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

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a 
1.8 	grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.421, to the Rural Policy and Development 
1.9 	Center.