1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs 
1.3 	for a grant to the Armed Forces Service Center at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, 
1.4 	for the replacement of furniture and beds used by active duty service members 
1.5 	waiting for connecting duty flights.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.9 	of veterans affairs for a onetime grant to the Armed Forces Service Center at the 
1.10 	Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport for construction costs related to the remodeling of the Armed 
1.11 	Forces Service Center and for refurbishing the center's furniture and beds used by service 
1.12 	members between connecting flights and while awaiting ground transportation when traveling 
1.13 	individually or by unit to and from military duty assignments.
1.14 	As a condition of issuing this grant, the commissioner must ensure that the center provides 
1.15 	matching funding for this purpose. The commissioner must also ensure that no part of this 
1.16 	grant may be spent for salary or related benefits for any person or for the operations of the 
1.17 	center.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.