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Committee hears testimony for Family Resiliency Partnership funding increase; bill laid on table
Summary
Senate File 543 would increase designated funding for the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership by adjusting fees attached to dissolution and marriage license filings. Testimony emphasized the program’s service to survivors of domestic violence and its long operating history; the committee laid the bill on the table for further consideration.
Senate File 543, which would raise the amount designated to the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership (MFRP) by adjusting filing-fee allocations, was presented and then laid on the table after testimony on March 12 in the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.
Senator Westland, the bill sponsor, described the measure as an inflationary adjustment for the program’s funding stream and said the amounts in the bill would not increase the overall filing fee paid by applicants. She…
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