1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to telecommunications; appropriating money to expand rural broadband 
1.3 	service.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RURAL BROADBAND; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for 
1.8 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395, for capital expenditures that promote 
1.9 	the expansion of access to broadband service in unserved or underserved areas of the state.