Minnesota SF 1515: Video surveillance at area where ballots are stored, processed, counted or otherwise handled; ballots kept in locked containers requirement, ballot drop boxes regulation; personal items near ballots prohibition; ball point pen usage marking ballots requirement

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to agriculture; modifying the definition of sustainable aviation fuel;​
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.30, subdivision 1.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.6 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have​
1.7 the meanings given.​
1.8 (b) "Aircraft" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 3.​
1.9 (c) "Aviation gasoline" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 7.​
1.10 (d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.​
1.11 (e) "Jet fuel" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 8.​
1.12 (f) "Qualifying taxpayer" means a taxpayer, as defined in section 290.01, subdivision​
1.13 6, that is engaged in the business of:​
1.14 (1) producing sustainable aviation fuel; or​
1.15 (2) blending sustainable aviation fuel with aviation gasoline or jet fuel.​
1.16 (g) "Sustainable aviation fuel" means liquid fuel that:​
1.17 (1) is derived from:​
1.18 (i) biomass, as defined in section 41A.15, subdivision 2e;​
1.19 (ii) gaseous carbon oxides produced from biomass or direct air capture; or​
1​Section 1.​
25-02636 as introduced​01/24/25 REVISOR BD/DG​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1515​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: WESTROM, Putnam, Weber and Kupec)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​414​02/17/2025​
Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development​

2.1 (iii) green electrolytic hydrogen;​
2.2 (2) is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates; and​
2.3 (3) achieves at least a 50 percent life cycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction in​
2.4 comparison with petroleum-based aviation gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and jet fuel as​
2.5 determined by a test that shows:​
2.6 (i) that the fuel production pathway achieves at least a 50 percent life cycle greenhouse​
2.7 gas emissions reduction in comparison with petroleum-based aviation gasoline, aviation​
2.8 turbine fuel, and jet fuel utilizing the most recent version of Argonne National Laboratory's​
2.9 Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (GREET) model​
2.10 that accounts for reduced emissions throughout the fuel production process; or​
2.11 (ii) that the fuel production pathway achieves at least a 50 percent reduction of the​
2.12 aggregate attributional core life cycle emissions and the positive induced land use change​
2.13 values under the life cycle methodology for sustainable aviation fuels adopted by the​
2.14 International Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement of the United States.​
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