1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for county law library grants.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.6 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year 
1.7 	designated.
1.8 		Subd. 2.County law library grants. (a) For grants to individual county law libraries 
1.9 	to address revenue shortfalls in fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021.

1.10		$
	1,200,000
	.....
	2023
	
1.11 	(b) To receive a grant under this section, a county law library must:
1.12 	(1) have staff totaling at least one full-time equivalent employee;
1.13 	(2) demonstrate a decline in revenue from fiscal year 2019 to fiscal year 2020, or fiscal 
1.14 	year 2020 to fiscal year 2021; and
1.15 	(3) not raise their criminal filing fees under Minnesota Statutes, sections 134A.09 and 
1.16 	134A.10, for at least two years after receipt of the grant.
1.17 	(c) A grant to a county law library must not exceed the sum of the library's total revenue 
1.18 	shortfall in fiscal year 2020 compared to fiscal year 2019, and fiscal year 2021 compared 
1.19 	to fiscal year 2020.
1.20 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2024.