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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to higher education; transferring the American Indian scholarship; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>requiring an office to distribute the scholarships; appropriating money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>AMERICAN INDIAN SCHOLARSHIP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var> Administration of the American Indian scholarship program under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>Statutes, section 124D.84, is transferred from the Department of Education to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Minnesota Office of Higher Education. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>must maintain an office with at least one staff person at Bemidji State University for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>distribution of scholarships under this section. Office space and support may be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>by Bemidji State University at no cost to the scholarship program. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; AMERICAN INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>$1,875,000 each year for the biennium ending June 30, 2009, is appropriated from <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>the general fund to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for American Indian <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>scholarships under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.84.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.84 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>section 136A.126, correct cross-references, and make other necessary corrections to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>implement section 1.<br />
         		
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