1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; biodiesel fuel; exempting certain diesel generators from the 
1.3 	requirement to use biodiesel fuel;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
1.4 	239.77, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 239.77, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) The minimum content requirements of subdivision 2 do 
1.8 	not apply to fuel used in the following equipment:
1.9 	(1) motors located at an electric generating plant regulated by the Nuclear 
1.10 	Regulatory Commission;
1.11 	(2) railroad locomotives;
1.12 	(3) off-road taconite and copper mining equipment and machinery;
1.13 	(4) off-road logging equipment and machinery; and
1.14 	(5) vessels of the United States Coast Guard and vessels subject to inspection under 
1.15 	United States Code, title 46, section 3301, subsection (1), (9), (10), (13), or (15).
1.16 	(b) The exemption in paragraph (a), clause (1), expires 30 days after the Nuclear 
1.17 	Regulatory Commission has approved the use of biodiesel fuel in motors at electric 
1.18 	generating plants under its regulation.
1.19 	(c) The minimum content requirements of subdivision 2 do not apply to Number 1 
1.20 	diesel fuel sold or offered for sale during the months of October, November, December, 
1.21 	January, February, and March.
1.22 	(d) ~~This subdivision expires May 1, 2015~~ The minimum content requirements of 
1.23 	subdivision 2 do not apply to diesel fuel used by a company to test and validate the 
2.1 	performance of diesel fuel generators the company has designed and manufactured for use 
2.2 	in jurisdictions where the use of biodiesel fuel is not required.
2.3 	(e) Paragraphs (a) to (c) expire May 1, 2015.