1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; authorizing collaborative Minnesota State 
1.3 	Colleges and Universities community-based energy development pilot projects; 
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY-BASED ENERGY 
1.7 	DEVELOPMENT.
 1.8 	$1,200,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the Board 
1.9 	of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for community-based 
1.10 	energy development pilot projects. The board must allocate this appropriation to 
1.11 	Mesabi Range Technical and Community College, the Minnesota West Community and 
1.12 	Technical College, and the Austin campus of Riverland Community College to establish 
1.13 	partnerships for community-based energy development pilot projects. The pilot projects 
1.14 	must involve students and faculty in community-based energy development. An allocation 
1.15 	under this section is available to the participating institutions and the partnerships for 
1.16 	community-based energy development projects for the biennium ending June 30, 2009.