Minnesota Senate Bill SF866 Introduced / Bill

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to veterans; requiring the commissioner of veterans affairs to provide​
1.3 grave markers for veterans; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes​
1.4 2024, section 197.23, subdivision 1.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subdivision 1.Authorization.The commissioner of veterans affairs may shall provide,​
1.8within available funds and upon request of a county veterans service officer or any​
1.9congressionally chartered veterans organization, an appropriate marker for the grave of any​
1.10veteran as defined under section 197.447. Any marker provided must be used for memorial​
1.11purposes to permanently mark the grave of a veteran buried within the limits of the state.​
1.12 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.​
1.13 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general​
1.14fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs for the purposes of providing grave markers​
1.15under Minnesota Statutes, section 197.23, subdivision 1. This is an ongoing appropriation.​
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25-02383 as introduced​01/23/25 REVISOR BD/ES​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 866​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MILLER, Anderson, Lang and Putnam)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​02/03/2025​
Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development​