Mille Lacs County; Lake Mille Lacs area economic relief program loan forgiveness provided.

HF 2157 forgives all outstanding loans issued under Minnesota's 2016 Lake Mille Lacs area economic relief program. The bill requires the state commissioner of employment and economic development to ask Mille Lacs County to forgive these loans, which were originally issued to businesses or individuals in the Lake Mille Lacs area. It amends the 2016 law to make the forgiveness effective retroactively from June 30, 2018, the program's original expiration date. This directly affects borrowers who received loans under the program and Mille Lacs County, which administered the loans.