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

1.5 	Section 1. AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to African Economic 
1.9 	Development Solutions. This is a onetime appropriation. Of this amount:
1.10 	(1) $500,000 is for business revolving loan fund expansion; and
1.11 	(2) $250,000 is for technical assistance including, but not limited to, business 
1.12 	development, entrepreneur training, business consulting, homeownership education, and 
1.13 	loan packaging.