2007 Minnesota Statutes

93.2235 TACONITE MINING GRANTS; APPROPRIATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Commissioner. The commissioner shall establish a program to award grants
to taconite mining companies for:
(1) taconite pellet product improvements;
(2) value-added production of taconite iron ore; or
(3) cost-savings production improvements at Minnesota taconite plants.
An amount equal to the sum of money transferred to the general fund under section 93.223,
subdivision 1 , reduced by $100,000, is annually appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner for the purposes of this section.
    Subd. 2. Coleraine laboratory. The director of the Coleraine laboratory shall establish a
program to award grants for the purpose of transferring technology from the Coleraine laboratory
to taconite mining companies for:
(1) taconite pellet product improvements;
(2) value-added production of taconite iron ore; or
(3) cost-savings production improvements at Minnesota taconite plants.
An amount equal to the sum of money transferred to the general fund under section 92.223,
subdivision 2 , is annually appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the
University of Minnesota for the purposes of this section.
History: 1Sp2001 c 6 art 1 s 3; 2002 c 220 art 8 s 11