1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for veterans homes.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. NEW VETERANS HOMES; BEMIDJI, MONTEVIDEO, AND PRESTON; 
1.5 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $10,329,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of administration for new veterans homes in Bemidji, Montevideo, and 
1.8 	Preston. This appropriation is in addition to the appropriation for the same purposes in Laws 
1.9 	2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 19, subdivision 3, and is available until the project is 
1.10 	completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
1.11 	(b) $2,389,000 of this appropriation is to design, construct, furnish, and equip the veterans 
1.12 	home in Bemidji.
1.13 	(c) $6,955,000 of this appropriation is to design, construct, furnish, and equip the veterans 
1.14 	home in Montevideo.
1.15 	(d) $985,000 of this appropriation is to design, construct, furnish, and equip the veterans 
1.16 	home in Preston.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.