1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to air pollution; requiring legislative approval of a state plan to comply 
1.3 	with federal regulations regarding emissions from existing power plants;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216H.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [216H.077] REQUIREMENT FOR LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL.
1.7 	The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may not submit a plan to the 
1.8 	federal Environmental Protection Agency to comply with the proposed rule for the federal 
1.9 	Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants, as published in the Federal Register on June 
1.10 	18, 2014, Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602, or any final rule issued in that docket or 
1.11 	federal order pertaining thereto, unless the plan has been approved by state law.

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