1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money to match federal grant for Midwest 
1.3 	Bioenergy Research Center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION FOR BIOENERGY RESEARCH GRANT.
 1.6 	$125,000,000 is appropriated to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
1.7 	to establish a research center for conducting fundamental research on plants and microbes 
1.8 	to develop genomics-based solutions for renewable energy sources. This appropriation 
1.9 	is available as grants in increments of $25,000,000 per year over five years to match 
1.10 	dollar-for-dollar federal grants for this purpose, beginning the fiscal year when the United 
1.11 	States Department of Energy awards the university $125,000,000 over a five-year period 
1.12 	to establish the research center for bioenergy development. This appropriation is available 
1.13 	until expended or the commissioner of finance determines that the federal grant for a 
1.14 	bioenergy development center will not be awarded to the University of Minnesota.