1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to military affairs; creating a fund for the
1.3 	purpose of reimbursing members of the National Guard
1.4 	or other reserve component of the armed forces for
1.5 	certain premiums paid for life insurance;
1.6 	appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [192.091] SERVICE MEMBERS' LIFE INSURANCE
1.10 	REIMBURSEMENT FUND CREATED.
1.11 	(a) The service members' life insurance reimbursement fund
1.12 	is created in the state treasury, consisting of:
1.13 	(1) legislative appropriations;
1.14 	(2) gifts, grants, donations, and bequests to the fund; and 
1.15 	(3) income from investment of the fund.
1.16 	(b) Money in the fund is annually appropriated to the
1.17 	Department of Military Affairs for the purpose of reimbursing
1.18 	eligible members of this state's National Guard or other reserve
1.19 	component of the armed forces of the United States for premiums
1.20 	paid for benefits under the service members' group life
1.21 	insurance program, as provided for in United States Code, title
1.22 	38, section 1965 et seq., as amended.
1.23 	(c) The commissioner of military affairs shall adopt rules
1.24 	necessary to determine eligibility for reimbursement and to
1.25 	implement a reimbursement program.  Nothing in this section is
1.26 	intended to alter, amend, or change the eligibility or
2.1 	applicability of the service members' group life insurance
2.2 	program, as provided for in United States Code, title 38,
2.3 	section 1965 et seq., as amended, or any rights,
2.4 	responsibilities, or benefits thereunder.

2.5 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.6 	$....... in the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2007, is
2.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the service members' life
2.8 	insurance reimbursement fund to pay premium reimbursements, as
2.9 	provided in section 1.

2.10 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.11 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment
2.12 	and applies to premiums paid on or after that date.