The MN Senate reports...
Senator Hauschild introduced–S.F. No. 843: A bill for an act relating to broadband; modifying matching requirements for the lower population density grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.3952, subdivision 2.Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development.
It would increase the grant amount in Lower Population Density grants to 90 percent of costs…
A bill for an act
relating to broadband; modifying matching requirements for the lower population
density grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.3952,
subdivision 2.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.3952, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Grants.
Grants awarded under this section may fund up to 75 90 percent of the
total cost of a project and must otherwise adhere to section 116J.395, subdivisions 1 to 6
and subdivision 7, paragraph (b).EFFECTIVE DATE.
This section is effective August 1, 2025.