Filed as: 31:02 Ethanol Infrastructure Incentive Program
This package has had no recorded movement since August 13, 2025 and was never filed with the Secretary of State. State law sets no deadline for finishing a noticed rule, so it remains legally pending — but is inactive in practice.
The Governor's Office of Economic Development is creating rules to administer a new E15 fuel tax refund program for licensed marketers who sell E15 ethanol blends (containing 10.5% to 15% ethanol) at retail fuel pumps in South Dakota from 2025 through 2029. Starting July 1, 2024, all new funding from the ethanol infrastructure incentive fund will go exclusively to these refunds, calculated at five cents per gallon of E15 dispensed in the prior calendar year, with applications due during a 30-day period each January beginning in 2026. The rules also define "licensed marketer," require applicants to demonstrate compliance with alternative fuel standards, establish a 90-day timeline for GOED to determine refund eligibility, and allow refunds to be prorated if funding runs short across all eligible applicants.
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The effect of the rules will be to implement the ethanol E15 fuel tax refund program established by the Legislature during the 2024 legislative session (SB 78, now codified as SDCL 10-47B-192).
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