SF 2294

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/09/2016 08:42am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rural broadband;
authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin RURAL BROADBAND.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $30,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395, for capital expenditures that promote the expansion
of access to broadband service in unserved or underserved areas of the state.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $30,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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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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