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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to energy; authorizing school boards to form business entity solely for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>wind energy project;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision 21.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.02, subdivision 21, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 21. <b>Wind energy conversion system.</b> The board, or more than one board <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>acting jointly under the authority granted by section 471.59, may construct, acquire, own <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>in whole or in part, operate, and sell and retain and spend the payment received from <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>selling energy from a wind energy conversion system, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>216C.06, <br />
            		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision 19
         </statute_ref>. The board's share of the installed capacity of the wind energy conversion <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>systems authorized by this subdivision must not exceed 3.3 megawatts of nameplate <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>capacity. A board owning, operating, or selling energy from a wind energy conversion <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>system must integrate information about wind energy conversion systems in its educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>programming. The board, or more than one board acting jointly under the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>granted by section 471.59, may be a limited partner in a partnership, a member of a limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>liability company, or a shareholder in a corporation, established for the sole purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>constructing, acquiring, owning in whole or in part, financing, or operating a wind energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>conversion system for the benefit of the district or districts in accordance with this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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