1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; modifying requirements related to the voting system grant 
1.3 	account; appropriating money to the account;amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 
1.4 	Supplement, section 206.95, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 206.95, subdivision 4, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.Amount of grant. A political subdivision is eligible to receive a grant ~~of~~no 
1.9 	more than once every 15 years. The amount of a grant must be no more than 75 percent of 
1.10 	the total cost of electronic roster equipment and 50 percent of the total cost of all other 
1.11 	equipment or technology authorized for a grant under subdivision 2. In evaluating the 
1.12 	application, the secretary of state shall consider only the information set forth in the 
1.13 	application and is not subject to chapter 14. If the secretary of state determines that the 
1.14 	application has been fully and properly completed, and that there is a sufficient balance in 
1.15 	the account to fund the grant, either in whole or in part, the secretary of state may approve 
1.16 	the application.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
1.18 	provided that the look-back period for the limitation on a political subdivision's eligibility 
1.19 	for a grant includes grants made in fiscal year 2018 and thereafter.

2.1 	Sec. 2. VOTING EQUIPMENT GRANT ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
 2.2 	$....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the voting equipment 
2.3 	grant account in the special revenue fund, as established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.4 	206.95, subdivision 1. The funds are available until spent.