SF 2707

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/15/2016 10:16am

A bill for an act
relating to education; requiring fire safety compliance for solar panels installed
at schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, by adding
a subdivision; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 6, section
3, subdivision 6.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Solar panel fire safety. new text end

new text begin Any solar energy generation facility installed at a
school under this section after January 1, 2017, shall comply with 2017 National Electric
Code, section 690.12.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2016.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 6, section 3, subdivision 6,
is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Health and safety capital projects.

(a) Health and safety capital projects
may include expenditures necessary for the correction of fire and life safety hazards;
design, purchase, installation, maintenance, and inspection of fire protection and alarm
equipment; purchase or construction of appropriate facilities for the storage of combustible
and flammable materials; inventories and facility modifications not related to a remodeling
project to comply with lab safety requirements under section 121A.31; inspection, testing,
repair, removal or encapsulation, and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials;
cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls; cleanup and disposal of hazardous and
infectious wastes; cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating fuel
or transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in
section 296A.01; correction of occupational safety and health administration regulated
hazards; indoor air quality inspections, investigations, and testing; mold abatement;
upgrades or replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical
Code; design, materials, and installation of local exhaust ventilation systems, including
required make-up air for controlling regulated hazardous substances; correction of
Department of Health Food Code violations; correction of swimming pool hazards
excluding depth correction; playground safety inspections, repair of unsafe outdoor
playground equipment, and the installation of impact surfacing materials; bleacher
repair or rebuilding to comply with the order of a building code inspector under section
326B.112; testing and mitigation of elevated radon hazards; lead testing; copper in water
testing; cleanup after major weather-related disasters or flooding; reduction of excessive
organic and inorganic levels in wells and capping of abandoned wells; installation and
testing of boiler backflow valves to prevent contamination of potable water; vaccinations,
titers, and preventative supplies for bloodborne pathogen compliance; costs to comply with
the Janet B. Johnson Parents' Right to Know Act; automated external defibrillators and
other emergency plan equipment and supplies specific to the district's emergency action
plan; compliance with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
school generators established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency;
new text begin compliance with subdivision 9; new text end and health, safety, and environmental management costs
associated with implementing the district's health and safety program including costs
to establish and operate safety committees, in school buildings or property owned or
being acquired by the district. Testing and calibration activities are permitted for existing
mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five years.

(b) For fiscal years 2014 through 2017, a school district must not include expenses
related to emission compliance projects for school generators in its health and safety
capital projects unless it reduces its approved spending on other qualified health and
safety projects by the same amount.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2016.
new text end