1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a Minnesota Hmong-Lao 
1.3 	veterans commemorative memorial; authorizing the sale and issuance of state 
1.4 	bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNESOTA HMONG-LAO VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE 
1.7 	MEMORIAL.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the commissioner of administration to complete design and construction of a 
1.10 	memorial in the Capitol Area to honor all Hmong-Lao veterans of the war in Laos who 
1.11 	were allied with the American forces during the Vietnam War. This appropriation is 
1.12 	not available until the commissioner of management and budget has determined that at 
1.13 	least $150,000 has been committed to the project from nonstate sources. Nonstate funds 
1.14 	provided for this project may also be used to fund only its proportional share of new 
1.15 	sidewalks leading to monuments in the Capitol Area.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.17 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.18 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.19 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.20 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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