1303-S2.E AMS SCHO DAVI 142

E2SHB 1303 - S AMD to S AMD (S-3507.1/07) 542

   By    Senator Schoesler

NOT ADOPTED 4/13/2007

   On page 6 of the amendment, after line 23, insert the following:

   "(3) To assist in the development of biodiesel feedstocks that provide favorable characteristics, including better fuel quality, lower net carbon dioxide emissions, and preferable cold-weather gel points, the department of general administration and local governments shall give contracting preference to biodiesel derived from brassica feedstocks. The department and local governments may only execute contracts for the purchase of biodiesel containing biodiesel derived from palm-oil feedstocks if the department can demonstrate that there was not sufficient availability of biodiesel derived from brassica feedstocks at the time of the contract and the contracted biodiesel will not contain biodiesel derived from palm-oil feedstocks harvested from croplands made available by the eradication of rainforest."

   Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: Provides a contracting preference for biodiesel derived from brassica-based feedstocks (such as canola, mustard, rapeseed) due to preferable quality, carbon emission, and gelling characteristics. Allows biodiesel contracts to include palm oil-based biodiesel only if sufficient quantities of brassica-based biodiesel are not available and the included palm oil is not associated with the eradication of rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations.