| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to agriculture; requiring a report; appropriating money for biofuel financial |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 assistance. |
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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. APPROPRIATIONS; BIOFUEL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for grants that enable retail petroleum |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8dispensers, fuel storage tanks, and other equipment to dispense biofuels to the public in |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9accordance with the biofuel replacement goals established under Minnesota Statutes, section |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10239.7911. A retail petroleum dispenser selling petroleum for use in spark ignition engines |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11for vehicle model years after 2000 is eligible if the retail petroleum dispenser has no more |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12than ten retail petroleum dispensing sites and each site is located in Minnesota. The grant |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13money must be used to replace or upgrade equipment that does not have the ability to be |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14certified for E25. A grant award must not exceed 65 percent of the cost of the appropriate |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15technology. A grant award must not exceed $200,000 per station. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (b) The commissioner must cooperate with biofuel stakeholders in the implementation |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17of the grant program. The commissioner, in cooperation with any economic or community |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18development financial institution and any other entity with which the commissioner contracts, |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19must submit a report on the biofuels infrastructure financial assistance program by January |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.2015 of each year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21and divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture policy and finance. The annual report must |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22include but is not limited to a summary of the following metrics: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23 (1) the number and types of projects financed; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | REVISOR BD/BM 25-0156012/19/24 |
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| 26 | 26 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 28 | 28 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 29 | 29 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 30 | 30 | | H. F. No. 882 |
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| 31 | 31 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 32 | 32 | | Authored by Anderson, P. H.; Frederick; Nelson and Harder02/17/2025 |
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| 33 | 33 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) the amount of dollars leveraged or matched per project; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.2 (3) the geographic distribution of financed projects; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.3 (4) any market expansion associated with upgraded infrastructure; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.4 (5) the demographics of the areas served; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.5 (6) the costs of the program; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.6 (7) the number of grants to minority-owned or female-owned businesses. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 40 | 40 | | REVISOR BD/BM 25-0156012/19/24 |
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