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Panel approves referral of bill letting veterans groups use gaming proceeds for building repairs
Summary
A Minnesota House committee approved sending House File 7 53 to the Commerce and Finance Committee after testimony that the bill would let veterans organizations use charitable gambling proceeds for property repairs and upgrades.
Chair Robbins opened discussion of House File 7 7 53 and the committee voted to refer the bill to the Commerce and Finance Committee after brief testimony from veterans-group representatives.
The bill would expand allowable uses of charitable gambling proceeds so veterans organizations could use those funds to “improve, repair their real property,” Chair Robbins said. He described the measure as long-standing and bipartisan: “This is a very simple bill that's been floating around here, for many years,” Robbins said.
The bill’s supporters told the committee veterans posts statewide are financially strained and cannot use charitable-gambling revenues for building repairs…
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