as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for renewable biomass
energy production by the Laurentian Energy Authority; authorizing the sale
and issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$5,800,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of
employment and economic development for a grant to the Laurentian Energy Authority
for conversion of coal fuel handling facilities and coal boilers to renewable biomass fuel,
cogeneration interconnections, transmission upgrades, and design engineering.
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To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund,
the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$5,800,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
sections 4 to 7.
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Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
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