(Effective through June 30, 2026) 1.    Excluding the generation tax imposed under subsection 3 of section 57-60-02, a coal conversion facility is exempt from eighty-five percent of the tax imposed under section     57-60-02 and instead shall pay a lignite research tax equal to eighty-five percent of the tax imposed under section 57-60-02 multiplied by five percent.

2.    An electrical generating plant is exempt from the generation tax imposed under subsection 3 of section 57-60-02 and instead shall pay a lignite research tax equal to the tax imposed under subsection 3 of section 57-60-02 multiplied by five percent.