1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing funding for leveraged equipment 
1.3 	acquisitions by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
1.6 	LEVERAGED EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$21,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Trustees of the 
1.8 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the biennium ending June 30, 2015, for 
1.9 	leveraged equipment acquisitions. For the purpose of this section, "equipment" means 
1.10 	equipment for instructional purposes for programs that the board has determined would 
1.11 	produce graduates with skills for which there is a high employer need within the state. An 
1.12 	equipment acquisition may be made using this appropriation only if matched by cash or 
1.13 	in-kind contributions from nonstate sources. This is a onetime appropriation.