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Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/18/2026 01:10 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to state government; modifying eligibility for public television station
block grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Distribution.
The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by
sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which
shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The
commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11 to
129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In addition,
the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants shall be
used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed for
distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No station's
matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based contributions
received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to this subdivision
may only be given to those federally licensed stations that deleted text begin aredeleted text end new text begin werenew text end certified as eligible for
community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcastingnew text begin in 2025new text end . Grant
funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may
be carried over into the second fiscal year.