1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to standards of time; providing for advanced standard time, also known 
1.3 	as daylight saving time, year-round effective upon authorization by federal law; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 645.071; proposing coding for new 
1.5 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 645.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 645.071, is amended to read:
1.8 	645.071 STANDARD OF TIME.
1.9 	Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law is to be construed with 
1.10 	reference to and in accordance with the standard time or advanced standard time provided 
1.11 	by federal law. No department of the state government and no county, city or town shall 
1.12 	employ any other time or adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use of any other 
1.13 	time than the federal standard time or advanced standard time.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020, until the first 
1.15 	commencement of advanced standard time, also known as daylight saving time, following 
1.16 	enactment of an amendment to United States Code, title 15, section 260a, or another 
1.17 	applicable law, which authorizes states to observe advanced standard time year-round.

1.18 	Sec. 2. [645.0715] STANDARD OF TIME.
1.19 	Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law, during any period of the 
1.20 	year, is to be construed with reference to and in accordance with the advanced standard 
1.21 	time provided by federal law. No department of the state government and no county, city, 
1.22 	or town shall employ, during any period of the year, any other time, or adopt any ordinance 
2.1 	or order providing for the use, during any period of the year, of any other time than the 
2.2 	federal advanced standard time.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the first commencement of advanced 
2.4 	standard time, also known as daylight saving time, following enactment of an amendment 
2.5 	to United States Code, title 15, section 260a, or another applicable law, which authorizes 
2.6 	states to observe advanced standard time year-round.

2.7 	Sec. 3. ABOLISHING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
 2.8 	The state claims exemption, as permitted under United States Code, title 15, chapter 6, 
2.9 	subchapter IX, section 260a(a), from the requirement in the same federal law to advance 
2.10 	standard time by one hour from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November 
2.11 	each year.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020, until the first 
2.13 	commencement of advanced standard time, also known as daylight saving time, following 
2.14 	enactment of an amendment to United States Code, title 15, section 260a, or another 
2.15 	applicable law, which authorizes states to observe advanced standard time year-round.