1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to transportation; transferring administration of the Environmental
1.3 Standards Procurement Task Force grant program to the Department of
1.4 Transportation; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
1.5 16B.312, subdivision 6.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.312, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 6.Environmental product declarations; grant program.A The Department
1.9of Transportation must administer the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force
1.10grant program is established in the Department of Administration under this subdivision to
1.11award grants to assist manufacturers to obtain environmental product declarations or
1.12otherwise collect environmental product declaration data from manufacturers in Minnesota;
1.13improve plant efficiencies from asphalt, ready-mix, and aggregate manufacturers in
1.14Minnesota; or otherwise reduce greenhouse gas emissions output in their operations. The
1.15commissioner of administration shall transportation must develop procedures to process
1.16and evaluate grant applications, and to make grant awards. Grant applicants must submit
1.17an application to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The
1.18commissioner shall must act as fiscal agent for the grant program and is responsible for
1.19receiving and reviewing grant applications and awarding grants under this subdivision.
1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.21 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
1.22 $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.23of transportation for the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force grant program
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3136NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: JOHNSON STEWART)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading04/01/2025
Referred to Transportation 2.1under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.312, subdivision 6. Notwithstanding Minnesota
2.2Statutes, section 16B.98, the commissioner may use up to two percent of this appropriation
2.3for administrative costs. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2029.
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