1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing 
  1.3             transferring responsibility for a family practice 
  1.4             residency program from the city of Duluth to the 
  1.5             Duluth economic development authority; amending Laws 
  1.6             1996, chapter 463, section 24, subdivision 3. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 24, subdivision 
  1.9   3, is amended to read: 
  1.10  Subd. 3.  Family Practice Residency
  1.11  Program Grant                                         1,400,000
  1.12  For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
  1.13  Miller-Dwan hospital, the 
  1.14  establishment, administration, 
  1.15  management, maintenance, improvement, 
  1.16  and financing of which is authorized 
  1.17  under Laws 1994, chapter 471.  The 
  1.18  grant is for remodeling a clinic 
  1.19  building used by a family practice 
  1.20  residency program that places 
  1.21  two-thirds of its graduates in 
  1.22  Minnesota communities outside the 
  1.23  seven-county metropolitan area.  The 
  1.24  grant is contingent upon a local match 
  1.25  of $1 for each $2 of state money. 
  1.26     Sec. 2.  [DULUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; POWERS.] 
  1.27     In addition to the powers granted by Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.28  sections 469.090 to 469.1081, and to further the exercise of its 
  1.29  economic development and redevelopment powers in order to 
  1.30  stabilize neighborhoods, provide jobs, and encourage the 
  1.31  development of the city of Duluth as a regional medical center, 
  1.32  the Duluth economic development authority may acquire in 
  1.33  whatever manner deemed necessary, own, lease, and make contracts 
  2.1   with respect to a family practice residency program.  To further 
  2.2   the program, the Duluth economic development authority may 
  2.3   accept land, money, or other assistance, whether by gift, loan, 
  2.4   or otherwise, in any form from the federal or state government 
  2.5   or an agency of either, or from a political subdivision. 
  2.6      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.7      This act is effective the day following final enactment.