1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; motor vehicles; eliminating barriers to the purchase 
1.3 	of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by state agencies;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.138, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.138, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Notice of state procurement policy in bid documents. All solicitation 
1.8 	documents for the purchase of a passenger automobile, as defined in section 168.002, 
1.9 	subdivision 24; pickup truck, as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 26; or van, as 
1.10 	defined in section 168.002, subdivision 40, issued under the jurisdiction of the Department 
1.11 	of Administration after June 30, 2006, must contain the following language: "It is the 
1.12 	intention of the state of Minnesota to begin purchasing electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid 
1.13 	electric vehicles, and neighborhood electric vehicles as soon as they become commercially 
1.14 	available, meet the state's performance specifications, and are priced no more than ten 
1.15 	percent above the price for comparable gasoline-powered vehicles if the total life-cycle 
1.16 	cost of ownership is less than or comparable to that of gasoline-powered vehicles. It is the 
1.17 	intention of the state to purchase electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and 
1.18 	neighborhood electric vehicles whenever practicable after these conditions have been met 
1.19 	and as fleet needs dictate for at least five years after these conditions have been met."