Bill Text: MN SF2231 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Broadband infrastructure development by local units of governments grants appropriation
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Referred to Finance [SF2231 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2231-Introduced.html
1.2relating to telecommunications; broadband; appropriating money from the general
1.3fund to stimulate broadband infrastructure development; requiring a study.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
1.6(a) $100,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.7of employment and economic development to award grants for the development of
1.8broadband infrastructure and to supplement revenues raised by bonds sold by local units
1.9of government for broadband infrastructure development. This appropriation does not
1.10cancel to the general fund but remains available until expended.
1.11(b) Beginning in fiscal year 2015, the base budget of the Office of Broadband
1.12Development established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.39, shall be $500,000.
1.13$500,000 each year is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
1.14employment and economic development for the operation of the Office of Broadband
1.15Development. This is an ongoing appropriation. The $500,000 appropriated in this
1.16paragraph supersedes the $250,000 appropriated for the Office of Broadband Development
1.17in Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, paragraph (o), and that
1.18appropriation is canceled.
1.19(c) $150,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the
1.20commissioner of employment and economic development for a study of the feasibility of
1.21creating a state fund designed to leverage private capital for the development of public
1.22infrastructure projects, including broadband. This appropriation does not cancel, but
1.23remains available until expended. The final report of the study must be submitted to the
2.1chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees with primary
2.2jurisdiction over telecommunications by December 1, 2014.
1.3fund to stimulate broadband infrastructure development; requiring a study.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
1.6(a) $100,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.7of employment and economic development to award grants for the development of
1.8broadband infrastructure and to supplement revenues raised by bonds sold by local units
1.9of government for broadband infrastructure development. This appropriation does not
1.10cancel to the general fund but remains available until expended.
1.11(b) Beginning in fiscal year 2015, the base budget of the Office of Broadband
1.12Development established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.39, shall be $500,000.
1.13$500,000 each year is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
1.14employment and economic development for the operation of the Office of Broadband
1.15Development. This is an ongoing appropriation. The $500,000 appropriated in this
1.16paragraph supersedes the $250,000 appropriated for the Office of Broadband Development
1.17in Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, paragraph (o), and that
1.18appropriation is canceled.
1.19(c) $150,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the
1.20commissioner of employment and economic development for a study of the feasibility of
1.21creating a state fund designed to leverage private capital for the development of public
1.22infrastructure projects, including broadband. This appropriation does not cancel, but
1.23remains available until expended. The final report of the study must be submitted to the
2.1chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house committees with primary
2.2jurisdiction over telecommunications by December 1, 2014.
