1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; transit; reimbursing greater Minnesota transit providers 
1.3 	for free transit rides provided to disabled veterans; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$75,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $75,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to greater Minnesota 
1.8 	transit providers as reimbursement for the costs of providing fixed route public transit 
1.9 	rides free of charge under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24, subdivision 7, for veterans 
1.10 	certified as disabled.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2013.