State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.

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State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.

State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.

What This Bill Does

• State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.

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Official Summary Text

State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

A bill for an act

relating to the State Building Code; requiring a report; appropriating money for

competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code

compliance.

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

Section 1.
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APPROPRIATION.
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$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner

of labor and industry to make competitive grants to provide code enforcement officials in

municipalities with a population of at least 50,000 with support, education, training, and

tools related to compliance and technology compatibility to streamline the State Energy

Code compliance process, particularly for performance-based energy code standards. Of

this amount, five percent is for grant administration. This is a onetime appropriation and is

available until June 30, 2029. By December 31, 2028, the commissioner must report to the

legislative committees with jurisdiction over the State Energy Code on the expenditures

and outcomes of these grants.

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