1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to finance; authorizing construction of wind energy and ethanol fuel 
1.3 	training facilities;amending Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

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1.7	Subd. 5.Marshall - Minnesota Emergency 
Response and Industry Training Center
 				300,000
	
1.8 	For a grant to the city of Marshall to 
1.9 	predesign Phase 2 of the Minnesota 
1.10 	Emergency Response and Industry Training 
1.11 	(MERIT) Center, including a wind energy 
1.12 	training area, an ethanol fuels training area, 
1.13 	and other training facilities, and to construct 
1.14 	and equip the wind energy and ethanol fuel 
1.15 	training facilities.
1.16 	This appropriation is not available until the 
1.17 	commissioner has determined that at least 
1.18 	an equal amount has been committed from 
1.19 	nonstate sources. The match may include 
1.20 	in-kind contributions.

1.21 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.22 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.