1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; modifying the biodiesel content mandate;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 239.77, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 239.77, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Minimum content; effective date. (a) Except as otherwise provided in 
1.7 	this section, from April 15 through October 15, each year, all diesel fuel sold or offered 
1.8 	for sale in Minnesota for use in internal combustion engines must contain at least 2.0 
1.9 	5.0 percent biodiesel fuel oil by volume.
1.10 	(b) The mandate in paragraph (a) is effective on and after the date that the conditions 
1.11 	in clauses (1) and (2), or in clauses (1) and (3), have been met:
1.12 	(1) thirty or more days have passed since the commissioner of agriculture publishes 
1.13 	notice in the State Register that annual capacity in Minnesota for the production of 
1.14 	biodiesel fuel oil exceeds 8,000,000 gallons;
1.15 	(2) eighteen months have passed since the commissioner of agriculture publishes 
1.16 	notice in the State Register that a federal action on taxes imposed, tax credits, or otherwise, 
1.17 	creates a reduction in the price of two cents or more per gallon on taxable fuel that 
1.18 	contains at least two percent biodiesel fuel oil and is sold in this state;
1.19 	(3) the date June 30, 2005, has passed.