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HF 3457

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/04/2024 03:44pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to energy; establishing a deadline for state agencies to issue permits for a
large electric power facility that has been granted a site or route permit; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 216E.10, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 216E.10, subdivision 2, is amended
to read:


Subd. 2.

Other state permits.

new text begin (a) new text end Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
utilities shall obtain state permits that may be required to construct and operate large electric
power facilities. A state agency deleted text begin indeleted text end processing a utility's facility permit application shall be
bound to the decisions of the commission, with respect to the site or route designation, and
with respect to other matters for which authority has been granted to the commission by
this chapter.

new text begin (b) No later than 60 days after the date the commission issues a site or route permit under
this chapter, a state agency must make a final decision on any permit that the state agency
is authorized to issue and that is required in order to construct or operate the facility that
was issued a permit by the commission, unless:
 new text end

new text begin (1) the 60-day limit conflicts with the requirements of federal law, in which case the
federal law applies;
 new text end

new text begin (2) the permit application is incomplete, in which case the agency must specify the
missing information in writing to the permit applicant within ten days of receiving the permit
application and the 60-day limit does not begin until the permit applicant supplies all the
additional information requested to the agency; or
 new text end

new text begin (3) the permit applicant agrees to extend the 60-day period.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies to projects issued a site or route permit by the commission on or after that date.
 new text end