1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1169, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 4, line 34, after the period, insert "This appropriation must be used for the
1.3sole purpose of providing free or reduced fee business consulting services to minority
1.4entrepreneurs and contractors."
1.5Page 6, line 8, delete everything after "damage"
1.6Page 6, delete line 9
1.7Page 6, line 10, delete everything before the period
1.8Page 11, line 12, delete "summer"
1.9Page 11, line 14, delete "for up to eight weeks"
1.10Page 15, line 3, delete "$500,000" and insert "$250,000"
1.11Page 15, line 4, delete "an organization doing"
1.12Page 15, delete line 5
1.13Page 15, line 6, delete "Rapids, Minnesota, that provides" and insert "Minnesota
1.14Diversified Industries to provide"
1.15Page 15, delete line 11 and insert "and program services eligible for funding under
1.16the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This appropriation is available until"
1.17Page 15, after line 28, insert:
1.18"The commissioner shall not use any
1.19unallocated discretionary funds available
1.20to the department under the American
1.21Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Public Law
1.22111-5, to hire full-time or part-time staff or
1.23enter into professional or technical contracts
1.24for any purpose other than administration
1.25of the unemployment insurance program
1.26or to provide direct services to job
2.1seekers, including assistance in filing for
2.2unemployment benefits."
2.3Page 48, line 5, after "units" insert "and other green jobs purposes"
2.4Page 60, delete lines 21 to 24
2.5Page 108, after line 9, insert:

2.6    "Sec. .... [181.986] REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND APPAREL.
2.7    Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, a public employer is
2.8prohibited from purchasing or acquiring, furnishing, or requiring an employee to purchase
2.9or acquire for wear or use while on duty, any of the following items if the item is not
2.10manufactured in the United States of America:
2.11    (1) any uniform or other item of wearing apparel over which an employee has no
2.12discretion in selecting except for selecting the proper size; or
2.13    (2) safety equipment or protective accessories.
2.14    Preference must be given to purchases from manufacturers who pay an average
2.15annual income, including wages and benefits, equal to at least 150 percent of the federal
2.16poverty guideline adjusted for a family size of four. For purposes of this section, "public
2.17employer" means a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, school district,
2.18metropolitan or regional agency, public corporation, political subdivision, special district
2.19as defined in section 6.465, subdivision 3, municipal fire department, independent
2.20nonprofit firefighting corporation, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State
2.21Colleges and Universities, and the state of Minnesota and its agencies.
2.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2010."
2.23Page 138, line 9, delete "employee"
2.24Page 138, line 10, delete "relations" and insert "management and budget"
2.25Page 145, line 18, after "2009" insert "based upon the taxable tonnage of production
2.26in 2008"
2.27Page 151, line 9, delete "fund" and insert "Douglas J. Johnson Economic Protection
2.28Trust Fund" and delete "Mesaba" and insert "Mesabi"
2.29Page 151, line 10, after "Nugget" insert ", LLC" and delete "the Erie Mining Site in
2.30Hoyt Lakes" and insert "Silver Bay"
2.31Page 164, line 29, strike "in accordance with section 469.204, subdivision 3"
2.32Page 166, line 8, strike "specified in subdivision 2"
2.33Page 169, after line 31, insert:


