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GAS AND PROPANE This section provides a summary of bills related to natural gas and propane that were introduced, but not passed into law in the 2015 Session. Italicized language notes when a provision was included in another bill. NATURAL GAS AND WATER SERVICES SEPARATE METERING HF 479 Rep. Jean Wagenius (DFL-Minneapolis) SF 1725 Sen. Kari Dziedzic (DFL-Minneapolis) To modify the state building code to require natural gas and water services in newly constructed residential buildings to be metered separately. STATUS: This bill did not receive a committee hearing in the House or Senate. *This bill is also noted in the Water section. PROPOSED PIPELINES LAND PURCHASES HF 508 Rep. David Bly(DFL-Northfield) SF 1059 Sen. Kevin Dahle (DFL-Northfield) To extend existing"Buy the Farm" laws for transmission lines to include gas pipelines. When land is proposed to be acquired for a pipeline under eminent domain, a landowner could require the pipeline owner to condemn a fee interest amount in any portion of commercially-viable land. STATUS: This bill did not receive a committee hearing in the House or Senate. PROPANE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS HF 550 Rep. Dave Baker(R-Willmar) SF 925 Sen. Lyle Koenen(DFL-Clara City) • To provide a$5 million/year appropriation for the Department of Commerce propane prepurchase program and require a report on its expenditures and results • To create definitions of propane,propane storage facility, and synthetic gas • To exempt natural gas utilities with fewer than 5,000 customers from rate regulation • To transfer funding from solar thermal rebates to energy weatherization programs • To exempt propane tank purchases from the sales tax STATUS: Several policy and funding provisions of HF 550 were included in the House jobs/energy omnibus bill(HF 843). In the Senate, the appropriation for the propane prepurchase program was included in SF 2101, the environment/economic development/agriculture omnibus. 149