Minnesota Legislature
HF 14
1st Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/31/2022 03:42pm
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A bill for an act
relating to broadband; modifying the border-to-border broadband grant program;
transferring money; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section
116J.395, subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.395, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Limitation.
(a) No grant awarded under this section may fund more than deleted text begin 50deleted text end new text begin
75new text end percent of the total cost of a project.
(b) Grants awarded to a single project under this section must not exceed deleted text begin $5,000,000deleted text end new text begin
$10,000,000new text end .
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin REPORT; GRANT AWARD CHANGES.
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No later than December 31, 2022, the Office of Broadband Development must submit
a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives
committees with primary jurisdiction over broadband policy and finance analyzing the
impacts of the statutory changes made in section 1 of this act on the number and amounts
of grants awarded under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.395.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 3. new text begin TRANSFER.
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$100,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the
border-to-border broadband fund account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.396.
This is a onetime transfer and remains available until expended.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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