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.
1.5 BE 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,
1.8 within available funds and
upon request of a county veterans service officer or any
1.9 congressionally chartered
veterans organization, an appropriate marker for the grave of any
1.10 veteran as defined under
section 197.447. Any marker provided must be used for memorial
1.11 purposes 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
1.14 fund to the commissioner
of veterans affairs for the purposes of providing grave markers
1.15 under Minnesota
Statutes, section 197.23, subdivision 1. This is an ongoing appropriation.
