1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing a grant program to fund emergency radio 
1.3 	console upgrades for emergency responders; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONSOLE UPGRADE 
1.6 	GRANT PROGRAM.
 1.7 	The Statewide Emergency Communication Board (SECT) shall administer a 
1.8 	program to provide grants to local emergency response agencies to pay for a portion of the 
1.9 	cost of upgrading emergency communication consoles required as a result of an ARMER 
1.10 	software update scheduled for May 2016.

1.11 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.12 	$....... in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.13 	of transportation to fund the grant program established in section 1.