| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to agriculture; modifying the advanced biofuel production incentive; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.16, subdivision 7. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.16, subdivision 7, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 7.Eligibility for participants after April 1, 2023.(a) A facility eligible for |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7payment under this section must source at least 80 percent raw materials from Minnesota. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8If a facility is sited 50 miles or less from the state border, raw materials may be sourced |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9from within a 100-mile radius. Raw materials must be from agricultural or forestry sources |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10or from solid waste. The facility must be located in Minnesota, must begin production at a |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11specific location after April 1, 2023, and before June 30, 2025, and must not begin operating |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12above 23,750 MMbtu of quarterly advanced biofuel production before July 1, 2015. Eligible |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13facilities include existing companies and facilities that are adding advanced biofuel |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14production capacity, or retrofitting existing capacity, as well as new companies and facilities. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15Production of conventional corn ethanol and conventional biodiesel is not eligible. Eligible |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16advanced biofuel facilities must produce at least 23,750 MMbtu of biofuel quarterly. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) No payments shall be made for advanced biofuel production that occurs after June |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.1830, 2035, for those eligible biofuel producers under paragraph (a). |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (c) An eligible producer of advanced biofuel shall not transfer the producer's eligibility |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20for payments under this section to an advanced biofuel facility at a different location. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (d) A producer that ceases production for any reason is ineligible to receive payments |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22under this section until the producer resumes production. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR BD/LJ 25-0309202/04/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 1500 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1 (e) Renewable chemical production for which payment has been received under section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.241A.17, and biomass thermal production for which payment has been received under section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.341A.18, are not eligible for payment under this section. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (f) Biobutanol is eligible under this section. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 35 | 35 | | REVISOR BD/LJ 25-0309202/04/25 |
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