1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to commerce; weights and measures; requiring signage disclosing 
1.3 	gasoline tax rate;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	239.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [239.7511] GAS TAX SIGN ON PETROLEUM DISPENSER.
1.7 	(a) The director must ensure that signs, in 12-point font or greater, are affixed on 
1.8 	retail petroleum dispensers as follows:
1.9 	(1) for regular or premium gasoline, a sign that reads: "The price for each gallon 
1.10 	of gasoline includes the current state and federal gasoline taxes totaling 46.9 cents per 
1.11 	gallon."; and
1.12 	(2) for diesel fuel, a sign that reads: "The price for each gallon of diesel fuel includes 
1.13 	the current state and federal gasoline taxes totaling 52.9 cents per gallon."
1.14 	(b) The director must distribute the signs described in this section to the owner or 
1.15 	operator of the retail petroleum dispensers. To the extent possible, the director must 
1.16 	coordinate the distribution of signs with other duties the director may have involving 
1.17 	the retail petroleum dispensers.
1.18 	(c) If the amount of the gasoline tax described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2) 
1.19 	changes, the director must, within 12 calendar months of the change, distribute revised 
1.20 	signs to reflect the current gasoline tax amounts.
1.21 	(d) The director is prohibited from assessing any penalty, fine, or fee on the owner 
1.22 	or operator of a retail petroleum dispenser that has a missing, destroyed, defaced, or 
1.23 	otherwise damaged gas tax sign.