1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans; authorizing funding for a veterans cemetery in Fillmore 
1.3 	County; amending Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to 
1.6 	read:

1.7	Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries
 				1,500,000
	
1.8 	Of this amount, up to $500,000 is to acquire 
1.9 	land located in Redwood County, Fillmore 
1.10 	County, and northeastern Minnesota for 
1.11 	publicly owned veterans cemeteries, to be 
1.12 	operated by the commissioner of veterans 
1.13 	affairs. The commissioner also must 
1.14 	seek donations of land for the cemeteries. 
1.15 	The balance of the appropriation is to 
1.16 	predesign and design the cemeteries. Federal 
1.17 	reimbursement of predesign and design costs 
1.18 	is appropriated to the commissioner for asset 
1.19 	preservation of veterans homes statewide, 
1.20 	to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
1.21 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

1.22 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.1 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.