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Utility company vehicles are added to Minnesota's "move over"law, which already includes freeway service patrol vehicles, construction vehicles, and road maintenance vehicles. When approaching and before passing a utility company vehicle that is parked or stopped with lights flashing on a street or highway with two lanes in the same direction, a driver shall move their vehicle to the lane furthest away from the parked or stopped vehicle (if possible to safely do so). When approaching a utility company vehicle parked or stopped on a street or highway with more than two lanes in the same direction, a driver shall move their vehicle to leave a full lane vacant between their vehicle and the utility vehicle (if possible to safely do so). Effective date: July 1, 2015 STATE GOVERNMENT BUDGET OMNIBUS BILL 2015 Session Laws Chapter 77 HF 495 Rep. Sarah Anderson(R-Plymouth) *SF 888 Sen. Tom Saxhaug(DFL-Grand Rapids) This bill includes the biennial budget appropriations (FY 2016-17) for the State Legislature, Governor, constitutional offices, and numerous small state agencies and boards. It includes two items of interest to MMUA: • $6 million/year for state payments to the Public Employees Retirement Association • The financing provisions available for the Guaranteed Energy-Savings Program are modified and expanded under this new law. The authority for the Department of Administration to enter into a project financing the implementation of utility-cost savings measures is expanded from only allowing lease purchasing. Project financing now means any type of financing, including but not limited to lease, lease purchase, installment agreements, or bonds purchased by a non-state entity that obligate the stat to make regular payments to satisfy the costs of the utility cost-savings measure. The terms of the project financing shall not exceed 25 years from the date of final installation. Effective date: July 1, 2015 130