Assembly Bill 408

Financial assistance related to bioenergy feedstocks, biorefineries, and conversion to biomass energy; the definition of the term agricultural use for the purpose of determining the assessed value of a parcel of land; requiring a strategic bioenergy feedstock assessment; creation of a bioenergy council; the agricultural and forestry diversification programs; biofuels training assessment; a study of regulatory burdens relating to biofuel production facilities; marketing orders and agreements for bioenergy feedstocks; exempting personal renewable fuel production and use from the motor vehicle fuel tax, the petroleum inspection fee, and business tax registration requirements; an income and franchise tax credit for installing or retrofitting pumps that mix motor vehicle fuels from separate storage tanks; offering gasoline that is not blended with ethanol to motor fuel dealers; state renewable motor vehicle fuels sales goals; required sales of renewable motor vehicle fuels; use of petroleum-based transportation fuels by state vehicles; use of alternative fuels in flex fuel vehicles owned by the state; use of public alternative fuel refueling facilities; duties of the Office of Energy Independence; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties

Topics: Administration, Department of: Boards and other subdivisions, Agriculture, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Commerce, Department of, Forestry, Fuel, Gasoline, Gasoline: Taxation, Governor: Appointments, Income tax: Credit, Land use planning and control, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Motor vehicle: Publicly-owned, Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection, Petroleum, Revenue, Department of, University of Wisconsin: University extension