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SF 1313

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/03/2017 08:31am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - 1st Engrossment

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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.
new text end

new text begin (a) The director must ensure that signs having 12-point font or greater are affixed on
retail petroleum dispensers as follows:
new text end

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.
Revenue from the fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according to the
Minnesota Constitution."; and
new text end

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. Revenue from the
fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according to the Minnesota Constitution."
new text end

new text begin (b) The director must distribute the signs under this section to the owner or operator of
retail petroleum dispensers. To the extent possible, the director must coordinate the
distribution of signs with other duties the director may have involving retail petroleum
dispensers.
new text end

new text begin (c) If the amount of the gasoline tax described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2),
changes, the director must distribute revised signs to reflect the updated gasoline tax amounts
within 12 calendar months of the change.
new text end

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.
new text end