1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; requiring state agencies 
  1.3             to use clean fuels; modifying the application of 
  1.4             recyclable material container requirements for public 
  1.5             entities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.6             115A.151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.7             Statutes, chapter 16C. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [16C.135] [PURCHASES OF FUEL AND VEHICLES BY 
  1.10  STATE AGENCIES.] 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section 
  1.12  "cleaner fuels" means: 
  1.13     (1) biodiesel blends of 20 percent or greater by volume 
  1.14  (B20-B100); 
  1.15     (2) compressed natural gas; 
  1.16     (3) ethanol blends of 70 percent or greater by volume 
  1.17  (E70-E100); 
  1.18     (4) hydrogen; 
  1.19     (5) liquefied natural gas; and 
  1.20     (6) liquefied petroleum gas. 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [FUEL PURCHASES.] When purchasing fuel for use in 
  1.22  the central motor pool or for use in a motor vehicle owned or 
  1.23  leased by an agency, the commissioner or the agency shall 
  1.24  purchase, and shall require persons purchasing on their behalf 
  1.25  to purchase, cleaner fuels for use in the motor vehicle if 
  1.26  cleaner fuels are reasonably available at similar costs to other 
  2.1   fuels and if cleaner fuels are compatible with the use to which 
  2.2   the motor vehicle is put. 
  2.3      Subd. 3.  [VEHICLE PURCHASES.] When purchasing a motor 
  2.4   vehicle for the central motor pool or for use by an agency, the 
  2.5   commissioner or the agency shall purchase a motor vehicle that 
  2.6   is capable of being powered by cleaner fuels, or a motor vehicle 
  2.7   powered by electricity or by a combination of electricity and 
  2.8   liquid fuel, if such a motor vehicle is reasonably available at 
  2.9   similar costs to other vehicles and if the vehicle is capable of 
  2.10  carrying out the purpose for which it is purchased. 
  2.11     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.151, is 
  2.12  amended to read: 
  2.13     115A.151 [STATE AND LOCAL FACILITIES RECYCLABLE MATERIAL 
  2.14  CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS; PUBLIC ENTITIES.] 
  2.15     (a) A state agency, local unit of government, or school 
  2.16  district public entity shall: 
  2.17     (1) ensure that facilities under its control, from which 
  2.18  mixed municipal solid waste is collected, have containers for at 
  2.19  least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited to, 
  2.20  paper, glass, plastic, and metal; and 
  2.21     (2) transfer all recyclable materials collected to a 
  2.22  recycler. 
  2.23     (b) For the purposes of this section: 
  2.24     (1) "public entity" means the state, an office, agency, or 
  2.25  institution of the state, the metropolitan council, a 
  2.26  metropolitan agency, the metropolitan mosquito control 
  2.27  commission, the legislature, the courts, a county, a statutory 
  2.28  or home rule charter city, a town, a school district, a special 
  2.29  taxing district, or any entity that receives an appropriation 
  2.30  from the state for a capital improvement project after the 
  2.31  effective date of this section; 
  2.32     (2) "metropolitan agency" and "metropolitan council," have 
  2.33  the meanings given them in section 473.121; and 
  2.34     (3) "metropolitan mosquito control commission" means the 
  2.35  commission created in section 473.702.