1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; appropriating money for a grant to a nonprofit 
1.3 	organization to work on behalf of licensed vendors to coordinate responses to 
1.4 	solicitations or other requests and to increase employment opportunities for 
1.5 	persons with disabilities.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$200,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2008 to the 
1.9 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to a nonprofit 
1.10 	organization. The nonprofit organization would work on behalf of all licensed vendors 
1.11 	to coordinate their efforts to respond to solicitations or other requests from private and 
1.12 	governmental units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, subdivision 1, in 
1.13 	order to increase employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.