Minnesota SF 4263: The Redemption Project appropriation to assist inmates from incarceration to the community

Status: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy (as of 2022-03-24)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2021-2022 · Bill: SF 4263

Subjects: Appropriations, Corrections and Corrections Department

Sponsors: Ingebrigtsen

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to agriculture; establishing the biofuel sales volume incentive program;
1.3 authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
1.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41A.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [41A.115] BIOFUEL SALES VOLUME INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Establishment.Beginning January 1, 2028, the commissioner of
1.8 agriculture must establish and administer a biofuel sales volume incentive program to provide
1.9 financial incentives to retail gasoline stations for sales of eligible biofuel blends occurring
1.10 during the previous calendar year.
1.11 Subd. 2.Definitions.For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
1.12 given:
1.13 (1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture;
1.14 (2) "eligible biofuel blend" means a blend of gasoline and ethanol that contains 11 to
1.15 15 percent denatured ethanol by volume; and
1.16 (3) "retail gasoline station" means a retail business location that sells gasoline to end
1.17 users from fuel dispensers for use in motor vehicles.
1.18 Subd. 3.Incentive payments.The commissioner must provide incentive payments of
1.19 five cents per gallon of eligible biofuel blend sold at a retail gasoline station eligible under
1.20 subdivision 4, not to exceed $50,000 per year.
1.21 Subd. 4.Eligibility.A retail gasoline station is eligible for incentive payments if the
1.22 retail gasoline station:
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 4263NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC and Utke)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading657003/09/2026
Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Author added Utke917604/27/2026

2.1 (1) is located in Minnesota;
2.2 (2) is not a fleet operator;
2.3 (3) is operating and dispensing eligible biofuel blend at the retail gasoline station at the
2.4 time of application;
2.5 (4) has not sold eligible biofuel blend before January 1, 2028;
2.6 (5) submits monthly reports as required under section 239.791, subdivision 8; and
2.7 (6) has not received money under the AGRI Biofuels Infrastructure Grant Program.
2.8 Subd. 5.Application.A retail gasoline station must apply for incentive payments in the
2.9 form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and must include:
2.10 (1) the volume in gallons of eligible biofuel blend sold during the calendar year;
2.11 (2) copies of fuel sales records; and
2.12 (3) any additional information required by the commissioner.
2.13 Subd. 6.Verification.The commissioner must verify reported sales volumes against
2.14 fuel sales reports submitted to the Department of Commerce pursuant to section 239.791,
2.15 subdivision 8.
2.16 Subd. 7.Payments.The commissioner must make payments on a first-come, first-served
2.17 basis within the limits of available funding.
2.18 Subd. 8.Rulemaking.The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.
2.19 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; BIOFUEL SALES VOLUME INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
2.20 $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
2.21 of agriculture to administer the biofuel sales volume incentive program in Minnesota Statutes,
2.22 section 41A.115. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2032.
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