1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for an enabling design 
1.3 	project.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DESIGN PROJECT APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$250,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the general fund to the Department 
1.7 	of Employment and Economic Development for the construction of a major economic 
1.8 	design project to increase Minnesota's competitiveness by expanding and strengthening 
1.9 	nanotechnology, which is a core enabling technology. The major economic design project 
1.10 	must:
1.11 	(1) assure that the proposed focuses, components, programs, and other elements 
1.12 	are well developed for industrial and academic collaboration in commercialization of 
1.13 	intellectual property;
1.14 	(2) develop mechanisms for grant management and coordination of infrastructure;
1.15 	(3) interface with an emerging independently funded economic impact analysis;
1.16 	(4) assure that information regarding job creation is leveraged;
1.17 	(5) interact with and learn from leading science and technology economic 
1.18 	development initiatives in other states;
1.19 	(6) educate executive and legislative branches of government and selected other 
1.20 	parties about the technological and economic benefits of nanotechnology as an enabling 
1.21 	technology; and
1.22 	(7) develop at least a preliminary implementation plan and timeline for launching 
1.23 	the major economic design project to expand and strengthen Minnesota's nanotechnology.
1.24 	This is a onetime appropriation and is available through June 30, 2009.