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Committee considers one‑word technical fix to bioincentive statute to restore advanced biofuel eligibility
Summary
House File 1500 would add the word 'advanced' to restore the statute’s intent so that advanced biofuel producers — for example facilities producing corn kernel fiber ethanol — qualify for the Department of Agriculture’s Bioincentive Program; the committee laid the bill over.
Chair Anderson presented House File 1500, which would insert the word "advanced" into the statutory definition used by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Bioincentive Program. Proponents said the change is a technical correction to restore legislative intent so that producers of advanced biofuels are eligible for performance‑based payments.
Brian Werner, Executive Director of the Minnesota Biofuels Association, told the committee advanced biofuel is…
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