1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state purchasing; requiring state agencies 
  1.3             to purchase cleaner fuels and vehicles capable of 
  1.4             running on cleaner fuels if reasonably available and 
  1.5             consistent with the agency's purpose; proposing coding 
  1.6             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [16C.135] [PURCHASES OF FUEL AND VEHICLES BY 
  1.9   STATE AGENCIES.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section 
  1.11  "cleaner fuels" mean: 
  1.12     (1) biodiesel blends of 20 percent or greater by volume 
  1.13  (B20-B100); 
  1.14     (2) compressed natural gas; 
  1.15     (3) ethanol blends of 70 percent or greater by volume 
  1.16  (E70-E100); 
  1.17     (4) hydrogen; 
  1.18     (5) liquefied natural gas; and 
  1.19     (6) liquefied petroleum gas. 
  1.20     Subd. 2.  [FUEL PURCHASES.] When purchasing fuel for use in 
  1.21  the central motor pool or for use in a motor vehicle owned or 
  1.22  leased by an agency, the commissioner or the agency shall 
  1.23  purchase, and shall require persons purchasing on their behalf 
  1.24  to purchase, cleaner fuels for use in the motor vehicle if 
  1.25  cleaner fuels are reasonably available at similar costs to other 
  1.26  fuels and if cleaner fuels are compatible with the use to which 
  2.1   the motor vehicle is put. 
  2.2      Subd. 3.  [VEHICLE PURCHASES.] When purchasing a motor 
  2.3   vehicle for the central motor pool or for use by an agency, the 
  2.4   commissioner or the agency shall purchase a motor vehicle that 
  2.5   is capable of being powered by cleaner fuels, or a motor vehicle 
  2.6   powered by electricity or by a combination of electricity and 
  2.7   liquid fuel, if such a motor vehicle is reasonably available at 
  2.8   similar costs to other vehicles and if the vehicle is capable of 
  2.9   carrying out the purpose for which it is purchased.