1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to military; appropriating money to the adjutant general for the purchase 
1.3 	of body armor for members of the Minnesota National Guard being deployed 
1.4 	to combat service.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$1,000,000 is appropriated to the adjutant general from the general fund for fiscal 
1.8 	year 2007, to be used for the purchase of individual body armor, as deemed necessary by 
1.9 	the adjutant general, for use by members of the Minnesota National Guard who have been 
1.10 	ordered into federal active military service for combat duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. This is 
1.11 	a onetime appropriation that is available until expended and does not expire. All units of 
1.12 	body armor purchased under this appropriation must remain the property of the state and, 
1.13 	to the extent practicable, must continue to be reassigned to deploying members as they 
1.14 	periodically become available from demobilizing members.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.