1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; regulating certain transmission lines;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2008, section 216B.243, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.243, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 10.Transmission line. A high-voltage transmission line longer than one mile 
1.8 	with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more that is located in a city of the first class in a 
1.9 	zone within one mile of the transmission line in which population density exceeds 8,000 
1.10 	persons per square mile, and that runs parallel to and is within one-quarter mile of a 
1.11 	below-grade bike and walking path that connects with other bike paths along a river, is 
1.12 	subject to the provisions of this section.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.14 	and applies to all high-voltage transmission lines that have not received a routing permit 
1.15 	from the commission as of the effective date of this act.