1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to economic security; appropriating money for 
  1.3             certain programs for the blind. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.6      $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.7   commissioner of economic security for the training of counselors 
  1.8   for the blind, to be available for the fiscal year ending June 
  1.9   30, 2002.  The training must focus on job placement and job 
  1.10  retention for the blind, so that counselors are better able to 
  1.11  assist the blind in finding jobs, retaining jobs, and convincing 
  1.12  prospective employers that a blind person can do a particular 
  1.13  job.