1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for wastewater 
1.3 	infrastructure.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EFFLUENT PIPE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$700,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of employment and economic development for a loan to extend an effluent pipe that will 
1.8 	deliver wastewater to an innovative waste-to-biofuel project investing a minimum of 
1.9 	$150,000,000 and constructing a facility that is designed to process approximately 400,000 
1.10 	tons of waste annually. This is a onetime appropriation and loan funds are available until 
1.11 	June 30, 2021.

1.12 	Sec. 2. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.13 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.14 	of the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to the Metropolitan Council under Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, section 116.195, for wastewater infrastructure to support waste-to-biofuel 
1.16 	development.