2006 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 Employment 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.
History: 1999 c 223 art 2 s 17; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1