1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for a grant for open 
1.3 	government, civic technology, and open data.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GRANT; OPEN GOVERNMENT, CIVIC TECHNOLOGY, AND 
1.6 	OPEN DATA.
 1.7 	$ ....... is appropriated from the general fund for the fiscal year beginning July 
1.8 	1, 2014, to the commissioner of administration for a grant to Minnesota E-Democracy 
1.9 	to implement and coordinate an Open Minnesota educational outreach initiative to 
1.10 	promote statewide adoption of open government strategies, the use of technology for civic 
1.11 	innovation, and the wide use of public data sets in the public and private sector. The 
1.12 	commissioner of administration may retain up to three percent of the grant amount for 
1.13 	costs associated with administering this grant, including obtaining advice from interested 
1.14 	government units on the grant terms and objectives.