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HF 2313

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/01/2023 10:10am

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underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to broadband; modifying the border-to-border broadband grant program;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.395,
subdivision 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.395, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Limitation.

(a) No grant awarded under this section may fund more than 50
percent of the total cost of a project.

(b) Grants awarded to a single project under this section must not exceed deleted text begin $5,000,000deleted text end new text begin
$10,000,000
new text end .

Sec. 2. new text begin BROADBAND GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $138,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $138,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for
deposit in the border-to-border broadband fund account established in Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.396, subdivision 1, for the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.396, subdivision 2.
new text end