1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; establishing a biennial budget for Department of 
1.3 	Employment and Economic Development, Department of Labor and Industry, 
1.4 	Bureau of Mediation Services, and Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals; 
1.5 	modifying various provisions governing economic development, labor and industry, 
1.6 	unemployment insurance, higher education, transportation, and agriculture; 
1.7 	establishing Main Street Economic Revitalization Loan Program; establishing 
1.8 	Main Street COVID-19 Relief grants; modifying fees; classifying data; requiring 
1.9 	reports; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.7905, 
1.10 	by adding a subdivision; 41A.19; 116J.035, subdivision 6; 116J.431, subdivisions 
1.11 	2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 116L.40, subdivisions 5, 6, 9, 10, by adding a 
1.12 	subdivision; 116L.41, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 116L.42, 
1.13 	subdivisions 1, 2; 178.012, subdivision 1; 181.939; 268.035, subdivision 21c; 
1.14 	268.085, subdivisions 2, 4a; 268.133; 268.136, subdivision 1; 326B.07, subdivision 
1.15 	1; 326B.092, subdivision 7; 326B.108, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 
1.16 	326B.133, subdivision 8; 326B.42, by adding subdivisions; 326B.46, subdivision 
1.17 	1; 326B.89, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 9; Laws 2014, chapter 211, section 13, as amended; 
1.18 	Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2019, 
1.19 	First Special Session chapter 7, article 1, sections 2, subdivision 2, as amended; 
1.20 	3, subdivision 4; article 2, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.21 	Statutes, chapters 41A; 116J; 181A; 299F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, 
1.22 	sections 181.9414; 268.085, subdivision 4.
1.23 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.24 	ARTICLE 1
1.25 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.26	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.27 	(a) The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.28 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
1.29 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for 
1.30 	each purpose. The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this article mean that the appropriations 
1.31 	listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, 
2.1 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The 
2.2 	biennium" is fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
2.3 	(b) If an appropriation in this article is enacted more than once in the 2021 regular or 
2.4 	special legislative session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.

2.5				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.6				Available for the Year
	
2.7				Ending June 30
	
2.8					2022
		2023

2.92.10
	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	289,150,000
	$
	130,939,000

2.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.13		2022
	2023
	
2.14	General
	248,701,000
	90,740,000
	
2.15	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
2.16
2.17	Workforce 
Development
	39,749,000
	39,499,000
	
2.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.20 	subdivisions.

2.21	Subd. 2.Business and Community Development
 		203,015,000
		44,741,000

2.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.23	General
	200,215,000
	41,941,000
	
2.24	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
2.25
2.26	Workforce 
Development
	2,100,000
	2,100,000
	
2.27 	(a) $1,787,000 each year is for the greater 
2.28 	Minnesota business development public 
2.29 	infrastructure grant program under Minnesota 
2.30 	Statutes, section 116J.431. This appropriation 
2.31 	is available until June 30, 2025.
2.32 	(b) $8,425,000 in the first year and $1,425,000 
2.33 	in the second year are for the business 
2.34 	development competitive grant program. Of 
2.35 	this amount, up to five percent is for 
3.1 	administration and monitoring of the business 
3.2 	development competitive grant program and 
3.3 	$7,000,000 in the first year is for technical 
3.4 	assistance to small businesses. Except for 
3.5 	awards for technical assistance for small 
3.6 	businesses, all grant awards shall be for two 
3.7 	consecutive years. Grants shall be awarded in 
3.8 	the first year.
3.9 	(c) $1,772,000 each year is for contaminated 
3.10 	site cleanup and development grants under 
3.11 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 
3.12 	116J.558. This appropriation is available until 
3.13 	expended.
3.14 	(d) $700,000 each year is from the remediation 
3.15 	fund for contaminated site cleanup and 
3.16 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.17 	sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This 
3.18 	appropriation is available until expended.
3.19 	(e) $139,000 each year is for the Center for 
3.20 	Rural Policy and Development.
3.21 	(f) $25,000 each year is for the administration 
3.22 	of state aid for the Destination Medical Center 
3.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.40 to 
3.24 	469.47.
3.25 	(g) $875,000 each year is for the host 
3.26 	community economic development program 
3.27 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.28 	116J.548.
3.29 	(h)(1) $2,500,000 each year is for grants to 
3.30 	local communities to increase the number of 
3.31 	quality child care providers to support 
3.32 	economic development. This appropriation is 
3.33 	available through June 30, 2023. Fifty percent 
3.34 	of grant funds must go to communities located 
4.1 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area as 
4.2 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.3 	473.121, subdivision 2. In fiscal year 2024 
4.4 	and beyond, the base amount is $1,500,000.
4.5 	(2) Grant recipients must obtain a 50 percent 
4.6 	nonstate match to grant funds in either cash 
4.7 	or in-kind contribution, unless the 
4.8 	commissioner waives the requirement. Grant 
4.9 	funds available under this subdivision must 
4.10 	be used to implement projects to reduce the 
4.11 	child care shortage in the state, including but 
4.12 	not limited to funding for child care business 
4.13 	start-ups or expansion, training, facility 
4.14 	modifications, direct subsidies or incentives 
4.15 	to retain employees, or improvements required 
4.16 	for licensing, and assistance with licensing 
4.17 	and other regulatory requirements. In awarding 
4.18 	grants, the commissioner must give priority 
4.19 	to communities that have demonstrated a 
4.20 	shortage of child care providers.
4.21 	(3) Within one year of receiving grant funds, 
4.22 	grant recipients must report to the 
4.23 	commissioner on the outcomes of the grant 
4.24 	program, including but not limited to the 
4.25 	number of new providers, the number of 
4.26 	additional child care provider jobs created, the 
4.27 	number of additional child care slots, and the 
4.28 	amount of cash and in-kind local funds 
4.29 	invested. Within one month of all grant 
4.30 	recipients reporting on program outcomes, the 
4.31 	commissioner must report the grant recipients' 
4.32 	outcomes to the chairs and ranking members 
4.33 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
4.34 	over early learning and child care and 
4.35 	economic development.
5.1 	(i) $1,500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
5.2 	Minnesota Initiative Foundations. This 
5.3 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2025. 
5.4 	In fiscal year 2024 and beyond, the base 
5.5 	amount is $1,000,000. The Minnesota 
5.6 	Initiative Foundations must use grant funds 
5.7 	under this section to:
5.8 	(1) facilitate planning processes for rural 
5.9 	communities resulting in a community solution 
5.10 	action plan that guides decision making to 
5.11 	sustain and increase the supply of quality child 
5.12 	care in the region to support economic 
5.13 	development;
5.14 	(2) engage the private sector to invest local 
5.15 	resources to support the community solution 
5.16 	action plan and ensure quality child care is a 
5.17 	vital component of additional regional 
5.18 	economic development planning processes;
5.19 	(3) provide locally based training and technical 
5.20 	assistance to rural child care business owners 
5.21 	individually or through a learning cohort. 
5.22 	Access to financial and business development 
5.23 	assistance must prepare child care businesses 
5.24 	for quality engagement and improvement by 
5.25 	stabilizing operations, leveraging funding from 
5.26 	other sources, and fostering business acumen 
5.27 	that allows child care businesses to plan for 
5.28 	and afford the cost of providing quality child 
5.29 	care; and
5.30 	(4) recruit child care programs to participate 
5.31 	in quality rating and improvement 
5.32 	measurement programs. The Minnesota 
5.33 	Initiative Foundations must work with local 
5.34 	partners to provide low-cost training, 
5.35 	professional development opportunities, and 
6.1 	continuing education curricula. The Minnesota 
6.2 	Initiative Foundations must fund, through local 
6.3 	partners, an enhanced level of coaching to 
6.4 	rural child care providers to obtain a quality 
6.5 	rating through measurement programs.
6.6 	(j) $8,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
6.7 	job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.8 	section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the 
6.9 	commissioner of employment and economic 
6.10 	development may use up to three percent for 
6.11 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
6.12 	is available until expended.
6.13 	(k) $10,029,000 the first year and $10,028,000 
6.14 	the second year are for the Minnesota 
6.15 	investment fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.16 	section 116J.8731. Of this amount, the 
6.17 	commissioner of employment and economic 
6.18 	development may use up to three percent for 
6.19 	administration and monitoring of the program. 
6.20 	In fiscal year 2024 and beyond, the base 
6.21 	amount is $12,370,000. This appropriation is 
6.22 	available until expended. Notwithstanding 
6.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, money 
6.24 	appropriated to the commissioner for the 
6.25 	Minnesota investment fund may be used for 
6.26 	the redevelopment program under Minnesota 
6.27 	Statutes, sections 116J.575 and 116J.5761, at 
6.28 	the discretion of the commissioner. Grants 
6.29 	under this paragraph are not subject to the 
6.30 	grant amount limitation under Minnesota 
6.31 	Statutes, section 116J.8731.
6.32 	(l) $0 each year is for the redevelopment 
6.33 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
6.34 	116J.575 and 116J.5761. In fiscal year 2024 
6.35 	and beyond, the base amount is $2,246,000.
7.1 	(m) $1,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
7.2 	emerging entrepreneur loan program under 
7.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.18. Funds 
7.4 	available under this paragraph are for transfer 
7.5 	into the emerging entrepreneur program 
7.6 	special revenue fund account created under 
7.7 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116M, and are 
7.8 	available until expended. Of this amount, up 
7.9 	to four percent is for administration and 
7.10 	monitoring of the program.
7.11 	(n) $325,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
7.12 	Film and TV Board. The appropriation in each 
7.13 	year is available only upon receipt by the 
7.14 	board of $1 in matching contributions of 
7.15 	money or in-kind contributions from nonstate 
7.16 	sources for every $3 provided by this 
7.17 	appropriation, except that each year up to 
7.18 	$50,000 is available on July 1 even if the 
7.19 	required matching contribution has not been 
7.20 	received by that date.
7.21 	(o) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the 
7.22 	Upper Minnesota Film Office.
7.23 	(p) $500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
7.24 	Minnesota Film and TV Board for the film 
7.25 	production jobs program under Minnesota 
7.26 	Statutes, section 116U.26. This appropriation 
7.27 	is available until June 30, 2025.
7.28 	(q) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
7.29 	job skills partnership program under 
7.30 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 
7.31 	116L.17. If the appropriation for either year 
7.32 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
7.33 	year is available. This appropriation is 
7.34 	available until expended.
8.1 	(r) $1,350,000 each year from the workforce 
8.2 	development fund is for jobs training grants 
8.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.41.
8.4 	(s) $2,500,000 each year is for Launch 
8.5 	Minnesota. This appropriation is available 
8.6 	until June 30, 2025. The base in fiscal year 
8.7 	2026 is $0. Of this amount:
8.8 	(1) $1,500,000 each year is for innovation 
8.9 	grants to eligible Minnesota entrepreneurs or 
8.10 	start-up businesses to assist with their 
8.11 	operating needs;
8.12 	(2) $500,000 each year is for administration 
8.13 	of Launch Minnesota; and
8.14 	(3) $500,000 each year is for grantee activities 
8.15 	at Launch Minnesota.
8.16 	(t) $1,148,000 the first year is for a grant to 
8.17 	the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, a small 
8.18 	business administration microlender and 
8.19 	community development financial institution 
8.20 	operating in northern Minnesota. Grant funds 
8.21 	must be used as capital for accessing 
8.22 	additional federal lending for small businesses 
8.23 	impacted by COVID-19 and must be returned 
8.24 	to the commissioner for deposit in the general 
8.25 	fund if the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund fails 
8.26 	to secure such federal funds before January 1, 
8.27 	2022.
8.28 	(u) $80,000,000 the first year is for the Main 
8.29 	Street Economic Revitalization Loan Program. 
8.30 	Of this amount, up to $300,000 is for the 
8.31 	commissioner's administration and monitoring 
8.32 	of the program. This appropriation is available 
8.33 	until June 30, 2025.
9.1 	(v) $70,000,000 the first year is for the Main 
9.2 	Street COVID-19 Relief Grant Program. Of 
9.3 	this amount, up to:
9.4 	(1) $34,950,000 is for grants to the Minnesota 
9.5 	Initiative Foundations to serve businesses 
9.6 	outside of the metropolitan area as defined in 
9.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
9.8 	subdivision 2;
9.9 	(2) $34,950,000 is for grants to partner 
9.10 	organizations to serve businesses inside the 
9.11 	metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota 
9.12 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2; and
9.13 	(3) $100,000 is for the commissioner's 
9.14 	administration and monitoring of the program.
9.15 	(w) $250,000 each year is for the publication, 
9.16 	dissemination, and use of labor market 
9.17 	information under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.18 	116J.401.
9.19 	(x) $500,000 each year is for the airport 
9.20 	infrastructure renewal (AIR) grant program 
9.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.439. 
9.22 	In awarding grants with this appropriation, the 
9.23 	commissioner must prioritize eligible 
9.24 	applicants that did not receive a grant pursuant 
9.25 	to the appropriation in Laws 2019, First 
9.26 	Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 2, 
9.27 	subdivision 2, paragraph (q).
9.28 	(y) $750,000 each year is from the workforce 
9.29 	development fund for grants to the 
9.30 	Neighborhood Development Center for small 
9.31 	business programs, including:
9.32 	(1) training, lending, and business services;
10.1 	(2) model outreach and training in greater 
10.2 	Minnesota; and
10.3 	(3) development of new business incubators.
10.4 	This is a onetime appropriation.

10.5	Subd. 3.Employment and Training Programs
 		37,185,000
		36,935,000

10.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.7	General
	7,421,000
	7,421,000
	
