SF 144

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to the county of Winona; authorizing ownership of electric power
generation facilities and granting related powers.

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

Section 1. new text begin WINONA COUNTY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT.
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new text begin The county of Winona may own, construct, acquire, purchase, issue bonds and
certificates of indebtedness for, maintain, and operate any renewable electric power
generation facility, or any portion of a renewable electric power generation facility, within
its corporate limits, and may sell the output from that facility at wholesale on such terms
and conditions as the county board deems is in the best interests of the public; but output
from that facility may not be sold or distributed at retail or provided for end use by the
county. With respect to any renewable electric power generation facility, or any portion of
a renewable electric power generation facility, the county may exercise the powers granted
to a municipal power agency and to a city under Minnesota Statutes, sections 453.52,
subdivisions 1, 6, 7, and 9 to 13; 453.54, subdivisions 1, 2, 4 to 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 17
to 21; 453.55; 453.57; 453.58, subdivisions 2, 3 (except as limited by this section), and
4; 453.59; 453.60; 453.61; and 453.62, provided, however, that output from that facility
may not be sold or distributed at retail or provided for end use by the county. The grant
of powers under Minnesota Statutes, section 453.58, subdivision 3, is limited and does
not include the authority to, by resolution of its governing body and without approval of
the electors or performance of other conditions provided in any charter or other law,
enter into contracts with a municipal power agency for the purchase, sale, exchange, or
transmission of electric energy and other services, on such terms and for such period of
time as the resolution may provide.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This law is effective the day after the governing body of the
county of Winona and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.
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