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This bill establishes a grant program for small cities with specific requirements to improve municipal facilities, particularly for fire and rescue services. To be eligible, a city must have fewer than 2,000 residents, have an executed fire service contract serving at least one other municipality, and respond to a minimum of 50 fire and rescue calls annually. The grants can be used for two primary purposes: designing and equipping capital improvements to collocate city services in a single building (with firefighting being one of those services) and purchasing air handling equipment to mitigate vehicle exhaust issues in municipal buildings that dispatch fire and rescue services. The bill authorizes the commissioner of employment and economic development to administer the grants, and the commissioner of management and budget is authorized to sell state bonds to fund the program. The amount of funding is not specified in the provided text (indicated by $ placeholders), but the bonds will be issued according to existing state financial regulations. The bill becomes effective the day after it is enacted, providing an immediate mechanism for small cities to apply for facility improvement funding.

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