2000 Minnesota Statutes

     216C.40 Alternative fuel vehicles. 

    Subdivision 1.    State policy.  It is in the long-term 
 economic, environmental, and social interest of the state of 
 Minnesota to promote the development and market penetration of 
 alternative fuel vehicles that reduce harmful emissions from 
 motor vehicles as defined in United States Code, title 42, 
 section 7550(2), so as to assist in attaining and maintaining 
 healthful air quality, to provide fuel security through a 
 diversity of alternative fuel supply sources, and to develop 
 additional markets for indigenous crop-based fuels. 

    Subd. 2.    State plan.  The policies developed and 
 implemented under this section are intended to form part of the 
 state plan that may be submitted by the governor to the 
 Secretary of the United States Department of Energy under 
 section 409 of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992.  In 
 developing the policies and the state plan, the department shall 
 hold public hearings, at least one of which must be held outside 
 the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, 
 and Washington. 

    Subd. 3.    Report to legislature.  The department 
 shall, after consultation with the public utilities commission, 
 the environmental quality board, the pollution control agency, 
 the department of transportation, the department of 
 administration, the department of agriculture, and the 
 department of trade and economic development, submit a report to 
 the legislature by January 1, 1994, detailing the department's 
 progress and all actions taken by units of state government to 
 implement the policies set forth in subdivision 1 concerning 
 alternative fuels. 

    Subd. 4.    Condition precedent.  The duties of the 
 department under this section are conditional on the 
 commissioner of public service finding that there will be at 
 least one public utility that will be subject to the assessment 
 created by Laws 1993, chapter 254, section 7. 

    Subd. 5.    Repealer.  This section expires July 1, 2003.

    HIST: 1993 c 254 s 6