| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to agriculture; modifying the definition of sustainable aviation fuel; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.30, subdivision 1. |
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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.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7the meanings given. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (b) "Aircraft" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 3. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (c) "Aviation gasoline" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 7. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (e) "Jet fuel" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 8. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (f) "Qualifying taxpayer" means a taxpayer, as defined in section 290.01, subdivision |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.136, that is engaged in the business of: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (1) producing sustainable aviation fuel; or |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (2) blending sustainable aviation fuel with aviation gasoline or jet fuel. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (g) "Sustainable aviation fuel" means liquid fuel that: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (1) is derived from: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (i) biomass, as defined in section 41A.15, subdivision 2e; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (ii) gaseous carbon oxides produced from biomass or direct air capture; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 25-02636 as introduced01/24/25 REVISOR BD/DG |
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| 22 | 22 | | SENATE |
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| 23 | 23 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 24 | 24 | | S.F. No. 1515NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: WESTROM, Putnam, Weber and Kupec) |
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| 26 | 26 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | Introduction and first reading02/17/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development 2.1 (iii) green electrolytic hydrogen; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2.2 (2) is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.3 (3) achieves at least a 50 percent life cycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction in |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.4comparison with petroleum-based aviation gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and jet fuel as |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.5determined by a test that shows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.6 (i) that the fuel production pathway achieves at least a 50 percent life cycle greenhouse |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.7gas emissions reduction in comparison with petroleum-based aviation gasoline, aviation |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.8turbine fuel, and jet fuel utilizing the most recent version of Argonne National Laboratory's |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.9Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (GREET) model |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.10that accounts for reduced emissions throughout the fuel production process; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.11 (ii) that the fuel production pathway achieves at least a 50 percent reduction of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.12aggregate attributional core life cycle emissions and the positive induced land use change |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.13values under the life cycle methodology for sustainable aviation fuels adopted by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.14International Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement of the United States. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 25-02636 as introduced01/24/25 REVISOR BD/DG |
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