.2   by the ~~secretary of defense.  The officer appointed shall~~ 
  6.3   ~~render, through the defense department, such accounts of federal~~ 
  6.4   ~~funds entrusted to that officer for disbursement as may be~~ 
  6.5   ~~required by the treasury department.~~ 
  6.6      ~~The property and disbursing officer shall, before entering~~ 
  6.7   ~~upon the performance of duties, be required to give good and~~ 
  6.8   ~~sufficient bond to the United States, the amount thereof to be~~ 
  6.9   ~~determined by the secretary of defense, for the faithful~~ 
  6.10  ~~performance of assigned duties and for the safekeeping and~~ 
  6.11  ~~proper disposition of the federal property and funds entrusted~~ 
  6.12  ~~to the care of that officer.~~ 
  6.13     ~~This property and disbursing officer may also be the~~ 
  6.14  ~~quartermaster of the state~~ chief, national guard bureau, and the 
  6.15  appropriate service secretary. 
  6.16     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.49, 
  6.17  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  6.18     Subdivision 1.  [OFFICERS.] Every commissioned officer of 
  6.19  the military forces shall receive from the state, while engaged 
  6.20  in any service ordered by the governor, pay and allowances at 
  6.21  the rate now or hereafter paid or allowed by law to officers 
  6.22  of ~~similar rank~~ the same grade and length of service in the 
  6.23  armed forces of the United States, but not less than $130 a day. 
  6.24     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 192.49, 
  6.25  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  6.26     Subd. 2.  [~~UNIFORMS TO BE SUPPLIED~~ ENLISTED PERSONS.] 
  6.27  When ~~expedient, the adjutant general may issue to commissioned~~ 
  6.28  ~~officers from time to time any available articles of uniform and~~ 
  6.29  ~~equipment suitable for field work.  Articles so issued shall be~~ 
  6.30  ~~charged to the officer and that officer shall account for them~~ 
  6.31  ~~as provided in rules~~ called into active service by the governor, 
  6.32  other than for encampment or maneuvers, including the time 
  6.33  necessarily consumed in travel, each enlisted person of the 
  6.34  military forces shall be paid by the state the pay and the 
  6.35  allowances, when not furnished in kind, provided by law for 
  6.36  enlisted persons of similar grade, rating, and length of service 
  7.1   in the armed forces of the United States, or $130 a day, 
  7.2   whichever is more.  
  7.3      Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.142, 
  7.4   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  7.5      Subdivision 1.  [CORPORATION CREATED; OFFICERS.] For the 
  7.6   purpose of constructing armories as provided by section 193.141, 
  7.7   there shall be created a corporation to be known as the 
  7.8   "Minnesota state armory building commission."  The members and 
  7.9   governing body of such corporation shall be the adjutant general 
  7.10  and not less than two officers ~~of the line~~ of the national guard 
  7.11  of the state above the grade of ~~lieutenant colonel~~ major, to be 
  7.12  selected and appointed by the adjutant general.  The adjutant 
  7.13  general shall be chair of such commission.  Such commission 
  7.14  shall elect a secretary and a treasurer from the members thereof 
  7.15  other than the adjutant general.  The treasurer of the 
  7.16  corporation shall give a security bond to the corporation in 
  7.17  such sum as the corporation may determine, conditioned in like 
  7.18  manner to the bonds of treasurers of public bodies, to be 
  7.19  approved and filed as the corporation may determine. 
