1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; motor vehicles; requiring a study on electric plug-in 
1.3 	vehicle charging stations at multiunit housing facilities.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ELECTRIC PLUG-IN VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS; 
1.6 	MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL STUDY.
 1.7 	The Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources, in collaboration 
1.8 	with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, shall perform a study analyzing electric 
1.9 	plug-in vehicle charging stations at multiunit housing facilities in Minnesota. The study 
1.10 	shall analyze and report on: (1) the current availability of charging stations for electric 
1.11 	plug-in vehicles at multiunit housing facilities; (2) the average installed cost of an electric 
1.12 	plug-in vehicle charging station; (3) current and projected demand for charging stations 
1.13 	at multiunit housing facilities; (4) the impact, if any, that building codes, state laws, 
1.14 	municipal ordinances, homeowners' association policies, and other similar policies have 
1.15 	on the availability and affordability of charging stations at multiunit housing facilities; 
1.16 	(5) any legal, technical, or other barriers to increasing the number of charging stations at 
1.17 	multiunit housing facilities; (6) potential economic, environmental, or other benefits that 
1.18 	would likely accrue should charging stations at multiunit housing facilities become more 
1.19 	widely available; and (7) any proposed legislative initiatives, programs, or incentives to 
1.20 	encourage installation of electric plug-in vehicle charging stations at multiunit housing 
1.21 	facilities, as applicable. The results of the study shall be presented to the legislative 
1.22 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and energy policy 
1.23 	and finance by March 1, 2015.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.