2738-S AMH TR RICH 016

By Representative Morris

SHB 2738 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Transportation

   On page 1, after line 11, strike all of section 2, and insert the following:

   "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 19.112 RCW to read as follows:

   (1) When the director determines that a predominant portion of the feedstock to satisfy the two percent requirement was grown in Washington state, or the date November 30, 2008, has passed, businesses selling fuel at the distributor level in the state of Washington must at the end of each calendar year provide evidence to the department of licensing that at least two percent of total diesel fuel sales were biodiesel fuel.

   (2) If the director determines that both in-state oil seed crushing capacity and feedstock grown in Washington state can satisfy the two percent requirement, businesses selling fuel at the distributor level in the state of Washington must at the end of each calendar year provide evidence to the department of licensing that at least five percent of total diesel fuel sales were biodiesel fuel.

   (3) For the purposes of this chapter, "biodiesel fuel" has the meaning provided in RCW 82.29A.135.

   (4) The director shall adopt rules for enforcing and carrying out the purposes of this section."

EFFECT: Requires businesses selling fuel at the distributor level in the state of Washington to provide evidence to the Department of Licensing at the end of each calendar year that at least two percent of total diesel fuel sales were biodiesel fuel. Requires businesses selling fuel at the distributor level in the state of Washington to provide evidence to the Department of Licensing at the end of each calendar year that at least five percent of total diesel fuel sales were biodiesel fuel, if the minimum biodiesel fuel sales requirement increases to five percent.