1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; allowing Explore Minnesota Tourism to 
1.3 	provide a grant to the Minnesota Film and TV Board; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA FILM AND TV BOARD GRANT.
 1.6 	$500,000 is appropriated from the special marketing account established pursuant 
1.7 	to Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 6, to the director of 
1.8 	Explore Minnesota Tourism for a onetime grant to the Minnesota Film and TV Board 
1.9 	for the filming of a movie in Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. The grant is in addition to 
1.10 	any payments made for the same purpose from the film production jobs program under 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26. This appropriation is available until expended.

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