1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money to African Career 
1.3 	Education and Resource, Inc.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. AFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION AND RESOURCE, INC.; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$4,919,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development for a grant to African Career Education and 
1.9 	Resource, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to acquire, predesign, design, and renovate 
1.10 	a building in Brooklyn Center that will support business development, business incubation, 
1.11 	entrepreneurship, and workforce development in the Black community and in other 
1.12 	communities of color. This appropriation is available until the project is completed or 
1.13 	abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. This is a onetime appropriation.