1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; transferring administration of the Environmental 
1.3 	Standards Procurement Task Force grant program to the Department of 
1.4 	Transportation; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 
1.5 	16B.312, subdivision 6.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.312, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Environmental product declarations; grant program. A The Department 
1.9 	of Transportation must administer the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force
1.10 	grant program is established in the Department of Administration under this subdivision to 
1.11 	award grants to assist manufacturers to obtain environmental product declarations or 
1.12 	otherwise collect environmental product declaration data from manufacturers in Minnesota; 
1.13 	improve plant efficiencies from asphalt, ready-mix, and aggregate manufacturers in 
1.14 	Minnesota; or otherwise reduce greenhouse gas emissions output in their operations. The 
1.15 	commissioner of administration shall transportation must develop procedures to process 
1.16 	and evaluate grant applications, and to make grant awards. Grant applicants must submit 
1.17 	an application to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The 
1.18 	commissioner shall must act as fiscal agent for the grant program and is responsible for 
1.19 	receiving and reviewing grant applications and awarding grants under this subdivision.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.21 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.22 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.23 	of transportation for the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force grant program 
2.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.312, subdivision 6. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
2.2 	Statutes, section 16B.98, the commissioner may use up to two percent of this appropriation 
2.3 	for administrative costs. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.