This bill is tangential to broadband but could relate directly to cable franchising, which does connect it to broadband.
Nadeau, Norris and Carroll introduced:
HF. 1740,A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable television programming.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance
A bill for an act
relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community cable
television programming.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY CABLE TELEVISION.
$…… in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the
commissioner of administration for a grant to the Minnesota Association of Community
Telecommunications Administrators for distribution to Minnesota public, educational, or
governmental cable television channels to provide programming that supports community
and civic engagement.