1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; repatriating the statue of Columbus on the Capitol 
1.3 	grounds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. REQUIRING REPAIR AND RETURN OF COLUMBUS STATUE.
 1.6 	The commissioner of administration shall repair the statue of Christopher Columbus 
1.7 	and its pedestal that was illegally removed from its place on the Capitol grounds in the 
1.8 	summer of 2020. Notwithstanding any process in law for approving the installation of 
1.9 	memorials or artwork on the Capitol grounds, the commissioner must reinstall the statue in 
1.10 	its former location on the Capitol grounds on the same pedestal with the same signage as 
1.11 	before its removal.