1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for creation of 
1.3 	multiemployer, sector-based career connections; appropriating money for 
1.4 	expansion of vocational training and services within Sentencing to Service 
1.5 	programs; appropriating money to establish an opportunity center for workforce 
1.6 	and educational services to East Africans; requiring a report.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.9 	(a) $2,400,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $2,400,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.10 	from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for 
1.11 	a grant to Hennepin County for creation of additional multiemployer, sector-based career 
1.12 	connections pathways using the Hennepin Career Connections framework.
1.13 	(b) $450,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $450,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.14 	from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for 
1.15 	a grant to Hennepin County for expansion of vocational training and services under the 
1.16 	Sentencing to Service homes and general program.
1.17 	(c) $125,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $125,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.18 	from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for 
1.19 	a grant to Hennepin County, in collaboration with the city of Minneapolis and community 
1.20 	organizations, to establish an opportunity center to provide workforce and educational 
1.21 	services to East African youth and residents of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
1.22 	(d) By February 1, 2018, Hennepin County shall report to the commissioner and 
1.23 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.24 	economic development policy and finance on the activities, expenditures, and outcomes 
1.25 	supported by the appropriations under this section.

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