1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; transferring money from the budget reserve 
1.3 	account to the general fund; appropriating money for grants to the Duluth 
1.4 	Entertainment Convention Center Authority.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TRANSFER.
 1.7 	$4,500,000 in fiscal year 2021 is transferred from the budget reserve account in Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 1a, to the general fund. This is a onetime transfer.

1.9 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION CENTER 
1.10 	UNEMPLOYMENT LIABILITY.
 1.11 	(a) $1,100,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.12 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Duluth 
1.13 	Entertainment Convention Center Authority to be used for payment to the reimbursable 
1.14 	account of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Authority for COVID-19-related 
1.15 	unemployment benefits paid to employees. This appropriation is onetime and is available 
1.16 	through June 30, 2022.
1.17 	(b) Any unexpended amount from the appropriation in paragraph (a) after June 30, 2022, 
1.18 	shall be transferred on July 1, 2022, from the general fund to the budget reserve account 
1.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 1a.
1.20 	(c) If the appropriation in this section is a permissible use of federal funds received by 
1.21 	Minnesota before June 30, 2022, an amount of those federal funds equal to the appropriation 
1.22 	in this section is transferred to the general fund. This is a onetime transfer.
2.1 	(d) If the appropriation in this section is a permissible use of federal funds received by 
2.2 	Minnesota before June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated in this section is transferred from 
2.3 	the general fund to the budget reserve account in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, 
2.4 	subdivision 1a. This is a onetime transfer.

2.5 	Sec. 3.  APPROPRIATION; DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION 
2.6 	CENTER BOND PAYMENTS.
 2.7 	(a) $3,400,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
2.8 	commissioner of management and budget for a grant to the Duluth Entertainment Convention 
2.9 	Center Authority to pay debt service obligations for AMSOIL Arena. This appropriation is 
2.10 	onetime and is available through June 30, 2022.
2.11 	(b) Any unexpended amount from the appropriation in paragraph (a) after June 30, 2022, 
2.12 	shall be transferred on July 1, 2022, from the general fund to the budget reserve account 
2.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 1a.
2.14 	(c) If the appropriation in this section is a permissible use of federal funds received by 
2.15 	Minnesota before June 30, 2022, an amount of those federal funds equal to the appropriation 
2.16 	in this section is transferred to the general fund. This is a onetime transfer.
2.17 	(d) If the appropriation in this section is a permissible use of federal funds received by 
2.18 	Minnesota before June 30, 2022, the amount appropriated in this section is transferred from 
2.19 	the general fund to the budget reserve account in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, 
2.20 	subdivision 1a. This is a onetime transfer.