1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to community development; providing funding 
  1.3             for opportunities industrialization centers; 
  1.4             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             section 268.63. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 268.63, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      268.63 [CRITERIA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY.] 
  1.10     The commissioner, with the advice of the council, shall 
  1.11  establish criteria for the distribution of state money for the 
  1.12  purpose of section 268.62.  The criteria shall include 
  1.13  requirements that:  
  1.14     (a) the program receiving state assistance:  
  1.15     (1) involve residents in the area to be served by the 
  1.16  program in the planning and operation of the program; and 
  1.17     (2) involve the business community in the area to be served 
  1.18  by the program in its development and operation; 
  1.19     (b) the distribution of assistance among areas within the 
  1.20  state be equitable, with priority being given to areas with high 
  1.21  unemployment or underemployment; 
  1.22     (c) financial assistance under sections 268.60 to 268.64 to 
  1.23  any metropolitan area program may not exceed 25 percent and to 
  1.24  any nonmetropolitan area program may not exceed 50 percent of 
  1.25  the cost of the program including costs of administration; and 
  2.1      (d) a program receiving financial assistance has adequate 
  2.2   internal administrative controls, accounting procedures, 
  2.3   personnel standards, evaluation procedures, availability of 
  2.4   in-service training and technical assistance programs, and other 
  2.5   policies necessary to promote the effective use of state money.  
  2.6      The commissioner may make a distribution in excess of the 
  2.7   limit prescribed in clause (c) if the commissioner determines 
  2.8   that the excess distribution is necessary to further the 
  2.9   objectives of sections 268.60 and 268.62.  
  2.10     Sec. 2.  [OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS; 
  2.11  APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.12     $525,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $525,000 in fiscal year 
  2.13  1999 is appropriated to the commissioner of economic security 
  2.14  for grants to the opportunities industrialization centers state 
  2.15  council.  The appropriation does not cancel and is available 
  2.16  until expended.