1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money for equipment grant to public 
1.3 	television.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PIONEER PUBLIC TELEVISION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$1,950,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of administration to provide an equipment grant to Pioneer Public Television as part of the 
1.8 	station's construction of a new facility in Granite Falls, Minnesota. The money may be used 
1.9 	to purchase and install equipment necessary to the station's operation. The money may be 
1.10 	used for any equipment or installation costs incurred after September 1, 2016, and is available 
1.11 	until expended.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.