1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to telecommunications; appropriating money to the broadband grant 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. BROADBAND GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$100,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of employment and economic development for deposit in the border-to-border 
1.8 	broadband fund account under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.396. The appropriation 
1.9 	must be used for grants and the purposes specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.10 	116J.395.