Minnesota Statutes 239.101 – Inspection Fees
Subdivision 1.Fee setting and cost recovery.
The department shall recover the amount appropriated to the weights and measures program through revenue from two separate fee systems under subdivisions 2 and 3, and according to the fee-setting and cost-recovery requirements in subdivisions 4, 5, and 6.
Subd. 2.Weights and measures fees.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 239.101
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Director: means the director of the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Distributor: means a person who is licensed by the Department of Revenue, under the requirements of section 296A. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Division: means the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Metrology: means the science and practice of precise measurement, including measurement of mass, length, volume, and temperature. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Person: means person or persons, corporation, partnership, stock company, society, association, or the agent or employee thereof. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 239.101
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Director: means the director of the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Distributor: means a person who is licensed by the Department of Revenue, under the requirements of section 296A. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Division: means the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Metrology: means the science and practice of precise measurement, including measurement of mass, length, volume, and temperature. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Person: means person or persons, corporation, partnership, stock company, society, association, or the agent or employee thereof. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
The director shall charge a fee to the owner for inspecting and testing weights and measures, providing metrology services and consultation, and providing petroleum quality assurance tests at the request of a licensed distributor. Money collected by the director must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the state general fund.
Subd. 3.Petroleum inspection fee; appropriation, uses.
(a) An inspection fee is imposed (1) on petroleum products when received by the first licensed distributor, and (2) on petroleum products received and held for sale or use by any person when the petroleum products have not previously been received by a licensed distributor. The petroleum inspection fee is $1 for every 1,000 gallons received. The commissioner of revenue shall collect the fee. The revenue from 89 cents of the fee is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for the cost of operations of the Division of Weights and Measures and petroleum supply monitoring. The remainder of the fee must be deposited in the general fund.
(b) The commissioner of revenue shall credit a person for inspection fees previously paid in error or for any material exported or sold for export from the state upon filing of a report as prescribed by the commissioner of revenue.
(c) The commissioner of revenue may collect the inspection fee along with any taxes due under chapter 296A.
Subd. 4.
MS 2012 [Repealed, 2014 c 222 art 1 s 58]
Subd. 5.Setting petroleum inspection fee.
When the department estimates that inspection costs will exceed the revenue from the fee, the commissioner shall notify the commissioner of management and budget. The commissioner of management and budget shall then request a fee increase from the legislature.
Subd. 6.Cost-recovery requirements.
The cost of inspection activities and services not specified in subdivisions 2 and 3, including related overhead costs, must be equitably apportioned and recovered by the fees.
Subd. 7.
[Repealed, 2007 c 62 s 16]