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MN SF3605

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2020

Primary Sponsor

Torrey Westrom

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Origin

Senate

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • Increases the minimum biofuel content requirement in gasoline sold in Minnesota from 10.0 percent to 15.0 percent by volume.

  • Requires fuel retailers selling gasoline/biofuel blends at retail to provide one dedicated fuel pump dispensing a 9.2 to 10.0 percent biofuel blend for motorists whose vehicles are not approved to use blends containing more than 10 percent biofuel.

  • Adjusts compliance tolerance range for biofuel blends from 9.2-10.0 percent to 13.8-15.0 percent by volume.

  • Modifies dates for conventional biofuel composition requirements: July 1, 2020 (90 percent), January 1, 2022 (80 percent), January 1, 2024 (70 percent), January 1, 2027 (60 percent), and January 1, 2032 (no minimum).

  • Updates exemption references in existing statute from subdivisions 10-14 to subdivisions 10-17 to reflect the addition of the new pump requirement subdivision.

Legislative Description

Gasoline biofuel minimum content increase; fuel retailers minimum biofuel blends offering requirement

Last Action

Authors added Frentz; Rosen

3/5/2020

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy3/2/2020
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Policy2/24/2020

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