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Legacy funds for veterans camps

Published (3/4/2011)
By Sue Hegarty
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Two camps for military veterans are requesting grants from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund to make improvements to the campgrounds that serve disabled veterans and their families.

Sponsored by Rep. Bob Dettmer (R-Forest Lake), HF105 was laid over March 1 by the House Legacy Funding Division for possible omnibus bill inclusion.

The bill seeks $500,000 for capital improvements at the Disabled Veterans Rest Camp on Big Marine Lake in Washington County. Rep. David Dill (DFL-Crane Lake) successfully amended the bill to include a $100,000 grant for the Veterans on the Lake campground on Fall Lake near Ely, which provides similar services as the rest camp on Big Marine Lake.

The bill was previously approved by the House Veterans Services Division, except the funding would have come from the General Fund. There, Rep. Phyllis Kahn (DFL-Mpls) suggested Dettmer seek Legacy funds, so the bill was rerouted to the House Legacy Funding Division, where members discussed which of the four Legacy funds would be most appropriate to use for camp renovations.

The camp’s classification as a private campground may have prohibited its eligibility for Legacy money, but a current, expanded policy allows “sponsored guests” of veterans and their families to also camp. No decision was made about which fund any appropriation should come from.

Sen. Ray Vandeveer (R-Forest Lake) sponsors the companion, SF128, which awaits action by the Senate State Government Innovation and Veterans Committee.

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