1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment; providing 50 percent reimbursement of unemployment 
1.3 	charges to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT AND CONVENTION CENTER; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	(a) $....... in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development to reimburse the Duluth Entertainment and 
1.9 	Convention Center for one-half of the amount of unemployment benefits charged to its 
1.10 	reimbursable account for payments made to its employees from March 15, 2020, to March 
1.11 	14, 2021.
1.12 	(b) This appropriation is available only if the Duluth Entertainment and Convention 
1.13 	Center is not reimbursed for the same purpose by federal funds under the CARES Act, 
1.14 	Public Law 116-136, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260.
1.15 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation available until June 30, 2022.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.