  7.20     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.142, 
  7.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  7.22     Subd. 2.  [FILING; OFFICERS; MEMBERS; VACANCY.] Upon the 
  7.23  filing with the secretary of state of a certificate by the 
  7.24  adjutant general naming the persons authorized to compose such 
  7.25  commission and corporation, and declaring them to be constituted 
  7.26  a commission and corporation hereunder, such persons shall 
  7.27  forthwith become and be such commission and corporation without 
  7.28  further proceeding.  In case of a vacancy in the membership of 
  7.29  such commission and corporation, the remaining members, provided 
  7.30  there are not less than two, shall have power to act and to 
  7.31  elect such temporary officers of the commission as may be 
  7.32  necessary during the existence of the vacancy.  ~~In case at any~~ 
  7.33  ~~time there shall not be at least two qualified officers of the~~ 
  7.34  ~~national guard in addition to the adjutant general eligible to~~ 
  7.35  ~~serve as members of such commission, the adjutant general may~~ 
  7.36  ~~appoint a member or members of such commission from the~~ 
  8.1   ~~lieutenant colonels of the line of the national guard of the~~ 
  8.2   ~~state, so as to provide not more than two members of such~~ 
  8.3   ~~commission in addition to the adjutant general.  The membership~~ 
  8.4   ~~of the members last so appointed shall automatically terminate~~ 
  8.5   ~~upon the appointment and qualification of an officer of the~~ 
  8.6   ~~national guard eligible under subdivision 1, to serve as a~~ 
  8.7   ~~member of such commission, provided the total membership be not~~ 
  8.8   ~~thereby reduced to less than three including the adjutant~~ 
  8.9   ~~general.~~  In case of a vacancy in the office of the adjutant 
  8.10  general, or in case of the incapacity of the adjutant general to 
  8.11  act as a member and chair of such commission, the officer who is 
  8.12  appointed or authorized according to law to exercise the powers 
  8.13  of the adjutant general for the time being, shall during the 
  8.14  existence of such vacancy or incapacity act as a member and 
  8.15  chair of such commission and have all the powers and duties 
  8.16  herein vested in or imposed upon the adjutant general as a 
  8.17  member and chair of such commission.  The adjutant general shall 
  8.18  certify to the secretary of state all changes in the membership 
  8.19  of the commission, but failure to do so shall not affect the 
  8.20  authority of any new member of the commission or the validity of 
  8.21  any act of the commission after the accession of a new member. 
  8.22     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.142, 
  8.23  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  8.24     Subd. 3.  [TRUSTEE IN CERTAIN CASES.] In case at any time 
  8.25  all or all but one of the ~~line~~ officers of the national guard 
  8.26  who are members of the commission or who are eligible to serve 
  8.27  as such are in active service outside the state, or where for 
  8.28  any other reason there are not at least two qualified ~~line~~ 
  8.29  officers of the national guard available within the state to 
  8.30  serve as members of the commission, the adjutant general, or in 
  8.31  case of incapacity or of a vacancy in that office, the officer 
  8.32  who is appointed or authorized according to law to exercise the 
  8.33  powers of the adjutant general for the time being, shall become 
  8.34  trustee of the commission and shall have all the powers and 
  8.35  perform all the duties of the commission and its officers so 
  8.36  long as such conditions exist.  Upon the occurrence of such 
  9.1   conditions the officer becoming trustee shall file with the 
  9.2   Secretary of State a certificate reciting the circumstances and 
  9.3   declaring that that officer assumes office as such trustee, and 
  9.4   thereupon shall be deemed to have qualified as such, with all 
  9.5   the authority hereby conferred.  Any change in such office shall 
  9.6   be likewise certified by the officers succeeding as trustee.  
  9.7   Upon the termination of such conditions, the adjutant general or 
  9.8   an authorized substitute shall certify the circumstances in like 
  9.9   manner, with the names of the officers then authorized by law to 
  9.10  compose the commission, and thereupon such officers shall 
  9.11  constitute the commission, and the authority of the trustee 
  9.12  shall terminate. 
  9.13     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.143, is 
  9.14  amended to read: 
  9.15     193.143 [STATE ARMORY BUILDING COMMISSION, POWERS.] 
  9.16     Such corporation, subject to the conditions and limitations 
  9.17  prescribed in sections 193.141 to 193.149, shall possess all the 
  9.18  powers of a body corporate necessary and convenient to 
  9.19  accomplish the objectives and perform the duties prescribed by 
  9.20  sections 193.141 to 193.149, including the following, which 
  9.21  shall not be construed as a limitation upon the general powers 
  9.22  hereby conferred: 
  9.23     (1) To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, or condemnation 
  9.24  proceedings all necessary right, title, and interest in and to 
  9.25  the lands required for a site for a new armory and all other 
  9.26  real or personal property required for the purposes contemplated 
  9.27  by the military code and to hold and dispose of the same, 
  9.28  subject to the conditions and limitations herein prescribed; 
  9.29  provided that any such real or personal property or interest 
  9.30  therein may be so acquired or accepted subject to any condition 
  9.31  which may be imposed thereon by the grantor or donor and agreed 
  9.32  to by such corporation not inconsistent with the proper use of 
  9.33  such property by the state for armory or military purposes as 
  9.34  herein provided. 
  9.35     (2) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner 
  9.36  provided by chapter 117, for the purpose of acquiring any 
 10.1   property which such corporation is herein authorized to acquire 
 10.2   by condemnation; provided, that the corporation may take 
 10.3   possession of any such property so to be acquired at any time 
 10.4   after the filing of the petition describing the same in 
 10.5   condemnation proceedings; provided further, that this shall not 
 10.6   preclude the corporation from abandoning the condemnation of any 
 10.7   such property in any case where possession thereof has not been 
 10.8   taken. 