10.8
10.9	Workforce 
Development
	29,764,000
	29,514,000
	
10.10 	(a) $500,000 each year from the general fund 
10.11 	and $500,000 each year from the workforce 
10.12 	development fund are for rural career 
10.13 	counseling coordinators in the workforce 
10.14 	service areas and for the purposes specified 
10.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.667.
10.16 	(b) $750,000 each year is for the women and 
10.17 	high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs 
10.18 	grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.19 	section 116L.99. Of this amount, up to five 
10.20 	percent is for administration and monitoring 
10.21 	of the program.
10.22 	(c) $2,546,000 each year from the general fund 
10.23 	and $4,604,000 each year from the workforce 
10.24 	development fund are for the pathways to 
10.25 	prosperity competitive grant program. Of this 
10.26 	amount, up to five percent is for administration 
10.27 	and monitoring of the program.
10.28 	(d) $712,000 each year is from the workforce 
10.29 	development fund for a grant to the American 
10.30 	Indian Opportunities and Industrialization 
10.31 	Center, in collaboration with the Northwest 
10.32 	Indian Community Development Center, to 
10.33 	reduce academic disparities for American 
10.34 	Indian students and adults. This is a onetime 
11.1 	appropriation. The grant funds may be used 
11.2 	to provide:
11.3 	(1) student tutoring and testing support 
11.4 	services;
11.5 	(2) training and employment placement in 
11.6 	information technology;
11.7 	(3) training and employment placement within 
11.8 	trades;
11.9 	(4) assistance in obtaining a GED;
11.10 	(5) remedial training leading to enrollment 
11.11 	and to sustain enrollment in a postsecondary 
11.12 	higher education institution;
11.13 	(6) real-time work experience in information 
11.14 	technology fields and in the trades;
11.15 	(7) contextualized adult basic education;
11.16 	(8) career and educational counseling for 
11.17 	clients with significant and multiple barriers; 
11.18 	and
11.19 	(9) reentry services and counseling for adults 
11.20 	and youth.
11.21 	After notification to the chairs and minority 
11.22 	leads of the legislative committees with 
11.23 	jurisdiction over jobs and economic 
11.24 	development, the commissioner may transfer 
11.25 	this appropriation to the commissioner of 
11.26 	education.
11.27 	(e) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
11.28 	development fund for current Minnesota 
11.29 	affiliates of OIC of America, Inc. This 
11.30 	appropriation shall be divided equally among 
11.31 	the eligible centers.
12.1 	(f) $1,000,000 each year is for competitive 
12.2 	grants to organizations providing services to 
12.3 	relieve economic disparities in the Southeast 
12.4 	Asian community through workforce 
12.5 	recruitment, development, job creation, 
12.6 	assistance of smaller organizations to increase 
12.7 	capacity, and outreach. Of this amount, up to 
12.8 	five percent is for administration and 
12.9 	monitoring of the program.
12.10 	(g) $1,000,000 each year is for a competitive 
12.11 	grant program to provide grants to 
12.12 	organizations that provide support services for 
12.13 	individuals, such as job training, employment 
12.14 	preparation, internships, job assistance to 
12.15 	parents, financial literacy, academic and 
12.16 	behavioral interventions for low-performing 
12.17 	students, and youth intervention. Grants made 
12.18 	under this section must focus on low-income 
12.19 	communities, young adults from families with 
12.20 	a history of intergenerational poverty, and 
12.21 	communities of color. Of this amount, up to 
12.22 	five percent is for administration and 
12.23 	monitoring of the program.
12.24 	(h) $750,000 each year from the general fund 
12.25 	and $3,348,000 each year from the workforce 
12.26 	development fund are for the youth-at-work 
12.27 	competitive grant program under Minnesota 
12.28 	Statutes, section 116L.562. Of this amount, 
12.29 	up to five percent is for administration and 
12.30 	monitoring of the youth workforce 
12.31 	development competitive grant program. All 
12.32 	grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
12.33 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
12.34 	(i) $875,000 each year is for a grant to the 
12.35 	Minnesota Technology Association to support 
13.1 	the SciTech Internship Program, a program 
13.2 	that supports science, technology, engineering, 
13.3 	and math (STEM) internship opportunities for 
13.4 	two- and four-year college students and 
13.5 	graduate students in their fields of study. The 
13.6 	internship opportunities must match students 
13.7 	with paid internships within STEM disciplines 
13.8 	at small, for-profit companies located in 
13.9 	Minnesota having fewer than 250 employees 
13.10 	worldwide. At least 200 students must be 
13.11 	matched each year. No more than 15 percent 
13.12 	of the hires may be graduate students. Selected 
13.13 	hiring companies shall receive from the grant 
13.14 	50 percent of the wages paid to the intern, 
13.15 	capped at $2,500 per intern. The program must 
13.16 	work toward increasing the participation 
13.17 	among women or other underserved 
13.18 	populations. This is a onetime appropriation.
13.19 	(j) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.20 	development fund for the youthbuild program 
13.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.361 
13.22 	to 116L.366.
13.23 	(k) $4,050,000 each year is from the 
13.24 	workforce development fund for the 
13.25 	Minnesota youth program under Minnesota 
13.26 	Statutes, sections 116L.56 and 116L.561.
13.27 	(l) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.28 	development fund for performance grants 
13.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
13.30 	to Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota and its 
13.31 	partners. The grant shall be used to continue 
13.32 	the FATHER Project in Rochester, Park 
13.33 	Rapids, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and 
13.34 	the surrounding areas to assist fathers in 
13.35 	overcoming barriers that prevent fathers from 
14.1 	supporting their children economically and 
14.2 	emotionally. This is a onetime appropriation.
14.3 	(m) $350,000 each year is from the workforce 
14.4 	development fund for performance grants 
14.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
14.6 	to the International Institute of Minnesota for 
14.7 	workforce training for New Americans in 
14.8 	industries in need of a trained workforce. This 
14.9 	is a onetime appropriation.
14.10 	(n) $750,000 each year is from the workforce 
14.11 	development fund for a grant to the Minnesota 
14.12 	Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs to administer 
14.13 	a statewide project of youth job skills and 
14.14 	career development. This project, which may 
14.15 	have career guidance components including 
14.16 	health and life skills, must be designed to 
14.17 	encourage, train, and assist youth in: early 
14.18 	access to education and job-seeking skills; 
14.19 	work-based learning experience including 
14.20 	career pathways in STEM learning, career 
14.21 	exploration, and matching; and first job 
14.22 	placement through local community 
14.23 	partnerships and on-site job opportunities. This 
14.24 	grant requires a 25 percent match from 
14.25 	nonstate sources. This is a onetime 
14.26 	appropriation.
14.27 	(o) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
14.28 	development fund for grants to the Minnesota 
14.29 	Grocers Association Foundation for Carts to 
14.30 	Careers, a statewide initiative to promote 
14.31 	careers, conduct outreach, provide job skills 
14.32 	training, and grant scholarships for careers in 
14.33 	the retail food industry. This is a onetime 
14.34 	appropriation.
15.1 	(p) $250,000 the first year is from the 
15.2 	workforce development fund for a grant to the 
15.3 	ProStart and Hospitality Tourism Management 
15.4 	Program for a well-established, proven, and 
15.5 	successful education program that helps young 
15.6 	people advance careers in the hospitality 
15.7 	industry and addresses critical long-term 
15.8 	workforce shortages in that industry.
15.9 	(q) $375,000 each year is from the workforce 
15.10 	development fund for a grant to the 
15.11 	Construction Careers Foundation for the 
15.12 	construction career pathway initiative to 
15.13 	provide year-round educational and 
15.14 	experiential learning opportunities for teens 
15.15 	and young adults under the age of 21 that lead 
15.16 	to careers in the construction industry. This is 
15.17 	a onetime appropriation. Grant funds must be 
15.18 	used to:
15.19 	(1) increase construction industry exposure 
15.20 	activities for middle school and high school 
15.21 	youth, parents, and counselors to reach a more 
15.22 	diverse demographic and broader statewide 
15.23 	audience. This requirement includes, but is 
15.24 	not limited to, an expansion of programs to 
15.25 	provide experience in different crafts to youth 
15.26 	and young adults throughout the state;
15.27 	(2) increase the number of high schools in 
15.28 	Minnesota offering construction classes during 
15.29 	the academic year that utilize a multicraft 
15.30 	curriculum;
15.31 	(3) increase the number of summer internship 
15.32 	opportunities;
16.1 	(4) enhance activities to support graduating 
16.2 	seniors in their efforts to obtain employment 
16.3 	in the construction industry;
16.4 	(5) increase the number of young adults 
16.5 	employed in the construction industry and 
16.6 	ensure that they reflect Minnesota's diverse 
16.7 	workforce; and
16.8 	(6) enhance an industrywide marketing 
16.9 	campaign targeted to youth and young adults 
16.10 	about the depth and breadth of careers within 
16.11 	the construction industry.
16.12 	Programs and services supported by grant 
16.13 	funds must give priority to individuals and 
16.14 	groups that are economically disadvantaged 
16.15 	or historically underrepresented in the 
16.16 	construction industry, including but not limited 
16.17 	to women, veterans, and members of minority 
16.18 	and immigrant groups.
16.19 	(r) $700,000 each year is from the workforce 
16.20 	development fund for a grant to Comunidades 
16.21 	Latinas Unidas En Servicio-Latino 
16.22 	Communities United in Service (CLUES) to 
16.23 	expand culturally tailored programs that 
16.24 	address employment and education skill gaps 
16.25 	for working parents and underserved youth by 
16.26 	providing new job skills training to stimulate 
16.27 	higher wages for low-income people, family 
16.28 	support systems designed to reduce 
16.29 	intergenerational poverty, and youth 
16.30 	programming to promote educational 
16.31 	advancement and career pathways. At least 
16.32 	50 percent of this amount must be used for 
16.33 	programming targeted at greater Minnesota. 
16.34 	This is a onetime appropriation.
17.1 	(s) $700,000 each year is from the workforce 
17.2 	development fund for performance grants 
17.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
17.4 	to Twin Cities R!SE to provide training to 
17.5 	hard-to-train individuals. This is a onetime 
17.6 	appropriation and funds are available until 
17.7 	June 30, 2024.
17.8 	(t) $475,000 each year is from the workforce 
17.9 	development fund for a grant to Bridges to 
17.10 	Healthcare to provide career education, 
17.11 	wraparound support services, and job skills 
17.12 	training in high-demand health care fields to 
17.13 	low-income parents, nonnative speakers of 
17.14 	English, and other hard-to-train individuals, 
17.15 	helping families build secure pathways out of 
17.16 	poverty while also addressing worker 
17.17 	shortages in one of Minnesota's most 
17.18 	innovative industries. Funds may be used for 
17.19 	program expenses, including but not limited 
17.20 	to hiring instructors and navigators; space 
17.21 	rental; and supportive services to help 
17.22 	participants attend classes, including assistance 
17.23 	with course fees, child care, transportation, 
17.24 	and safe and stable housing. In addition, up to 
17.25 	five percent of grant funds may be used for 
17.26 	Bridges to Healthcare's administrative costs. 
17.27 	This is a onetime appropriation.
17.28 	(u) $650,000 each year is from the workforce 
17.29 	development fund for performance grants 
17.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
17.31 	to Avivo to provide low-income individuals 
17.32 	with career education and job skills training 
17.33 	that is integrated with chemical and mental 
17.34 	health services. This is a onetime 
17.35 	appropriation.
18.1 	(v) $300,000 each year is from the workforce 
18.2 	development fund for a grant to the Hmong 
18.3 	American Partnership, in collaboration with 
18.4 	community partners, for services targeting 
18.5 	Minnesota communities with the highest 
18.6 	concentrations of Southeast Asian joblessness, 
18.7 	based on the most recent census tract data, to 
18.8 	provide employment readiness training, 
18.9 	credentialed training placement, job placement 
18.10 	and retention services, supportive services for 
18.11 	hard-to-employ individuals, and a general 
18.12 	education development fast track and adult 
18.13 	diploma program. This is a onetime 
18.14 	appropriation.
18.15 	(w) $125,000 each year is from the workforce 
18.16 	development fund for a grant to the Hmong 
18.17 	Chamber of Commerce to train ethnically 
18.18 	Southeast Asian business owners and 
18.19 	operators in better business practices. Of this 
18.20 	amount, up to $5,000 may be used for 
18.21 	administrative costs. This is a onetime 
18.22 	appropriation.
18.23 	(x) $225,000 each year is from the workforce 
18.24 	development fund for Minnesota Family 
18.25 	Resiliency Partnership programs under 
18.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.96. The 
18.27 	commissioner, through the adult career 
18.28 	pathways program, shall distribute the funds 
18.29 	to existing nonprofit and Minnesota Family 
18.30 	Resiliency Partnership programs. This is a 
18.31 	onetime appropriation.
18.32 	(y) $1,175,000 each year is from the 
18.33 	workforce development fund for a grant to 
18.34 	Summit Academy OIC to expand their 
18.35 	contextualized GED and employment 
19.1 	placement program and STEM program. This 
19.2 	is a onetime appropriation.
19.3 	(z) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.4 	development fund for a grant to Big Brothers 
19.5 	Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities for 
19.6 	workforce readiness, employment exploration, 
19.7 	and skills development for youth ages 12 to 
19.8 	21. The grant must serve youth in the Big 
19.9 	Brothers Big Sisters chapters in the Twin 
19.10 	Cities, central Minnesota, and southern 
19.11 	Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation.
19.12 	(aa) $400,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.13 	development fund for a grant to Ujamaa Place 
19.14 	for job training, employment preparation, 
19.15 	internships, education, training in vocational 
19.16 	trades, housing, and organizational capacity 
19.17 	building. This is a onetime appropriation.
19.18 	(bb) $150,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.19 	development fund for performance grants 
19.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
19.21 	to the YWCA of St. Paul to provide job 
19.22 	training services and workforce development 
19.23 	programs and services, including job skills 
19.24 	training and counseling. This is a onetime 
19.25 	appropriation.
19.26 	(cc) $700,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.27 	development fund for a grant to Youthprise 
19.28 	to give grants through a competitive process 
19.29 	to community organizations to provide 
19.30 	economic development services designed to 
19.31 	enhance long-term economic self-sufficiency 
19.32 	in communities with concentrated East African 
19.33 	populations. Such communities include but 
19.34 	are not limited to Faribault, Rochester, St. 
19.35 	Cloud, Moorhead, and Willmar. Youthprise 
20.1 	must make at least 50 percent of these grants 
20.2 	to organizations serving communities located 
20.3 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area, 
20.4 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.5 	473.121, subdivision 2. This is a onetime 
20.6 	appropriation.
20.7 	(dd) $450,000 each year is from the workforce 
20.8 	development fund for grants to Minnesota 
20.9 	Diversified Industries, Inc., to provide 
20.10 	inclusive employment opportunities and 
20.11 	services for people with disabilities. This is a 
20.12 	onetime appropriation.
20.13 	(ee) $150,000 each year is from the workforce 
20.14 	development fund for a grant to the YWCA 
20.15 	of Minneapolis to provide economically 
20.16 	challenged individuals the job skills training, 
20.17 	career counseling, and job placement 
20.18 	assistance necessary to secure a child 
20.19 	development associate credential and to have 
20.20 	a career path in early childhood education. 
20.21 	This is a onetime appropriation.
20.22 	(ff) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
20.23 	development fund for a grant to EMERGE 
20.24 	Community Development for the 
20.25 	Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center and its 
20.26 	on-site partners to address employment and 
20.27 	economic disparities for low-income 
20.28 	unemployed or underemployed individuals 
20.29 	who are primarily East African. Funds must 
20.30 	be used for operations and administrative costs 
20.31 	of the site in support of career pathways and 
20.32 	certified credentials, workforce readiness, 
20.33 	financial readiness, and employment 
20.34 	placement and retention services. This is a 
20.35 	onetime appropriation.
21.1 	(gg) $1,000,000 each year is from the 
21.2 	workforce development fund for a grant to 
21.3 	Propel Nonprofits to provide capacity-building 
21.4 	grants and related technical assistance to small, 
21.5 	culturally specific organizations that primarily 
21.6 	serve historically underserved cultural 
21.7 	communities. Propel Nonprofits may only 
21.8 	award grants to nonprofit organizations that 
21.9 	have an annual organizational budget of less 
21.10 	than $500,000. These grants may be used for:
21.11 	(1) organizational infrastructure 
21.12 	improvements, including developing database 
21.13 	management systems and financial systems, 
21.14 	or other administrative needs that increase the 
21.15 	organization's ability to access new funding 
21.16 	sources;
21.17 	(2) organizational workforce development, 
21.18 	including hiring culturally competent staff, 
21.19 	training and skills development, and other 
21.20 	methods of increasing staff capacity; or
21.21 	(3) creating or expanding partnerships with 
21.22 	existing organizations that have specialized 
21.23 	expertise in order to increase capacity of the 
21.24 	grantee organization to improve services to 
21.25 	the community.
21.26 	Of this amount, up to five percent may be used 
21.27 	by Propel Nonprofits for administrative costs. 
21.28 	This is a onetime appropriation.
21.29 	(hh) $300,000 each year is from the workforce 
21.30 	development fund for a grant to Better Futures 
21.31 	Minnesota to provide job skills training to 
21.32 	individuals who have been released from 
21.33 	incarceration for a felony-level offense and 
22.1 	are no more than 12 months from the date of 
22.2 	release. This is a onetime appropriation.
22.3 	(ii) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
22.4 	development fund for a grant to the 
22.5 	Juxtaposition Arts Center to provide job 
22.6 	training and workforce development services 
22.7 	for underserved communities. This is a 
22.8 	onetime appropriation.
22.9 	(jj) $275,000 each year is from the workforce 
22.10 	development fund for a grant to Workforce 
22.11 	Development, Inc., to provide career 
22.12 	education, wraparound support services, and 
22.13 	job skills training in high-demand 
22.14 	manufacturing fields to low-income parents, 
22.15 	nonnative speakers of English, and other 
22.16 	hard-to-train individuals, helping families 
22.17 	build secure pathways out of poverty while 
22.18 	also addressing worker shortages in the 
22.19 	Owatonna and Steele County area. Funds may 
22.20 	be used for program expenses, including but 
22.21 	not limited to hiring instructors and navigators; 
22.22 	space rental; and supportive services to help 
22.23 	participants attend classes, including assistance 
22.24 	with course fees, child care, transportation, 
22.25 	and safe and stable housing. In addition, up to 
22.26 	five percent of grant funds may be used for 
22.27 	Workforce Development, Inc.'s administrative 
22.28 	costs. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
22.29 	available until June 30, 2023.
22.30 	(kk) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
22.31 	development fund for a grant to Pillsbury 
22.32 	United Communities to provide job training 
22.33 	and workforce development services for 
22.34 	underserved communities. This is a onetime 
22.35 	appropriation.
23.1 	(ll) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
23.2 	development fund for a grant to 30,000 Feet, 
23.3 	a nonprofit organization, to fund youth 
23.4 	apprenticeship jobs, after-school 
23.5 	programming, and summer learning loss 
23.6 	prevention for African American youth. This 
23.7 	is a onetime appropriation.
23.8 	(mm) $250,000 each year is from the 
23.9 	workforce development fund for the getting 
23.10 	to work grant program. This is a onetime 
23.11 	appropriation.
23.12 	(nn) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
23.13 	development fund for a grant to Project for 
23.14 	Pride in Living to provide job training and 
23.15 	workforce development services for 
23.16 	underserved communities. This is a onetime 
23.17 	appropriation.
23.18 	(oo) $1,000,000 each year is from the 
23.19 	workforce development fund for competitive 
23.20 	grants to organizations providing services to 
23.21 	relieve economic disparities in the African 
23.22 	immigrant community through workforce 
23.23 	recruitment, development, job creation, 
23.24 	assistance of smaller organizations to increase 
23.25 	capacity, and outreach. Of this amount, up to 
23.26 	five percent is for administration and 
23.27 	monitoring of the program. This is a onetime 
23.28 	appropriation.
23.29 	(pp) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
23.30 	development fund for a grant to the Center for 
23.31 	Economic Inclusion for a strategic intervention 
23.32 	program designed to target and connect 
23.33 	program participants to meaningful, 
23.34 	sustainable living-wage employment. This is 
23.35 	a onetime appropriation.
24.1 	(qq) $300,000 each year is from the workforce 
24.2 	development fund for a grant to YMCA of the 
24.3 	North to provide job training and workforce 
24.4 	development services for underserved 
24.5 	communities. This is a onetime appropriation.
24.6 	(rr)(1) $1,000,000 each year is from the 
24.7 	workforce development fund for grants to 
24.8 	assist internationally trained professionals in 
24.9 	earning the professional licenses required to 
24.10 	do similar work in Minnesota. The 
24.11 	commissioner shall work with local workforce 
24.12 	development boards to award these grants and 
24.13 	shall give preference to efforts to assist 
24.14 	professionals in occupations where there is 
24.15 	unmet local need for that profession's skills. 
24.16 	This is a onetime appropriation.
24.17 	(2) Eligible uses of grant funds may include 
24.18 	but are not limited to:
24.19 	(i) subsidizing the cost of training for or taking 
24.20 	required licensing examinations;
24.21 	(ii) providing instruction in English as a 
24.22 	second language;
24.23 	(iii) supportive services that increase the 
24.24 	success rate of individuals seeking licensing; 
24.25 	and
24.26 	(iv) connecting newly licensed individuals 
24.27 	with appropriate employment.
24.28 	(3) By February 15, 2024, and each February 
24.29 	15 in an even-numbered year thereafter, the 
24.30 	commissioner shall submit a report to the 
24.31 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
24.32 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
24.33 	workforce development on the use of grant 
25.1 	funds and program outcomes. At a minimum, 
25.2 	the report must include:
25.3 	(i) the number of new professional licenses 
25.4 	facilitated by the program;
25.5 	(ii) information on the employment outcomes 
25.6 	of individuals supported by the program; and
25.7 	(iii) any other quantifiable measures of 
25.8 	success.

25.9	Subd. 4.General Support Services
 		3,692,000
		4,005,000

25.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
25.11	General Fund
	3,637,000
	3,950,000
	
25.12
25.13	Workforce 
Development
	55,000
	55,000
	
25.14 	$1,269,000 each year is for transfer to the 
25.15 	Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for 
25.16 	operating the Olmstead Compliance Office.

25.17	Subd. 5.Minnesota Trade Office
 		2,142,000
		2,142,000
	
25.18 	(a) $200,000 each year is for the STEP grants 
25.19 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.979. The 
25.20 	base for this purpose in fiscal year 2024 and 
25.21 	beyond is $300,000.
25.22 	(b) $180,000 each year is for the Invest 
25.23 	Minnesota marketing initiative in Minnesota 
25.24 	Statutes, section 116J.9781.
25.25 	(c) $270,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
25.26 	Trade Offices under Minnesota Statutes, 
25.27 	section 116J.978.

25.28	Subd. 6.Vocational Rehabilitation
 		36,691,000
		36,691,000

25.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
25.30	General
	28,861,000
	28,861,000
	
25.31
25.32	Workforce 
Development
	7,830,000
	7,830,000
	
26.1 	(a) $14,300,000 each year is for the state's 
26.2 	vocational rehabilitation program under 
26.3 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268A.
26.4 	(b) $8,995,000 each year from the general fund 
26.5 	and $6,830,000 each year from the workforce 
26.6 	development fund are for extended 
26.7 	employment services for persons with severe 
26.8 	disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
26.9 	268A.15. Of the amounts appropriated from 
26.10 	the general fund, $2,000,000 each year is for 
26.11 	maintaining prior rate increases to providers 
26.12 	of extended employment services for persons 
26.13 	with severe disabilities under Minnesota 
26.14 	Statutes, section 268A.15.
26.15 	(c) $2,555,000 each year is for grants to 
26.16 	programs that provide employment support 
26.17 	services to persons with mental illness under 
26.18 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 
26.19 	268A.14.
26.20 	(d) $3,011,000 each year is for grants to 
26.21 	centers for independent living under 
26.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11.
26.23 	(e) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
26.24 	development fund for grants under Minnesota 
26.25 	Statutes, section 268A.16, for employment 
26.26 	services for persons, including transition-age 
26.27 	youth, who are deaf, deafblind, or 
26.28 	hard-of-hearing. If the amount in the first year 
26.29 	is insufficient, the amount in the second year 
26.30 	is available in the first year.

26.31	Subd. 7.Services for the Blind
 		6,425,000
		6,425,000
	
26.32 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for 
26.33 	senior citizens who are becoming blind. At 
26.34 	least one-half of the funds for this purpose 
27.1 	must be used to provide training services for 
27.2 	seniors who are becoming blind. Training 
27.3 	services must provide independent living skills 
27.4 	to seniors who are becoming blind to allow 
27.5 	them to continue to live independently in their 
27.6 	homes.

27.7
27.8	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND 
INDUSTRY

27.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	31,817,000
	$
	30,717,000

27.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
27.11		2022
	2023
	
27.12	General
	5,379,000
	4,379,000
	
27.13
27.14	Workers' 
Compensation
	22,991,000
	22,991,000
	
27.15
27.16	Workforce 
Development
	3,447,000
	3,347,000
	
27.17 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
27.18 	purpose are specified in the following 
27.19 	subdivisions.

27.20	Subd. 2.General Support
 		6,939,000
		6,939,000

27.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
27.22	General
	900,000
	900,000
	
27.23
27.24	Workers' 
Compensation
	6,039,000
	6,039,000
	
27.25 	$900,000 each year is for system upgrades. 
27.26 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
27.27 	2023, and is a onetime appropriation. This 
27.28 	appropriation includes funds for information 
27.29 	technology project services and support 
27.30 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
27.31 	16E.0466. Any ongoing information 
27.32 	technology costs must be incorporated into 
27.33 	the service level agreement and must be paid 
27.34 	to the Office of MN.IT Services by the 
27.35 	commissioner of labor and industry under the 
28.1 	rates and mechanism specified in that 
28.2 	agreement.

28.3	Subd. 3.Labor Standards and Apprenticeship
 		6,226,000
		5,226,000

28.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
28.5	General
	4,479,000
	3,479,000
	
28.6
28.7	Workforce 
Development
	1,747,000
	1,747,000
	
28.8 	(a) $2,046,000 each year is for wage theft 
28.9 	prevention.
28.10 	(b) $1,271,000 each year is from the 
28.11 	workforce development fund for the 
28.12 	apprenticeship program under Minnesota 
28.13 	Statutes, chapter 178.
28.14 	(c) $151,000 each year is from the workforce 
28.15 	development fund for prevailing wage 
28.16 	enforcement.
28.17 	(d) $100,000 each year is from the workforce 
28.18 	development fund for labor education and 
28.19 	advancement program grants under Minnesota 
28.20 	Statutes, section 178.11, to expand and 
28.21 	promote registered apprenticeship training for 
28.22 	minorities and women.
28.23 	(e) $225,000 each year is from the workforce 
28.24 	development fund for grants to the 
28.25 	Construction Careers Foundation for the 
28.26 	Helmets to Hard Hats Minnesota initiative. 
28.27 	Grant funds must be used to recruit, retain, 
28.28 	assist, and support National Guard, reserve, 
28.29 	and active duty military members' and 
28.30 	veterans' participation into apprenticeship 
28.31 	programs registered with the Department of 
28.32 	Labor and Industry and connect them with 
28.33 	career training and employment in the building 
28.34 	and construction industry. The recruitment, 
29.1 	selection, employment, and training must be 
29.2 	without discrimination due to race, color, 
29.3 	creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual 
29.4 	orientation, marital status, physical or mental 
29.5 	disability, receipt of public assistance, or age. 
29.6 	This is a onetime appropriation.
29.7 	(f) $84,000 the first year and $34,000 the 
29.8 	second year are for outreach and enforcement 
29.9 	efforts related to changes to the nursing 
29.10 	mothers, lactating employees, and pregnancy 
29.11 	accommodations law.
29.12 	(g) $1,000,000 the first year is for the loggers 
29.13 	safety grant program.

