1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; changing a grant agreement provision;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16B.97, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16B.97, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Grant agreement. ~~(a)~~ A grant agreement is a written instrument or 
1.7 	electronic document defining a legal relationship between a granting agency and a grantee 
1.8 	when the principal purpose of the relationship is to transfer cash or something of value 
1.9 	to the recipient to support a public purpose authorized by law instead of acquiring by 
1.10 	professional or technical contract, purchase, lease, or barter property or services for the 
1.11 	direct benefit or use of the granting agency.
1.12 	~~(b) This section does not apply to capital project grants to political subdivisions as~~ 
1.13 	~~defined by section 16A.86.~~