Bill Text: MN HF1903 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Honor guard stipends preference modified.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-16 - Secretary of State Chapter 149 04/02/12 [HF1903 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1903-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 149--H.F.No. 1903

An act

relating to veterans; honor guard stipends;amending Minnesota Statutes
2010, section 197.231.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 197.231, is amended to read:
197.231 HONOR GUARDS.
    The commissioner of veterans affairs shall pay, within available funds and upon
request by a local unit of a congressionally chartered veterans organization or its auxiliary,
up to $50 to the local unit for each time that local unit provides an honor guard detail at
the funeral of a deceased veteran. The commissioner may give priority to local units that
do not have charitable gambling operations. If the local unit provides a student to play
"Taps," the local unit may pay some or all of the $50 to the student.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012, for honor guards
provided on or after that date.