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Appropriations panel advances bill moving motor-fuel inspection fees to DEQ operating fund
Summary
A legislative committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2179 and voted to advance the measure that would transfer motor-fuel inspection fee revenues from the state general fund to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) operating fund, enabling expansion of retail fuel sampling and testing.
The Appropriations Committee's Government Operations Division advanced Senate Bill 2179 after hearing testimony that the bill would transfer revenues from the state's motor-fuel inspection fee into the Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) special operating fund to expand gasoline sampling and testing.
Mike Rood, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association, urged the committee to give SB 2179 a "do pass" recommendation and said the sampling program "plays an important role ensuring both the retailer and consumer are protected when it comes to gas purchases." David Lott, director of the Department of Environmental Quality, told the…
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