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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; authorizing a grant to the White Earth Band of Chippewa to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>study the feasibility of a renewable energy facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</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.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>WHITE EARTH BAND OF CHIPPEWA RENEWABLE ENERGY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>GRANT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>From the appropriation in fiscal year 2008 for the ethanol development program <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.09, the commissioner of agriculture shall make <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>a grant of $300,000 to the White Earth Band of Chippewa for a feasibility study of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>renewable energy biofuels production, research and production facility on the White <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Earth Reservation in Mahnomen County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>The grant must be used by the White Earth Band and the University of Minnesota to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>conduct a detailed feasibility study of the economic and technical viability of developing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>multistream renewable energy biofuels demonstration facility on White Earth Reservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>land to utilize existing forest resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic material to produce <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>biofuels or bioenergy. <br />
         		
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