1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to broadband; appropriating money for the broadband development 
1.3 	grant program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$50,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the general fund to 
1.7 	the commissioner of employment and economic development for deposit in the 
1.8 	border-to-border broadband fund account in the special revenue fund for the purpose of 
1.9 	funding broadband development grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395.

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