 10.9      (3) To construct and equip new armories as authorized 
 10.10  herein; to pay therefor out of the funds obtained as hereinafter 
 10.11  provided and to hold, manage, and dispose of such armory, 
 10.12  equipment, and site as hereinafter provided.  The total amount 
 10.13  of bonds issued on account of such armories shall not exceed the 
 10.14  amount of the cost thereof; provided also, that the total bonded 
 10.15  indebtedness of the commission shall not at any time exceed the 
 10.16  aggregate sum of $7,000,000. 
 10.17     (4) To sue and be sued. 
 10.18     (5) To contract and be contracted with in any matter 
 10.19  connected with any purpose or activity within the powers of such 
 10.20  corporations as herein specified; provided, that no officer or 
 10.21  member of such corporation shall be personally interested, 
 10.22  directly or indirectly, in any contract in which such 
 10.23  corporation is interested. 
 10.24     (6) To employ any and all professional and nonprofessional 
 10.25  services and all agents, employees, workers, and servants 
 10.26  necessary and proper for the purposes and activities of such 
 10.27  corporation as authorized or contemplated herein and to pay for 
 10.28  the same out of any portion of the income of the corporation 
 10.29  available for such purposes or activities.  The officers and 
 10.30  members of such corporation shall not receive any compensation 
 10.31  therefrom, but may receive their reasonable and necessary 
 10.32  expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their 
 10.33  duties; provided however, that whenever the duties of any member 
 10.34  of the commission require full time and attention the commission 
 10.35  may compensate the member therefor at such rates as it may 
 10.36  determine. 
 11.1      (7) To borrow money and issue bonds for the purposes and in 
 11.2   the manner and within the limitations herein specified, and to 
 11.3   pledge any and all property and income of such corporation 
 11.4   acquired or received as herein provided to secure the payment of 
 11.5   such bonds, subject to the provisions and limitations herein 
 11.6   prescribed, and to redeem any such bonds if so provided therein 
 11.7   or in the mortgage or trust deed accompanying the same. 
 11.8      (8) To use for the following purposes any available money 
 11.9   received by such corporation from any source as herein provided 
 11.10  in excess of those required for the payment of the cost of such 
 11.11  armory and for the payment of any bonds issued by the 
 11.12  corporation and interest thereon according to the terms of such 
 11.13  bonds or of any mortgage or trust deed accompanying the same: 
 11.14     (a) To pay the necessary incidental expenses of carrying on 
 11.15  the business and activities of the corporation as herein 
 11.16  authorized; 
 11.17     (b) To pay the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, 
 11.18  and improving such new armories; 
 11.19     (c) If any further excess moneys remain, to purchase upon 
 11.20  the open market at or above or below the face or par value 
 11.21  thereof any bonds issued by the corporation as herein 
 11.22  authorized; provided, that any bonds so purchased shall 
 11.23  thereupon be canceled. 
 11.24     (9) To adopt and use a corporate seal. 
 11.25     (10) To adopt all needful bylaws and rules for the conduct 
 11.26  of business and affairs of such corporation and for the 
 11.27  management and use of all armories while under the ownership and 
 11.28  control of such corporation as herein provided, not inconsistent 
 11.29  with the use of such armory for armory or military purposes. 
 11.30     (11) Such corporation shall issue no stock. 
 11.31     (12) No officer or member of such corporation shall have 
 11.32  any personal share or interest in any funds or property of the 
 11.33  corporation or be subject to any personal liability by reason of 
 11.34  any liability of the corporation. 
 11.35     (13) The Minnesota state armory building commission created 
 11.36  under section 193.142 shall keep all money and credits received 
 12.1   by it as a single fund, to be designated as the "Minnesota state 
 12.2   armory building commission fund," with separate accounts for 
 12.3   each armory; and the commission may make transfers of money from 
 12.4   funds appertaining to any armory under its control for use for 
 12.5   any other such armory; provided such transfers shall be made 
 12.6   only from money on hand, from time to time, in excess of the 
 12.7   amounts required to meet payments of interest or principal on 
 12.8   bonds or other obligations appertaining to the armory to which 
 12.9   such funds pertain and only when necessary to pay expenses of 
 12.10  construction, operation, maintenance, and debt service of such 
 12.11  other armory; provided further, no such transfer of any money 
 12.12  paid for the support of any armory by the municipality in which 
 12.13  such armory is situated shall be made by the commission. 
