Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2016/cite/298.2961/subd/298.2961.4
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﻿ Sec. 298.2961 MN Statutes
Section 298.2961
298.296 298.297
Douglas j. johnson economic protection trust fund
Gilbert (city)
Hibbing (city)
Taconite and iron sulfides taxes
Taconite mining
Tower (city)
Virginia (city)
2017 298.2961 Amended 2017 c 94 art 7 s 49
2016 Subd. 4 Amended 2016 c 158 art 1 s 168
2016 Subd. 5 Repealed 2016 c 158 art 1 s 215
2016 Subd. 6 Repealed 2016 c 158 art 1 s 215
2016 Subd. 7 Repealed 2016 c 158 art 1 s 215
2013 Subd. 2 Amended 2013 c 3 s 23
2013 Subd. 4 Amended 2013 c 3 s 24
2013 Subd. 5 Amended 2013 c 3 s 25
2009 298.2961 Amended 2009 c 78 art 7 s 22
2008 Subd. 2 Amended 2008 c 363 art 10 s 21
2008 Subd. 4 Amended 2008 c 154 art 8 s 13
2008 Subd. 5 Amended 2008 c 154 art 8 s 14
2006 Subd. 4 Amended 2006 c 259 art 12 s 12
2006 Subd. 5 New 2006 c 259 art 12 s 13
2005 Subd. 4 New 2005 c 1 art 4 s 91
2003 Subd. 3 New 2003 c 127 art 11 s 11
2001 298.2961 Amended 2001 c 5 art 6 s 33
1997 Subd. 1 Amended 1997 c 231 art 8 s 11
1996 298.2961 New 1996 c 471 art 12 s 8
298.2961 PRODUCER GRANTS.
Subdivision 1.Appropriation.
(a) $10,000,000 is appropriated from the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund to a special account in the taconite area environmental protection fund for grants to producers on a project-by-project basis as provided in this section.
(b) The proceeds of the tax designated under section 298.28, subdivision 9b, are appropriated for grants to producers on a project-by-project basis as provided in this section.
Subd. 2.Projects; approval.
(a) Projects funded must be for:
(1) environmentally unique reclamation projects; or
(2) pit or plant repairs, expansions, or modernizations other than for a value added iron products plant.
(b) To be proposed by the board, a project must be approved by the board. The money for a project may be spent only upon approval of the project by the governor. The board may submit supplemental projects for approval at any time.
(c) The board may require that it receive an equity percentage in any project to which it contributes under this section.
Subd. 3.Redistribution.
(a) If a taconite production facility is sold after operations at the facility had ceased, any money remaining in the taconite environmental fund for the former producer may be released to the purchaser of the facility on the terms otherwise applicable to the former producer under this section.
(b) Any portion of the taconite environmental fund that is not released by the commissioner within three years of its deposit in the taconite environmental fund shall be divided between the taconite environmental protection fund created in section 298.223 and the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund created in section 298.292 for placement in their respective special accounts. Two-thirds of the unreleased funds must be distributed to the taconite environmental protection fund and one-third to the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund.
Subd. 4.Grant and loan fund.
(a) A fund is established to receive distributions under section 298.28, subdivision 9b, and to make grants or loans as provided in this subdivision. Any grant or loan made under this subdivision must be approved by the board, established under section 298.22.
(b) All distributions received in 2009 and subsequent years are allocated for projects under section 298.223, subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2016 c 158 art 1 s 215]
1996 c 471 art 12 s 8; 1997 c 231 art 8 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 6 s 33; 2003 c 127 art 11 s 11,12; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 91; 2006 c 259 art 12 s 12,13; 2008 c 154 art 8 s 13,14; 2008 c 363 art 10 s 21; 2009 c 78 art 7 s 22; 2010 c 216 s 58; 2010 c 347 a 7 s 1,3; 2010 c 389 a 7 s 20,24; 2013 c 3 s 23-25; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 168