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

1.5 	Section 1. BROADBAND GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$51,480,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2019 from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of employment and economic development for deposit in the border-to-border broadband 
1.8 	fund account under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.396. The appropriation must be used 
1.9 	for grants and the purposes specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395.