HF 4625

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/18/2024 04:00pm

A bill for an act
relating to environment; requiring a report on state agency nitrogen fertilizer
purchases and establishing reduction goal; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [116.2022] STATE NITROGEN FERTILIZER PURCHASE REPORT
AND REDUCTION GOAL.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Nitrogen fertilizer report. new text end

new text begin By February 1, 2025, and every year thereafter,
the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in cooperation with other state agencies,
must submit a report to the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over
environment and natural resources policy and finance that details the purchase of nitrogen
fertilizer by state agencies and strategies to meet the nitrogen fertilizer reduction goal
established in subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Reduction goal. new text end

new text begin It is the goal of the state that no later than January 1, 2030,
state agencies will reduce the purchase of nitrogen fertilizer by 25 percent from the level
first reported under subdivision 1.
new text end