1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Minneapolis 
1.3 	Television Network.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$315,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $65,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Department of Administration for a grant to the 
1.8 	Minneapolis Television Network for the following purposes:
1.9 	(1) $45,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $45,000 in fiscal year 2015 are for the VOICES 
1.10 	Multiplied program, an experiential-based media literacy initiative for youth;
1.11 	(2) $20,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $20,000 in fiscal year 2015 are for the Open Eye 
1.12 	MN program, a citizen-journalism initiative that engages members of Minnesota's diverse 
1.13 	communities to go beyond mainstream media representations; and
1.14 	(3) $250,000 in fiscal year 2014 is to design, develop, and purchase a Twin Cities 
1.15 	Media Center in partnership with the Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota.