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Committee backs bill to send petroleum inspection fees to DEQ operating fund
Summary
Senator Tom Thomas proposed redirecting motor-fuel inspection-fee revenue to the Department of Environmental Quality to restore and expand fuel sampling and testing.
Senator Tom Thomas introduced Senate Bill 2179 to the Finance and Taxation Committee, saying the bill would move inspection-fee revenue from the State General Fund to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) operating fund to support fuel sampling and testing.
"This just moves that inspection fee money into the Department of Environmental Quality, which is actually doing that service for us as consumers and the petroleum retail marketers," said Senator Tom Thomas.
Why it matters
Supporters said the fee is paid by petroleum retailers and should fund the fuel-sampling program that verifies fuel octane and ethanol blends at retail pumps. Mike Rood, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association, urged a Do Pass…
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