Minnesota HF 2607: Southeast Asian Language Job Training Facilities funding provided, bond proceeds canceled, and money appropriated.

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Southeast Asian​
1.3 Language Job Training Facilities; canceling an appropriation of bond proceeds.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. CANCELLATION; ST. PAUL - SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGE JOB​
1.6 TRAINING FACILITIES BONDING APPROPRIATION.​
1.7 The unobligated amount remaining from the appropriation in Laws 2018, chapter 214,​
1.8 article 1, section 21, subdivision 28, as amended in Laws 2019, chapter 2, article 2, section​
1.9 6, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 26,​
1.10 subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2019, chapter 2, article 2, section 9, is reduced by the​
1.11 same amount.​
1.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2021.​
1.13 Sec. 2. ST. PAUL - SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGE JOB TRAINING​
1.14 FACILITIES; APPROPRIATION.​
1.15 $5,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2022 to the commissioner​
1.16 of employment and economic development for a grant to the Hmong American Partnership​
1.17 to acquire a bus driver and mechanics' training facility on Sycamore Street in St. Paul for​
1.18 training drivers and mechanics through programming primarily in the Southeast Asian​
1.19 languages, and to acquire a training facility on Plato Avenue in St. Paul for use as a training​
1.20 facility for health care, manufacturing, and information technology jobs through programming​
1.21 provided primarily in the Southeast Asian languages. Notwithstanding the primary focus​
1.22 as a workforce training facility described above, a portion of the Plato site may be used for​
1​Sec. 2.​
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State of Minnesota​
This Document can be made available​
in alternative formats upon request​
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No. 2607​
NINETY-SECOND SESSION​
Authored by Mariani​05/10/2021​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment​

2.1 child care facilities open to the public but primarily intended to improve programming​
2.2 outcomes for students and participants of the training programs. A portion of both the Plato​
2.3 and Sycamore sites may include on-site wrap-around supportive services to assist the​
2.4 participants in training programs in securing housing, mental health, adult basic education,​
2.5 and health care enrollment and access.​
2.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2021.​
2​Sec. 2.​
REVISOR JSK/KM 21-03591​03/08/21 ​