HB 1401-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1401-FN
AN ACT limiting corn-based ethanol as an additive to gasoline sold in New Hampshire.
SPONSORS: Rep. Townsend, Graf 10; Rep. Pastor, Graf 9
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill limits the amount of corn-based ethanol that may be added to gasoline sold in New Hampshire.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2497
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT limiting corn-based ethanol as an additive to gasoline sold in New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Gasoline Sales; Limitation on Corn-Based Ethanol. Amend RSA 339-B by inserting after section 8 the following new section:
339-B:8-a Limitation on Corn-Based Ethanol. No seller of gasoline shall sell or offer for sale gasoline that includes more than 10 percent corn-based ethanol as an additive.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.
LBAO
10-2497
11/04/09
HB 1401-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT limiting corn-based ethanol as an additive to gasoline sold in New Hampshire.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food states this bill may increase state expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2011 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or state, county, and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food states this bill limits corn-based ethanol as an additive to gasoline sold in the State. The Department states there may be a cost associated with enforcement related to limiting the corn-based ethanol as a gasoline additive. The Department estimates it costs $45 per sample to be tested which does not include costs associated with shipping samples to a private testing facility. The State does not have the capability to test samples on an ongoing basis which would necessitate sending samples to private testing facilities. The Department estimates there are approximately 900 business sites that sell motor fuel and it would obtain one random sample per business per year to test. The Department estimates expenditures would increase by $40,500 (900* $45) plus shipping costs each year.