1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to telecommunications; appropriating money for a grant to extend an 
1.3 	existing broadband network.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$3,200,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Mountain Iron Economic 
1.8 	Development Authority to extend an existing fiber optic broadband network operated by 
1.9 	the Northeast Service Cooperative from Willow River to Pine City and from Cromwell to 
1.10 	Aitkin.

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