1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; providing funding for low-income heating assistance; 
1.3 	appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EMERGENCY HEATING ASSISTANCE.
1.6 	$25,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of commerce 
1.7 	for distribution to eligible households for home heating assistance during the 2006 
1.8 	calendar year. The commissioner must distribute funds to eligible households according 
1.9 	to the formula developed for the distribution of the federal Low-Income Home Energy 
1.10 	Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006. Priority must be given to households that did not 
1.11 	receive federal energy assistance. 

1.12 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.13 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.