LD1781 • 2025

An Act to Exempt from the Gasoline Tax Act Ethanol-free Gasoline Used by Vehicles Off-road

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Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell
Last action: 2025-06-10
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Exempt from the Gasoline Tax Act Ethanol-free Gasoline Used by Vehicles Off-road

An Act to Exempt from the Gasoline Tax Act Ethanol-free Gasoline Used by Vehicles Off-road Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell Reference committee: Taxation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Exempt from the Gasoline Tax Act Ethanol-free Gasoline Used by Vehicles Off-road Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell Reference committee: Taxation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2025-06-10 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-06-09 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2025-06-05 Committee
Work Session Reconsidered
2025-06-05 Committee
Voted; ONTP
2025-05-13 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-13 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-04-24 House
Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-04-24 Committee
Referred to Committee on Taxation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Exempt from the Gasoline Tax Act Ethanol-free Gasoline Used by Vehicles Off-road
Sponsor:
Representative Donald Ardell
Reference committee:
Taxation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1781
H.P. 1192 House of Representatives, April 24, 2025
An Act to Exempt from the Gasoline Tax Act Ethanol-free Gasoline
Used by Vehicles Off-road
Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ARDELL of Monticello.

Page 1 - 132LR1201(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §2903, sub-§4, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 738, §4, is
3 amended to read:
4 E. Brought into this State in the fuel tanks of an aircraft; or
5Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §2903, sub-§4, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 738, §4, is
6 amended to read:
7 F. On which the collection of the tax imposed by this section is precluded by federal
8 law or regulation. ; or
9Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §2903, sub-§4, ¶G is enacted to read:
10 G. That does not contain any ethanol and is purchased for use by vehicles that are used
11 exclusively off-road.
12Sec. 4. Documentation needed for exemption for ethanol-free fuel
13purchased for off-road use. The State Tax Assessor shall adopt rules to determine the
14 documentation needed to implement the exemption from the Gasoline Tax Act provided in
15 the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 2903, subsection 4, paragraph G for a person
16 eligible for the exemption. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical
17 rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
18SUMMARY
19 This bill provides an exemption from the tax imposed on gasoline for internal
20 combustion engine fuel that does not contain any ethanol and is purchased and used by
21 vehicles when those vehicles are only used off-road.
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