1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to economic development; requiring the 
  1.3             department of trade and economic development to review 
  1.4             planning for and feasibility of a technology corridor; 
  1.5             authorizing the board of trustees of the Minnesota 
  1.6             state colleges and universities to accept federal 
  1.7             money for construction of a technology center at Pine 
  1.8             technical college. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
  1.11  REVIEW.] 
  1.12     The department of trade and economic development shall 
  1.13  review the planning for and feasibility of a technology corridor 
  1.14  along I-35 from the Twin Cities to Duluth. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  [PINE TECHNICAL COLLEGE; AUTHORIZATION.] 
  1.16     The board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  1.17  universities may accept federal money for and is authorized to 
  1.18  construct an advanced technology center building at Pine 
  1.19  technical college.  The construction of the technology center is 
  1.20  contingent upon the receipt of the federal money.