3.3    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.13, is amended to read:
3.4129D.13 GRANTS.
3.5    Subdivision 1. Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute the money provided
3.6by sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Twice Annually the commissioner shall make block
3.7grants which shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs.
3.8The commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11
3.9to 129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In
3.10addition, the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants
3.11shall be used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed
3.12for distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No
3.13station's matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based
3.14contributions received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to
3.15this subdivision may only be given to those federally licensed stations that are certified as
3.16eligible for community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
3.17Grant funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel
3.18and may be carried over into the second fiscal year.
3.19    Subd. 2. Exclusions from contribution amount. In calculating the amount of
3.20contributions received by a public station pursuant to subdivision 1, there shall be
3.21excluded: contributions, whether monetary or in kind, from the Corporation for Public
3.22Broadcasting; tax generated funds, including payments by public or private elementary
3.23and secondary schools; that portion of any foundation or corporation donation in excess
3.24of $500 $2,500 from any one contributor in a calendar the previous station fiscal year;
3.25contributions from any source if made for the purpose of capital expenditures; and
3.26contributions from all sources based outside the state.
3.27    Subd. 3. Report. Each educational station receiving a grant shall annually report
3.28by July 1 annually by August 1 to the commissioner the purposes for which the money
3.29was used in the past fiscal year and the anticipated use of the money in the next fiscal
3.30year. This report shall be submitted along with a new grant request submission. The report
3.31shall be certified by an independent auditor or a certified public accountant. If the report
3.32is not submitted by September 1, the commissioner may withhold from the educational
3.33station 45 percent of the amount to which it was entitled based upon the contribution of
3.34the previous fiscal year, and may redistribute that money to other educational stations.
4.1    Subd. 4. Program categories and funding programs. The Board of the Arts
4.2may develop program categories and funding programs in television, film and other
4.3public media.

4.4    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.5    Subd. 4. Application. To be eligible for a grant under this section, a licensee
4.6shall submit an application to the commissioner within the deadline prescribed by the
4.7commissioner according to state grant policies. Each noncommercial radio station
4.8receiving a grant shall report annually within the deadline prescribed by August 1 to the
4.9commissioner the purposes for which the money was used in the past fiscal year and the
4.10anticipated use of the money for the next fiscal year. This report shall be submitted along
4.11with a new grant request submission. If the application and report are not submitted within
4.12the deadline prescribed by the commissioner, the grant may be redistributed to the other
4.13noncommercial radio stations eligible for a grant under this section.

4.14    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.14, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.15    Subd. 5. State community service block grants. (a) The commissioner shall
4.16determine eligibility for block grants and the allocation of block grant money on the basis
4.17of audited financial records of the station to receive the block grant funds for the station's
4.18fiscal year preceding the year in which the grant is made, as well as on the basis of the
4.19other requirements set forth in this section. The commissioner shall annually distribute
4.20block grants equally to all stations that comply with the eligibility requirements and for
4.21which a licensee applies for a block grant. Grant funds not expended by a station during
4.22the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may be carried over into the second fiscal
4.23year. The commissioner may promulgate rules to implement this section.
4.24    (b) A station may use grant money under this section for any radio station expenses.

4.25    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.14, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
4.26    Subd. 6. Audit. A station that receives a grant under this section shall have an
4.27audit of its financial records made by an independent auditor or Corporation for Public
4.28Broadcasting accepted audit at the end of for the fiscal year for which it received the grant.
4.29The audit shall include a review of station promotion, operation, and management and an
4.30analysis of the station's use of the grant money. A copy of the most recent audit shall be
4.31filed with the commissioner. If neither is available, The commissioner may accept a letter
4.32of negative assurance from an independent auditor or a certified public accountant.

4.33    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.155, is amended to read:
5.1129D.155 REPAYMENT OF FUNDS.
5.2    State funds distributed to public television or noncommercial radio stations and used
5.3to purchase equipment assets must be repaid to the state, without interest, if the assets
5.4purchased with these funds are sold within five years or otherwise converted to a person
5.5other than a nonprofit or municipal corporation. The amount due to the state shall be the
5.6net amount realized from the sale of the assets, but shall not exceed the amount of state
5.7funds advanced for the purchase of the asset. Public television and noncommercial radio
5.8stations receiving state funds must report biennially to the legislature on the location and
5.9usage of assets purchased with state funds.

5.10    Sec. 6. COLOCATION REPORT.
5.11    The Management Analysis Division of the Department of Finance must study and
5.12report to the legislature by January 15, 2010, on possible colocation of the offices of the
5.13Council on Black Minnesotans, the Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People, the
5.14Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, and the metropolitan area office of the Indian
5.15Affairs Council. The report must include analysis of potential cost savings, when those
5.16savings could be realized, and the effect of potential colocation on operations of the
5.17councils.

5.18    Sec. 7. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
5.19    In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall change the term "commission" to
5.20"center" wherever the term appears as part of or in reference to "Minnesota Humanities
5.21Commission.""
5.22Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
5.23Amend the title accordingly