29.14	Subd. 4.Workers' Compensation
 		11,882,000
		11,882,000
	
29.15 	This appropriation is from the workers' 
29.16 	compensation fund.

29.17	Subd. 5.Workplace Safety
 		5,070,000
		5,070,000
	
29.18 	This appropriation is from the workers' 
29.19 	compensation fund.

29.20	Subd. 6.Workforce Development Initiatives
 		1,700,000
		1,600,000
	
29.21 	(a) This appropriation is from the workforce 
29.22 	development fund.
29.23 	(b) $300,000 each year is from the workforce 
29.24 	development fund for the pipeline program.
29.25 	(c) $200,000 each year is from the workforce 
29.26 	development fund for identification of 
29.27 	competency standards under Minnesota 
29.28 	Statutes, section 175.45.
29.29 	(d) $1,100,000 each year is from the 
29.30 	workforce development fund for youth skills 
29.31 	training grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
29.32 	section 175.46. Of this amount, $100,000 each 
29.33 	year is for administration of the program.
30.1 	(e)(1) $100,000 the first year is from the 
30.2 	workforce development fund for a grant to 
30.3 	Independent School District No. 294, Houston, 
30.4 	for the Minnesota Virtual Academy's career 
30.5 	pathway program with Operating Engineers 
30.6 	Local 49. The program may include up to five 
30.7 	semesters of courses, and must lead to 
30.8 	eligibility into the Operating Engineers Local 
30.9 	49 apprenticeship program. The grant may be 
30.10 	used to encourage and support student 
30.11 	participation in the career pathway program 
30.12 	through additional academic, counseling, and 
30.13 	other support services provided by the 
30.14 	student's enrolling school district to provide 
30.15 	these services. This appropriation is available 
30.16 	until June 30, 2023; and
30.17 	(2) by January 15, 2024, Independent School 
30.18 	District No. 294, Houston, must submit a 
30.19 	written report to the chairs and ranking 
30.20 	minority members of the house of 
30.21 	representatives and senate committees of the 
30.22 	legislature having jurisdiction over education 
30.23 	and workforce development describing 
30.24 	students' experiences with the program. The 
30.25 	report must document the program's spending, 
30.26 	list the number of students participating in the 
30.27 	program and entering the apprenticeship 
30.28 	program, and make recommendations for 
30.29 	improving support of career pathway programs 
30.30 	statewide.

30.31
30.32	Sec. 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT 
OF APPEALS
 	$
	2,283,000
	$
	2,283,000
	
30.33 	This appropriation is from the workers' 
30.34 	compensation fund.

30.35	Sec. 5. BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES
 	$
	2,370,000
	$
	2,415,000
	
31.1 	(a) $125,000 each year is for purposes of the 
31.2 	Public Employment Relations Board under 
31.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.041. This 
31.4 	is a onetime appropriation.
31.5 	(b) $68,000 each year is for grants to area 
31.6 	labor management committees. Grants may 
31.7 	be awarded for a 12-month period beginning 
31.8 	July 1 each year. Any unencumbered balance 
31.9 	remaining at the end of the first year does not 
31.10 	cancel but is available for the second year.
31.11 	(c) $47,000 each year is for rulemaking, 
31.12 	staffing, and other costs associated with peace 
31.13 	officer grievance procedures.

31.14 	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
 31.15 	$6,200,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
31.16 	of transportation for project development of a land bridge freeway lid over marked Interstate 
31.17 	Highway 94 in a portion of the segment from Lexington Avenue to Rice Street in St. Paul. 
31.18 	This amount is available to match federal funds and for project planning and development, 
31.19 	including area planning, community and land use planning, economic development planning, 
31.20 	design, and project management and analysis. From this amount, the commissioner may 
31.21 	make grants to Reconnect Rondo to perform any eligible project development activities. 
31.22 	This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2025.

31.23 	Sec. 7. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
 31.24 	$400,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $0 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the general 
31.25 	fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the career 
31.26 	and technical educator pilot project under article 2, section 25. Of this amount, $250,000 
31.27 	is for transfer to Winona State University and $150,000 is for transfer to Minnesota State 
31.28 	College Southeast for the purposes listed in article 2, section 25. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
31.29 	Statutes, section 16A.28, unencumbered balances under this section do not cancel until July 
31.30 	1, 2025.

32.1 	Sec. 8. CANCELLATIONS; FISCAL YEAR 2021.
 32.2 	(a) $18,265,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2020, Seventh 
32.3 	Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 1, subdivision 7, is canceled.
32.4 	(b) $72,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2020, Seventh 
32.5 	Special Session chapter 2, article 5, section 1, is canceled.
32.6 	(c) $901,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2020, Seventh 
32.7 	Special Session chapter 2, article 4, section 1, subdivision 1, is canceled.
32.8 	(d) $25,000,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2020, Seventh 
32.9 	Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 2, is canceled.
32.10 	(e) $205,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2019, First 
32.11 	Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph (a), estimated to be 
32.12 	$205,000, is canceled.
32.13 	(f) $50,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2019, First Special 
32.14 	Session chapter 7, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph (d), is canceled.
32.15 	(g) $125,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2019, First 
32.16 	Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (aa), is canceled.
32.17 	(h) $1,022,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2019, First 
32.18 	Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is canceled.
32.19 	(i) $203,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2019, First 
32.20 	Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, is canceled.
32.21 	(j) $102,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation in Laws 2019, First 
32.22 	Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 5, is canceled.

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

32.24 	ARTICLE 2
32.25 	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

32.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 41A.19, is amended to read:
32.27 	41A.19 REPORT; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.
32.28 	By January 15 each year, the commissioner shall report on the incentive programs under 
32.29 	sections 41A.16, 41A.17, and41A.18, 41A.20, and 41A.21 to the legislative committees 
32.30 	with jurisdiction over environment and agriculture policy and finance. The report shall 
32.31 	include information on production and incentive expenditures under the programs.

33.1 	Sec. 2. [41A.21] ORIENTED STRAND BOARD PRODUCTION INCENTIVE.
33.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
33.3 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
33.4 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
33.5 	(c) "Forest resources" means raw wood logs and material primarily made up of cellulose, 
33.6 	hemicellulose, or lignin, or a combination of those ingredients.
33.7 	(d) "Oriented strand board" or "OSB" means a material manufactured into panels using 
33.8 	forest resources.
33.9 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. (a) A facility eligible for payment under this section must source 
33.10 	at least 80 percent of its forest resources raw materials from Minnesota. The facility must 
33.11 	be located in Minnesota, must begin construction activities by December 31, 2022, for a 
33.12 	specific location, must begin production at a specific location by June 30, 2025, and must 
33.13 	not begin operating before January 1, 2022. Eligible facilities must be new OSB construction 
33.14 	sites with total capital investment in excess of $250,000,000. Eligible OSB production 
33.15 	facilities must produce at least 200,000,000 OSB square feet on a 3/8 inch nominal basis 
33.16 	of OSB each year. At least one product produced at the facility should be a wood-based 
33.17 	wall or roof structural sheathing panel that has an integrated, cellulose-based paper overlay 
33.18 	that serves as a water resistive barrier.
33.19 	(b) No payments shall be made for OSB production that occurs after June 30, 2036, for 
33.20 	those eligible producers under paragraph (a).
33.21 	(c) An eligible producer of OSB shall not transfer the producer's eligibility for payments 
33.22 	under this section to a facility at a different location.
33.23 	(d) A producer that ceases production for any reason is ineligible to receive payments 
33.24 	under this section until the producer resumes production.
33.25 		Subd. 3.Payment amounts; limits. (a) The commissioner shall make payments to 
33.26 	eligible producers of OSB. The amount of the payment for each eligible producer's annual 
33.27 	production is $7.50 per 1,000 OSB square feet on a 3/8 inch nominal basis of OSB produced 
33.28 	at a specific location for ten years starting after the first calendar year in which production 
33.29 	begins.
33.30 	(b) Total payments under this section to an eligible OSB producer in a fiscal year may 
33.31 	not exceed the amount necessary for 400,000,000 OSB square feet on a 3/8 inch nominal 
33.32 	basis of OSB produced. Total payments under this section to all eligible OSB producers in 
33.33 	a fiscal year may not exceed the amount necessary for 400,000,000 OSB square feet on a 
34.1 	3/8 inch nominal basis of OSB produced. If the total amount for which all producers are 
34.2 	eligible in a quarter exceeds the amount available for payments, the commissioner shall 
34.3 	make the payments on a pro rata basis.
34.4 	(c) For purposes of this section, an entity that holds a controlling interest in more than 
34.5 	one OSB facility is considered a single eligible producer.
34.6 		Subd. 4.Forest resources requirements. Forest resources that are purchased to be used 
34.7 	at the facility must be in compliance with one or more of the following: the Sustainable 
34.8 	Forestry Initiative Fiber Sourcing Standard, the Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody 
34.9 	Standard, or the Forest Stewardship Controlled Wood Standard. For forest resources that 
34.10 	come from land parcels greater than 160 acres, all efforts must be made to procure from 
34.11 	land that is certified by one or more of the following: the Forest Stewardship Council Forest 
34.12 	Management Standard, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Forest Management Standard, or 
34.13 	the American Tree Farm System.
34.14 		Subd. 5.Claims. (a) By the last day of October, January, April, and July, each eligible 
34.15 	OSB producer shall file a claim for payment for OSB production during the preceding three 
34.16 	calendar months. An eligible OSB producer that files a claim under this subdivision shall 
34.17 	include a statement of the eligible producer's total board feet of OSB produced during the 
34.18 	quarter covered by the claim. For each claim and statement of total board feet of OSB filed 
34.19 	under this subdivision, the board feet of OSB produced must be examined by a certified 
34.20 	public accounting firm with a valid permit to practice under chapter 326A, in accordance 
34.21 	with Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements established by the American 
34.22 	Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
34.23 	(b) The commissioner must issue payments by November 15, February 15, May 15, and 
34.24 	August 15. A separate payment must be made for each claim filed.
34.25 		Subd. 6.Appropriation. (a) In fiscal year 2025, a sum sufficient to make the payments 
34.26 	required by this section, not to exceed $1,500,000, is appropriated from the general fund to 
34.27 	the commissioner. This is a onetime appropriation.
34.28 	(b) From fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2034, a sum sufficient to make the payments 
34.29 	required by this section, not to exceed $3,000,000 in a fiscal year, is annually appropriated 
34.30 	from the general fund to the commissioner.

34.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.035, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
34.32 		Subd. 6.Receipt of gifts, money; appropriation. (a) The commissioner may:
35.1 	(1) apply for, accept, and disburse gifts, bequests, grants, payments for services, loans, 
35.2 	or other property from the United States, the state, private foundations, or any other source;
35.3 	(2) enter into an agreement required for the gifts, grants, or loans; and
35.4 	(3) hold, use, and dispose of its assets according to the terms of the gift, grant, loan, or 
35.5 	agreement.
35.6 	(b) Money received by the commissioner under this subdivision must be deposited in a 
35.7 	separate account in the state treasury and invested by the State Board of Investment. The 
35.8 	amount deposited, including investment earnings, is appropriated to the commissioner to 
35.9 	carry out duties under this section.
35.10 	(c) Money received by the commissioner under this subdivision for State Services for 
35.11 	the Blind is exempt from depositing gifts, bequests, charitable contributions, and similar 
35.12 	contributions made solely into the state treasury.

35.13 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
35.14 		Subd. 2.Eligible projects. (a) An economic development project for which a county or 
35.15 	city may be eligible to receive a grant under this section includes:
35.16 	(1) manufacturing;
35.17 	(2) technology;
35.18 	(3) warehousing and distribution;
35.19 	(4) research and development;
35.20 	(5) agricultural processing, defined as transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading 
35.21 	livestock or livestock products into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption, 
35.22 	including goods for nonfood use; or
35.23 	(6) industrial park development that would be used by any other business listed in this 
35.24 	subdivision even if no business has committed to locate in the industrial park at the time 
35.25 	the grant application is made.
35.26 	(b) Up to 15 percent of the development of a project may be for a purpose that is not 
35.27 	included under this subdivision as an eligible project. A city or county must provide notice 
35.28 	to the commissioner for the commissioner's approval of the proposed project.

35.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
35.30 	applies to projects that have been funded previously under Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.31 	116J.431.

36.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.431, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.2 		Subd. 3.Ineligible projects. The following Projects, including but not limited to the 
36.3 	following types, are not eligibleineligible for a grant under this section:
36.4 	(1) retail development; or
36.5 	(2) office space development, except as incidental to an eligible purpose.

36.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
36.7 	applies to projects that have been funded previously under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.8 	116J.431.

36.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.431, is amended by adding a subdivision 
36.10 	to read:
36.11 		Subd. 3a.Development restrictions expiration. After ten years from the date of the 
36.12 	grant award under this section, if an eligible project for which the public infrastructure was 
36.13 	intended has not been developed, any other lawful project may be developed and supported 
36.14 	by the public infrastructure. The city or county must notify the commissioner of the project.

36.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
36.16 	applies to projects that have been funded previously under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.17 	116J.431.

36.18 	Sec. 7. [116J.8749] MAIN STREET ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
36.19 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
36.20 	the meanings given.
36.21 	(b) "Borrower" means an eligible recipient receiving a loan guaranteed under this section.
36.22 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
36.23 	(d) "Eligible project" means the development, redevelopment, demolition, site preparation, 
36.24 	predesign, design, engineering, repair, or renovation of real property or capital improvements. 
36.25 	Eligible projects must be designed to address the greatest economic development and 
36.26 	redevelopment needs that have arisen in the community surrounding that real property since 
36.27 	March 15, 2020. Eligible project includes but is not limited to the construction of buildings, 
36.28 	infrastructure, and related site amenities, landscaping, or street-scaping. Eligible project 
36.29 	does not include the purchase of real estate or business operations or business operating 
36.30 	expenses, such as inventory, wages, or working capital.
36.31 	(e) "Eligible recipient" means a:
37.1 	(1) business;
37.2 	(2) nonprofit organization; or
37.3 	(3) developer
37.4 	that is seeking funding to complete an eligible project. Eligible recipient does not include 
37.5 	a partner organization or a local unit of government.
37.6 	(f) "Guaranteed loan" means a loan guaranteed by the state for 80 percent of the loan 
37.7 	amount for a maximum period of 15 years from the origination of the loan.
37.8 	(g) "Leveraged grant" means a grant that is matched by the eligible recipient's 
37.9 	commitment to the eligible project of nonstate funds at a level of 200 percent of the grant 
37.10 	amount. The nonstate match may include but is not limited to funds contributed by a partner 
37.11 	organization and insurance proceeds.
37.12 	(h) "Loan guarantee trust fund" means a dedicated account established under this section 
37.13 	for the purpose of compensation for defaulted loan guarantees.
37.14 	(i) "Partner organizations" or "partners" means:
37.15 	(1) foundations engaged in economic development;
37.16 	(2) community development financial institutions; and
37.17 	(3) community development corporations.
37.18 	(j) "Program" means the Main Street Economic Revitalization Program under this section.
37.19 	(k) "Subordinated loan" means a loan secured by a lien that is lower in priority than one 
37.20 	or more specified other liens.
37.21 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The commissioner shall establish the Main Street Economic 
37.22 	Revitalization Program to make grants to partner organizations to fund leveraged grants 
37.23 	and guaranteed loans to specific named eligible recipients for eligible projects that are 
37.24 	designed to address the greatest economic development and redevelopment needs that have 
37.25 	arisen in the surrounding community since March 15, 2020.
37.26 		Subd. 3.Grants to partner organizations. (a) The commissioner shall make grants to 
37.27 	partner organizations to provide leveraged grants and guaranteed loans to eligible recipients 
37.28 	using criteria, forms, applications, and reporting requirements developed by the 
37.29 	commissioner.
37.30 	(b) To be eligible for a grant, a partner organization must:
38.1 	(1) outline a plan to provide leveraged grants and guaranteed loans to eligible recipients 
38.2 	for specific eligible projects that represent the greatest economic development and 
38.3 	redevelopment needs in the surrounding community. This plan must include an analysis of 
38.4 	the economic impact of the eligible projects the partner organization proposes to make these 
38.5 	investments in;
38.6 	(2) establish a process of ensuring there are no conflicts of interest in determining awards 
38.7 	under the program; and
38.8 	(3) demonstrate that the partner organization has raised funds for the specific purposes 
38.9 	of this program to commit to the proposed eligible projects or will do so within the 15-month 
38.10 	period following the encumbrance of funds. Existing assets and state or federal funds may 
38.11 	not be used to meet this requirement.
38.12 	(c) Grants shall be made in up to three rounds:
38.13 	(1) a first round with an application date before September 1, 2021, during which no 
38.14 	more than 50 percent of available funds will be granted;
38.15 	(2) a second round with an application date after September 1, 2021, but before March 
38.16 	1, 2022; and
38.17 	(3) a third round with an application date after June 30, 2023, if any funds remain after 
38.18 	the first two rounds.
38.19 	A partner may apply in multiple rounds for projects that were not funded in earlier rounds 
38.20 	or for new projects.
38.21 	(d) Up to four percent of a grant under this subdivision may be used by the partner 
38.22 	organization for administration and monitoring of the program.
38.23 		Subd. 4.Award criteria. In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner shall 
38.24 	give funding preference to applications that:
38.25 	(1) have the greatest regional economic impact under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause 
38.26 	(1), particularly with regard to increasing the local tax base; and
38.27 	(2) have the greatest portion of the estimated cost of the eligible projects met through 
38.28 	nonstate funds.
38.29 		Subd. 5.Leveraged grants to eligible recipients. (a) A leveraged grant to an eligible 
38.30 	recipient shall be for no more than $750,000.
38.31 	(b) A leveraged grant may be used to finance no more than 30 percent of an eligible 
38.32 	project.
39.1 	(c) An eligible project must have secured commitments for all required matching funds 
39.2 	and all required development approvals before a leveraged grant may be distributed.
39.3 		Subd. 6.Guaranteed loans to eligible recipients. (a) A guaranteed loan to an eligible 
39.4 	recipient must:
39.5 	(1) be for no more than $2,000,000;
39.6 	(2) be for a term of no more than 15 years; and
39.7 	(3) comply with the terms under subdivision 7.
39.8 	(b) An eligible project must have all required development approvals before a guaranteed 
39.9 	loan may be distributed.
39.10 	(c) Upon origination of a guaranteed loan, the commissioner must reserve ten percent 
39.11 	of the loan amount into the loan guarantee trust fund created under subdivision 8.
39.12 	(d) No guaranteed loan may be made to an eligible recipient after December 31, 2024.
39.13 		Subd. 7.Required terms for guaranteed loans. For a guaranteed loan under the 
39.14 	program:
39.15 	(1) principal and interest payments made by the borrower under the terms of the loan 
39.16 	are to reduce the guaranteed and nonguaranteed portion of the loan on a proportionate basis. 
39.17 	The nonguaranteed portion shall not receive preferential treatment over the guaranteed 
39.18 	portion;
39.19 	(2) the partner organization shall not accelerate repayment of the loan or exercise other 
39.20 	remedies if the borrower defaults, unless:
39.21 	(i) the borrower fails to make a required payment of principal or interest within 60 days 
39.22 	of the due date; or
39.23 	(ii) the commissioner consents in writing;
39.24 	(3) in the event of a default, the partner organization may not make a demand for payment 
39.25 	pursuant to the guarantee unless the commissioner agrees in writing that the default has 
39.26 	materially affected the rights or security of the parties;
39.27 	(4) the partner organization must timely prepare and deliver to the commissioner, annually 
39.28 	by the date specified in the loan guarantee, an audited or reviewed financial statement for 
39.29 	the loan, prepared by a certified public accountant according to generally accepted accounting 
39.30 	principles, if available, and documentation that the borrower used the loan proceeds solely 
39.31 	for an eligible project;
40.1 	(5) the commissioner shall have access to loan documents at any time subsequent to the 
40.2 	loan documents being submitted to the partner organization;
40.3 	(6) the partner organization must maintain adequate records and documents concerning 
40.4 	the loan so that the commissioner may determine the borrower's financial condition and 
40.5 	compliance with program requirements;
40.6 	(7) orderly liquidation of collateral securing the loan must be provided for in the event 
40.7 	of default, pursuant to the loan guarantee; and
40.8 	(8) the guaranteed portion of the loan may be subordinate to other loans made by lenders 
40.9 	in the overall financing package.
40.10 		Subd. 8.Loan guarantee trust fund established. A loan guarantee trust fund account 
40.11 	in the special revenue fund is created in the state treasury to pay for defaulted loan guarantees. 
40.12 	The commissioner shall administer this account. The day that this section expires, all 
40.13 	remaining funds in the account are canceled to the general fund.
40.14 		Subd. 9.Statewide program. In proportion to eligible demand, leveraged grants and 
40.15 	guaranteed loans under this section shall be made so that an approximately equal dollar 
40.16 	amount of leveraged grants and guaranteed loans are made to businesses in the metropolitan 
40.17 	area as in the nonmetropolitan area, not to exceed 65 percent in any one area. After June 
40.18 	30, 2023, the department may allow leveraged grants and guaranteed loans to be made 
40.19 	anywhere in the state without regard to geographic area.
40.20 		Subd. 10.Exemptions. All grants and grant-making processes under this section are 
40.21 	exempt from Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.15, subdivision 3; 16B.97; and 16B.98, 
40.22 	subdivisions 5, 7, and 8. The commissioner must audit the use of funds under this section 
40.23 	in accordance with standard accounting practices. The exemptions under this subdivision 
40.24 	expire on December 31, 2023.
40.25 		Subd. 11.Reports. (a) By January 31, 2022, and annually until December 31, 2026, 
40.26 	after which biennial reporting will be permitted after the commissioner consults with the 
40.27 	legislature, partner organizations participating in the program must provide a report to the 
40.28 	commissioner that includes descriptions of the eligible projects supported by the program, 
40.29 	the type and amount of support provided, any economic development gains attributable to 
40.30 	the support, and an explanation of administrative expenses.
40.31 	(b) By February 15, 2022, and annually until December 31, 2026, after which biennial 
40.32 	reporting will be permitted after the commissioner consults with the legislature, the 
40.33 	commissioner must report to the legislative committees in the house of representatives and 
41.1 	senate with jurisdiction over economic development about funding provided under this 
41.2 	program based on the information received under paragraph (a) and about the performance 
41.3 	of the loan guarantee trust fund.
41.4 		Subd. 12.Expiration. This section expires December 31, 2036.

