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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 higher education; appropriating money for a grant to the International <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Renewable Energy Technology Institute at Minnesota State University, Mankato.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</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.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>APPROPRIATION; INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (IRETI).</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>$1,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2010 to the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for a grant to Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>University, Mankato for the International Renewable Energy Technology Institute (IRETI) <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>to be located at the university as a public and private partnership to support applied <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>research in renewable energy and energy efficiency to aid in the transfer of technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>from Sweden to Minnesota and to support technology commercialization from companies <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>located in Minnesota and throughout the world. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
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