1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; prioritizing bus upgrades to areas with poor air quality;
1.3 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [116.063] PRIORITIZATION OF AIR QUALITY INVESTMENTS; 
1.6 	BUSES.
1.7 	(a) The Metropolitan Council must deploy buses with the lowest air emissions in areas 
1.8 	with poor air quality.
1.9 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "poor air quality" means:
1.10 	(1) ambient air levels of total suspended particulates, particulate matter less than ten 
1.11 	microns wide (PM-10), particulate matter less than 2.5 microns wide (PM-2.5), sulfur 
1.12 	dioxide, or nitrogen dioxide, as revealed by air monitoring data, that approach or exceed 
1.13 	state or federal air quality standards or chronic health inhalation risk benchmarks; or
1.14 	(2) levels of asthma among children that significantly exceed the statewide average.

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