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. This subdivision 
1.12 	does not prohibit a publicly owned parking facility from being heated if the public parking 
1.13 	is integrated within a facility that has both public and private uses.