1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; appropriating money for a grant to the International 
1.3 	Renewable Energy Technical Institute at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY 
1.6 	TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (IRETI).
 1.7 	$1,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2010 to the Board of 
1.8 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for a grant to Minnesota State 
1.9 	University, Mankato for the International Renewable Energy Technical Institute (IRETI) 
1.10 	to be located at the university as a public and private partnership to support applied 
1.11 	research in renewable energy and energy efficiency to aid in the transfer of technology 
1.12 	from Sweden to Minnesota and to support technology commercialization from companies 
1.13 	located in Minnesota and throughout the world. This is a onetime appropriation.