1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to commerce; weights and measures; biodiesel fuel;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2010, section 239.77, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 239.77, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) The minimum content requirements of subdivision 2 do 
1.7 	not apply to fuel used in the following equipment:
1.8 	(1) motors located at an electric generating plant regulated by the Nuclear 
1.9 	Regulatory Commission;
1.10 	(2) railroad locomotives;
1.11 	(3) off-road taconite and copper mining equipment and machinery;
1.12 	(4) off-road logging equipment and machinery; and
1.13 	(5) until May 1, 2010, vehicles and equipment used exclusively on an aircraft 
1.14 	landing field.
1.15 	(b) The exemption in paragraph (a), clause (1), expires 30 days after the Nuclear 
1.16 	Regulatory Commission has approved the use of biodiesel fuel in motors at electric 
1.17 	generating plants under its regulation.
1.18 	~~(c) This subdivision expires on May 1, 2012.~~