1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; appropriating money for a progressive development 
1.3 	and employment opportunities grant.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT 
1.6 	OPPORTUNITIES GRANT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	Of the money available to Minnesota from the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
1.8 	Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and allocated to the Department of Employment and 
1.9 	Economic Development for state employment programs, $500,000 is appropriated 
1.10 	to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to an 
1.11 	organization doing business in St. Paul, Hibbing, and Grand Rapids, Minnesota, that 
1.12 	provides progressive development and employment opportunities in competitive business 
1.13 	enterprises for people with disabilities. The appropriation in this section must be used 
1.14 	to provide employee and program services, and is available until expended. No nonstate 
1.15 	match is required for this grant.

1.16 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.17 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.