1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Rural Policy 
1.3 	and Development Center fund.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Board 
1.8 	of Directors of the Rural Policy and Development Center for deposit into the Rural 
1.9 	Policy and Development Center fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.422. This 
1.10 	appropriation does not cancel. This is a onetime appropriation and may not be included in 
1.11 	the agency's budget base.