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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Prohibition on the Sale of Motor Fuel Containing Corn-based Ethanol
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 103 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 103 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.