1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring the Minnesota State High School League to adopt 
1.3 	regulations relating to youth hockey; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2016, section 128C.01, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 128C.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.League power to control. (a) The State High School League may control 
1.8 	contests by and between pupils of the Minnesota high schools that are delegated to it under 
1.9 	this section.
1.10 	(b) The league must adopt league rules and regulations providing that:
1.11 	(1) the regulation length of a high school varsity hockey game is three 20-minute periods; 
1.12 	and
1.13 	(2) high school varsity hockey teams may participate in up to six exhibition games per 
1.14 	season under the control of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, and exhibition 
1.15 	games under this clause shall not count against the maximum per-season game limit otherwise 
1.16 	established by league rule.

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

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.19 	$75,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota 
1.20 	Amateur Sports Commission to support high school hockey exhibition games under 
1.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 128C.01, subdivision 3. The base for fiscal year 2020 is $75,000.