Centennial barns registry funding provided, and money appropriated.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how the registry will be used after creation, leaving this aspect uncertain.

Funding for Centennial Barns Registry

This law provides $50,000 from the arts and cultural heritage fund to create a registry for centennial barns built before 1959.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $50,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Minnesota Historical Society.
• Creates and operates the Centennial Barns Registry to allow landowners to voluntarily register their barns built before 1959.

Who It Names or Affects

• Landowners who have old barns in Minnesota.
• The governing board of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Terms To Know

Centennial Barn

A barn that is at least 100 years old, built before 1959.

Registry

A list or record of things and their details.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the registry will be used after it is created.
• Funding is only provided for one fiscal year (2027).

Official Summary Text

Centennial barns registry funding provided, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

A bill for an act

relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for centennial barns

registry.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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APPROPRIATION; CENTENNIAL BARNS REGISTRY.
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$50,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund to

the governing board of the Minnesota Historical Society for creating and operating the

Centennial Barns Registry to allow land owners to voluntarily register their barns built

before 1959 and provide information on the history and location of historic barn structures

throughout the state.

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