1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans affairs; authorizing the
1.3 	carryforward of the unexpended appropriation for the
1.4 	state soldiers' assistance fund; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, section 197.07.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 197.07, is
1.8 	amended to read:
1.9 	197.07 SOLDIERS' ASSISTANCE FUND DEPOSITED IN STATE
1.10 	TREASURY.
1.11 	(a) The state soldiers' assistance fund shall be deposited
1.12 	in the state treasury and paid out only in such vouchers as may
1.13 	be authorized and approved by the commissioner of veterans
1.14 	affairs in the same manner and under the same restrictions as
1.15 	are now provided by law for the disbursement of funds by the
1.16 	commissioner.
1.17 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 16A.28, of
1.18 	the appropriation to the state soldiers' assistance fund in any
1.19 	biennium, the unexpended amount from the second year of the
1.20 	biennium is carried forward to the first year of the following
1.21 	biennium and is available until expended.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
1.23 	following final enactment.