1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money
1.3 	for a grant to the Blandin Foundation.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2006 is appropriated from the
1.7 	general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.8 	development for a grant to the Blandin Foundation for the "get
1.9 	broadband" program.  This appropriation must be matched equally
1.10 	by nonstate funds and is available until expended.  Expenditures
1.11 	made by the Blandin Foundation beginning December 1, 2004, may
1.12 	be used as match for this appropriation.  The "get broadband"
1.13 	program must be designed to increase the use of broadband-based
1.14 	technologies by businesses, schools, health care organizations,
1.15 	government organizations, and the general public.