1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money for a grant to the Mountain Iron Economic 
1.3 	Development Authority to expand a city-owned building housing a solar panel 
1.4 	manufacturer.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SOLAR MODULE PLANT EXPANSION.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.8 	$3,800,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the renewable development account 
1.9 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of 
1.10 	employment and economic development for a grant to the Mountain Iron Economic 
1.11 	Development Authority to expand a city-owned solar module manufacturing plant building 
1.12 	in the city's Renewable Energy Industrial Park. This is a onetime appropriation and any 
1.13 	amount unexpended by June 30, 2022, must be returned to the renewable development 
1.14 	account under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1.

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