1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to regulated industries; providing a grant
1.3 	for research; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779,
1.7 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), $2,000,000 is appropriated from
1.8 	the renewable development account to the University of Minnesota
1.9 	Institute for Renewable Energy and the Environment for a grant
1.10 	to be made in fiscal year 2005 for research on a closed-loop
1.11 	elemental recycling technology that utilizes radiant energy at
1.12 	temperatures exceeding 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit to chemically
1.13 	decompose hazardous and nonhazardous wastes and reformulate the
1.14 	atoms into a clean synthetic fuel, gas, and other marketable
1.15 	commodities without producing toxic emissions or by-products.

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