1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; authorizing municipalities to make grants to 
1.3 	emergency medical services agencies;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.4 	section 465.037.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 465.037, is amended to read:
1.7 	465.037 GIFTS TO HOSPITALS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 
1.8 	AGENCIES.
1.9 	A home rule charter or statutory city or town may make grants for the use of a 
1.10 	private, nonprofit, or public hospital that serves the city or town when, or to an emergency 
1.11 	medical services agency as defined in section 144.7401, that serves the city or town. The 
1.12 	grants must be authorized by the council in the case of a city and the town board in the 
1.13 	case of a town upon the affirmative vote of the town electors at the annual or a special 
1.14 	town meeting.