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Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Klevorn, Nash, Huot, Virnig
Last action
2026-04-09
Official status
Author added Virnig
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

What This Bill Does

  • Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 House

    Author added Virnig

  2. 2026-04-07 House

    Committee report, to adopt as amended

  3. 2026-03-18 House

    Author added Huot

  4. 2026-03-16 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Public television station block grants eligibility modified.

Current Bill Text

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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.