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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 grant to Chisago, Isanti, and Pine Counties to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>study 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>EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>From the appropriation in fiscal year 2008 for the ethanol development program <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.09, the commissioner of agriculture shall make <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>a grant of $300,000 to Chisago, Isanti, and Pine Counties for a feasibility study of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>renewable energy biofuels production, research and production facility to be located in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Chisago, Isanti, or Pine County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>The grant must be used by Chisago, Isanti, and Pine Counties and the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>Minnesota to conduct a detailed feasibility study of the economic and technical viability <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>of developing a multistream renewable energy biofuels demonstration facility in Chisago, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Isanti, or Pine County to utilize existing forest resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>material to produce biofuels or bioenergy. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The feasibility study must consider the capacity of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the seed bank at Wild River State Park to expand the existing prairie grass, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>woody biomass, and cellulosic material resources in Chisago, Isanti, and Pine Counties; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) willing and interested landowners in Chisago, Isanti, and Pine Counties to grow <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>cellulosic materials; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the Minnesota Conservation Corps, the sentence to serve program, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>existing workforce programs in east central Minnesota to contribute labor to these efforts.<br />
         		
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