1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; requiring a certificate of need for certain transmission lines. 
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. URBAN TRANSMISSION LINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED 
1.5 	REQUIRED.
 1.6 	A high-voltage transmission line longer than one mile with a capacity of 100 
1.7 	kilovolts or more that is located in a city of the first class in a zone within one mile of 
1.8 	the transmission line in which population density exceeds 8,000 persons per square 
1.9 	mile, and that runs parallel to and is within one-quarter mile of a below-grade bike and 
1.10 	walking path that connects with other bike paths along a river, is subject to the provisions 
1.11 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.243.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.13 	and applies only to high-voltage transmission lines described in this section that are the 
1.14 	subject of an application for a route permit under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216E, that is 
1.15 	pending before the Public Utilities Commission on March 15, 2010.