1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to commerce; weights and measures; clarifying use of petroleum 
1.3 	inspection fee revenues;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 239.101, 
1.4 	subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 239.101, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Petroleum inspection fee; appropriation, uses. (a) An inspection fee is 
1.8 	imposed (1) on petroleum products when received by the first licensed distributor, and (2) 
1.9 	on petroleum products received and held for sale or use by any person when the petroleum 
1.10 	products have not previously been received by a licensed distributor. The petroleum 
1.11 	inspection fee is $1 for every 1,000 gallons received. The commissioner of revenue shall 
1.12 	collect the fee. The revenue from 81 cents of the fee is appropriated to the commissioner of 
1.13 	commerce for the cost of operations of the Division of Weights and Measures, petroleum 
1.14 	supply monitoring, and to make grants to providers of low-income weatherization services 
1.15 	to install renewable energy equipment in households that are eligible for weatherization 
1.16 	assistance under Minnesota's weatherization assistance program state plan. The remainder 
1.17 	of the fee must be deposited in the general fund.
1.18 	(b) The commissioner of revenue shall credit a person for inspection fees previously 
1.19 	paid in error or for any material exported or sold for export from the state upon filing of a 
1.20 	report as prescribed by the commissioner of revenue.
1.21 	(c) The commissioner of revenue may collect the inspection fee along with any 
1.22 	taxes due under chapter 296A.
1.23 	(d) Of the 81 cents appropriated in paragraph (a), at least five percent shall be used 
1.24 	to make grants to providers of low-income weatherization services to install renewable 
2.1 	energy equipment in households that are eligible for weatherization assistance under 
2.2 	Minnesota's weatherization assistance program state plan.