1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a combined heat and 
1.3 	power system for the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District; authorizing the 
1.4 	sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SANITARY DISTRICT COMBINED 
1.7 	HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $13,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to the Sanitary Board of the Western 
1.10 	Lake Superior Sanitary District to design, construct, furnish, and equip a combined heat 
1.11 	and power system to capture process heat and generate electricity for use at the Western 
1.12 	Lake Superior Sanitary District wastewater treatment facilities. This appropriation is not 
1.13 	available until the commissioner determines that at least an equal amount is committed 
1.14 	to the project from nonstate sources, provided that, for purposes of this matching 
1.15 	requirement, loans obtained from the Public Facilities Authority shall be a nonstate source.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.17 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.18 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $13,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.19 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.20 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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