41.5 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.40, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
41.6 	read:
41.7 		Subd. 2a.Automation technology. "Automation technology" means a process or 
41.8 	procedure performed with minimal human assistance. Automation or automatic control is 
41.9 	the use of various control systems for operating equipment such as machinery, processes 
41.10 	in factories, or other applications with minimal or reduced human intervention. Adoption, 
41.11 	implementation, and utilization of any one of three types of automation in production are 
41.12 	acceptable for consideration of this program, including fixed automation, programmable 
41.13 	automation, and flexible automation.

41.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.40, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
41.15 		Subd. 5.Employee. "Employee" means the individual employed in a new or existing
41.16 	job.

41.17 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.40, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
41.18 		Subd. 6.Employer. "Employer" means the individual, corporation, partnership, limited 
41.19 	liability company, or association providing new jobs or investing in new automation 
41.20 	technology and entering into an agreement.

41.21 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.40, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
41.22 		Subd. 9.Program costs. "Program costs" means all necessary and incidental costs of 
41.23 	providing program services, except that program costs are increased by $1,000 per employee 
41.24 	for an individual with a disability. The term does not include the cost of purchasing equipment 
41.25 	to be owned or used by the training or educational institution or service.

41.26 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.40, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
41.27 		Subd. 10.Program services. "Program services" means training and education 
41.28 	specifically directed to new or existing jobs that are determined to be appropriate by the 
41.29 	commissioner, including in-house training; services provided by institutions of higher 
42.1 	education and federal, state, or local agencies; or private training or educational services. 
42.2 	Administrative services and assessment and testing costs are included.

42.3 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.41, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
42.4 		Subdivision 1.Service provision. Upon request, the commissioner shall provide or 
42.5 	coordinate the provision of program services under sections 116L.40 to 116L.42 to a business 
42.6 	eligible for grants under this section 116L.42. The commissioner shall specify the form of 
42.7 	and required information to be provided with applications for projects to be funded with 
42.8 	grants under this section 116L.42.

42.9 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.41, is amended by adding a subdivision 
42.10 	to read:
42.11 		Subd. 1a.Job training incentive program. (a) The commissioner may provide grants 
42.12 	in aid of up to $200,000 to new or expanding employers at a location in Minnesota and 
42.13 	outside of the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, for the 
42.14 	provision of program services using the guidelines in this subdivision.
42.15 	(b) The program must involve training and education specifically directed to new jobs 
42.16 	that are determined to be appropriate by the commissioner.
42.17 	(c) The program must give preference to projects that provide training for economically 
42.18 	disadvantaged people, people of color, or people with disabilities and to employers located 
42.19 	in economically distressed areas.
42.20 	(d) Employers are eligible for reimbursement of program costs of up to $10,000 per new 
42.21 	job for which training is provided, with an additional $1,000 available per new job for an 
42.22 	individual with a disability.

42.23 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.41, is amended by adding a subdivision 
42.24 	to read:
42.25 		Subd. 1b.Automation incentive program. (a) The commissioner may provide grants 
42.26 	in aid of up to $35,000 to employers at a location in Minnesota outside of the metropolitan 
42.27 	area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, for the provision of program services 
42.28 	using the guidelines in this subdivision.
42.29 	(b) The employer must be an existing business located in Minnesota that is in the 
42.30 	manufacturing or skilled assembly production industry and has 150 or fewer full-time 
42.31 	employees companywide.
43.1 	(c) The employer must be invested in new automation technology within the past year 
43.2 	or plan to invest in new automation technology within the project time frame specified in 
43.3 	the agreement under subdivision 3.
43.4 	(d) The program must involve training and education for full-time, permanent employees 
43.5 	that is directly related to the new automation technology.
43.6 	(e) The program must give preference to projects that provide training for economically 
43.7 	disadvantaged people, people of color, or people with disabilities and to employers located 
43.8 	in economically distressed areas.
43.9 	(f) Employers are eligible for program cost reimbursement of up to $5,000 per employee 
43.10 	trained on new automation technology and retained.

43.11 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.12 		Subd. 2.Agreements; required terms. (a) The commissioner may enter into an 
43.13 	agreement to establish a project with an employer that:
43.14 	(1) identifies program costs to be paid from sources under the program;
43.15 	(2) identifies program costs to be paid by the employer;
43.16 	(3) provides that on-the-job training costs for employees may not exceed 50 percent of 
43.17 	the annual gross wages and salaries of the new jobs in the first full year after execution of 
43.18 	the agreement up to a maximum of $10,000 per eligible employee;
43.19 	(4) provides that each employee must be paid wages at least equal to the median hourly 
43.20 	wage for the county in which the job is located, as reported in the most recently available 
43.21 	data from the United States Bureau of the Census, plus benefits, by the earlier of the end 
43.22 	of the training period or 18 months of employment under the project receiving training 
43.23 	through the project must be paid wages of at least 120 percent of the federal poverty 
43.24 	guidelines for a family of four, plus benefits; and
43.25 	(5) provides that job training will be provided and the length of time of training.
43.26 	(b) Before entering into a final agreement, the commissioner shall:
43.27 	(1) determine that sufficient funds for the project are available under section 116L.42; 
43.28 	and
43.29 	(2) investigate the applicability of other training programs and determine whether the 
43.30 	job skills partnership grant program is a more suitable source of funding for the training 
44.1 	and whether the training can be completed in a timely manner that meets the needs of the 
44.2 	business.
44.3 	The investigation under clause (2) must be completed within 15 days or as soon as 
44.4 	reasonably possible after the employer has provided the commissioner with all the requested 
44.5 	information.

44.6 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.42, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.7 		Subdivision 1.Recovery of program costs. Amounts paid by employers for program 
44.8 	costs are repaid by a job training grant equal to the lesser of the following:
44.9 	(1) the amount of program costs specified in the agreement for the project; or
44.10 	(2) the amount of program costs paid by the employer for new training employees under 
44.11 	a project.

44.12 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116L.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44.13 		Subd. 2.Reports. (a) By February 1, 2018 2024, the commissioner shall report to the 
44.14 	governor and the legislature on the program. The report must include at least:
44.15 	(1) the amount of grants issued under the program;
44.16 	(2) the number of individuals receiving training under the program, including the number 
44.17 	of new hires who are individuals with disabilities;
44.18 	(3) the number of new hires attributable to the program, including the number of new 
44.19 	hires who are individuals with disabilities;
44.20 	(4) an analysis of the effectiveness of the grant in encouraging employment or investments 
44.21 	in automation technology; and
44.22 	(5) any other information the commissioner determines appropriate.
44.23 	(b) The report to the legislature must be distributed as provided in section 3.195.

44.24 	Sec. 19. Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
44.25 	2017, First Special Session chapter 7, section 2, is amended to read:

44.26	Subd. 2.Business and Community Development
 	$
	46,074,000
	$
	40,935,000

44.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
44.28	General
	$43,363,000
	$38,424,000
	
44.29	Remediation
	$700,000
	$700,000
	
45.1
45.2	Workforce 
Development
	$1,861,000
	$1,811,000
	
45.3	Special Revenue
	$150,000
	-0-
	
45.4 	(a) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
45.5 	job skills partnership program under 
45.6 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 
45.7 	116L.17. If the appropriation for either year 
45.8 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
45.9 	year is available. This appropriation is 
45.10 	available until spent.
45.11 	(b) $750,000 each year is for grants to the 
45.12 	Neighborhood Development Center for small 
45.13 	business programs:
45.14 	(1) training, lending, and business services;
45.15 	(2) model outreach and training in greater 
45.16 	Minnesota; and
45.17 	(3) development of new business incubators.
45.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.
45.19 	(c) $1,175,000 each year is for a grant to the 
45.20 	Metropolitan Economic Development 
45.21 	Association (MEDA) for statewide business 
45.22 	development and assistance services, including 
45.23 	services to entrepreneurs with businesses that 
45.24 	have the potential to create job opportunities 
45.25 	for unemployed and underemployed people, 
45.26 	with an emphasis on minority-owned 
45.27 	businesses. This is a onetime appropriation.
45.28 	(d) $125,000 each year is for a grant to the 
45.29 	White Earth Nation for the White Earth Nation 
45.30 	Integrated Business Development System to 
45.31 	provide business assistance with workforce 
45.32 	development, outreach, technical assistance, 
45.33 	infrastructure and operational support, 
46.1 	financing, and other business development 
46.2 	activities. This is a onetime appropriation.
46.3 	(e)(1) $12,500,000 each year is for the 
46.4 	Minnesota investment fund under Minnesota 
46.5 	Statutes, section 116J.8731. Of this amount, 
46.6 	the commissioner of employment and 
46.7 	economic development may use up to three 
46.8 	percent for administration and monitoring of 
46.9 	the program. This appropriation is available 
46.10 	until spent.
46.11 	(2) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 
46.12 	2018, $4,000,000 is for a loan to construct and 
46.13 	equip a wholesale electronic component 
46.14 	distribution center investing a minimum of 
46.15 	$200,000,000 and constructing a facility at 
46.16 	least 700,000 square feet in size. Loan funds 
46.17 	may be used for purchases of materials, 
46.18 	supplies, and equipment for the construction 
46.19 	of the facility and are available from July 1, 
46.20 	2017, to June 30, 2021. The commissioner of 
46.21 	employment and economic development shall 
46.22 	forgive the loan after verification that the 
46.23 	project has satisfied performance goals and 
46.24 	contractual obligations as required under 
46.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
46.26 	(3) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year 
46.27 	2018, $700,000 is for a loan to extend an 
46.28 	effluent pipe that will deliver reclaimed water 
46.29 	to an innovative waste-to-biofuel project 
46.30 	investing a minimum of $150,000,000 and 
46.31 	constructing a facility that is designed to 
46.32 	process approximately 400,000 tons of waste 
46.33 	annually. Loan grant to the Metropolitan 
46.34 	Council under Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.35 	116.195, for wastewater infrastructure to 
47.1 	support industrial users in Rosemount that 
47.2 	require significant water use. Grant funds are 
47.3 	available until June 30, 2021 2025.
47.4 	(f) $8,500,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
47.5 	job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
47.6 	section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the 
47.7 	commissioner of employment and economic 
47.8 	development may use up to three percent for 
47.9 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
47.10 	is available until expended. In fiscal year 2020 
47.11 	and beyond, the base amount is $8,000,000.
47.12 	(g) $1,647,000 each year is for contaminated 
47.13 	site cleanup and development grants under 
47.14 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 
47.15 	116J.558. This appropriation is available until 
47.16 	spent. In fiscal year 2020 and beyond, the base 
47.17 	amount is $1,772,000.
47.18 	(h) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the 
47.19 	Upper Minnesota Film Office.
47.20 	(i) $163,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
47.21 	Film and TV Board. The appropriation in each 
47.22 	year is available only upon receipt by the 
47.23 	board of $1 in matching contributions of 
47.24 	money or in-kind contributions from nonstate 
47.25 	sources for every $3 provided by this 
47.26 	appropriation, except that each year up to 
47.27 	$50,000 is available on July 1 even if the 
47.28 	required matching contribution has not been 
47.29 	received by that date.
47.30 	(j) $500,000 each year is from the general fund 
47.31 	for a grant to the Minnesota Film and TV 
47.32 	Board for the film production jobs program 
47.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26. 
48.1 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
48.2 	2021.
48.3 	(k) $139,000 each year is for a grant to the 
48.4 	Rural Policy and Development Center under 
48.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.421.
48.6 	(l)(1) $1,300,000 each year is for the greater 
48.7 	Minnesota business development public 
48.8 	infrastructure grant program under Minnesota 
48.9 	Statutes, section 116J.431. This appropriation 
48.10 	is available until spent. If the appropriation 
48.11 	for either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
48.12 	for the other year is available. In fiscal year 
48.13 	2020 and beyond, the base amount is 
48.14 	$1,787,000. Funds available under this 
48.15 	paragraph may be used for site preparation of 
48.16 	property owned and to be used by private 
48.17 	entities.
48.18 	(2) Of the amounts appropriated, $1,600,000 
48.19 	in fiscal year 2018 is for a grant to the city of 
48.20 	Thief River Falls to support utility extensions, 
48.21 	roads, and other public improvements related 
48.22 	to the construction of a wholesale electronic 
48.23 	component distribution center at least 700,000 
48.24 	square feet in size and investing a minimum 
48.25 	of $200,000,000. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
48.26 	Statutes, section 116J.431, a local match is 
48.27 	not required. Grant funds are available from 
48.28 	July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2021.
48.29 	(m) $876,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
48.30 	second year are for the Minnesota emerging 
48.31 	entrepreneur loan program under Minnesota 
48.32 	Statutes, section 116M.18. Funds available 
48.33 	under this paragraph are for transfer into the 
48.34 	emerging entrepreneur program special 
48.35 	revenue fund account created under Minnesota 
49.1 	Statutes, chapter 116M, and are available until 
49.2 	spent. Of this amount, up to four percent is for 
49.3 	administration and monitoring of the program. 
49.4 	In fiscal year 2020 and beyond, the base 
49.5 	amount is $1,000,000.
49.6 	(n) $875,000 each year is for a grant to 
49.7 	Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. for the small 
49.8 	business growth acceleration program under 
49.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116O.115. This 
49.10 	is a onetime appropriation.
49.11 	(o) $250,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a grant 
49.12 	to the Minnesota Design Center at the 
49.13 	University of Minnesota for the greater 
49.14 	Minnesota community design pilot project.
49.15 	(p) $275,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the 
49.16 	general fund to the commissioner of 
49.17 	employment and economic development for 
49.18 	a grant to Community and Economic 
49.19 	Development Associates (CEDA) for an 
49.20 	economic development study and analysis of 
49.21 	the effects of current and projected economic 
49.22 	growth in southeast Minnesota. CEDA shall 
49.23 	report on the findings and recommendations 
49.24 	of the study to the committees of the house of 
49.25 	representatives and senate with jurisdiction 
49.26 	over economic development and workforce 
49.27 	issues by February 15, 2019. All results and 
49.28 	information gathered from the study shall be 
49.29 	made available for use by cities in southeast 
49.30 	Minnesota by March 15, 2019. This 
49.31 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
49.32 	(q) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a 
49.33 	grant to Pillsbury United Communities for 
49.34 	construction and renovation of a building in 
49.35 	north Minneapolis for use as the "North 
50.1 	Market" grocery store and wellness center, 
50.2 	focused on offering healthy food, increasing 
50.3 	health care access, and providing job creation 
50.4 	and economic opportunities in one place for 
50.5 	children and families living in the area. To the 
50.6 	extent possible, Pillsbury United Communities 
50.7 	shall employ individuals who reside within a 
50.8 	five mile radius of the grocery store and 
50.9 	wellness center. This appropriation is not 
50.10 	available until at least an equal amount of 
50.11 	money is committed from nonstate sources. 
50.12 	This appropriation is available until the project 
50.13 	is completed or abandoned, subject to 
50.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
50.15 	(r) $1,425,000 each year is for the business 
50.16 	development competitive grant program. Of 
50.17 	this amount, up to five percent is for 
50.18 	administration and monitoring of the business 
50.19 	development competitive grant program. All 
50.20 	grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
50.21 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
50.22 	(s) $875,000 each year is for the host 
50.23 	community economic development grant 
50.24 	program established in Minnesota Statutes, 
50.25 	section 116J.548.
50.26 	(t) $700,000 each year is from the remediation 
50.27 	fund for contaminated site cleanup and 
50.28 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
50.29 	sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This 
50.30 	appropriation is available until spent.
50.31 	(u) $161,000 each year is from the workforce 
50.32 	development fund for a grant to the Rural 
50.33 	Policy and Development Center. This is a 
50.34 	onetime appropriation.
51.1 	(v) $300,000 each year is from the workforce 
51.2 	development fund for a grant to Enterprise 
51.3 	Minnesota, Inc. This is a onetime 
51.4 	appropriation.
51.5 	(w) $50,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the 
51.6 	workforce development fund for a grant to 
51.7 	Fighting Chance for behavioral intervention 
51.8 	programs for at-risk youth.
51.9 	(x) $1,350,000 each year is from the 
51.10 	workforce development fund for job training 
51.11 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
51.12 	116L.42.
51.13 	(y)(1) $519,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for 
51.14 	grants to local communities to increase the 
51.15 	supply of quality child care providers in order 
51.16 	to support economic development. At least 60 
51.17 	percent of grant funds must go to communities 
51.18 	located outside of the seven-county 
51.19 	metropolitan area, as defined under Minnesota 
51.20 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2. Grant 
51.21 	recipients must obtain a 50 percent nonstate 
51.22 	match to grant funds in either cash or in-kind 
51.23 	contributions. Grant funds available under this 
51.24 	paragraph must be used to implement solutions 
51.25 	to reduce the child care shortage in the state 
51.26 	including but not limited to funding for child 
51.27 	care business start-ups or expansions, training, 
51.28 	facility modifications or improvements 
51.29 	required for licensing, and assistance with 
51.30 	licensing and other regulatory requirements. 
51.31 	In awarding grants, the commissioner must 
51.32 	give priority to communities that have 
51.33 	documented a shortage of child care providers 
51.34 	in the area.
52.1 	(2) Within one year of receiving grant funds, 
52.2 	grant recipients must report to the 
52.3 	commissioner on the outcomes of the grant 
52.4 	program including but not limited to the 
52.5 	number of new providers, the number of 
52.6 	additional child care provider jobs created, the 
52.7 	number of additional child care slots, and the 
52.8 	amount of local funds invested.
52.9 	(3) By January 1 of each year, starting in 2019, 
52.10 	the commissioner must report to the standing 
52.11 	committees of the legislature having 
52.12 	jurisdiction over child care and economic 
52.13 	development on the outcomes of the program 
52.14 	to date.
52.15 	(z) $319,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the 
52.16 	general fund for a grant to the East Phillips 
52.17 	Improvement Coalition to create the East 
52.18 	Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) to 
52.19 	expand culturally tailored resources that 
52.20 	address small business growth and create 
52.21 	green jobs. The grant shall fund the 
52.22 	collaborative work of Tamales y Bicicletas, 
52.23 	Little Earth of the United Tribes, a nonprofit 
52.24 	serving East Africans, and other coalition 
52.25 	members towards toward developing EPNI as 
52.26 	a community space to host activities including, 
52.27 	but not limited to, creation and expansion of 
52.28 	small businesses, culturally specific 
52.29 	entrepreneurial activities, indoor urban 
52.30 	farming, job training, education, and skills 
52.31 	development for residents of this low-income, 
52.32 	environmental justice designated 
52.33 	neighborhood. Eligible uses for grant funds 
52.34 	include, but are not limited to, planning and 
52.35 	start-up costs, staff and consultant costs, 
53.1 	building improvements, rent, supplies, utilities, 
53.2 	vehicles, marketing, and program activities. 
53.3 	The commissioner shall submit a report on 
53.4 	grant activities and quantifiable outcomes to 
53.5 	the committees of the house of representatives 
53.6 	and the senate with jurisdiction over economic 
53.7 	development by December 15, 2020. This 
53.8 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
53.9 	(aa) $150,000 the first year is from the 
53.10 	renewable development account in the special 
53.11 	revenue fund established in Minnesota 
53.12 	Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to 
53.13 	conduct the biomass facility closure economic 
53.14 	impact study.
53.15 	(bb)(1)$300,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a 
53.16 	grant to East Side Enterprise Center (ESEC) 
53.17 	to expand culturally tailored resources that 
53.18 	address small business growth and job 
53.19 	creation. This appropriation is available until 
53.20 	June 30, 2020. The appropriation shall fund 
53.21 	the work of African Economic Development 
53.22 	Solutions, the Asian Economic Development 
53.23 	Association, the Dayton's Bluff Community 
53.24 	Council, and the Latino Economic 
53.25 	Development Center in a collaborative 
53.26 	approach to economic development that is 
53.27 	effective with smaller, culturally diverse 
53.28 	communities that seek to increase the 
53.29 	productivity and success of new immigrant 
53.30 	and minority populations living and working 
53.31 	in the community. Programs shall provide 
53.32 	minority business growth and capacity 
53.33 	building that generate wealth and jobs creation 
53.34 	for local residents and business owners on the 
53.35 	East Side of St. Paul.
54.1 	(2) In fiscal year 2019 ESEC shall use funds 
54.2 	to share its integrated service model and 
54.3 	evolving collaboration principles with civic 
54.4 	and economic development leaders in greater 
54.5 	Minnesota communities which have diverse 
54.6 	populations similar to the East Side of St. Paul. 
54.7 	ESEC shall submit a report of activities and 
54.8 	program outcomes, including quantifiable 
54.9 	measures of success annually to the house of 
54.10 	representatives and senate committees with 
54.11 	jurisdiction over economic development.
54.12 	(cc) $150,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a grant 
54.13 	to Mille Lacs County for the purpose of 
54.14 	reimbursement grants to small resort 
54.15 	businesses located in the city of Isle with less 
54.16 	than $350,000 in annual revenue, at least four 
54.17 	rental units, which are open during both 
54.18 	summer and winter months, and whose 
54.19 	business was adversely impacted by a decline 
54.20 	in walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs.
54.21 	(dd)(1) $250,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a 
54.22 	grant to the Small Business Development 
54.23 	Center hosted at Minnesota State University, 
54.24 	Mankato, for a collaborative initiative with 
54.25 	the Regional Center for Entrepreneurial 
54.26 	Facilitation. Funds available under this section 
54.27 	must be used to provide entrepreneur and 
54.28 	small business development direct professional 
54.29 	business assistance services in the following 
54.30 	counties in Minnesota: Blue Earth, Brown, 
54.31 	Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, 
54.32 	Watonwan, and Waseca. For the purposes of 
54.33 	this section, "direct professional business 
54.34 	assistance services" must include, but is not 
54.35 	limited to, pre-venture assistance for 
55.1 	individuals considering starting a business. 
55.2 	This appropriation is not available until the 
55.3 	commissioner determines that an equal amount 
55.4 	is committed from nonstate sources. Any 
55.5 	balance in the first year does not cancel and 
55.6 	is available for expenditure in the second year.
55.7 	(2) Grant recipients shall report to the 
55.8 	commissioner by February 1 of each year and 
55.9 	include information on the number of 
55.10 	customers served in each county; the number 
55.11 	of businesses started, stabilized, or expanded; 
55.12 	the number of jobs created and retained; and 
55.13 	business success rates in each county. By April 
55.14 	1 of each year, the commissioner shall report 
55.15 	the information submitted by grant recipients 
55.16 	to the chairs of the standing committees of the 
55.17 	house of representatives and the senate having 
55.18 	jurisdiction over economic development 
55.19 	issues.
55.20 	(ee) $500,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for the 
55.21 	central Minnesota opportunity grant program 
55.22 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
55.23 	116J.9922. This appropriation is available until 
55.24 	June 30, 2022.
55.25 	(ff) $25,000 each year is for the administration 
55.26 	of state aid for the Destination Medical Center 
55.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.40 to 
55.28 	469.47.

