Minnesota § 239.80 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 239.80 — VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES

Minnesota § 239.80

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Minn. Stat. § 239.80 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Violations; enforcement actions of department; waiver.

(a)The director, or any delegated employee shall use the methods in section239.75to enforce sections239.10;239.101, subdivision 3;239.761;239.77;239.79;239.791; and239.792.

(b)The director or any delegated employee may waive a penalty for a violation under section239.77or239.791on a retailer when ethanol or biodiesel are not available at a pipeline or refinery to meet the blending requirements of this chapter, and the terminal has had ethanol or biodiesel blended products available to the licensed distributor for 20 of the previous 30 days. The director or delegated employee shall use the reports required in section239.754or other available information in making a determination under this paragraph. The commissioner sh

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Subdivision 1.Violations; enforcement actions of department; waiver.
(a) The director, or any delegated employee shall use the methods in section239.75to enforce sections239.10;239.101, subdivision 3;239.761;239.77;239.79;239.791; and239.792.
(b) The director or any delegated employee may waive a penalty for a violation under section239.77or239.791on a retailer when ethanol or biodiesel are not available at a pipeline or refinery to meet the blending requirements of this chapter, and the terminal has had ethanol or biodiesel blended products available to the licensed distributor for 20 of the previous 30 days. The director or delegated employee shall use the reports required in section239.754or other available information in making a determination under this paragraph. The commissioner shall work with the commissioner of agriculture, biodiesel producers, ethanol producers, pipeline operators, and terminal operators, to ensure that biodiesel and ethanol are available for blending at pipeline and refinery terminals where diesel fuel and gasoline are sold and destined for use in Minnesota.

Subd. 2.Penalty.
A person who fails to comply with any provision of section239.10;239.101, subdivision 3;239.761;239.77;239.79;239.791, subdivisions 1 to 11; or239.792, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Subd. 3.Nonoxygenated gasoline penalty.
A person who fails to comply with section239.791, subdivision 12, paragraph (b), (c), or (d), is guilty of a misdemeanor.