1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; requiring a process to develop policies to reduce greenhouse 
1.3 	gas emissions from state government operations; requiring a report;proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [216C.03] CARBON-NEUTRAL STATE GOVERNMENT PLAN.
1.7 	The commissioner of commerce, in coordination with the commissioners of the 
1.8 	agencies listed in section 15.01, the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.9 	Universities, and the president of the University of Minnesota, shall identify policy 
1.10 	options, barriers, and economic benefits and costs of completely reducing or offsetting 
1.11 	greenhouse gas emissions from state government operations, and shall issue an action 
1.12 	plan by February 1, 2008. The plan must propose strategies to be implemented over 
1.13 	multiyear time frames to overcome those barriers. Recommendations for actions, policy 
1.14 	changes, or new initiatives under this section must be guided by a goal that the operations 
1.15 	of state government, including its departments, agencies, the University of Minnesota, and 
1.16 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, achieve carbon-neutral operations under the 
1.17 	following timeline:
1.18 	(1) 50 percent reduction in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2012;
1.19 	(2) 70 percent reduction in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2015;
1.20 	(3) 90 percent reduction in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2020; and
1.21 	(4) 100 percent reduction in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2025.