1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to housing; assisting low-income persons with 
  1.3             chemical sensitivities; appropriating money; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462A.21, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462A.21, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 24.  [ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH CHEMICAL 
  1.10  SENSITIVITY.] It may make loans to low-income individuals that 
  1.11  have been diagnosed with chemical sensitivity or families that 
  1.12  have a family member that has been diagnosed with chemical 
  1.13  sensitivity.  The loan may be used to rehabilitate, build, or 
  1.14  purchase a home that does not cause or aggravate the chemically 
  1.15  sensitive person's medical condition.  
  1.16     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.17     $....... is appropriated from the general fund for transfer 
  1.18  to the housing development fund for the purposes of section 1.