1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; expanding the greater Minnesota business 
1.3 	development public infrastructure grant program;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2022, section 116J.431, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Eligible projects. (a) An economic development project for which a county or 
1.8 	city may be eligible to receive a grant under this section includes:
1.9 	(1) manufacturing;
1.10 	(2) technology;
1.11 	(3) warehousing and distribution;
1.12 	(4) research and development;
1.13 	(5) agricultural processing, defined as transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading 
1.14 	livestock or livestock products into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption, 
1.15 	including goods for nonfood use; or
1.16 	(6) industrial park development that would be used by any other business listed in this 
1.17 	subdivision even if no business has committed to locate in the industrial park at the time 
1.18 	the grant application is made; or
1.19 	(7) commercial development.
2.1 	(b) Up to 15 percent of the development of a project may be for a purpose that is not 
2.2 	included under this subdivision as an eligible project. A city or county must provide notice 
2.3 	to the commissioner for the commissioner's approval of the proposed project.