1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment and economic development; appropriating money for the 
1.3 	Metropolitan Economic Development Association.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$255,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $255,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a 
1.8 	grant to the Metropolitan Economic Development Association for continuing minority 
1.9 	business development programs in the metropolitan area and for contract procurement 
1.10 	support to businesses in northeast and southwest Minnesota.