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

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA INVENTORS CONGRESS.
 1.6 	$50,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for grants to 
1.8 	the Minnesota Inventors Congress. Of this amount, $5,000 each year is for the Student 
1.9 	Inventors Congress. The commissioner shall not reduce the grant award in any year.