1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money to the Asian Economic 
1.3 	Development Association.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
1.6 	ASSOCIATION.
 1.7 	$6,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Asian 
1.9 	Economic Development Association to relieve economic disparities in the Southeast Asian 
1.10 	community through workforce recruitment, development, job creation, and outreach. Any 
1.11 	amounts allocated for outreach shall go to community radio and television programs, and 
1.12 	other Southeast Asian organizations, including the Hmong American Leaders Council 
1.13 	of Minnesota and the Hmong 18 Council.