1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money for an anaerobic digestor energy system.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTOR ENERGY SYSTEM.
 1.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.6 	$10,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the renewable development account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, 
1.8 	subdivision 1, to the commissioner of commerce for a grant to Recycling and Energy, in 
1.9 	partnership with Dem-Con HZI Bioenergy, LLC, to construct an anerobic digestor energy 
1.10 	system in the city of Shakopee.
1.11 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "anaerobic digestor energy system" means a facility 
1.12 	that uses diverted food and organic waste from a metropolitan county, as defined under 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4, to create renewable natural gas and 
1.14 	biochar.

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