HF 5231 (Vang) was introduced and r-referred to Agriculture Finance and Policy.

Short Description: Supplemental appropriations and transfers relating to broadband made.

It will be discussed in the House Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy on Thursday, April 4, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the State Office Building, Basement Hearing Room. The hearing may also be viewed on the House webcast schedule page

Here’s description as introduced…

A bill for an act
relating to broadband; making supplemental appropriations and transfers relating
to broadband; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.396, by adding a
subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. 

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.396, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 4. 

Transfer.

The commissioner may transfer up to $5,000,000 of a fiscal year
appropriation between the border-to-border broadband program, low density population
broadband program, and the broadband line extension program to meet demand.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT; APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING; APPROPRIATION.

(a) The commissioner of employment and economic development must prepare and
submit an application to the United States Department of Commerce requesting State Digital
Equity Capacity Grant Funding made available under Public Law 117-58, the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act.

(b) The amount awarded Minnesota from paragraph (a) is appropriated to the
commissioner of employment and economic development for purposes of the commissioner’s
Minnesota Digital Opportunity Plan.