Bill Text: MN HF2392 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: State agencies; cleaner fuel-powered motor vehicles purchase barriers eliminated.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-24 - Second reading [HF2392 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2392-Engrossed.html

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A bill for an act

relating to transportation; motor vehicles; eliminating barriers to the purchase
of cleaner fuel-powered motor vehicles by state agencies;amending Minnesota
Statutes 2012, section 16C.135, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
    Subd. 3. Vehicle purchases. Consistent with section 16C.137, subdivision 1,
when purchasing a motor vehicle for the central motor pool or for use by an agency,
the commissioner or the agency shall purchase a motor vehicle that is capable of being
powered by cleaner fuels, or a motor vehicle powered by electricity or by a combination of
electricity and liquid fuel, if such a motor vehicle is reasonably available at similar costs
to other vehicles and if the total life-cycle cost of ownership is less than or comparable
to that of other vehicles, and if the vehicle is capable of carrying out the purpose for
which it is purchased.