Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                         CHAPTER 71-H.F.No. 730 
           An act relating to petroleum products; setting 
          standards for heating fuel, diesel fuel, and kerosene; 
          providing testing authority for the weights and 
          measures division of the department of public service; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, sections 296.01, 
          subdivision 4, and by adding subdivisions; and 296.05, 
          subdivisions 2 and 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
          1984, section 296.05, subdivision 3a. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 296.01, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [FUEL OIL.] "Fuel oil" means any a petroleum 
product other than gasoline as herein defined which when tested 
in accordance with the methods of the American Society for 
Testing Materials shall not flash below 110 degrees Fahrenheit 
and which has a viscosity of not more than 40 seconds at 100 
degrees Fahrenheit by the Saybolt universal process distillate, 
blend of petroleum distillates and residuals, or petroleum 
residual heating fuel which meets the flash point, pour point, 
water and sediment content, distillation, specific gravity, 
copper corrosion, and sulfur content requirements contained in 
American Society for Testing and Materials standard 
specification number D-396 as amended through August 1, 1985. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 296.01, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4a.  [DIESEL FUEL.] "Diesel fuel" means a petroleum 
distillate or blend of petroleum distillate and residual fuels 
intended for use as a motor fuel in internal combustion diesel 
engines.  Diesel fuel must meet the flash point, water and 
sediment content, distillation, sulfur content, and copper 
corrosion requirements contained in American Society for Testing 
and Materials standard specification number D-975 as amended 
through August 1, 1985. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 296.01, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4b.  [KEROSENE.] "Kerosene" means a refined petroleum 
distillate consisting of a homogeneous mixture of hydrocarbons 
essentially free of water, inorganic acidic and basic compounds, 
and excessive amounts of particulate contaminants.  Kerosene 
must meet the color, sulfur content, distillation, flash point, 
and copper corrosion requirements contained in American Society 
for Testing and Materials standard specification number D-3699 
as amended through August 1, 1985. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 296.05, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [FUEL OIL; DIESEL FUEL; KEROSENE.] No fuel oil, 
diesel fuel, or kerosene shall be sold unless it conforms to the 
following specifications: 
    (1) It shall be free from water, suspended matter and all 
impurities; 
    (2) It shall not flash below 110 degrees Fahrenheit when 
tested in accordance with the methods of the American Society 
for Testing Materials sections 1 to 3. 
     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 296.05, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [TESTS, HOW MADE.] All tests shall be made by the 
weights and measures division of the department of public 
service in accordance with the methods outlined in the American 
Society for Testing and Materials specifications numbered D-396, 
D-439 and, D-910, D-975, and D-3699. 
     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
     Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 296.05, subdivision 3a, is 
repealed. 
    Approved May 6, 1985