SF 1012

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to motor fuels; increasing rates of motor
fuel taxes; appropriating money for highways 53 and
169; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.07,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Rate of tax.

The gasoline excise tax is imposed
at the following rates:

(1) E85 is taxed at the rate of 14.2 18.46 cents per
gallon;

(2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 11.4 14.82 cents per
gallon; and

(3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 20 26 cents
per gallon.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 296A.08,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Rate of tax.

The special fuel excise tax is
imposed at the following rates:

(a) Liquefied petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate
of 15 19.5 cents per gallon.

(b) Liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 12 15.6
cents per gallon.

(c) Compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate
of $1.739 $2.261 per thousand cubic feet; or 20 26 cents per
gasoline equivalent, as defined by the National Conference on
Weights and Measures, which is 5.66 pounds of natural gas.

(d) All other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the
gasoline excise tax as specified in section 296A.07, subdivision
2. The tax is payable in the form and manner prescribed by the
commissioner.

Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS FOR HIGHWAYS 53 AND 169.

Subdivision 1.

Highway 53.

(a) $15,000,000 is
appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of
transportation in fiscal year 2006 for completion of the Falls
to Falls Corridor, marked Trunk Highway 53, from International
Falls to Cook as a four-lane highway.

(b) $15,000,000 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund
to the commissioner of transportation on the first day of each
fiscal year after fiscal year 2006 until the commissioner
certifies to the commissioner of finance that the highway
project described in paragraph (a) has been completed. Any
money appropriated under this paragraph that is not required to
complete the highway project cancels to the trunk highway fund.

Subd. 2.

Highway 169.

$15,000,000 is appropriated from
the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation for
completing the project for marked Trunk Highway 169 from
Coleraine to its intersection with marked Trunk Highway 65 in or
near Pengilly.

Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sections 1 and 2 are effective June 1, 2005. Section 1
applies to all gasoline in distributor storage on that date.
Section 3 is effective July 1, 2005.