1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing for a grant to repurpose an existing 
1.3 	facility to produce renewable fertilizer products; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; RENEWABLE FERTILIZER PRODUCTION 
1.6 	FACILITY.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.8 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the renewable development account 
1.9 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of 
1.10 	employment and economic development for a grant to the Benson Economic Development 
1.11 	Authority for a grant to a manufacturer of renewable fertilizer products to repurpose an 
1.12 	existing facility to manufacture animal waste streams and other safe by-products into 
1.13 	renewable fertilizer products. The manufacturer of renewable fertilizer products must commit 
1.14 	the land and building for the project and the project must result in at least ten new direct or 
1.15 	indirect jobs in the fertilizer production operation. The grant funded under this section is 
1.16 	not otherwise subject to the limitations under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, 
1.17 	subdivision 5, or the performance goals and contractual obligations under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.18 	section 116J.8731, subdivision 7. This is a onetime appropriation and any amount unexpended 
1.19 	by June 30, 2022, must be returned to the renewable development account under Minnesota 
1.20 	Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.