1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to telecommunications; appropriating money to 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 	$15,000,000 in fiscal year 2019, $35,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, and $35,000,000 in 
1.7 	fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of employment 
1.8 	and economic development for deposit in the border-to-border broadband fund account 
1.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.396. The appropriation must be used for grants and 
1.10 	the purposes specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395.

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