<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>building projects funded with state appropriations; proposing coding for new law <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. <b>[16B.326] HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS; STATE-FUNDED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>BUILDINGS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    The commissioner must review and study geothermal and solar thermal applications <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>as possible uses for heating or cooling for all building projects subject to a predesign <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>review under section 16B.335 that receive any state funding for replacement of heating or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>cooling systems. When practicable, geothermal and solar thermal heating and cooling <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>systems must be considered when designing, planning, or letting bids for necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>replacement or initial installation of cooling or heating systems in new or existing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>buildings that are constructed or maintained with state funds. The predesign review must <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>include a written plan for compliance with this section from a project proposer.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>    For the purposes of this section, "solar thermal" means a flat plate or evacuated tube <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>with a fixed orientation that collects the sun's radiant energy and transfers it to a storage <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>medium for distribution as energy for heating and cooling.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to cooling <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>or heating systems replacement or installation in buildings that are constructed or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>maintained with state funds that are subject to predesign review on or after that date.<br/>