<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Commission; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>216B.62, by adding a subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.62, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Supplemental staffing assessment.</b> In addition to other assessments in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>subdivision 3, the commission may assess up to $800,000 per year for supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>staffing to implement requirements of this chapter. The amount in this subdivision shall <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>be assessed to the several public utilities in proportion to their respective gross operating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>revenues from retail sales of gas or electric service within the state during the last calendar <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>year, shall be deposited into an account in the special revenue fund, and are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>to the commission. An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>assessments provided in subdivision 3 or any other law.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>