1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Northern 
1.3 	Connections pilot project in West Central Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of employment and economic development for grants to the West Central 
1.8 	Initiative in Fergus Falls. These grants shall be used to implement and operate Northern 
1.9 	Connections, a pilot workforce program that provides one-stop supportive services to 
1.10 	assist individuals as they transition into the workforce. This appropriation is available to 
1.11 	the extent matched by $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of state money. 

1.12 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.13 	Section 1 is effective July 1, 2006.