1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; clarifying the purpose of a grant to Koochiching 
1.3 	County for a plasma torch gasification facility;amending Laws 2006, chapter 
1.4 	258, section 8, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 8, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

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Subd. 4.Koochiching Renewable Energy 
Clean Air Project (RECAP)

2,500,000

1.9 	For a grant to Koochiching County ~~to~~ 
1.10 	~~prepare a site for and~~or the Koochiching 
1.11 	Development Authority to design~~, construct,~~ 
1.12 	~~and equip~~ a plasma torch gasification facility 
1.13 	that converts municipal solid waste into 
1.14 	energy and slag, reducing the need to dispose 
1.15 	of the waste in a landfill.
1.16 	After the design has been completed, this 
1.17 	appropriation may be used for any or all or 
1.18 	any combination of the following: (1) to 
1.19 	upgrade an existing waste transfer station 
1.20 	in Koochiching County to serve the facility 
1.21 	by performing site work, construction, or 
1.22 	placement of equipment; or (2) to prepare a 
1.23 	site for or to construct or equip a portion of 
1.24 	the plasma torch gasification facility.
2.1 	This appropriation, or any portion of it, is 
2.2 	~~not~~ available ~~until the commissioner has~~ 
2.3 	~~determined that at least an equal amount has~~ 
2.4 	~~been committed to the project~~ as matched, 
2.5 	dollar for dollar, with money from nonstate 
2.6 	sources.

2.7 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.8 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.