1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2700 as follows:
1.2Page 64, after line 25, insert:

1.3    "Sec. .... Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws
1.42008, chapter 179, section 66, is amended to read:

1.5

Subd. 14. Itasca County - infrastructure

12,000,000

1.6For a grant to Itasca County for public
1.7infrastructure needed to support a steel plant
1.8in Itasca County and economic development
1.9projects in the surrounding area. Grant
1.10money may be used by Itasca County and the
1.11Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority
1.12 to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of
1.13wetlands and runoff of storm water, and to
1.14predesign, design, construct, and equip roads
1.15and rail lines, ; and, in cooperation with
1.16may be used by the Nashwauk Municipal
1.17Utility, Public Utilities Commission to
1.18acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of
1.19wetlands and runoff of storm water and
1.20to predesign, design, construct, and equip
1.21natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure,
1.22water supply systems, and wastewater
1.23collection and treatment systems. If the
1.24county determines that any of the listed uses
1.25are not needed, then the grant may be used
1.26for the remaining listed uses.
2.1The public ownership requirement contained
2.2in article XI, section 5, paragraph (a)
2.3of the Minnesota Constitution may be
2.4satisfied by way of Itasca County, the Itasca
2.5County Regional Railroad Authority, or
2.6the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission
2.7possessing the required ownership interest
2.8even though the grant is only to Itasca
2.9County.
2.10Up to $4,000,000 of this appropriation may
2.11be spent before the full financing for either
2.12project has been closed. "
2.13Page 64, after line 31, insert:

2.14    "Sec. .... Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

2.15 2.16

Subd. 9.Itasca County - Steel Plant Infrastructure

28,000,000

2.17For a grant to Itasca County for public
2.18infrastructure needed to support a steel plant
2.19in Itasca County and economic development
2.20projects in the surrounding area. Grant
2.21money may be used by Itasca County and the
2.22Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority
2.23to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss
2.24of wetlands and runoff of storm water, and
2.25to predesign, design, construct, and equip
2.26roads and rail lines, ; and in cooperation with
2.27may be used by the Nashwauk Municipal
2.28Utility, Public Utilities Commission to
2.29acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of
2.30wetlands and runoff of storm water and
2.31to predesign, design, construct, and equip
2.32natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure,
2.33water supply systems, and wastewater
2.34collection and treatment systems. If the
2.35county determines that any of the listed uses
3.1are not needed, then the grant may be used
3.2for the remaining listed uses.
3.3The public ownership requirement contained
3.4in article XI, section 5, paragraph (a)
3.5of the Minnesota Constitution may be
3.6satisfied by way of Itasca County, the Itasca
3.7County Regional Railroad Authority, or
3.8the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission
3.9possessing the required ownership interest
3.10even though the grant is only to Itasca
3.11County."
3.12Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.13Amend the title accordingly