1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; appropriating money for a grant to a nonprofit 
1.3 	organization to work on behalf of licensed vendors to coordinate responses to 
1.4 	solicitations or other requests and to increase employment opportunities for 
1.5 	persons with disabilities. 
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2011 are appropriated from 
1.9 	the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a 
1.10 	grant to a nonprofit organization that works on behalf of all licensed vendors to coordinate 
1.11 	their efforts to respond to solicitations or other requests from private and governmental 
1.12 	units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, subdivision 1, in order to increase 
1.13 	employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Any amount not expended in 
1.14 	fiscal year 2010 is available in fiscal year 2011.