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Payments in Aid of Construction (Art.8, Sec. 3) Clarifies that payments made as contributions in aid of construction to a cooperative electric association or public utility are contracts for improvement to real property and not retail sales. Thus no sales tax is due to the state. This issue arose from inconsistent application of sales tax requirements by state auditors in different regions. Amends Minn. Stat. §297A.61,subd. 4. Effective date: For sales and purchases made after June 30, 2013. CIP CHANGES AND"BUY THE FARM" 2013 Session Laws Chapter 132 HF 854 Rep.Joe Atkins (DFL- Inver Grove Heights) SF 695 Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL- Minneapolis) Low-income program spending for gas utilities The amount that non-municipal gas utilities must spend on low-income programs under the Conservation Improvement Program is increased from 0.2%to 0.4%of their most recent three-year average gross operating revenue from residential customers. Amends Minn. Stat.§216B.241, subd. 7. Effective date: May 25, 2013. IOU CIP incentive and cost-effectiveness For low-income programs that are not cost-effective, investor-owned utilities have the option of counting the savings while excluding the costs and benefits from their incentive calculations. Amends Minn. Stat. §216B.241, subd. 7. Effective date: May 25, 2013. Nonrenewable Facilities Approval Conditions When considering an Integrate Resource Plan and determining whether a nonrenewable energy facility is in the public interest,the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission must now consider"whether the resource plan helps the utility achieve the greenhouse gas reduction goals under section 216H.02, the renewable energy standard under section 216B.1691, or the solar energy standard under section 216B.1691, subdivision 2f." Amends Minn. Stat. §216B.2422, subd.4. Effective date: August 1, 2013. 75