1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying eligibility for public television station 
1.3 	block grants;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by 
1.7 	sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which 
1.8 	shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The 
1.9 	commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11 to 
1.10 	129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In addition, 
1.11 	the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants shall be 
1.12 	used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed for 
1.13 	distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No station's 
1.14 	matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based contributions 
1.15 	received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to this subdivision 
1.16 	may only be given to those federally licensed stations that are were certified as eligible for 
1.17 	community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2024. Grant 
1.18 	funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may 
1.19 	be carried over into the second fiscal year.