An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Prohibition on the Sale of Motor Fuel Containing Corn-based Ethanol
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0602
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
Sponsors: TIMBERLAKE, MASON, ALLEY, AUSTIN, BATES, BATTLE, BEAVERS, BLACK, BUCKLAND, CAMPBELL, CHAPMAN, CHENETTE, COREY, CRAFTS, DAVITT, DEVIN, DILLINGHAM, DUNPHY, EDGECOMB, EVANGELOS, FOLEY, GERRISH, GILBERT, GINZLER, GREENWOOD, GUERIN, HANINGTON, HANLEY, HARLOW, HEAD, HERRICK, HICKMAN, HILLIARD, HOBART, HOBBINS, KINNEY, KUMIEGA, LONG, LONGSTAFF, LYFORD, MAKER, MALABY, NADEAU, O'CONNOR, PARRY, PETERSON, PICCHIOTTI, PICKETT, REED, RUSSELL, SAWICKI, SHERMAN, SHORT, SIROCKI, SKOLFIELD, STEARNS, STETKIS, THERIAULT, TIMMONS, TUELL, TURNER, VACHON, WALLACE, WARD, WHITE, WOOD, BAKER, BRAKEY, BREEN, COLLINS, CUSHING, CYRWAY, DAVIS, DIAMOND, GERZOFSKY, GRATWICK, HAMPER, HASKELL, KATZ, LANGLEY, LIBBY, PATRICK, ROSEN, THIBODEAU
Amends: 10 MRSA §1457-B

Legislative Document 
No. 602 
H.P. 415 
House of Representatives, March 3, 2015 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Prohibition on the Sale 
of Motor Fuel Containing Corn-based Ethanol 
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered 
printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative TIMBERLAKE of Turner. 
Cosponsored by Senator MASON of Androscoggin and 
Representatives: ALLEY of Beals, AUSTIN of Gray, BATES of Westbrook, BATTLE of South 
Portland, BEAVERS of South Berwick, BLACK of Wilton, BUCKLAND of Farmington, CAMPBELL 
of Orrington, CHAPMAN of Brooksville, CHENETTE of Saco, COREY of Windham, CRAFTS of 
Lisbon, DAVITT of Hampden, DeCHANT of Bath, DEVIN of Newcastle, DILLINGHAM of Oxford, 
DUNPHY of Embden, EDGECOMB of Fort Fairfield, EVANGELOS of Friendship, FOLEY of Wells, 
GERRISH of Lebanon, GILBERT of Jay, GINZLER of Bridgton, GREENWOOD of Wales, GUERIN 
of Glenburn, HANINGTON of Lincoln, HANLEY of Pittston, HARLOW of Portland, HEAD of 
Bethel, HERRICK of Paris, HICKMAN of Winthrop, HILLIARD of Belgrade, HOBART of 
Bowdoinham, HOBBINS of Saco, KINNEY of Limington, KINNEY of Knox, KUMIEGA of Deer 
Isle, LONG of Sherman, LONGSTAFF of Waterville, LYFORD of Eddington, MAKER of Calais, 
MALABY of Hancock, McELWEE of Caribou, NADEAU of Winslow, O'CONNOR of Berwick, 
PARRY of Arundel, PETERSON of Rumford, PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield, PICKETT of Dixfield, REED 
of Carmel, RUSSELL of Portland, SAWICKI of Auburn, SHERMAN of Hodgdon, SHORT of 
Pittsfield, SIROCKI of Scarborough, SKOLFIELD of Weld, STEARNS of Guilford, STETKIS of 
Canaan, THERIAULT of China, TIMMONS of Cumberland, TUELL of East Machias, TURNER of 
Burlington, VACHON of Scarborough, WALLACE of Dexter, WARD of Dedham, WHITE of 
Washburn, WOOD of Sabattus, Senators: BAKER of Sagadahoc, BRAKEY of Androscoggin, BREEN 
of Cumberland, COLLINS of York, CUSHING of Penobscot, CYRWAY of Kennebec, DAVIS of 
Piscataquis, DIAMOND of Cumberland, EDGECOMB of Aroostook, GERZOFSKY of Cumberland, 
GRATWICK of Penobscot, HAMPER of Oxford, HASKELL of Cumberland, KATZ of Kennebec, 
LANGLEY of Hancock, LIBBY of Androscoggin, McCORMICK of Kennebec, PATRICK of Oxford, 
ROSEN of Hancock, President THIBODEAU of Waldo. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  10 MRSA §1457-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 249, §1, is 
amended to read: 
2.  Contingent effective date.  This section does not take effect until at least 10 3 
other states or a number of states with a collective population of 30,000,000 have enacted 
laws that prohibit the sale of motor fuel containing corn-based ethanol.  The 
Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall notify the Revisor of 
Statutes when 10 3 other states or a number of states having a collective population of 
30,000,000 have adopted laws that prohibit the sale of motor fuel containing corn-based 
ethanol. 
SUMMARY 
Current law provides that the prohibition on the sale of motor fuel containing corn-
based ethanol does not take effect until at least 10 other states or a number of states with a 
collective population of 30,000,000 have enacted laws that prohibit the sale of motor fuel 
containing corn-based ethanol.  This bill amends the law to provide that this prohibition 
takes effect only if at least 3 other states have enacted laws that prohibit the sale of motor 
fuel containing corn-based ethanol.