1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing assistance
1.3 	to American Indians to become entrepreneurs;
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 in fiscal year
1.8 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.9 	of employment and economic development for grants to the
1.10 	Minnesota Opportunities Industrialization Centers State
1.11 	Council.  The grant shall be used by the American Indian
1.12 	Opportunities Industrialization Centers of Minneapolis, and the
1.13 	Northwestern Opportunities Industrialization Centers of Bemidji,
1.14 	to provide training to American Indians to become small
1.15 	businesspersons.  The opportunities industrialization centers
1.16 	may contract with any accredited state or private educational
1.17 	institution to deliver training.  This appropriation is in
1.18 	addition to the base level funding and shall become part of the
1.19 	agency's budget base.