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

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY 
1.7 	TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA (IRETIMN).
 1.8 	$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2012 to the Board of 
1.9 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for a grant for the International 
1.10 	Renewable Energy Technology Institute of Minnesota (IRETIMN). The appropriation 
1.11 	must be used to obtain United States Environmental Protection Agency and International 
1.12 	Standards Organization (ISO) 17025 certification. This is a onetime appropriation.