Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

A bill for an act

relating to state government; modifying eligibility for public television station

block grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Distribution.

The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by

sections
129D.11
to
129D.13
. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which

shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The

commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections
129D.11
to

129D.13
in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In addition,

the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants shall be

used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed for

distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No station's

matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based contributions

received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to this subdivision

may only be given to those federally licensed stations that
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are
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were
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certified as eligible for

community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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in 2024
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. Grant

funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may

be carried over into the second fiscal year.