Gasoline stickers relating to state tax rates revised.

A bill for an act

relating to weights and measures; revising gasoline stickers relating to state tax

rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.7511.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.7511, is amended to read:

239.7511 GAS TAX SIGN ON PETROLEUM DISPENSER.

(a) The director must ensure that signs having 12-point font or greater are affixed on

retail petroleum dispensers as follows:

(1) for regular or premium gasoline, a sign that reads: "
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As of January 1, .......
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the price

for each gallon of gasoline includes the current state gasoline tax of
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28.5
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.......
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cents per

gallon
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and
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. The gasoline tax amount is tied to inflation and increases automatically on

January 1 each year. The
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federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon
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is also included in

the price of each gallon
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. Revenue from the state fuel tax may be used only for roads and

bridges, according to the Minnesota Constitution."; and

(2) for diesel fuel, a sign that reads: "
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As of January 1, .......
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the price for each gallon of

diesel fuel includes the current state gasoline tax of
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28.5
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.......
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cents per gallon
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and
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. The

gasoline tax amount is tied to inflation and increases automatically on January 1 each year.

The
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federal gasoline tax of
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24.4
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18.4
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cents per gallon
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is also included in the price of each

gallon
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. Revenue from the state fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according

to the Minnesota Constitution."

(b) The director must distribute the signs under this section to the owner or operator of

retail petroleum dispensers. To the extent possible, the director must coordinate the

distribution of signs with other duties the director may have involving retail petroleum

dispensers.

(c)
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If the amount of the gasoline tax described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2),

changes,
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Each year
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the director must distribute revised signs to reflect
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the current year and
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the updated gasoline tax amounts
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within 12 calendar months of the change
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specified under

section 296A.07, subdivision 3
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.

(d) The director is prohibited from assessing any penalty, fine, or fee on the owner or

operator of a retail petroleum dispenser that has a missing, destroyed, defaced, or otherwise

damaged gas tax sign.