1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; including certain food service businesses in 
1.3 	the definition of a qualified business.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. QUALIFIED BUSINESS; SMALL DECLINING POPULATION 
1.6 	COUNTY.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 469.310, subdivision 11, paragraph 
1.8 	(f), a qualified business for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.310, subdivision 
1.9 	11, includes a food service business if the business is located solely in a qualified county, 
1.10 	and if the business began operations in January 2004, with employment of between 15 
1.11 	and 20 part-time and full-time employees. For the purpose of this section, a "qualified 
1.12 	county" is a county having an estimated population of less than 5,000 in 2004 and that 
1.13 	experienced a reduction in population of at least 7.5 percent between 2000 and 2004, 
1.14 	according to the state demographer.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.