as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/27/2019 10:43am
A bill for an act
relating to electric buses; requiring the purchase of electric buses by the
Metropolitan Council; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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After the effective date of this act and until the appropriation made in section 2 is
exhausted, any bus purchased by the Metropolitan Council must operate solely on electricity
provided by rechargeable on-board batteries. The appropriation in section 2 must be used
to pay the incremental cost of buses that operate solely on electricity provided by rechargeable
on-board batteries over diesel-operated buses that are otherwise comparable in size, features,
and performance.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j),
$4,100,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the renewable development account
under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the Metropolitan Council to
defray the cost of purchasing electric buses, as described in section 1. Any funds remaining
from this appropriation that are insufficient to fully fund the incremental cost of purchasing
an electric bus rather than a diesel-operated bus cancel back to the renewable development
account.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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