1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy conservation; providing an exception to heating restrictions 
1.3 	in commercial parking facilities;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
1.4 	216C.20, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216C.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Parking ramp. No enclosed structure or portion of an enclosed structure 
1.8 	constructed after January 1, 1978, and used primarily as a commercial parking facility for 
1.9 	three or more motor vehicles shall be heated. Incidental heating resulting from building 
1.10 	exhaust air passing through a parking facility shall not be prohibited, provided that 
1.11 	substantially all useful heat has previously been removed from the air. The commissioner 
1.12 	of commerce may grant an exemption from this subdivision if the commercial parking is 
1.13 	integrated within a facility that has both public and private uses, the benefits to taxpayers 
1.14 	of the exemption exceed the costs, and all appropriate energy efficiency measures have 
1.15 	been considered.