2002 Minnesota Statutes

     116J.037 Certification of electronic-commerce-ready 
  cities and counties. 

    A county or statutory or home rule charter city of 
 Minnesota shall be designated an electronic-commerce-ready city 
 or county by the department of trade and economic development 
 and may be annually recertified as an electronic-commerce-ready 
 city or county if it: 

    (1) has formed effective public-private partnerships with 
 communication providers, the business community, banks, schools, 
 health care, government, and nonprofit social and service 
 organizations to become electronic commerce ready; 

    (2) makes available training and continuing education to 
 develop an electronic-commerce-ready workforce; 

    (3) develops a plan for electronic commerce readiness that 
 reflects resource integration across economic and government 
 sectors, including current and future investments by business, 
 government, education, and health care to achieve cooperative 
 community and economic development benefits; 

    (4) uses local funding sources to catalyze and sustain 
 information technology investments to adapt to new business 
 priorities as electronic commerce grows; and 

    (5) maintains public access sites to ensure access to 
 electronic commerce applications and community networking tools, 
 such as electronic mail. 

    HIST: 1999 c 223 art 2 s 17