 12.14     (14) The corporation created under section 193.142 may 
 12.15  designate one or more state or national banks as depositories of 
 12.16  its funds, and may provide, upon such conditions as the 
 12.17  corporation may determine, that the treasurer of the corporation 
 12.18  shall be exempt from personal liability for loss of funds 
 12.19  deposited in any such depository due to the insolvency or other 
 12.20  acts or omissions of such depository. 
 12.21     (15) The governor is empowered to apply for grants of 
 12.22  money, equipment, and materials which may be made available to 
 12.23  the states by the federal government for leasing, building, and 
 12.24  equipping armories for the use of the military forces of the 
 12.25  state which are reserve components of the armed forces of the 
 12.26  United States, whenever the governor is satisfied that the 
 12.27  conditions under which such grants are offered by the federal 
 12.28  government, are for the best interests of the state and are not 
 12.29  inconsistent with the laws of the state relating to armories, 
 12.30  and to accept such grants in the name of the state.  The 
 12.31  Minnesota state armory building commission is designated as the 
 12.32  agency of the state to receive such grants and to use them for 
 12.33  armory purposes as prescribed in this chapter, and by federal 
 12.34  laws, and regulations not inconsistent therewith. 
 12.35     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.144, 
 12.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 13.1      Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SITE.] Any county or 
 13.2   municipality as defined in section 471.345, subdivision 1, 
 13.3   desiring to construct a new armory may provide a site therefor 
 13.4   as hereinafter provided.  
 13.5      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.144, 
 13.6   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 13.7      Subd. 2.  [ACQUISITION OF SITE; CONVEYANCE TO CORPORATION.] 
 13.8   If such county or municipality as defined in section 471.345, 
 13.9   subdivision 1, shall desire to have a new armory constructed, 
 13.10  such county or municipality may secure by purchase, gift, or 
 13.11  condemnation, and may convey to such corporation, a site for 
 13.12  such new armory approved as suitable therefor by the adjutant 
 13.13  general.  In case such site or any part thereof or interest 
 13.14  therein is owned or controlled by the board of park 
 13.15  commissioners of such county or municipality or by any other 
 13.16  governmental agency therein except the state or county or 
 13.17  municipality, such board or other agency may convey the same by 
 13.18  way of gift or sale to such corporation without charge.  
 13.19     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.144, 
 13.20  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 13.21     Subd. 6.  [DISPOSAL OF UNUSED SITE.] In case any land 
 13.22  acquired for armory site purposes hereunder has been donated to 
 13.23  such corporation by such county or municipality or by other 
 13.24  governmental agency except the state, and in case such land or 
 13.25  any part thereof shall thereafter not be used for armory 
 13.26  purposes for a continuous period of more than ten years, not 
 13.27  including the period of any war or other emergency in which the 
 13.28  armed forces of the state may be engaged, ~~the title to such~~ 
 13.29  ~~unused land or part thereof shall thereupon pass, revert and be~~ 
 13.30  ~~vested in such county, municipality or other governmental agency~~ 
 13.31  ~~which donated the same, subject to any encumbrances that may~~ 
 13.32  ~~have been lawfully placed thereon by such corporation or~~ 
 13.33  ~~otherwise~~ the county or municipality may provide written notice 
 13.34  to the adjutant general and, if the property is not used for 
 13.35  armory purposes within one year from the notice, the adjutant 
 13.36  general shall reconvey the property to the donor county or 
 14.1   municipality. 
 14.2      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.145, 
 14.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 14.4      Subd. 2.  [TAX LEVY.] A county or municipality, as defined 
 14.5   in section 471.345, subdivision 1, in which an armory has been 
 14.6   constructed or is to be constructed hereunder may by resolution 
 14.7   of its governing body irrevocably provide for levying and 
 14.8   collecting annually for a specified period, not exceeding 40 
 14.9   years, a tax on the taxable property in the county or 
 14.10  municipality. 
 14.11     The proceeds of the levy shall be paid to the corporation 
 14.12  for the purposes herein prescribed.  The county or municipality 
 14.13  may make the levies and payments and bind itself thereto by 
 14.14  resolution of its governing body.  The provisions of the 
 14.15  resolution may be made conditional upon the giving of an 
 14.16  agreement by the adjutant general as authorized in subdivision 
 14.17  4.  The obligations of the county or municipality to levy, 
 14.18  collect, and pay over the taxes shall not be deemed to 
 14.19  constitute an indebtedness of the county or municipality within 
 14.20  the meaning of any provision of law or of its charter limiting 
 14.21  its total or net indebtedness, and such taxes may be levied and 
 14.22  collected without regard to any charter provision limiting the 
 14.23  amount or rate of taxes which such county or municipality is 
 14.24  otherwise authorized to levy.  
