On April 15, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development will discuss SF 5366 – Putnam: Broadband supplemental appropriations and transfers
Governor’s supplemental broadband budget. (I’ve also been following the House version HF5231.)

Monday, April 15th, 2024 03:00 PM
Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development
Chair: Sen. Aric Putnam
Location: 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Agenda

Call to Order

SF 5365 – Putnam: Agricultural provisions modifications and appropriation
Governor’s supplemental agriculture budget.

SF 5366 – Putnam: Broadband supplemental appropriations and transfers
Governor’s supplemental broadband budget.

SF 3955 – Putnam: Agricultural growth, research and innovation program base funding increase
Omnibus agriculture finance bill.

You can view this hearing on the Senate Schedule.

Here’s the text 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.