1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; appropriating money to replace eliminated federal funds.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal 
1.6 	year ending June 30, 2009, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of public safety to replace federal grant money eliminated from the Office of Justice 
1.8 	Programs for the 2008-2009 biennium. The commissioner may use this appropriation 
1.9 	only for programs currently funded by federal grants that are losing all or part of their 
1.10 	federal funding in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.