1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; creating a one-year transition aid payment for 
1.3 	school districts no longer receiving wind energy production tax revenue; 
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TRANSITION AID; WIND ENERGY.
 1.7 	For fiscal year 2010 only, a school district's wind energy transition aid equals the 
1.8 	amount of its wind energy production tax offset by the county apportionment deduction 
1.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.21, subdivision 3.

1.10 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.11 	$161,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2010 from the general fund to the 
1.12 	commissioner of education for the purposes of section 1.