Minnesota Legislature
SF 3311
1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
Current Version - 1st Engrossment
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A bill for an act
relating to energy; clarifying terms of propane prepurchase program; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 216B.0951, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 216B.0951, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The commissioner of commerce shall operate, or
contract to operate, a propane fuel prepurchase fuel program. new text begin The commissioner must hold
up to $4,000,000 of a year's federal low-income home energy assistance appropriation
for use in the next year to prepurchase propane. new text end The commissioner may contract at any
time of the year to purchase the lesser of one-third of the liquid propane fuel consumed by
low-income home energy assistance program recipients during the previous heating season
or the amount that can be purchased with available funds. The propane fuel prepurchase
program must be available statewide through deleted text begin eachdeleted text end local deleted text begin agencydeleted text end new text begin agenciesnew text end that deleted text begin administersdeleted text end
new text begin administernew text end the energy assistance program. The commissioner may decide to limit or not
engage in prepurchasing if the commissioner finds that there is a reasonable likelihood
that prepurchasing will not provide fuel-cost savings.new text begin Funds required to be held over to
the next year for prepurchase that the commissioner decides not to use for prepurchase are
not required to be held over to a subsequent year and may be used for other authorized
low-income home energy assistance purposes.
new text end