1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to African 
1.3 	Career Education and Resource, Inc.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. AFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION AND RESOURCE, INC.; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$4, 919,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of employment and economic development for a grant to African Career Education and 
1.9 	Resource, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to acquire, predesign, design, and renovate 
1.10 	a building in the city of Brooklyn Center that will support business development, business 
1.11 	incubation, entrepreneurship, and workforce development in the Black and People of Color 
1.12 	community. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until the project is completed 
1.13 	or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.