1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; 
1.3 	appropriating money for public infrastructure to support a power plant in Itasca 
1.4 	County.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. ITASCA COUNTY POWER PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Power plant. $55,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to Itasca 
1.9 	County to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of wetlands and runoff of storm water, 
1.10 	and to predesign, design, construct, and equip roads, rail lines, natural gas pipelines, water 
1.11 	supply systems, and wastewater collection and treatment systems for an innovative energy 
1.12 	project in Itasca County under Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.1694, that uses clean 
1.13 	energy technology as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.1693.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
1.15 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
1.16 	amount up to $55,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
1.17 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
1.18 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.19 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.20 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.