A bill for an act
relating to state government; modifying appropriations for the Department of
Military Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs; increasing the maximum
bonded indebtedness allowed for the State Armory Building Commission;
designating Gopher Gunners Memorial Bridge; amending Minnesota Statutes
2022, sections 161.14, by adding a subdivision; 193.143; Laws 2023, chapter 38,
article 1, sections 2, subdivisions 1, 4; 3, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Laws 2023, chapter 38, article 1, section 2, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
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61,020,000 |
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29,357,000
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30,857,000 new text end |
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The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions. The base is $26,724,000 in fiscal
year 2026 and $26,730,000 in fiscal year 2027
and each fiscal year thereafter.
Laws 2023, chapter 38, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.Enlistment Incentives
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13,614,000 |
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13,614,000
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15,114,000 new text end |
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The appropriations in this subdivision are
available until June 30, 2027. The base for this
appropriation is $12,114,000 in fiscal year
2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
If the amount for fiscal year 2024 is
insufficient, the amount for 2025 is available
in fiscal year 2024. Any unencumbered
balance does not cancel at the end of the first
year and is available for the second year.
Laws 2023, chapter 38, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.Veterans Health Care
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90,025,000 |
100,797,000 |
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(a) The base for this appropriation in fiscal
year 2026 is $93,387,000 and $94,435,000 in
fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(b) $88,885,000 the first year and $99,847,000
the second year may be transferred to a
veterans homes special revenue account in the
special revenue fund in the same manner as
other receipts are deposited according to
Minnesota Statutes, section 198.34, and are
appropriated to the commissioner of veterans
affairs for the operation of veterans homes
facilities and programs.new text begin If the amount available
in fiscal year 2024 is insufficient, the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 2025 is available
in fiscal year 2024.new text end The base for this transfer
is $92,437,000 in fiscal year 2026 and
$93,485,000 in fiscal year 2027.
(c) The department shall seek opportunities to
maximize federal reimbursements of
Medicare-eligible expenses and provide annual
reports to the commissioner of management
and budget on the federal Medicare
reimbursements that are received. Contingent
upon future federal Medicare receipts,
reductions to the veterans homes' general fund
appropriation may be made.
(d) $400,000 each year is for the department
to staff Veteran Community Health Navigators
in community-based hospitals.
(e) $190,000 the first year is for the working
group established under article 2, section 8.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 161.14, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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The bridge on marked Trunk Highway
55 and Trunk Highway 62, crossing the Minnesota River, commonly known as the Mendota
Bridge, is named and designated as "Gopher Gunners Memorial Bridge." Notwithstanding
section 161.139, the commissioner must adopt a suitable marking design to mark this bridge,
erect appropriate signs, and provide maintenance, repair, or replacement of signs as needed.
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Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 193.143, is amended to read:
Such corporation, subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed in sections 193.141
to 193.149, shall possess all the powers of a body corporate necessary and convenient to
accomplish the objectives and perform the duties prescribed by sections 193.141 to 193.149,
including the following, which shall not be construed as a limitation upon the general powers
hereby conferred:
(1) To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, or condemnation proceedings all necessary right,
title, and interest in and to the lands required for a site for a new armory and all other real
or personal property required for the purposes contemplated by the Military Code and to
hold and dispose of the same, subject to the conditions and limitations herein prescribed;
provided that any such real or personal property or interest therein may be so acquired or
accepted subject to any condition which may be imposed thereon by the grantor or donor
and agreed to by such corporation not inconsistent with the proper use of such property by
the state for armory or military purposes as herein provided.
(2) To exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by chapter 117,
for the purpose of acquiring any property which such corporation is herein authorized to
acquire by condemnation; provided, that the corporation may take possession of any such
property so to be acquired at any time after the filing of the petition describing the same in
condemnation proceedings; provided further, that this shall not preclude the corporation
from abandoning the condemnation of any such property in any case where possession
thereof has not been taken.
(3) To construct and equip new armories as authorized herein; to pay therefor out of the
funds obtained as hereinafter provided and to hold, manage, and dispose of such armory,
equipment, and site as hereinafter provided. The total amount of bonds issued on account
of such armories shall not exceed the amount of the cost thereof; provided also, that the
total bonded indebtedness of the commission shall not at any time exceed the aggregate
sum of deleted text begin $15,000,000deleted text end new text begin $45,000,000new text end .
(4) To provide partnerships with federal and state governments and to match federal and
local funds, when available.
(5) To sue and be sued.
(6) To contract and be contracted with in any matter connected with any purpose or
activity within the powers of such corporations as herein specified; provided, that no of