1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; appropriating money for various economic 
1.3 	development programs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Southern Minnesota Initiative 
1.9 	Foundation for minority entrepreneur training and development. This is a onetime 
1.10 	appropriation.

1.11 	Sec. 2. SOUTHWEST INITIATIVE FOUNDATION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.12 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.13 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Southwest Initiative Foundation 
1.14 	for minority entrepreneur training and development. This is a onetime appropriation.

1.15 	Sec. 3. NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER; APPROPRIATION.
 1.16 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.17 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Neighborhood Development 
1.18 	Center for outreach and training activities outside the seven-county metropolitan area, as 
1.19 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2. This is a onetime 
1.20 	appropriation.