1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money for the Board of Regents of the University 
1.3 	of Minnesota to establish goals and benchmarks for a transition to renewable fuels.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.8 	$6,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the renewable development account 
1.9 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the Board of 
1.10 	Regents of the University of Minnesota to establish goals and benchmarks and implement 
1.11 	a rapid transition toward the use of renewable fuels for electricity and thermal energy in 
1.12 	campus buildings by 2030.
1.13 	(b) As a condition of receiving the appropriation under paragraph (a), the Board of 
1.14 	Regents of the University of Minnesota must submit a report by January 15, 2020, and 
1.15 	biennially thereafter until January 15, 2030, on the progress made toward the goals and 
1.16 	benchmarks established under paragraph (a) to the chairs and ranking minority members 
1.17 	of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
1.18 	energy, climate, the environment, and natural resources.

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