1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Now EMERGE Career 
1.3 	and Technology Center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINNEAPOLIS; NOW EMERGE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY 
1.6 	CENTER.
 1.7 	$850,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and 
1.8 	economic development for a grant to EMERGE Community Development to retire the 
1.9 	remaining debt for the design, construction, and rehabilitation of the former North Branch 
1.10 	Library in Minneapolis, the first open shelf library in the United States and Minnesota's 
1.11 	oldest standing library, to serve as a technology-focused workforce development center and 
1.12 	community space.

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