55.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2017.

55.30 	Sec. 20. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 
55.31 	amended by Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 12, section 4, and Laws 2020, chapter 
55.32 	112, section 1, is amended to read:

55.33	Subd. 2.Business and Community Development
 		44,931,000
		42,381,000

56.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
56.2	General
	40,756,000
	38,206,000
	
56.3	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
56.4
56.5	Workforce 
Development
	3,475,000
	3,475,000
	
56.6 	(a) $1,787,000 each year is for the greater 
56.7 	Minnesota business development public 
56.8 	infrastructure grant program under Minnesota 
56.9 	Statutes, section 116J.431. This appropriation 
56.10 	is available until June 30, 2023.
56.11 	(b) $1,425,000 each year is for the business 
56.12 	development competitive grant program. Of 
56.13 	this amount, up to five percent is for 
56.14 	administration and monitoring of the business 
56.15 	development competitive grant program. All 
56.16 	grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
56.17 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
56.18 	(c) $1,772,000 each year is for contaminated 
56.19 	site cleanup and development grants under 
56.20 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 
56.21 	116J.558. This appropriation is available until 
56.22 	June 30, 2023.
56.23 	(d) $700,000 each year is from the remediation 
56.24 	fund for contaminated site cleanup and 
56.25 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
56.26 	sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This 
56.27 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023.
56.28 	(e) $139,000 each year is for the Center for 
56.29 	Rural Policy and Development.
56.30 	(f) $25,000 each year is for the administration 
56.31 	of state aid for the Destination Medical Center 
56.32 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.40 to 
56.33 	469.47.
57.1 	(g) $875,000 each year is for the host 
57.2 	community economic development program 
57.3 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
57.4 	116J.548.
57.5 	(h) $125,000 each year is from the workforce 
57.6 	development fund for a grant to the White 
57.7 	Earth Nation for the White Earth Nation 
57.8 	Integrated Business Development System to 
57.9 	provide business assistance with workforce 
57.10 	development, outreach, technical assistance, 
57.11 	infrastructure and operational support, 
57.12 	financing, and other business development 
57.13 	activities. This is a onetime appropriation.
57.14 	(i) $450,000 each year is from the workforce 
57.15 	development fund for a grant to Enterprise 
57.16 	Minnesota, Inc. for the small business growth 
57.17 	acceleration program under Minnesota 
57.18 	Statutes, section 116O.115. This is a onetime 
57.19 	appropriation.
57.20 	(j) $250,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
57.21 	Rondo Community Land Trust for 
57.22 	improvements to leased commercial space in 
57.23 	the Selby Milton Victoria Project that will 
57.24 	create long-term affordable space for small 
57.25 	businesses and for build-out and development 
57.26 	of new businesses.
57.27 	(k) $400,000 each year is from the workforce 
57.28 	development fund for a grant to the 
57.29 	Metropolitan Economic Development 
57.30 	Association (MEDA) for statewide business 
57.31 	development and assistance services, including 
57.32 	services to entrepreneurs with businesses that 
57.33 	have the potential to create job opportunities 
57.34 	for unemployed and underemployed people, 
58.1 	with an emphasis on minority-owned 
58.2 	businesses. This is a onetime appropriation.
58.3 	(l) $750,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for grants 
58.4 	to local communities to increase the supply of 
58.5 	quality child care providers to support 
58.6 	economic development. At least 60 percent of 
58.7 	grant funds must go to communities located 
58.8 	outside of the seven-county metropolitan area 
58.9 	as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
58.10 	473.121, subdivision 2. Grant recipients must 
58.11 	obtain a 50 percent nonstate match to grant 
58.12 	funds in either cash or in-kind contributions. 
58.13 	Grant funds available under this section must 
58.14 	be used to implement projects to reduce the 
58.15 	child care shortage in the state, including but 
58.16 	not limited to funding for child care business 
58.17 	start-ups or expansion, training, facility 
58.18 	modifications or improvements required for 
58.19 	licensing, and assistance with licensing and 
58.20 	other regulatory requirements. In awarding 
58.21 	grants, the commissioner must give priority 
58.22 	to communities that have demonstrated a 
58.23 	shortage of child care providers in the area. 
58.24 	This is a onetime appropriation. Within one 
58.25 	year of receiving grant funds, grant recipients 
58.26 	must report to the commissioner on the 
58.27 	outcomes of the grant program, including but 
58.28 	not limited to the number of new providers, 
58.29 	the number of additional child care provider 
58.30 	jobs created, the number of additional child 
58.31 	care slots, and the amount of cash and in-kind 
58.32 	local funds invested.
58.33 	(m) $750,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for a grant 
58.34 	to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations. This 
58.35 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
59.1 	until June 30, 2023. The Minnesota Initiative 
59.2 	Foundations must use grant funds under this 
59.3 	section to:
59.4 	(1) facilitate planning processes for rural 
59.5 	communities resulting in a community solution 
59.6 	action plan that guides decision making to 
59.7 	sustain and increase the supply of quality child 
59.8 	care in the region to support economic 
59.9 	development;
59.10 	(2) engage the private sector to invest local 
59.11 	resources to support the community solution 
59.12 	action plan and ensure quality child care is a 
59.13 	vital component of additional regional 
59.14 	economic development planning processes;
59.15 	(3) provide locally based training and technical 
59.16 	assistance to rural child care business owners 
59.17 	individually or through a learning cohort. 
59.18 	Access to financial and business development 
59.19 	assistance must prepare child care businesses 
59.20 	for quality engagement and improvement by 
59.21 	stabilizing operations, leveraging funding from 
59.22 	other sources, and fostering business acumen 
59.23 	that allows child care businesses to plan for 
59.24 	and afford the cost of providing quality child 
59.25 	care; or
59.26 	(4) recruit child care programs to participate 
59.27 	in Parent Aware, Minnesota's quality and 
59.28 	improvement rating system, and other high 
59.29 	quality measurement programs. The Minnesota 
59.30 	Initiative Foundations must work with local 
59.31 	partners to provide low-cost training, 
59.32 	professional development opportunities, and 
59.33 	continuing education curricula. The Minnesota 
59.34 	Initiative Foundations must fund, through local 
59.35 	partners, an enhanced level of coaching to 
60.1 	rural child care providers to obtain a quality 
60.2 	rating through Parent Aware or other high 
60.3 	quality measurement programs.
60.4 	(n)(1) $650,000 each year from the workforce 
60.5 	development fund is for grants to the 
60.6 	Neighborhood Development Center for small 
60.7 	business programs. This is a onetime 
60.8 	appropriation.
60.9 	(2) Of the amount appropriated in the first 
60.10 	year, $150,000 is for outreach and training 
60.11 	activities outside the seven-county 
60.12 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
60.13 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.
60.14 	(o) $8,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
60.15 	job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
60.16 	section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the 
60.17 	commissioner of employment and economic 
60.18 	development may use up to three percent for 
60.19 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
60.20 	is available until expended.
60.21 	(p)(1) $11,970,000 each year is for the 
60.22 	Minnesota investment fund under Minnesota 
60.23 	Statutes, section 116J.8731. Of this amount, 
60.24 	the commissioner of employment and 
60.25 	economic development may use up to three 
60.26 	percent for administration and monitoring of 
60.27 	the program. In fiscal year 2022 and beyond, 
60.28 	the base amount is $12,370,000. This 
60.29 	appropriation is available until expended. 
60.30 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
60.31 	116J.8731, funds appropriated to the 
60.32 	commissioner for the Minnesota investment 
60.33 	fund may be used for the redevelopment 
60.34 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
60.35 	116J.575 and 116J.5761, at the discretion of 
61.1 	the commissioner. Grants under this paragraph 
61.2 	are not subject to the grant amount limitation 
61.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
61.4 	(2) Of the amount appropriated in the first 
61.5 	year, $2,000,000 $3,000,000 is for a loan to a 
61.6 	paper mill in Duluth for a retrofit project that 
61.7 	will support the operation and manufacture of 
61.8 	packaging conversion of the existing Duluth 
61.9 	paper mill for the manufacture of new paper 
61.10 	grades. The company that owns the paper mill 
61.11 	must spend $20,000,000 on invest 
61.12 	$25,000,000 in project activities by December 
61.13 	31, 2020 May 1, 2023, in order to be eligible 
61.14 	to receive this loan. Loan funds may be used 
61.15 	for purchases of materials, supplies, and 
61.16 	equipment for the project and are available 
61.17 	from July 1, 2019 April 1, 2021, to July 30, 
61.18 	2021 May 1, 2023. The commissioner of 
61.19 	employment and economic development shall 
61.20 	forgive 25 percent of the loan each year after 
61.21 	the second year during a five-year period if 
61.22 	the mill has retained at least 150 80 full-time 
61.23 	equivalent employees and has satisfied other 
61.24 	performance goals and contractual obligations 
61.25 	as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.26 	116J.8731.
61.27 	(q) $700,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for the 
61.28 	airport infrastructure renewal (AIR) grant 
61.29 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.30 	116J.439.
61.31 	(r) $100,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for a grant 
61.32 	to FIRST in Upper Midwest to support 
61.33 	competitive robotics teams. Funds must be 
61.34 	used to make up to five awards of no more 
61.35 	than $20,000 each to Minnesota-based public 
62.1 	entities or private nonprofit organizations for 
62.2 	the creation of competitive robotics hubs. 
62.3 	Awards may be used for tools, equipment, and 
62.4 	physical space to be utilized by robotics teams. 
62.5 	At least 50 percent of grant funds must be used 
62.6 	outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, 
62.7 	as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
62.8 	473.121, subdivision 2. The grant recipient 
62.9 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority 
62.10 	members of the legislative committees with 
62.11 	jurisdiction over jobs and economic growth 
62.12 	by February 1, 2021, on the status of awards 
62.13 	and include information on the number and 
62.14 	amount of awards made, the number of 
62.15 	customers served, and any outcomes resulting 
62.16 	from the grant. The grant requires a 50 percent 
62.17 	match from nonstate sources.
62.18 	(s) $1,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
62.19 	emerging entrepreneur loan program under 
62.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.18. Funds 
62.21 	available under this paragraph are for transfer 
62.22 	into the emerging entrepreneur program 
62.23 	special revenue fund account created under 
62.24 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116M, and are 
62.25 	available until expended. Of this amount, up 
62.26 	to four percent is for administration and 
62.27 	monitoring of the program.
62.28 	(t) $163,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
62.29 	Film and TV Board. The appropriation in each 
62.30 	year is available only upon receipt by the 
62.31 	board of $1 in matching contributions of 
62.32 	money or in-kind contributions from nonstate 
62.33 	sources for every $3 provided by this 
62.34 	appropriation, except that each year up to 
62.35 	$50,000 is available on July 1 even if the 
63.1 	required matching contribution has not been 
63.2 	received by that date.
63.3 	(u) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the 
63.4 	Upper Minnesota Film Office.
63.5 	(v) $500,000 each year is from the general 
63.6 	fund for a grant to the Minnesota Film and TV 
63.7 	Board for the film production jobs program 
63.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26. 
63.9 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
63.10 	2023.
63.11 	(w) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
63.12 	job skills partnership program under 
63.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 
63.14 	116L.17. If the appropriation for either year 
63.15 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
63.16 	year is available. This appropriation is 
63.17 	available until expended.
63.18 	(x) $1,350,000 each year is from the 
63.19 	workforce development fund for jobs training 
63.20 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
63.21 	116L.42.
63.22 	(y) $2,500,000 each year is for Launch 
63.23 	Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation 
63.24 	and funds are available until June 30, 2023. 
63.25 	Of this amount:
63.26 	(1) $1,600,000 each year is for innovation 
63.27 	grants to eligible Minnesota entrepreneurs or 
63.28 	start-up businesses to assist with their 
63.29 	operating needs;
63.30 	(2) $450,000 each year is for administration 
63.31 	of Launch Minnesota; and
63.32 	(3) $450,000 each year is for grantee activities 
63.33 	at Launch Minnesota.
64.1 	(z) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
64.2 	development fund for a grant to Youthprise 
64.3 	to give grants through a competitive process 
64.4 	to community organizations to provide 
64.5 	economic development services designed to 
64.6 	enhance long-term economic self-sufficiency 
64.7 	in communities with concentrated East African 
64.8 	populations. Such communities include but 
64.9 	are not limited to Faribault, Rochester, St. 
64.10 	Cloud, Moorhead, and Willmar. To the extent 
64.11 	possible, Youthprise must make at least 50 
64.12 	percent of these grants to organizations serving 
64.13 	communities located outside the seven-county 
64.14 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
64.15 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.This 
64.16 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
64.17 	until June 30, 2022.
64.18 	(aa) $125,000 each year is for a grant to the 
64.19 	Hmong Chamber of Commerce to train 
64.20 	ethnically Southeast Asian business owners 
64.21 	and operators in better business practices. This 
64.22 	is a onetime appropriation.

64.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2019.

