1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for repayment of certain 
1.3 	bond payments.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION 
1.6 	CENTER UNEMPLOYMENT LIABILITY.
 1.7 	$700,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Duluth Entertainment 
1.9 	Convention Center Authority to be used for payment to the reimbursable account of the 
1.10 	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Authority for COVID-19-related unemployment 
1.11 	benefits paid to employees. This appropriation is onetime and is available through June 30, 
1.12 	2022.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.14 	Sec. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
 1.15 	If the state of Minnesota receives federal funds for COVID-19 between January 1, 2021, 
1.16 	and June 30, 2023, for which any state general fund appropriation in this act is an eligible 
1.17 	expenditure, the commissioner of employment and economic development must cancel the 
1.18 	state general fund appropriation in this act in an amount up to, but not greater than, the 
1.19 	amount appropriated in this act.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.