1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Minnesota Public 
1.3 	Radio.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO.
 1.6 	$2,350,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,350,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the arts and cultural heritage fund to the commissioner of administration for a grant to 
1.8 	Minnesota Public Radio, Inc.:
1.9 	(1) to create original on-air and digital programming, live events, and arts education 
1.10 	opportunities and to amplify artistic, musical, historical, and cultural information and 
1.11 	activities on multiple platforms that reach the entire state;
1.12 	(2) for programming that enhances the artistic and cultural ecosystem across the state 
1.13 	through partnerships with working artists, musicians, historians, and writers;
1.14 	(3) to continue to grow representation of and support for Minnesota's communities of 
1.15 	color and Indigenous communities; and
1.16 	(4) to support preservation of and public access to Minnesota's history through the 
1.17 	Minnesota Public Radio audio archives.