64.24 	Sec. 21. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 8, is amended to 
64.25 	read:
64.26 	Sec. 8. LAUNCH MINNESOTA.
 64.27 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. Launch Minnesota is established within the Business 
64.28 	and Community Development Division of the Department of Employment and Economic 
64.29 	Development to encourage and support the development of new private sector technologies 
64.30 	and support the science and technology policies under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.222. 
64.31 	Launch Minnesota must provide entrepreneurs and emerging technology-based companies 
64.32 	business development assistance and financial assistance to spur growth.
65.1 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision 
65.2 	have the meanings given.
65.3 	(b) "Advisory board" means the board established under subdivision 9.
65.4 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
65.5 	(d) "Department" means the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
65.6 	(e) "Entrepreneur" means a Minnesota resident who is involved in establishing a business 
65.7 	entity and secures resources directed to its growth while bearing the risk of loss.
65.8 	(f) "Greater Minnesota" means the area of Minnesota located outside of the metropolitan 
65.9 	area as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.
65.10 	(g) "High technology" includes aerospace, agricultural processing, renewable energy, 
65.11 	energy efficiency and conservation, environmental engineering, food technology, cellulosic 
65.12 	ethanol, information technology, materials science technology, nanotechnology, 
65.13 	telecommunications, biotechnology, medical device products, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, 
65.14 	biologicals, chemistry, veterinary science, and similar fields. "Innovative technology and 
65.15 	business" means a new novel business model or product; a derivative product incorporating 
65.16 	new elements into an existing product; a new use for a product; or a new process or method 
65.17 	for the manufacture, use, or assessment of any product or activity, patentability, or scalability. 
65.18 	Innovative technology or business model does not include locally based retail, lifestyle, or 
65.19 	business services. The business must not be primarily engaged in real estate development, 
65.20 	insurance, banking, lending, lobbying, political consulting, information technology 
65.21 	consulting, wholesale or retail trade, leisure, hospitality, transportation, construction, ethanol 
65.22 	production from corn, or professional services provided by attorneys, accountants, business 
65.23 	consultants, physicians, or health care consultants.
65.24 	(h) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 
65.25 	136A.28, subdivision 6.
65.26 	(i) "Minority group member" means a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident 
65.27 	who is Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, or Native American.
65.28 	(j) "Minority-owned business" means a business for which one or more minority group 
65.29 	members:
65.30 	(1) own at least 50 percent of the business or, in the case of a publicly owned business, 
65.31 	own at least 51 percent of the stock; and
65.32 	(2) manage the business and control the daily business operations.
66.1 	(k) (j) "Research and development" means any activity that is:
66.2 	(1) a systematic, intensive study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding 
66.3 	of the subject studies;
66.4 	(2) a systematic study directed specifically toward applying new knowledge to meet a 
66.5 	recognized need; or
66.6 	(3) a systematic application of knowledge toward the production of useful materials, 
66.7 	devices, systems and methods, including design, development and improvement of prototypes 
66.8 	and new processes to meet specific requirements.
66.9 	(l) (k) "Start-up" means a business entity that has been in operation for less than ten 
66.10 	years, has operations in Minnesota, and is in the development stage defined as devoting 
66.11 	substantially all of its efforts to establishing a new business and either of the following 
66.12 	conditions exists:
66.13 	(1) planned principal operations have not commenced; or
66.14 	(2) planned principal operations have commenced, but have generated less than 
66.15 	$1,000,000 in revenue.
66.16 	(m) (l) "Technology-related assistance" means the application and utilization of 
66.17 	technological-information and technologies to assist in the development and production of 
66.18 	new technology-related products or services or to increase the productivity or otherwise 
66.19 	enhance the production or delivery of existing products or services.
66.20 	(n) (m) "Trade association" means a nonprofit membership organization organized to 
66.21 	promote businesses and business conditions and having an election under Internal Revenue 
66.22 	Code section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6).
66.23 	(o) (n) "Veteran" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 197.447.
66.24 	(p) "Women" means persons of the female gender.
66.25 	(q) "Women-owned business" means a business for which one or more women:
66.26 	(1) own at least 50 percent of the business or, in the case of a publicly owned business, 
66.27 	own at least 51 percent of the stock; and
66.28 	(2) manage the business and control the daily business operations.
66.29 		Subd. 3.Duties. The commissioner, by and through Launch Minnesota, shall:
66.30 	(1) support innovation and initiatives designed to accelerate the growth of high-technology
66.31 	innovative technology and business start-ups in Minnesota;
67.1 	(2) in partnership with other organizations, offer classes and instructional sessions on 
67.2 	how to start a high-tech and innovative an innovative technology and business start-up;
67.3 	(3) promote activities for entrepreneurs and investors regarding the state's growing 
67.4 	innovation economy;
67.5 	(4) hold events and meetings that gather key stakeholders in the state's innovation sector;
67.6 	(5) conduct outreach and education on innovation activities and related financial programs 
67.7 	available from the department and other organizations, particularly for underserved 
67.8 	communities;
67.9 	(6) interact and collaborate with statewide partners including but not limited to businesses, 
67.10 	nonprofits, trade associations, and higher education institutions;
67.11 	(7) administer an advisory board to assist with direction, grant application review, 
67.12 	program evaluation, report development, and partnerships;
67.13 	(8) accept grant applications under subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 and work with the advisory 
67.14 	board to review and prioritize the applications and provide recommendations to the 
67.15 	commissioner; and
67.16 	(9) perform other duties at the commissioner's discretion.
67.17 		Subd. 4.Administration. (a) The department commissioner shall employ an executive 
67.18 	director in the unclassified service, one staff member to support Launch Minnesota, and 
67.19 	one staff member in the business and community development division to manage grants. 
67.20 	The executive director shall:
67.21 	(1) assist the commissioner and the advisory board in performing the duties of Launch 
67.22 	Minnesota; and
67.23 	(2) comply with all state and federal program requirements, and all state and federal 
67.24 	securities and tax laws and regulations.
67.25 	(b) To the extent possible, the space that Launch Minnesota shall may occupy and lease 
67.26 	must be physical space in a private coworking facility that includes office space for staff 
67.27 	and space for community engagement for training entrepreneurs. The physical space leased 
67.28 	under this paragraph is exempt from the requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
67.29 	subdivision 6.
67.30 	(c) At least three times per month, Launch Minnesota staff shall visit communicate with
67.31 	organizations in greater Minnesota that have received a grant under subdivision 7. To the 
68.1 	extent possible, Launch Minnesota shall form partnerships with organizations located 
68.2 	throughout the state.
68.3 	(d) Launch Minnesota must accept grant applications under this section and provide 
68.4 	funding recommendations to the commissioner, who and the commissioner shall distribute 
68.5 	grants based in part on the recommendations.
68.6 		Subd. 5.Application process. (a) The commissioner shall establish the application form 
68.7 	and procedures for grants.
68.8 	(b) Upon receiving recommendations from Launch Minnesota, the department
68.9 	commissioner is responsible for evaluating all applications using evaluation criteria which 
68.10 	shall be developed by Launch Minnesota in consultation with the advisory board and the 
68.11 	commissioner.
68.12 	(c) For grants under subdivision 6, priority shall be given if the applicant is:
68.13 	(1) a business or entrepreneur located in greater Minnesota; or
68.14 	(2) a business owner, individual with a disability, or entrepreneur who is a woman, 
68.15 	veteran, or minority group member.
68.16 	(d) For grants under subdivision 7, priority shall be given if the applicant is planning to 
68.17 	serve:
68.18 	(1) businesses or entrepreneurs located in greater Minnesota; or
68.19 	(2) business owners, individuals with disabilities, or entrepreneurs who are women, 
68.20 	veterans, or minority group members.
68.21 	(e) The department staff, and not Launch Minnesota staff, is are responsible for awarding 
68.22 	funding, disbursing funds, and monitoring grantee performance for all grants awarded under 
68.23 	this section.
68.24 	(f) Grantees must provide matching funds by equal expenditures and grant payments 
68.25 	must be provided on a reimbursement basis after review of submitted receipts by the 
68.26 	department.
68.27 	(g) Grant applications must be accepted on a regular periodic basis by Launch Minnesota 
68.28 	and must be reviewed by Launch Minnesota and the advisory board before being submitted 
68.29 	to the commissioner with their recommendations.
68.30 		Subd. 6.Innovation grants. (a) The commissioner shall distribute innovation grants 
68.31 	under this subdivision.
69.1 	(b) The commissioner shall provide a grant of up to $35,000 to an eligible business or 
69.2 	entrepreneur for research and development expenses, direct business expenses, and the 
69.3 	purchase of technical assistance or services from public higher education institutions and 
69.4 	nonprofit entities. Research and development expenditures may include but are not limited 
69.5 	to proof of concept activities, intellectual property protection, prototype designs and 
69.6 	production, and commercial feasibility. Expenditures funded under this subdivision are not 
69.7 	eligible for the research and development tax credit under Minnesota Statutes, section 
69.8 	290.068. Direct business expenses may include rent, equipment purchases, and supplier 
69.9 	invoices. Taxes imposed by federal, state, or local government entities may not be reimbursed 
69.10 	under this paragraph. Technical assistance or services must be purchased to assist in the 
69.11 	development or commercialization of a product or service to be eligible. Each business or 
69.12 	entrepreneur may receive only one grant per biennium under this paragraph.
69.13 	(c) The commissioner shall provide a grant of up to $7,500 to reimburse an entrepreneur 
69.14 	for housing or child care expenses for the entrepreneur or their spouse or children. Each 
69.15 	entrepreneur may receive only one grant per biennium under this paragraph.
69.16 	(d) (c) The commissioner shall provide a grant of up to $35,000 in Phase 1 or $50,000
69.17 	in Phase 2 to an eligible business or entrepreneur that, as a registered client of the Small 
69.18 	Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, has been awarded a first time Phase 1 or 
69.19 	Phase 2 award pursuant to the SBIR or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 
69.20 	programs after July 1, 2019. Each business or entrepreneur may receive only one grant per 
69.21 	biennium under this paragraph. Grants under this paragraph are not subject to the 
69.22 	requirements of subdivision 2, paragraph (l) (k), but do require a recommendation from the 
69.23 	Launch Minnesota advisory board.
69.24 		Subd. 7.Entrepreneur education grants. (a) The commissioner shall make entrepreneur 
69.25 	education grants to institutions of higher education and other organizations to provide 
69.26 	educational programming to entrepreneurs and provide outreach to and collaboration with 
69.27 	businesses, federal and state agencies, institutions of higher education, trade associations, 
69.28 	and other organizations working to advance innovative, high technology businesses 
69.29 	throughout Minnesota.
69.30 	(b) Applications for entrepreneur education grants under this subdivision must be 
69.31 	submitted to the commissioner and evaluated by department staff other than Launch 
69.32 	Minnesota. The evaluation criteria must be developed by Launch Minnesota, in consultation 
69.33 	with the advisory board, and the commissioner, and priority must be given to an applicant 
69.34 	who demonstrates activity assisting businesses business owners or entrepreneurs residing 
69.35 	in greater Minnesota or who are women, veterans, or minority group members.
70.1 	(c) Department staff other than Launch Minnesota staff is are responsible for awarding 
70.2 	funding, disbursing funds, and monitoring grantee performance under this subdivision.
70.3 	(d) Grantees may use the grant funds to deliver the following services:
70.4 	(1) development and delivery to high innovative technology businesses of industry 
70.5 	specific or innovative product or process specific counseling on issues of business formation, 
70.6 	market structure, market research and strategies, securing first mover advantage or 
70.7 	overcoming barriers to entry, protecting intellectual property, and securing debt or equity 
70.8 	capital. This counseling is to be delivered in a classroom setting or using distance media 
70.9 	presentations;
70.10 	(2) outreach and education to businesses and organizations on the small business 
70.11 	investment tax credit program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8737, the MNvest 
70.12 	crowd-funding program under Minnesota Statutes, section 80A.461, and other state programs 
70.13 	that support high innovative technology business creation especially in underserved 
70.14 	communities;
70.15 	(3) collaboration with institutions of higher education, local organizations, federal and 
70.16 	state agencies, the Small Business Development Center, and the Small Business Assistance 
70.17 	Office to create and offer educational programming and ongoing counseling in greater 
70.18 	Minnesota that is consistent with those services offered in the metropolitan area; and
70.19 	(4) events and meetings with other innovation-related organizations to inform 
70.20 	entrepreneurs and potential investors about Minnesota's growing information innovation
70.21 	economy.
70.22 		Subd. 8.Report. (a) Launch Minnesota shall report by December 31, 2022, and again 
70.23 	by December 31, 2023, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of 
70.24 	the house of representatives and senate having jurisdiction over economic development 
70.25 	policy and finance. Each report shall include information on the work completed, including 
70.26 	awards made by the department under this section and progress toward transferring some
70.27 	the activities of Launch Minnesota to an entity outside of state government.
70.28 	(b) By December 31, 2024, Launch Minnesota shall provide a comprehensive transition 
70.29 	plan to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of the house of 
70.30 	representatives and senate having jurisdiction over economic development policy and 
70.31 	finance. The transition plan shall include: (1) a detailed strategy for the transfer of Launch 
70.32 	Minnesota activities to an entity outside of state government; (2) the projected date of the 
70.33 	transfer; and (3) the role of the state, if any, in ongoing activities of Launch Minnesota or 
70.34 	its successor entity.
71.1 		Subd. 9.Advisory board. (a) The commissioner shall establish an advisory board to 
71.2 	advise the executive director regarding the activities of Launch Minnesota, make the 
71.3 	recommendations described in this section, and develop and initiate a strategic plan for 
71.4 	transferring some activities of Launch Minnesota to a new or existing public-private 
71.5 	partnership or nonprofit organization outside of state government.
71.6 	(b) The advisory board shall consist of ten members and is governed by Minnesota 
71.7 	Statutes, section 15.059. A minimum of seven members must be from the private sector 
71.8 	representing business and at least two members but no more than three members must be 
71.9 	from government and higher education. At least three of the members of the advisory board 
71.10 	shall be from greater Minnesota and at least three members shall be minority group members. 
71.11 	Appointees shall represent a range of interests, including entrepreneurs, large businesses, 
71.12 	industry organizations, investors, and both public and private small business service 
71.13 	providers.
71.14 	(c) The advisory board shall select a chair from its private sector members. The executive 
71.15 	director shall provide administrative support to the committee.
71.16 	(d) The commissioner, or a designee, shall serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of 
71.17 	the advisory board.
71.18 		Subd. 10.Expiration. This section expires January 1, 2024 2026.

71.19 	Sec. 22. ONETIME EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MINNESOTA 
71.20 	INVESTMENT FUND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOAN REPAYMENT FUNDS.
 71.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, a home rule charter or 
71.22 	statutory city, county, or town that has uncommitted money received from repayment of 
71.23 	funds awarded under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, may choose to transfer 20 
71.24 	percent of the balance of that money to the state general fund before June 30, 2022. Any 
71.25 	local entity that does so may then use the remaining 80 percent of the uncommitted money 
71.26 	as a general purpose aid for any lawful expenditure.
71.27 	(b) By February 15, 2023, a home rule charter or statutory city, county, or town that 
71.28 	exercises the option under paragraph (a) shall submit to the chairs of the legislative 
71.29 	committees with jurisdiction over economic development policy and finance an accounting 
71.30 	and explanation of the use and distribution of the funds.

72.1 	Sec. 23. MINNESOTA INVESTMENT FUND AND MINNESOTA JOB CREATION 
72.2 	FUND REQUIREMENTS EXTENSIONS.
 72.3 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a recipient of a Minnesota Investment 
72.4 	Fund grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, or a recipient of a Minnesota Job 
72.5 	Creation Fund grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8748, who is unable to meet 
72.6 	the minimum capital investment requirements, wage, or minimum job creation goals or 
72.7 	requirements provided in a business subsidy agreement, as applicable, during or within the 
72.8 	12-month period following a peacetime emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic shall 
72.9 	be granted an extension until December 31, 2022, to meet those capital investment, wage, 
72.10 	or job creation goals or requirements before the grant must be repaid.

72.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from March 15, 2020.

72.12 	Sec. 24. MAIN STREET COVID-19 RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM.
 72.13 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
72.14 	the meanings given.
72.15 	(b) "Business" means both for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations that earn 
72.16 	revenue in ways similar to businesses, including but not limited to ticket sales and 
72.17 	membership fees.
72.18 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
72.19 	(d) "Partner organization" or "Partner" means the Minnesota Initiative Foundations and 
72.20 	nonprofit corporations on the certified lenders list that the commissioner determines to be 
72.21 	qualified to provide grants to businesses under this section.
72.22 	(e) "Program" means the Main Street COVID-19 relief grant program under this section.
72.23 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The commissioner shall establish the Main Street COVID-19 
72.24 	relief grant program to make grants to partner organizations to make grants to businesses 
72.25 	that have been directly or indirectly impacted by executive orders related to the COVID-19 
72.26 	pandemic.
72.27 		Subd. 3.Grants to partner organizations. (a) The commissioner shall make grants to 
72.28 	partner organizations to provide grants to businesses under subdivision 4 or 5 using criteria, 
72.29 	forms, applications, and reporting requirements developed by the commissioner.
72.30 	(b) Up to four percent of a grant under this subdivision may be used by the partner 
72.31 	organization for administration and monitoring of the program.
73.1 	(c) Any funds not spent by partner organizations by June 30, 2022, must be returned to 
73.2 	the commissioner and canceled back to the general fund.
73.3 		Subd. 4.Grants to businesses. (a) Partners shall make grants to businesses using criteria, 
73.4 	forms, applications, and reporting requirements developed by the commissioner.
73.5 	(b) To be eligible for a grant under this subdivision, a business must:
73.6 	(1) have primary business operations located in the state of Minnesota;
73.7 	(2) be at least 50 percent owned by a resident of the state of Minnesota;
73.8 	(3) employ the equivalent of 200 full-time workers or less;
73.9 	(4) be able to demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak; and
73.10 	(5) include as part of their application a business plan for continued operation.
73.11 	(c) Preference shall be given to businesses that did not receive previous assistance from 
73.12 	the state under:
73.13 	(1) the governor's Executive Order No. 20-15;
73.14 	(2) Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 1, section 4; or
73.15 	(3) Laws 2020, Seventh Special Session chapter 2, article 4 or 5.
73.16 	(d) Grants under this subdivision shall be awarded by randomized selection process after 
73.17 	applications are collected over a period of no more than ten calendar days.
73.18 	(e) Grants under this subdivision shall be for the following amounts:
73.19 	(1) for businesses employing the equivalent of six full-time employees or less, $10,000;
73.20 	(2) for businesses employing the equivalent of more than six full-time employees, but 
73.21 	less than 50, $15,000;
73.22 	(3) for businesses employing the equivalent of 50 or more full-time employees, but less 
73.23 	than 100, $20,000; and
73.24 	(4) for businesses employing the equivalent of 100 or more full-time employees, $25,000.
73.25 	(f) No business may receive more than one grant under this section.
73.26 	(g) Grant funds must be used for working capital to support payroll expenses, rent or 
73.27 	mortgage payments, utility bills, and other similar expenses that occur or have occurred 
73.28 	since March 13, 2020, in the regular course of business, but not to refinance debt that existed 
73.29 	at the time of the governor's COVID-19 peacetime emergency declaration.
74.1 		Subd. 5.Grants to businesses renting space to other businesses. (a) Partners shall 
74.2 	make grants to businesses using criteria, forms, applications, and reporting requirements 
74.3 	developed by the commissioner.
74.4 	(b) To be eligible for a grant under this subdivision, a business must:
74.5 	(1) be an operator of privately owned permanent indoor retail space that has an ethnic 
74.6 	cultural emphasis and at least 12 tenants that are primarily businesses with fewer than 20 
74.7 	employees;
74.8 	(2) have primary business operations located in the state of Minnesota;
74.9 	(3) be owned by a resident of the state of Minnesota;
74.10 	(4) employ the equivalent of 200 full-time workers or less;
74.11 	(5) be able to demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak; and
74.12 	(6) include as part of their application a business plan for continued operation.
74.13 	(c) Grants under this subdivision shall be for no more than $300,000 and in an amount 
74.14 	proportional to the number of tenants.
74.15 	(d) Up to $25,000 of grant funds a business receives may be used for working capital 
74.16 	to support payroll expenses, rent or mortgage payments, utility bills, and other similar 
74.17 	expenses that occur or have occurred since March 13, 2020, in the regular course of business, 
74.18 	but not to refinance debt that existed at the time of the governor's COVID-19 peacetime 
74.19 	emergency declaration.
74.20 	(e) The remainder of grant funds must be used to maintain existing tenants of the operator 
74.21 	through the issuing of credits or forgiveness of rent. Any tenant receiving such a benefit 
74.22 	from the grant must meet the requirements under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and shall 
74.23 	receive preference according to subdivision 4, paragraph (c).
74.24 		Subd. 6.Distribution of awards. (a) Of grant funds awarded under subdivision 4, a 
74.25 	minimum of:
74.26 	(1) $18,000,000 must be awarded to businesses that employ the equivalent of six full-time 
74.27 	workers or less;
74.28 	(2) $10,000,000 must be awarded to minority business enterprises, as defined in 
74.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.14, subdivision 5;
74.30 	(3) $2,500,000 must be awarded to businesses that are majority owned and operated by 
74.31 	veterans as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 197.447; and
75.1 	(4) $2,500,000 must be awarded to businesses that are majority owned and operated by 
75.2 	women.
75.3 	(b) $3,000,000 of available program funds must be awarded as grants under subdivision 
75.4 	5.
75.5 		Subd. 7.Exemptions. All grants and grant making processes under this section are 
75.6 	exempt from Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.15, subdivision 3; 16B.97; and 16B.98, 
75.7 	subdivisions 5, 7, and 8. The commissioner must audit the use of grant funds under this 
75.8 	section in accordance with standard accounting practices. The exemptions under this 
75.9 	subdivision expire on December 31, 2021.
75.10 		Subd. 8.Reports. (a) By January 31, 2022, partner organizations participating in the 
75.11 	program must provide a report to the commissioner that includes descriptions of the 
75.12 	businesses supported by the program, the amounts granted, and an explanation of 
75.13 	administrative expenses.
75.14 	(b) By February 15, 2022, the commissioner must report to the legislative committees 
75.15 	in the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over economic development 
75.16 	about grants made under this section based on the information received under paragraph 
75.17 	(a).

