1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to commerce; requiring sales reporting for intermediate blends of gasoline 
1.3 	and biofuel;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 239.791, subdivision 8.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 239.791, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 8.Disclosure; reporting. (a) A refinery or terminal, shall provide, at the time 
1.7 	gasoline is sold or transferred from the refinery or terminal, a bill of lading or shipping 
1.8 	manifest to the person who receives the gasoline. For oxygenated gasoline, the bill of lading 
1.9 	or shipping manifest must include the identity and the volume percentage or gallons of 
1.10 	oxygenate included in the gasoline, and it must state: "This fuel contains an oxygenate. Do 
1.11 	not blend this fuel with ethanol or with any other oxygenate." For nonoxygenated gasoline 
1.12 	sold or transferred after September 30, 1997, the bill or manifest must state: "This fuel is 
1.13 	not oxygenated. It must not be sold at retail in Minnesota." This subdivision does not apply 
1.14 	to sales or transfers of gasoline between refineries, between terminals, or between a refinery 
1.15 	and a terminal.
1.16 	(b) A delivery ticket required under section 239.092 for biofuel blended with gasoline 
1.17 	must state the volume percentage of biofuel blended into gasoline delivered through a meter 
1.18 	into a storage tank used for dispensing by persons not exempt under subdivisions 10 to 14 
1.19 	and 16.
1.20 	(c) On or before the 23rd day of each month, a person responsible for the product must 
1.21 	report to the department, in the form prescribed by the commissioner, the gross number of 
1.22 	gallons of intermediate blends sold at retail by the person during the preceding calendar 
1.23 	month. The report must identify the number of gallons by blend type. For purposes of this 
2.1 	subdivision, "intermediate blends" means blends of gasoline and biofuel in which the biofuel 
2.2 	content, exclusive of denaturants and other permitted components, is greater than ten percent 
2.3 	and no more than 50 percent by volume. This paragraph only applies to a person who is 
2.4 	responsible for selling intermediate blends at retail at more than ten locations. A person 
2.5 	responsible for the product at fewer than ten locations is not precluded from reporting the 
2.6 	gross number of intermediate blends if a report is available.
2.7 	(d) All reports provided pursuant to paragraph (c) are nonpublic data as defined in section 
2.8 	13.02, subdivision 9.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.