1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing for a grant to an organization to 
1.3 	improve connections between education and jobs; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA HMONG CHAMBER OF 
1.6 	COMMERCE.
 1.7 	$100,000 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 Minnesota 
1.9 	Hmong Chamber of Commerce. The grant is for the purpose of activities and capacity 
1.10 	building to make connections between education and employment for individuals.