HF 496

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/13/2025 02:43pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to WE WIN Institute,
Inc. to acquire and improve property in the city of Minneapolis.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; WE WIN INSTITUTE, INC.
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new text begin $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of employment and economic development for a grant to WE WIN Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization, to continue and expand the renovation of their currently owned
facilities to provide academic, social, and culturally specific programming and food services
for black students in the city of Minneapolis. This appropriation may be used for the property
acquisition of an additional property in the city of Minneapolis to be used for a meeting and
gathering space to work with and support community-based organization partnerships. This
appropriation may also be used for the predesign, design, construction, furnishing, equipping,
and renovation of the WE WIN facilities and the additional property to be purchased under
this section. This appropriation is onetime and is available until the project is completed or
abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. This appropriation is in addition
to the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 105.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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