as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/01/2023 10:10am
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Introduction | Posted on 02/28/2023 |
A bill for an act
relating to broadband; modifying the border-to-border broadband grant program;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.395,
subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.395, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
(a) No grant awarded under this section may fund more than 50
percent of the total cost of a project.
(b) Grants awarded to a single project under this section must not exceed deleted text begin $5,000,000deleted text end new text begin
$10,000,000new text end .
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$138,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $138,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for
deposit in the border-to-border broadband fund account established in Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.396, subdivision 1, for the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.396, subdivision 2.
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