1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; motor vehicles; eliminating barriers to the purchase 
1.3 	of cleaner fuel-powered motor vehicles by state agencies;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2012, section 16C.135, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Vehicle purchases. Consistent with section 16C.137, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	when purchasing a motor vehicle for the central motor pool or for use by an agency, 
1.9 	the commissioner or the agency shall purchase a motor vehicle that is capable of being 
1.10 	powered by cleaner fuels, or a motor vehicle powered by electricity or by a combination of 
1.11 	electricity and liquid fuel, if such a motor vehicle is reasonably available at similar costs 
1.12 	to other vehicles andif the total life-cycle cost of ownership is less than or comparable 
1.13 	to that of other vehicles, and if the vehicle is capable of carrying out the purpose for 
1.14 	which it is purchased.