Bill Text: MN HF1807 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Canby; wind turbine training facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Higher Education Policy and Finance [HF1807 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1807-Introduced.html
1.2relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
1.3bonds; appropriating money for a wind turbine training facility on the campus of
1.4Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Canby.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE,
1.7CANBY; WIND TURBINE TRAINING FACILITY.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.9fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to acquire
1.10land for a commercial scale wind turbine near the Minnesota West Community and
1.11Technical College, Canby campus and for preliminary engineering, design, acquisition,
1.12construction, and installation of a commercial scale wind turbine for the college's wind
1.13energy technology program. This appropriation is not subject to the one-third debt service
1.14requirement.
1.15 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
1.16bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.17bonds of the state in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.18the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.19Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3bonds; appropriating money for a wind turbine training facility on the campus of
1.4Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Canby.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE,
1.7CANBY; WIND TURBINE TRAINING FACILITY.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.9fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to acquire
1.10land for a commercial scale wind turbine near the Minnesota West Community and
1.11Technical College, Canby campus and for preliminary engineering, design, acquisition,
1.12construction, and installation of a commercial scale wind turbine for the college's wind
1.13energy technology program. This appropriation is not subject to the one-third debt service
1.14requirement.
1.15 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
1.16bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.17bonds of the state in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.18the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.19Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
