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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to energy; abolishing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>nuclear power plant;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision 3b.<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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3b. <b>Nuclear power plant; new construction prohibited; relicensing</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><b>Additional storage of spent nuclear fuel</b><b>.</b> (a) The commission may not issue a certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>of need for the construction of a new nuclear-powered electric generating plant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(b) Any certificate of need for additional storage of spent nuclear fuel for a facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>period for which approval is sought.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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