1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; authorizing the construction and routing of certain pipelines.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. PIPELINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; ROUTE PERMIT.
 1.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 216B.243, subdivision 2, and 216G.02, 
1.6 	subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules, chapters 7852 and 7853, an applicant for a certificate 
1.7 	of need and route permit filed with the Public Utilities Commission in 2015 for a pipeline 
1.8 	that crosses an international border before entering Minnesota may, at its sole discretion, 
1.9 	construct, own, and operate the pipeline and associated facilities along the route proposed 
1.10 	in those applications. Commission proceedings related to those applications are terminated 
1.11 	as of the effective date of this act.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.