1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to nuclear waste; prohibiting issuance of a certificate of need to expand 
1.3 	nuclear waste storage at Prairie Island;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 216B.243, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.243, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3c.Nuclear waste; storage expansion prohibited. The commission may not 
1.9 	issue a certificate of need for the expansion of the independent spent-fuel storage facility 
1.10 	at Prairie Island beyond the capacity authorized under section 116C.83, subdivision 1.

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