1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to communications; appropriating money for 
  1.3             grants to noncommercial television. 
  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 administration for grants to noncommercial 
  1.8   television stations to assist with conversion to a digital 
  1.9   broadcast signal as mandated by the federal government.  In 
  1.10  order to qualify for these grants, a station must meet the 
  1.11  criteria established for grants in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  1.12  129D.12, subdivision 2.