1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; requiring certain fuels to
1.3 	contain certain levels of ethanol; setting a goal and
1.4 	requiring promotion activities; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, section 239.791, by adding a
1.6 	subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.7 	Statutes, chapter 239; repealing Minnesota Statutes
1.8 	2004, section 239.791, subdivision 1.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 239.791, is
1.11 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.12 		Subd. 1a.Minimum ethanol content required. (a) Except
1.13 	as provided in subdivisions 10 to 14, a person responsible for
1.14 	the product shall ensure that all gasoline sold or offered for
1.15 	sale in Minnesota contains at least 20 percent denatured ethanol
1.16 	by volume.
1.17 	(b) For purposes of enforcing paragraph (a), a
1.18 	gasoline/ethanol blend must be construed to be in compliance if
1.19 	the ethanol content, exclusive of denaturants and permitted
1.20 	contaminants, comprises at least 18.4 percent by volume and no
1.21 	more than 20 percent by volume of the blend as determined by an
1.22 	appropriate United States Environmental Protection Agency or
1.23 	American Society of Testing Materials standard method of
1.24 	analysis of alcohol content in motor fuels.
1.25 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1,
1.26 	2012, unless the commissioner of agriculture certifies, by
1.27 	December 31, 2010, that 20 percent of the volume of gasoline
2.1 	sold in the state is denatured ethanol.

2.2 	Sec. 2. [239.7911] PETROLEUM REPLACEMENT GOAL.
2.3 		Subdivision 1.Goal. It is the goal of the state of
2.4 	Minnesota that at least 20 percent of the liquid fuel sold in
2.5 	the state is derived from renewable sources by December 31, 2015.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Promotion of renewable liquid fuels. (a) The
2.7 	commissioner of agriculture, in consultation with the
2.8 	commissioners of commerce and pollution control, shall identify
2.9 	and implement activities necessary for the widespread use of
2.10 	renewable liquid fuels in the state.  Beginning November 1,
2.11 	2005, and continuing through 2015, the commissioners or their
2.12 	designees shall work with representatives from the renewable
2.13 	fuels industry, petroleum retailers, refiners, automakers, small
2.14 	engine manufacturers, and other interested groups to develop
2.15 	annual recommendations for administrative and legislative action.
2.16 	(b) The activities of the commissioners under this
2.17 	subdivision must include, but are not limited to:
2.18 	(1) developing recommendations for incentives for retailers
2.19 	to install equipment necessary for dispensing renewable liquid
2.20 	fuels to the public;
2.21 	(2) obtaining federal approval for the use of E20 as
2.22 	gasoline;
2.23 	(3) developing recommendations for ensuring that motor
2.24 	vehicles and small engine equipment have access to an adequate
2.25 	supply of fuel;
2.26 	(4) working with the owners and operators of large
2.27 	corporate automotive fleets in the state to increase their use
2.28 	of renewable fuels; and 
2.29 	(5) working to maintain an affordable retail price for
2.30 	liquid fuels.
2.31 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.32 	following final enactment.

2.33 	Sec. 3. REPEALER.
 2.34 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 239.791, subdivision 1, is
2.35 	repealed on the effective date of section 1.