 14.25     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.145, 
 14.26  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 14.27     Subd. 4.  [PAYMENTS BY ADJUTANT GENERAL.] ~~In addition to~~ 
 14.28  ~~the payments by the state under subdivision 3,~~ The adjutant 
 14.29  general is hereby authorized to pay to such corporation, out of 
 14.30  any moneys which may from time to time be appropriated to and 
 14.31  for the military department and not appropriated or set apart 
 14.32  for any other specific purpose, the sum of not less than $3,000 
 14.33  per year for each unit of the national guard quartered in such 
 14.34  armory when only one such unit is so quartered, and the sum of 
 14.35  not less than $2,000 per year for each additional unit when more 
 14.36  than one such unit is so quartered, and may bind the office of 
 15.1   the adjutant general, both currently and in the future, by 
 15.2   agreement to such corporation to make such payments in a 
 15.3   specific amount or amounts out of such appropriations for a 
 15.4   period of not more than 40 years. 
 15.5      Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.145, 
 15.6   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 15.7      Subd. 5.  [LEASE TO STATE.] Upon completion of each new 
 15.8   armory such corporation shall lease the same to the state 
 15.9   through the adjutant general, until such armory and site shall 
 15.10  be conveyed to the state as hereinafter provided. Such lease 
 15.11  shall be made upon such terms and conditions as shall secure to 
 15.12  the state the full and complete use of such armory, for armory 
 15.13  and military purposes so far as may be required for the 
 15.14  headquarters, organizations, and units of the national guard 
 15.15  stationed in such municipality, and upon such other terms and 
 15.16  conditions not inconsistent therewith as may be agreed upon; 
 15.17  provided, that, except for such use of such property for armory 
 15.18  and military purposes which will be secured to the state as 
 15.19  aforesaid, such lease shall be subject to any encumbrance placed 
 15.20  upon the property to secure the payment of any bonds issued as 
 15.21  herein provided.  No further consideration for such lease shall 
 15.22  be required than the payments to be made by the state as 
 15.23  provided by ~~subdivisions 3 and~~ subdivision 4.  Otherwise, and so 
 15.24  far as it is not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of 
 15.25  such lease to the state and so far as will not interfere with 
 15.26  the use by the state of such property for armory or military 
 15.27  purposes, such corporation may lease, rent, or otherwise make 
 15.28  use of such new armory building or any part thereof for such 
 15.29  purposes and upon such terms as such corporation may deem 
 15.30  proper, and may use the rents and profits therefrom for the 
 15.31  purposes herein provided. 
 15.32     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.148, is 
 15.33  amended to read: 
 15.34     193.148 [CONVEYANCE TO STATE.] 
 15.35     When payment has been made of all indebtedness incurred by 
 15.36  such corporation incident to the procurement, erection, 
 16.1   equipment, and operation of any armory built under the 
 16.2   provisions of sections 193.141 to 193.149, including the payment 
 16.3   in full of the principal and interest of all bonds issued by 
 16.4   such corporation to cover the cost of such armory or the full 
 16.5   repayment of any commission funds expended for the construction 
 16.6   of such armory, such corporation shall transfer and convey such 
 16.7   armory building and the site thereof to the state of Minnesota, 
 16.8   for military purposes, to be administered as are other 
 16.9   state-owned armories.  
 16.10     Any unencumbered balance then held by the commission 
 16.11  accruing to such armory shall be ~~paid over to the adjutant~~ 
 16.12  ~~general~~ retained to be applied to the future maintenance, 
 16.13  repair, and equipment of ~~such armory, as provided for in section~~ 
 16.14  ~~193.29~~ armories. 
 16.15     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 193.29, 
 16.16  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 16.17     Subd. 4.  [RENTALS; PROCEEDS.] The Armory Board may rent an 
 16.18  armory to entities or individuals under terms and conditions the 
 16.19  board determines, but rentals may not conflict with the use of 
 16.20  the armory for military purposes.  The proceeds of rentals and 
 16.21  all other income accruing to each armory constitutes the Armory 
 16.22  Fund and ~~shall~~ must be applied by the Armory Board of each 
 16.23  armory, as the adjutant general shall direct, for ~~the~~ its 
 16.24  maintenance, extension, improvement, and equipment ~~thereof;~~, but 
 16.25  all armory funds and all allowances from the state accruing to 
 16.26  commission-owned armories ~~shall~~ must be paid to the commission.  
 16.27     Sec. 27.  [REPEALER.] 
 16.28     Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 190.13; 190.29; 192.36; 
 16.29  192.435; 192.44; 192.45; 192.46; 192.47; and 192.51, subdivision 
 16.30  2, are repealed.