239.7511 GAS TAX SIGN ON PETROLEUM DISPENSER. (a) The director must ensure that signs having 12-point font or greater are affixed on retail petroleum dispensers as follows: (1) for regular or premium gasoline, a sign that reads: 'The price for each gallon of gasoline includes the current state gasoline tax of 28.5 cents per gallon and federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. Revenue from the state fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according to the Minnesota Constitution.'; and (2) for diesel fuel, a sign that reads: 'The price for each gallon of diesel fuel includes the current state gasoline tax of 28.5 cents per gallon and federal gasoline tax of 24.4 cents per gallon. Revenue from the state fuel tax may be used only for roads and bridges, according to the Minnesota Constitution.' (b) The director must distribute the signs under this section to the owner or operator of retail petroleum dispensers. To the extent possible, the director must coordinate the distribution of signs with other duties the director may have involving retail petroleum dispensers. (c) If the amount of the gasoline tax described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), changes, the istribution of signs with other duties the director may have involving retail petroleum dispensers. (c) If the amount of the gasoline tax described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), changes, the director must distribute revised signs to reflect the updated gasoline tax amounts within 12 calendar months of the change. (d) The director is prohibited from assessing any penalty, fine, or fee on the owner or operator of a retail petroleum dispenser that has a missing, destroyed, defaced, or otherwise damaged gas tax sign. History: 2017 c 94 art 8 s 9
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