1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring a report on greenhouse gases for new 
1.3 	building projects;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.325; 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 216C.052, subdivisions 3, 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.325, is amended to read:
1.7 	16B.325 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING GUIDELINES.
1.8 		Subdivision 1. Energy, lighting, air quality, and other guidelines. The Department 
1.9 	of Administration and the Department of Commerce, with the assistance of other agencies, 
1.10 	shall develop sustainable building design guidelines for all new state buildings by January 
1.11 	15, 2003. The primary objectives of these guidelines are to ensure that all new state 
1.12 	buildings initially exceed existing energy code, as established in Minnesota Rules, chapter 
1.13 	7676, by at least 30 percent. The guidelines must focus on achieving the lowest possible 
1.14 	lifetime cost for new buildings and allow for changes in the guidelines that encourage 
1.15 	continual energy conservation improvements in new buildings. The design guidelines 
1.16 	must establish sustainability guidelines that include air quality and lighting standards and 
1.17 	that create and maintain a healthy environment and facilitate productivity improvements; 
1.18 	specify ways to reduce material costs; and must consider the long-term operating costs of 
1.19 	the building, including the use of renewable energy sources and distributed electric energy 
1.20 	generation that uses a renewable source or natural gas or a fuel that is as clean or cleaner 
1.21 	than natural gas. In developing the guidelines, the departments shall use an open process, 
1.22 	including providing the opportunity for public comment. The guidelines established under 
1.23 	this sectionsubdivision are mandatory for all new buildings receiving funding from the 
1.24 	bond proceeds fund after January 1, 2004.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Greenhouse gases. The Department of Administration and the Department 
2.2 	of Commerce, with the assistance of other agencies, shall report to the legislature by 
2.3 	March 15, 2007, on guidelines and procedures for a requirement that no net increases in 
2.4 	greenhouse gases are allowed as a result of new building projects. The legislature will 
2.5 	determine if guidelines established under this subdivision will be mandatory for all new 
2.6 	buildings receiving funding from the bond proceeds fund after January 1, 2008.

2.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 216C.052, subdivision 3, is 
2.8 	amended to read:
2.9 		Subd. 3.Assessment and appropriation. In addition to the amount noted in 
2.10 	subdivision 2, the commission may assess utilities, using the mechanism specified in that 
2.11 	subdivision, up to an additional $500,000 annually through June 30, 2006 2008. The 
2.12 	amounts assessed under this subdivision are appropriated to the commission, and some or 
2.13 	all of the amounts assessed may be transferred to the commissioner of administration, for 
2.14 	the purposes specified in section 16B.325 and Laws 2001, chapter 212, article 1, section 
2.15 	3, as needed to implement those sections.

2.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 216C.052, subdivision 4, is 
2.17 	amended to read:
2.18 		Subd. 4.Expiration. This section expires Subdivisions 1 and 2 expire June 30, 
2.19 	2007. Subdivision 3 expires June 30, 2008, provided that after June 30, 2006, only up 
2.20 	to $500,000 assessment authorized by subdivision 3 may be made under the authority of 
2.21 	subdivision 3.