1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; requiring exclusion of commercialized carbon dioxide 
1.3 	from GREET model analysis of ethanol fuels;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, 
1.4 	section 116.07, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4m.Excluding captured carbon dioxide from GREET model analysis. (a) If 
1.9 	the state adopts the GREET model to evaluate ethanol-containing fuels, any carbon dioxide 
1.10 	that was captured by an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, and sold for commercial 
1.11 	purposes must be excluded from consideration in the model.
1.12 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "GREET model" means the Greenhouse Gases, 
1.13 	Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation model or any other life cycle model 
1.14 	that fully evaluates the energy and emission impacts of transportation fuels.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.