1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to municipalities; allowing donations to all 
  1.3             school programs and all facilities; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, section 471.15. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 471.15, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      471.15 [~~RECREATIONAL~~ DONATION FOR FACILITIES, SCHOOL 
  1.9   PROGRAMS, BY MUNICIPALITY, VETERANS; BONDS.] 
  1.10     Any home rule charter or statutory city or any town, 
  1.11  county, school district, or any board thereof, or any 
  1.12  incorporated post of the American Legion or any other 
  1.13  incorporated veterans' organization, may expend not to exceed 
  1.14  $800 in any one year, for the purchase of awards and trophies 
  1.15  and may operate a program of public recreation and 
  1.16  playgrounds; for the support of any public school program; to 
  1.17  acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, or other 
  1.18  ~~recreational~~ facilities, including an outdoor or indoor swimming 
  1.19  pool; and expend funds for the operation of such program 
  1.20  pursuant to the provisions of sections 471.15 to 471.19.  The 
  1.21  city, town, county or school district may issue bonds pursuant 
  1.22  to chapter 475 for the purpose of carrying out the powers 
  1.23  granted by this section.  The city, town, county or school 
  1.24  district may operate the program and facilities directly or 
  1.25  establish one or more recreation boards to operate all or 
  2.1   various parts of them.