75.18 	Sec. 25. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR PILOT PROJECT.
 75.19 	By the 2024-2025 academic year, Winona State University must develop a teacher 
75.20 	preparation program that leads to initial licensure in at least one license area under Minnesota 
75.21 	Rules, parts 8710.8000 to 8710.8080. Winona State University must partner with Minnesota 
75.22 	State College Southeast to provide the subject matter training necessary for license areas 
75.23 	chosen. If practical, the partnership must result in a candidate earning an associate's degree 
75.24 	from Minnesota State College Southeast and a bachelor's degree from Winona State 
75.25 	University. Money appropriated for this project may be used for any of the following 
75.26 	purposes:
75.27 	(1) analyzing existing course offerings at both institutions to determine compliance with 
75.28 	the requirements of Minnesota Rules, chapter 8705 and parts 8710.8000 to 8710.8080;
75.29 	(2) determining any courses that need to be adjusted or created by each institution;
75.30 	(3) designing and implementing any needed course; and
75.31 	(4) providing administrative support for gaining approval of the program from the 
75.32 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.

76.1 	ARTICLE 3
76.2 	LABOR AND INDUSTRY

76.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.7905, is amended by adding a subdivision 
76.4 	to read:
76.5 		Subd. 8.Data on individuals who are minors. Disclosure of data on minors is governed 
76.6 	by section 181A.112.

76.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 178.012, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.8 		Subdivision 1.Apprenticeship rules. Federal regulations governing apprenticeship in 
76.9 	effect on July 1, 2013 January 18, 2017, as provided by Code of Federal Regulations, title 
76.10 	29, part parts 29, sections 29.1 to 29.6 and 29.11, and 30, are the apprenticeship rules in 
76.11 	this state, subject to amendment by this chapter or by rule under section 178.041.

76.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 181.939, is amended to read:
76.13 	181.939 NURSING MOTHERS, LACTATING EMPLOYEES, AND PREGNANCY 
76.14 	ACCOMMODATIONS.
76.15 		Subdivision 1.Nursing mothers. (a) An employer must provide reasonable unpaid
76.16 	break time times each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her infant 
76.17 	child during the twelve months following the birth of the child. The break time times must, 
76.18 	if possible, run concurrently with any break time times already provided to the employee. 
76.19 	An employer is not required to provide break timetimes under this section if to do so would 
76.20 	unduly disrupt the operations of the employer. An employer shall not reduce an employee's 
76.21 	compensation for time used for the purpose of expressing milk.
76.22 	(b) The employer must make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in 
76.23 	close proximity to the work area, other than a bathroom or a toilet stall, that is shielded from 
76.24 	view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public and that includes access to an 
76.25 	electrical outlet, where the employee can express her milk in privacy. The employer would 
76.26 	be held harmless if reasonable effort has been made.
76.27 	(c) For the purposes of this section subdivision, "employer" means a person or entity 
76.28 	that employs one or more employees and includes the state and its political subdivisions.
76.29 	(d) An employer mayshall not retaliate against an employee for asserting rights or 
76.30 	remedies under this section subdivision.
77.1 		Subd. 2.Pregnancy accommodations. (a) An employer must provide reasonable 
77.2 	accommodations to an employee for health conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth 
77.3 	upon request, with the advice of a licensed health care provider or certified doula, unless 
77.4 	the employer demonstrates that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on 
77.5 	the operation of the employer's business. A pregnant employee shall not be required to 
77.6 	obtain the advice of a licensed health care provider or certified doula, nor may an employer 
77.7 	claim undue hardship for the following accommodations: (1) more frequent restroom, food, 
77.8 	and water breaks; (2) seating; and (3) limits on lifting over 20 pounds. The employee and 
77.9 	employer shall engage in an interactive process with respect to an employee's request for a 
77.10 	reasonable accommodation. "Reasonable accommodation" may include but is not limited 
77.11 	to temporary transfer to a less strenuous or hazardous position, seating, frequent restroom 
77.12 	breaks, and limits to heavy lifting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, 
77.13 	an employer shall not be required to create a new or additional position in order to 
77.14 	accommodate an employee pursuant to this subdivision and shall not be required to discharge 
77.15 	an employee, transfer another employee with greater seniority, or promote an employee.
77.16 	(b) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to affect any other provision of law 
77.17 	relating to sex discrimination or pregnancy or in any way diminish the coverage of pregnancy, 
77.18 	childbirth, or health conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth under any other provisions 
77.19 	of any other law.
77.20 	(c) An employer shall not require an employee to take a leave or accept an 
77.21 	accommodation.
77.22 	(d) An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for asserting rights or remedies 
77.23 	under this subdivision.
77.24 	(e) For the purposes of this subdivision, "employer" means a person or entity that employs 
77.25 	fifteen or more employees and includes the state and its political subdivisions.

77.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022.

77.27 	Sec. 4. [181A.112] DATA ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MINORS.
77.28 	(a) When the commissioner collects, creates, receives, maintains, or disseminates the 
77.29 	following data on individuals who the commissioner knows are minors, the data are 
77.30 	considered private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, except 
77.31 	for data classified as public data according to section 13.43:
77.32 	(1) name;
77.33 	(2) date of birth;
78.1 	(3) Social Security number;
78.2 	(4) telephone number;
78.3 	(5) e-mail address;
78.4 	(6) physical or mailing address;
78.5 	(7) location data;
78.6 	(8) online account access information; and
78.7 	(9) other data that would identify participants who have registered for events, programs, 
78.8 	or classes sponsored by the Department of Labor and Industry.
78.9 	(b) Data about minors classified under this section maintain their classification as private 
78.10 	data on individuals after the individual is no longer a minor.

78.11 	Sec. 5. [299F.48] AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN EXISTING PUBLIC 
78.12 	HOUSING BUILDINGS.
78.13 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in 
78.14 	those portions of an entire existing public housing building in which an automatic sprinkler 
78.15 	system would be required if the building were constructed on the effective date of this 
78.16 	section. The automatic sprinkler system must comply with standards in the State Fire Code 
78.17 	and the State Building Code and must be fully operational by August 1, 2033.
78.18 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "public housing building" means housing for 
78.19 	low-income persons and households financed by the federal government and owned and 
78.20 	operated by the public housing authorities and agencies formed by cities and counties in 
78.21 	which at least one story used for human occupancy is 75 feet or more above the lowest level 
78.22 	of fire department vehicle access.
78.23 		Subd. 2.Reporting. By August 1, 2023, the owner of a building subject to subdivision 
78.24 	1 shall submit to the state fire marshal a letter stating the owner's intent to comply with this 
78.25 	section and a plan for achieving compliance by the deadline in subdivision 1.
78.26 		Subd. 3.Extensions. The commissioner of public safety, or the state fire marshal as the 
78.27 	commissioner's designee, may grant extensions to the deadline for reporting under subdivision 
78.28 	2 or the deadline for compliance under subdivision 1. Any extension must observe the spirit 
78.29 	and intent of this section and be tailored to ensure public welfare and safety. To be eligible 
78.30 	for an extension, the building owner must apply to the commissioner of public safety and 
78.31 	demonstrate a genuine inability to comply within the time prescribed despite appropriate 
78.32 	effort to do so.
79.1 		Subd. 4.Effect on other laws. This section does not supersede the State Building Code 
79.2 	or State Fire Code.

79.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
79.4 		Subdivision 1.Membership. (a) The Construction Codes Advisory Council consists of 
79.5 	the following members:
79.6 	(1) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee representing the department's 
79.7 	Construction Codes and Licensing Division;
79.8 	(2) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner of public safety's designee 
79.9 	representing the Department of Public Safety's State Fire Marshal Division;
79.10 	(3) one member, appointed by the commissioner, with expertise in and engaged in each 
79.11 	of the following occupations or industries:
79.12 	(i) certified building officials;
79.13 	(ii) fire chiefs or fire marshals;
79.14 	(iii) licensed architects;
79.15 	(iv) licensed professional engineers;
79.16 	(v) commercial building owners and managers;
79.17 	(vi) the licensed residential building industry;
79.18 	(vii) the commercial building industry;
79.19 	(viii) the heating and ventilation industry;
79.20 	(ix) a member of the Plumbing Board;
79.21 	(x) a member of the Board of Electricity;
79.22 	(xi) a member of the Board of High Pressure Piping Systems;
79.23 	(xii) the boiler industry;
79.24 	(xiii) the manufactured housing industry;
79.25 	(xiv) public utility suppliers;
79.26 	(xv) the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council; and
79.27 	(xvi) local units of government.;
79.28 	(xvii) the energy conservation industry; and
80.1 	(xviii) building accessibility.
80.2 	(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee representing the department's 
80.3 	Construction Codes and Licensing Division shall serve as chair of the advisory council. For 
80.4 	members who are not state officials or employees, compensation and removal of members 
80.5 	of the advisory council are governed by section 15.059. The terms of the members of the 
80.6 	advisory council shall be four years. The terms of eight of the appointed members shall be 
80.7 	coterminous with the governor and the terms of the remaining nine appointed members 
80.8 	shall end on the first Monday in January one year after the terms of the other appointed 
80.9 	members expire. An appointed member may be reappointed. Each council member shall 
80.10 	appoint an alternate to serve in their absence.

80.11 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.092, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
80.12 		Subd. 7.License fees and license renewal fees. (a) The license fee for each license is 
80.13 	the base license fee plus any applicable board fee, continuing education fee, and contractor 
80.14 	recovery fund fee and additional assessment, as set forth in this subdivision.
80.15 	(b) For purposes of this section, "license duration" means the number of years for which 
80.16 	the license is issued except that if the initial license is not issued for a whole number of 
80.17 	years, the license duration shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
80.18 	(c) If there is a continuing education requirement for renewal of the license, then a 
80.19 	continuing education fee must be included in the renewal license fee. The continuing 
80.20 	education fee for all license classifications is $5.
80.21 	(c) (d) The base license fee shall depend on whether the license is classified as an entry 
80.22 	level, master, journeyworker, or business license, and on the license duration. The base 
80.23 	license fee shall be:

80.24		License Classification
	License Duration
		
80.25			1 year
	2 years
	
80.26		Entry level
	$10
	$20
	
80.27		Journeyworker
	$20
	$40
	
80.28		Master
	$40
	$80
	
80.29		Business
		$180
	
80.30 	(d) If there is a continuing education requirement for renewal of the license, then a 
80.31 	continuing education fee must be included in the renewal license fee. The continuing 
80.32 	education fee for all license classifications shall be: $10 if the renewal license duration is 
80.33 	one year; and $20 if the renewal license duration is two years.
81.1 	(e) If the license is issued under sections 326B.31 to 326B.59 or 326B.90 to 326B.925, 
81.2 	then a board fee must be included in the license fee and the renewal license fee. The board 
81.3 	fee for all license classifications shall be: $4 if the license duration is one year; and $8 if 
81.4 	the license duration is two years.
81.5 	(f) If the application is for the renewal of a license issued under sections 326B.802 to 
81.6 	326B.885, then the contractor recovery fund fee required under section 326B.89, subdivision 
81.7 	3, and any additional assessment required under section 326B.89, subdivision 16, must be 
81.8 	included in the license renewal fee.
81.9 	(g) Notwithstanding the fee amounts described in paragraphs (c) (d) to (f), for the period 
81.10 	July 1, 2017 October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 2023, the following fees apply:

81.11		License Classification
	License Duration
		
81.12			1 year
	2 years
	
81.13		Entry level
	$10
	$20
	
81.14		Journeyworker
	$15
	$30
	
81.15		Master
	$30
	$60
	
81.16		Business
		$120
	
81.17 	If there is a continuing education requirement for renewal of the license, then a continuing 
81.18 	education fee must be included in the renewal license fee. The continuing education fee for 
81.19 	all license classifications shall be $5.

81.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.108, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
81.21 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "place of public accommodation" 
81.22 	means a publicly or privately owned facility that is designed for occupancy by 200100 or 
81.23 	more people and is a sports or entertainment arena, stadium, theater, community or 
81.24 	convention hall, special event center, indoor amusement facility or water park, or indoor 
81.25 	swimming pool.

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

81.27 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.108, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
81.28 		Subd. 3.Enforcement. Effective July 1, 2017, in a municipality that has not adopted 
81.29 	the code by ordinance under section 326B.121, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall enforce 
81.30 	this section in accordance with section 326B.107, subdivision 1.

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

82.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.108, is amended by adding a subdivision 
82.2 	to read:
82.3 		Subd. 5.Fire sprinklers required. Automatic sprinkler systems for fire protection 
82.4 	purposes are required in a place of public accommodation if, on or after August 1, 2008:
82.5 	(1) the facility was constructed, added to, or altered; and
82.6 	(2) the facility has an occupant load of 300 or more.

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

82.8 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.133, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
82.9 		Subd. 8.Continuing education requirements; extension of time. (a) This subdivision 
82.10 	establishes the number of continuing education hours required within each two-year 
82.11 	certification period.
82.12 	A certified building official shall accumulate 3835 hours of continuing education in 
82.13 	any education program that is approved under Minnesota Rules, part 1301.1000.
82.14 	A certified building official-limited shall accumulate 3835 hours of continuing education 
82.15 	in any education program that is approved under Minnesota Rules, part 1301.1000.
82.16 	An accessibility specialist must accumulate nine hours of approved continuing education 
82.17 	hours in any of the education programs that are provided under Minnesota Rules, part 
82.18 	1301.1000, subpart 1 or 2. The nine hours must be in courses relating to building accessibility, 
82.19 	plan review, field inspection, or building code administration.
82.20 	Continuing education programs may be approved as established in rule.
82.21 	(b) Subject to sections 326B.101 to 326B.194, the commissioner may by rule establish 
82.22 	or approve continuing education programs for certified building officials dealing with 
82.23 	matters of building code administration, inspection, and enforcement.
82.24 	Each person certified as a building official for the state must satisfactorily complete 
82.25 	applicable educational programs established or approved by the commissioner to renew 
82.26 	certification.
82.27 	(c) The state building official may grant an extension of time to comply with continuing 
82.28 	education requirements if the certificate holder requesting the extension of time shows cause 
82.29 	for the extension. The request for the extension must be in writing. For purposes of this 
82.30 	section, the certificate holder's current certification effective dates shall remain the same. 
83.1 	The extension does not relieve the certificate holder from complying with the continuing 
83.2 	education requirements for the next two-year period.

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

83.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.42, is amended by adding a subdivision 
83.5 	to read:
83.6 		Subd. 1d.Commercial chemical dispensing system. "Commercial chemical dispensing 
83.7 	system" means a method of dispensing and diluting concentrated chemical solution in a 
83.8 	commercial setting.

83.9 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.42, is amended by adding a subdivision 
83.10 	to read:
83.11 		Subd. 1e.Commercial dishwashing machine. "Commercial dishwashing machine" 
83.12 	means a machine designed for commercial use to clean and sanitize plates, glasses, cups, 
83.13 	bowls, utensils, and trays by applying sprays of detergent solution, with or without blasting 
83.14 	media granules, and a sanitizing final rinse and the backflow prevention installed complies 
83.15 	with ANSI/ASSE 1004 or is certified to National Sanitization Foundation (NSF) 3.

83.16 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
83.17 		Subdivision 1.License required. (a) No individual shall engage in or work at the business 
83.18 	of a master plumber, restricted master plumber, journeyworker plumber, and restricted 
83.19 	journeyworker plumber unless licensed to do so by the commissioner. A license is not 
83.20 	required for individuals performing building sewer or water service installation who have 
83.21 	completed pipe laying training as prescribed by the commissioner. A license is not required 
83.22 	for individuals servicing or installing a commercial chemical dispensing system or servicing 
83.23 	or replacing a commercial dishwashing machine, including connecting a commercial chemical 
83.24 	dispensing system or commercial dishwashing machine to a water line or drain line, provided 
83.25 	that:
83.26 	(1) the individual servicing or installing the commercial chemical dispensing system or 
83.27 	servicing or replacing the commercial dishwashing machine is an employee of the 
83.28 	manufacturer or distributor of the commercial chemical dispensing system or commercial 
83.29 	dishwashing machine;
83.30 	(2) the individual servicing or installing the commercial chemical dispensing system or 
83.31 	servicing or replacing the commercial dishwashing machine has a minimum of 25 hours of 
83.32 	classroom or laboratory training, a minimum of 20 hours of in-field training with a qualified 
84.1 	technician on the types of systems being installed, followed by a minimum of 100 hours of 
84.2 	supervised field experience. The training and experience curriculum required under this 
84.3 	clause must be approved by the commissioner, in consultation with the manufacturer or 
84.4 	distributor, but the commissioner shall not require training or experience hours in excess 
84.5 	of the amounts specified in this clause;
84.6 	(3) the manufacturer or distributor of the commercial chemical dispensing system or 
84.7 	commercial dishwashing machine must meet the insurance requirements of section 326B.46, 
84.8 	subdivision 2, paragraph (c);
84.9 	(4) the connection is a push fit fitting, compression fitting, or threaded pipe fitting to an 
84.10 	existing water line or drain, which has been initially installed by a licensed plumber; and
84.11 	(5) the commercial chemical dispensing system complies with ASSE 1055 or contains 
84.12 	code-approved integral backflow protection.
84.13 	A master plumber may also work as a journeyworker plumber, a restricted journeyworker 
84.14 	plumber, and a restricted master plumber. A journeyworker plumber may also work as a 
84.15 	restricted journeyworker plumber. Anyone not so licensed may do plumbing work which 
84.16 	complies with the provisions of the minimum standards prescribed by the Plumbing Board 
84.17 	on premises or that part of premises owned and actually occupied by the worker as a 
84.18 	residence, unless otherwise forbidden to do so by a local ordinance.
84.19 	(b) No person shall engage in the business of planning, superintending, or installing 
84.20 	plumbing or shall install plumbing in connection with the dealing in and selling of plumbing 
84.21 	material and supplies unless at all times a licensed master plumber, or in cities and towns 
84.22 	with a population of fewer than 5,000 according to the last federal census, a restricted master 
84.23 	plumber, who shall be responsible for proper installation, is in charge of the plumbing work 
84.24 	of the person.
84.25 	(c) Except as provided in subdivision 1a, no person shall perform or offer to perform 
84.26 	plumbing work with or without compensation unless the person obtains a contractor's license. 
84.27 	A contractor's license does not of itself qualify its holder to perform the plumbing work 
84.28 	authorized by holding a master, journeyworker, restricted master, or restricted journeyworker 
84.29 	license.

84.30 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.89, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.31 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
84.32 	the meanings given them.
85.1 	(b) "Gross annual receipts" means the total amount derived from residential contracting 
85.2 	or residential remodeling activities, regardless of where the activities are performed, and 
85.3 	must not be reduced by costs of goods sold, expenses, losses, or any other amount.
85.4 	(c) "Licensee" means a person licensed as a residential contractor or residential remodeler.
85.5 	(d) "Residential real estate" means a new or existing building constructed for habitation 
85.6 	by one to four families, and includes detached garages intended for storage of vehicles 
85.7 	associated with the residential real estate.
85.8 	(e) "Fund" means the contractor recovery fund.
85.9 	(f) "Owner" when used in connection with real property, means a person who has any 
85.10 	legal or equitable interest in real property and includes a condominium or townhome 
85.11 	association that owns common property located in a condominium building or townhome 
85.12 	building or an associated detached garage. Owner does not include any real estate developer 
85.13 	or any owner using, or intending to use, the property for a business purpose and not as 
85.14 	owner-occupied residential real estate.
85.15 	(g) "Cycle One" means the time period between July 1 and December 31.
85.16 	(h) "Cycle Two" means the time period between January 1 and June 30.

85.17 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.89, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
85.18 		Subd. 4.Purpose of fund. (a) The purpose of this fund is to:
85.19 	(1) compensate owners or lessees of residential real estate who meet the requirements 
85.20 	of this section;
85.21 	(2) reimburse the department for all legal and administrative expenses, disbursements, 
85.22 	and costs, including staffing costs, incurred in administering and defending the fund;
85.23 	(3) pay for educational or research projects in the field of residential contracting to 
85.24 	further the purposes of sections 326B.801 to 326B.825; and
85.25 	(4) provide information to the public on residential contracting issues.
85.26 	(b) No money from this fund may be transferred or spent unless the commissioner 
85.27 	determines that the money is being transferred or spent for one of the purposes in paragraph 
85.28 	(a).

