1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing a grant to evaluate the Grand 
1.3 	Mound Interpretation Center in Koochiching County; appropriating money. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; GRAND MOUND INTERPRETATION 
1.6 	CENTER EVALUATION.
 1.7 	$250,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of employment 
1.8 	and economic development for fiscal year 2007 for a grant to Koochiching County for an 
1.9 	assessment and evaluation of the internationally significant Grand Mound Interpretation 
1.10 	Center. The assessment must evaluate the historic, cultural, educational, and natural 
1.11 	characteristics and economic potential of the site and develop an economic development 
1.12 	plan for the center that is compatible with these characteristics and potential. The 
1.13 	assessment must be done in cooperation with other governmental and nongovernmental 
1.14 	agencies, as appropriate.