1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; authorizing petroleum 
  1.3             fund reimbursement to eligible small business owners 
  1.4             with tanks located on their properties; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115C.09, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115C.09, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3g.  [REIMBURSEMENTS; SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.] (a) As 
  1.11  used in this subdivision, "small business owner" means a person: 
  1.12     (1) who has no more than $50,000 per year in sales; 
  1.13     (2) who owns no more than one location where motor fuel was 
  1.14  previously dispensed to the public into motor vehicles; 
  1.15     (3) who did not dispense motor fuel at that location; and 
  1.16     (4) whose tanks were never registered with the state. 
  1.17     (b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause 
  1.18  (1), the board shall reimburse an eligible applicant who is a 
  1.19  small business owner for 90 percent of the applicant's total 
  1.20  reimbursable cost for tank removal projects started after 
  1.21  January 1, 1998, including, but not limited to, tank removal, 
  1.22  closure in place, backfill, resurfacing, and utility service 
  1.23  restoration costs, regardless of whether a release has occurred 
  1.24  at the site, and provided that the person does not intend to 
  1.25  replace the tanks.