86.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.89, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
86.2 		Subd. 5.Payment limitations.  The commissioner shall not pay compensation from the 
86.3 	fund to an owner or a lessee in an amount greater than $75,000 per licensee. The 
86.4 	commissioner shall not pay compensation from the fund to owners and lessees in an amount 
86.5 	that totals more than $300,000 $550,000 per licensee. The commissioner shall only pay 
86.6 	compensation from the fund for a final judgment that is based on a contract directly between 
86.7 	the licensee and the homeowner or lessee that was entered into prior to the cause of action 
86.8 	and that requires licensure as a residential building contractor or residential remodeler.

86.9 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 326B.89, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
86.10 		Subd. 9.Satisfaction of applications for compensation. The commissioner shall pay 
86.11 	compensation from the fund to an owner or a lessee pursuant to the terms of an agreement 
86.12 	that has been entered into under subdivision 7, clause (1), or pursuant to a final order that 
86.13 	has been issued under subdivision 7, clause (2), or subdivision 8 by December 1 of the fiscal 
86.14 	year following the fiscal year during which the agreement was entered into or during which 
86.15 	the order became final, subject to the limitations of this section. At the end of each fiscal 
86.16 	year the commissioner shall calculate the amount of compensation to be paid from the fund 
86.17 	pursuant to agreements that have been entered into under subdivision 7, clause (1), and final 
86.18 	orders that have been issued under subdivision 7, clause (2), or subdivision 8. If the calculated 
86.19 	amount exceeds the amount available for payment, then the commissioner shall allocate the 
86.20 	amount available among the owners and the lessees in the ratio that the amount agreed to 
86.21 	or ordered to be paid to each owner or lessee bears to the amount calculated. The 
86.22 	commissioner shall mail notice of the allocation to all owners and lessees not less than 45 
86.23 	days following the end of the fiscal year. 31 for applications submitted by July 1 or June 
86.24 	30 for applications submitted by January 1 of the fiscal year. The commissioner shall not 
86.25 	pay compensation to owners or lessees that totals more than $275,000 per licensee during 
86.26 	Cycle One of a fiscal year nor shall the commissioner pay out during Cycle One if the payout 
86.27 	will result in the exhaustion of a licensee's fund. If compensation paid to owners or lessees 
86.28 	in Cycle One would total more than $275,000 or would result in exhaustion of a licensee's 
86.29 	fund in Cycle One, the commissioner shall not make a final determination of compensation 
86.30 	for claims against the licensee until the completion of Cycle Two. If the claims against a 
86.31 	licensee for the fiscal year result in the exhaustion of a licensee's fund or the fund as a whole, 
86.32 	the commissioner must prorate the amount available among the owners and lessees based 
86.33 	on the amount agreed to or ordered to be paid to each owner or lessee. The commissioner 
86.34 	shall mail notice of the proration to all owners and lessees no later than March 31 of the 
86.35 	current fiscal year. Any compensation paid by the commissioner in accordance with this 
87.1 	subdivision shall be deemed to satisfy and extinguish any right to compensation from the 
87.2 	fund based upon the verified application of the owner or lessee.

87.3 	Sec. 19. Laws 2014, chapter 211, section 13, as amended by Laws 2015, First Special 
87.4 	Session chapter 1, article 7, section 1, Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 7, section 42, and 
87.5 	Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 12, section 1, is amended to read:
87.6 	Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 87.7 	Sections 1 to 3 and 6 to 11 are effective July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, and on July 1, 
87.8 	2023. Sections 4, 5, and 12 are effective July 1, 2014.

87.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments to this section are effective retroactively from 
87.10 	June 30, 2020, except that any investigation and proceedings related to an unfair labor 
87.11 	practice charge currently pending before the Public Employee Relations Board as of the 
87.12 	date of enactment of this section shall be conducted according to the process in place under 
87.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 179A.052 and 179A.13, as of July 1, 2020, and the board shall 
87.14 	retain jurisdiction over any pending charge. Following enactment of this section and until 
87.15 	July 1, 2023, any employee, employer, employee or employer organization, exclusive 
87.16 	representative, or any other person or organization aggrieved by an unfair labor practice as 
87.17 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.13, may bring an action for injunctive relief 
87.18 	and for damages caused by the unfair labor practice in the district court of the county in 
87.19 	which the practice is alleged to have occurred.

87.20 	Sec. 20. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 7, article 1, section 3, subdivision 4, is 
87.21 	amended to read:

87.22	Subd. 4.Workers' Compensation
 		14,882,000
		11,882,000
	
87.23 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the workers' 
87.24 	compensation fund for workers' compensation 
87.25 	system upgrades. This amount is available 
87.26 	until June 30, 2021 2023. This is a onetime 
87.27 	appropriation.

87.28 	Sec. 21. LOGGERS SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.
 87.29 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
87.30 	the meanings given.
87.31 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and industry.
88.1 	(c) "Program" means the loggers safety grant program under this section.
88.2 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a loggers safety grant program 
88.3 	to provide matching funding for logging industry employers to make safety improvements 
88.4 	recommended by an on-site safety survey.
88.5 		Subd. 3.Grant eligibility. (a) To be eligible for a grant under this section, an employer 
88.6 	must:
88.7 	(1) be an employer in the logging industry, or a closely associated field, with at least 
88.8 	one employee;
88.9 	(2) have current workers' compensation insurance provided through the assigned risk 
88.10 	plan, provided by an insurer subject to penalties under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176, or 
88.11 	as an approved self-insured employer; and
88.12 	(3) have an on-site safety survey with results that recommend specific equipment or 
88.13 	practices that will reduce the risk of injury or illness to employees. This survey must have 
88.14 	been conducted by a Minnesota occupational safety and health compliance investigator or 
88.15 	workplace safety consultation consultant, an in-house safety and health committee, a workers' 
88.16 	compensation insurance underwriter, a private consultant, or a person under contract with 
88.17 	the assigned risk plan.
88.18 	(b) Grant funds may be used for all or part of the cost of the following:
88.19 	(1) purchasing and installing recommended safety equipment;
88.20 	(2) operating or maintaining recommended safety equipment;
88.21 	(3) property, if the property is necessary to meet the recommendations of the on-site 
88.22 	safety survey;
88.23 	(4) training required to operate recommended safety equipment; and
88.24 	(5) tuition reimbursement for educational costs related to the recommendations of the 
88.25 	on-site safety survey.
88.26 		Subd. 4.Evaluation criteria. The commissioner shall evaluate applications, submitted 
88.27 	on forms developed by the commissioner, based on whether the proposed project:
88.28 	(1) is technically and economically feasible;
88.29 	(2) is consistent with the recommendations of the on-site safety survey and the objective 
88.30 	of reducing risk of injury or illness to employees;
89.1 	(3) was submitted by an applicant with sufficient experience, knowledge, and commitment 
89.2 	for the project to be implemented in a timely manner;
89.3 	(4) has the necessary financial commitments to cover all project costs;
89.4 	(5) has the support of all public entities necessary for its completion; and
89.5 	(6) complies with federal, state, and local regulations.
89.6 		Subd. 5.Awards. (a) Grants under this section shall provide a match of up to $25,000 
89.7 	for private funds committed by the employer to implement the recommended safety 
89.8 	equipment or practices.
89.9 	(b) Grants will be awarded to all applicants that meet the eligibility and evaluation criteria 
89.10 	under subdivisions 3 and 4. If there are more eligible requests than funding, awards will be 
89.11 	prorated.
89.12 	(c) Grant recipients are not eligible to apply for another grant under Minnesota Statutes, 
89.13 	chapter 176, until two years after the date of the award.
89.14 		Subd. 6.Report. By January 15, 2023, the commissioner must report to the legislative 
89.15 	committees in the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over labor and 
89.16 	industry about grants made under this program.

89.17 	Sec. 22. REPEALER.
 89.18 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 181.9414, is repealed.

89.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022.

89.20 	ARTICLE 4
89.21 	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

89.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.035, subdivision 21c, is amended to read:
89.23 		Subd. 21c.Reemployment assistance training. (a) An applicant is in "reemployment 
89.24 	assistance training" when:
89.25 	(1)(i) a reasonable opportunity for suitable employment for the applicant does not exist 
89.26 	in the labor market area and additional training will assist the applicant in obtaining suitable 
89.27 	employment;
89.28 	(2)(ii) the curriculum, facilities, staff, and other essentials are adequate to achieve the 
89.29 	training objective;
90.1 	(3)(iii) the training is vocational or short term academic training directed to an occupation 
90.2 	or skill that will substantially enhance the employment opportunities available to the applicant 
90.3 	in the applicant's labor market area;
90.4 	(4)(iv) the training course is full time by the training provider; and
90.5 	(5)(v) the applicant is making satisfactory progress in the training.;
90.6 	(2) the applicant can provide proof of enrollment in one or more programs offered by 
90.7 	an adult basic education consortium under section 124D.518. Programs may include but 
90.8 	are not limited to:
90.9 	(i) general educational development diploma preparation;
90.10 	(ii) local credit completion adult high school diploma preparation;
90.11 	(iii) state competency-based adult high school diploma preparation;
90.12 	(iv) basic skills enhancement training focused on math, functional literacy, reading, or 
90.13 	writing;
90.14 	(v) computer skills training; or
90.15 	(vi) English as a second language instruction;
90.16 	(3) the applicant can provide proof of enrollment in an English as a second language 
90.17 	program taught by a licensed instructor;
90.18 	(4) the applicant can provide proof of enrollment in an over-the-road truck driving 
90.19 	training program offered by a college or university within the Minnesota state system; or
90.20 	(5) the applicant can provide proof of enrollment in a program funded under section 
90.21 	116L.99.
90.22 	(b) Full-time training provided through the dislocated worker program, the Trade Act 
90.23 	of 1974, as amended, or the North American Free Trade Agreement is "reemployment 
90.24 	assistance training," if that training course is in accordance with the requirements of that 
90.25 	program.
90.26 	(c) Apprenticeship training provided in order to meet the requirements of an 
90.27 	apprenticeship program under chapter 178 is "reemployment assistance training."
90.28 	(d) An applicant is in reemployment assistance training only if the training course has 
90.29 	actually started or is scheduled to start within 30 calendar days.

90.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 3, 2022.

91.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
91.2 		Subd. 2.Not eligible. An applicant is ineligible for unemployment benefits for any week:
91.3 	(1) that occurs before the effective date of a benefit account;
91.4 	(2) that the applicant, at any time during the week, has an outstanding misrepresentation 
91.5 	overpayment balance under section 268.18, subdivision 2, including any penalties and 
91.6 	interest;
91.7 	(3) that occurs in a period when the applicant is a student in attendance at, or on vacation 
91.8 	from a secondary school including the period between academic years or terms;
91.9 	(4) (3) that the applicant is incarcerated or performing court-ordered community service. 
91.10 	The applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount is reduced by one-fifth for each day 
91.11 	the applicant is incarcerated or performing court-ordered community service;
91.12 	(5) (4) that the applicant fails or refuses to provide information on an issue of ineligibility 
91.13 	required under section 268.101;
91.14 	(6) (5) that the applicant is performing services 32 hours or more, in employment, covered 
91.15 	employment, noncovered employment, volunteer work, or self-employment regardless of 
91.16 	the amount of any earnings; or
91.17 	(7) (6) with respect to which the applicant has filed an application for unemployment 
91.18 	benefits under any federal law or the law of any other state. If the appropriate agency finally 
91.19 	determines that the applicant is not entitled to establish a benefit account under federal law 
91.20 	or the law of any other state, this clause does not apply.

91.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 3, 2022.

91.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.085, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
91.23 		Subd. 4a.Social Security disability benefits. (a) An applicant who is receiving, has 
91.24 	received, or has filed for primary Social Security disability benefits for any week is ineligible 
91.25 	for unemployment benefits for that week, unless:
91.26 	(1) the Social Security Administration approved the collecting of primary Social Security 
91.27 	disability benefits each month the applicant was employed during the base period; or
91.28 	(2) the applicant provides a statement from an appropriate health care professional who 
91.29 	is aware of the applicant's Social Security disability claim and the basis for that claim, 
91.30 	certifying that the applicant is available for suitable employment.
92.1 	(b) If an applicant meets the requirements of paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), there is no 
92.2 	deduction from the applicant's weekly benefit amount for any Social Security disability 
92.3 	benefits.
92.4 	(c) If an applicant meets the requirements of paragraph (a), clause (2), there must be 
92.5 	deducted from the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount 50 percent of the 
92.6 	weekly equivalent of the primary Social Security disability benefits the applicant is receiving, 
92.7 	has received, or has filed for, with respect to that week.
92.8 	If the Social Security Administration determines that the applicant is not entitled to 
92.9 	receive primary Social Security disability benefits for any week the applicant has applied 
92.10 	for those benefits, then this paragraph does not apply to that week.
92.11 	(d) (c) Information from the Social Security Administration is conclusive, absent specific 
92.12 	evidence showing that the information was erroneous.
92.13 	(e) (d) This subdivision does not apply to Social Security survivor benefits.

92.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 3, 2022.

92.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.133, is amended to read:
92.16 	268.133 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE IN ENTREPRENEURIAL 
92.17 	TRAINING.
92.18 	Unemployment benefits are available to dislocated workers participating in the converting 
92.19 	layoffs into Minnesota businesses (CLIMB) program under section 116L.17, subdivision 
92.20 	11. Applicants participating in CLIMB are considered in reemployment assistance training 
92.21 	under section 268.035, subdivision 21c. All requirements under section 268.069, subdivision 
92.22 	1, must be met, except the commissioner may waive:
92.23 	(1) the deductible earnings provisions in section 268.085, subdivision 5; and
92.24 	(2) the 32 hours of work limitation in section 268.085, subdivision 2, clause (6) (5). A 
92.25 	maximum of 500 applicants may receive a waiver at any given time.

92.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 3, 2022.

92.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.136, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.28 		Subdivision 1.Shared work plan requirements.  An employer may submit a proposed 
92.29 	shared work plan for an employee group to the commissioner for approval in a manner and 
92.30 	format set by the commissioner. The proposed shared work plan must include:
93.1 	(1) a certified statement that the normal weekly hours of work of all of the proposed 
93.2 	participating employees were full time or regular part time but are now reduced, or will be 
93.3 	reduced, with a corresponding reduction in pay, in order to prevent layoffs;
93.4 	(2) the name and Social Security number of each participating employee;
93.5 	(3) the number of layoffs that would have occurred absent the employer's ability to 
93.6 	participate in a shared work plan;
93.7 	(4) a certified statement that each participating employee was first hired by the employer 
93.8 	at least one year three months before the proposed shared work plan is submitted and is not 
93.9 	a seasonal, temporary, or intermittent worker;
93.10 	(5) the hours of work each participating employee will work each week for the duration 
93.11 	of the shared work plan, which must be at least 50 percent of the normal weekly hours but 
93.12 	no more than 80 percent of the normal weekly hours, except that the plan may provide for 
93.13 	a uniform vacation shutdown of up to two weeks;
93.14 	(6) a certified statement that any health benefits and pension benefits provided by the 
93.15 	employer to participating employees will continue to be provided under the same terms and 
93.16 	conditions as though the participating employees' hours of work each week had not been 
93.17 	reduced;
93.18 	(7) a certified statement that the terms and implementation of the shared work plan is 
93.19 	consistent with the employer's obligations under state and federal law;
93.20 	(8) an acknowledgment that the employer understands that unemployment benefits paid 
93.21 	under a shared work plan will be used in computing the future tax rate of a taxpaying 
93.22 	employer or charged to the reimbursable account of a nonprofit or government employer;
93.23 	(9) the proposed duration of the shared work plan, which must be at least two months 
93.24 	and not more than one year, although a plan may be extended for up to an additional year 
93.25 	upon approval of the commissioner;
93.26 	(10) a starting date beginning on a Sunday at least 15 calendar days after the date the 
93.27 	proposed shared work plan is submitted; and
93.28 	(11) a signature of an owner or officer of the employer who is listed as an owner or 
93.29 	officer on the employer's account under section 268.045.

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

94.1 	Sec. 6. CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF FIVE-WEEK BUSINESS OWNER 
94.2 	BENEFIT LIMITATION.
 94.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.085, subdivision 9, the five-week 
94.4 	limitation for receipt of unemployment benefits for business owners is suspended for 
94.5 	applicants for unemployment insurance benefit accounts established between December 
94.6 	27, 2020, and September 4, 2021.

94.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 27, 2020.

94.8 	Sec. 7. LEAVE OF ABSENCE DUE TO COVID-19.
 94.9 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.085, subdivision 13a, for an applicant 
94.10 	applying for an unemployment insurance benefit account established between December 
94.11 	27, 2020, and September 4, 2021, a leave of absence is presumed to be an involuntary leave 
94.12 	of absence and not ineligible if:
94.13 	(1) a determination has been made by health authorities or by a health care professional 
94.14 	that the presence of the applicant in the workplace would jeopardize the health of others, 
94.15 	whether or not the applicant has actually contracted a communicable disease;
94.16 	(2) a quarantine or isolation order has been issued to the applicant pursuant to Minnesota 
94.17 	Statutes, sections 144.419 to 144.4196;
94.18 	(3) there is a recommendation from health authorities or from a health care professional 
94.19 	that the applicant should self-isolate or self-quarantine due to elevated risk from COVID-19 
94.20 	due to being immunocompromised;
94.21 	(4) the applicant has been instructed by the applicant's employer not to come to the 
94.22 	employer's place of business due to an outbreak of a communicable disease; or
94.23 	(5) the applicant has received a notification from a school district, day care, or other 
94.24 	child care provider that either (i) classes are canceled, or (ii) the applicant's ordinary child 
94.25 	care is unavailable, provided that the applicant made reasonable effort to obtain other child 
94.26 	care and requested time off or other accommodation from the employer and no reasonable 
94.27 	accommodation was available.

94.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 27, 2020.

95.1 	Sec. 8. REPORT ON IMPACT TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TRUST 
95.2 	FUND.
 95.3 	By January 14, 2022, the commissioner of employment and economic development shall 
95.4 	submit a report to chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having 
95.5 	jurisdiction over economic development detailing the impact to the Minnesota unemployment 
95.6 	insurance trust fund of eligibility for secondary school students and removal of the Social 
95.7 	Security offset.

95.8 	Sec. 9. REPEALER.
 95.9 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 268.085, subdivision 4, is repealed.

95.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 3, 2022.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 211-H0001-1 

181.9414 PREGNANCY ACCOMMODATIONS.Subdivision 1.Accommodation. 
An employer must provide reasonable accommodations to an employee for health conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth if she so requests, with the advice of her licensed health care provider or certified doula, unless the employer demonstrates that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business. A pregnant employee shall not be required to obtain the advice of her licensed health care provider or certified doula, nor may an employer claim undue hardship for the following accommodations: (1) more frequent restroom, food, and water breaks; (2) seating; and (3) limits on lifting over 20 pounds. The employee and employer shall engage in an interactive process with respect to an employee's request for a reasonable accommodation. "Reasonable accommodation" may include, but is not limited to, temporary transfer to a less strenuous or hazardous position, seating, frequent restroom breaks, and limits to heavy lifting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employer shall not be required to create a new or additional position in order to accommodate an employee pursuant to this section, and shall not be required to discharge any employee, transfer any other employee with greater seniority, or promote any employee. 

Subd. 2.Interaction with other laws. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any other provision of law relating to sex discrimination or pregnancy, or in any way to diminish the coverage of pregnancy, childbirth, or health conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth under any other provisions of any other law. 

Subd. 3.No employer retribution. 
An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining accommodation under this section. 

Subd. 4.Employee not required to take leave. 
An employer shall not require an employee to take a leave or accept an accommodation. 

268.085 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; PAYMENTS THAT AFFECT BENEFITS.Subd. 4.Social Security old age insurance benefits. 
(a) If all of the applicant's wage credits were earned while the applicant was claiming Social Security old age benefits, there is no deduction of the Social Security benefits from the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount. 

(b) Unless paragraph (a) applies, 50 percent of the weekly equivalent of the primary Social Security old age benefit the applicant has received, has filed for, or intends to file for, with respect to that week must be deducted from an applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount. 

(c) Any applicant aged 62 or over is required to state when filing an application for unemployment benefits and when filing continued requests for unemployment benefits if the applicant is receiving, has filed for, or intends to file for, primary Social Security old age benefits. 

(d) Information from the Social Security Administration is conclusive, absent specific evidence showing that the information was erroneous. 

(e) This subdivision does not apply to Social Security survivor benefits.