Bill Text: MN SF2353 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: State agencies cleaner fuel-powered motor vehicles purchase barriers elimination

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-24 - HF substituted on General Orders HF2392 [SF2353 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2353-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; motor vehicles; eliminating barriers to the purchase
1.3of cleaner fuel-powered motor vehicles by state agencies;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2012, section 16C.135, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7    Subd. 3. Vehicle purchases. Consistent with section 16C.137, subdivision 1,
1.8when purchasing a motor vehicle for the central motor pool or for use by an agency, the
1.9commissioner or the agency shall purchase a motor vehicle that is capable of being powered
1.10by cleaner fuels, or a motor vehicle powered by electricity or by a combination of electricity
1.11and liquid fuel, if such a motor vehicle is reasonably available at similar costs to other
1.12vehicles and if the vehicle is capable of carrying out the purpose for which it is purchased.
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