1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to Ramsey county; appropriating money for a 
  1.3             "work first" transitional employment project for 
  1.4             refugee and immigrant communities. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.7      $750,000 is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 
  1.8   2001, from the general fund to Ramsey county to replicate 
  1.9   start-up costs for a "work first" transitional employment 
  1.10  project to move refugee and immigrant welfare recipients into 
  1.11  unsubsidized employment, leading to economic self-sufficiency.