1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans; appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs 
1.3 	to make grants to counties for the operation of county veteran service offices. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of veterans 
1.7 	affairs for fiscal year 2007 for grants to county veterans service offices.  The commissioner 
1.8 	shall distribute this funding to counties, as grants for county veteran service officer 
1.9 	salaries, benefits, and supplies based on a combination of county population and veteran 
1.10 	population in the county. 

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.