1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to taxation; permitting the recovery through 
  1.3             rates of certain property taxes; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1994, section 216B.16, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 216B.16, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 6d.  [WIND ENERGY; RATES; PROPERTY TAX PASS THROUGH.] 
  1.10  The commission shall permit a public utility that is purchasing 
  1.11  energy generated from a wind energy conversion system as defined 
  1.12  under section 216C.06, subdivision 12, installed after June 1, 
  1.13  1995, and before January 1, 1997, to recover in rates any 
  1.14  property taxes on that development which the commission 
  1.15  determines have been passed on to the public utility.