Renewable energy requirements for state-funded construction projects modified.

A bill for an act

relating to state government; modifying renewable energy requirements for

state-funded construction projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section

16B.325, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.325, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Development of sustainable building guidelines.

The Department of

Administration and the Department of Commerce, with the assistance of other agencies,

shall develop sustainable building design guidelines for all new state buildings by January

15, 2003, and for all major renovations of state buildings by February 1, 2009. The primary

objectives of these guidelines are to ensure that all new state buildings, and major renovations

of state buildings, initially exceed the state energy code, as established in Minnesota Rules,

chapter 7676, by at least 30 percent.
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The guidelines shall not require that renewable energy

sources be located on the building site.
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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment and

applies to any new building project for which the predesign work is completed after the day

of enactment.

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