HF 3368

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/24/2016 03:21pm

A bill for an act
relating to commerce; weights and measures; requiring signage disclosing
gasoline tax rate; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
239.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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