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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="10-1505" title_number="10" title_name="Promotion and Identification of Agricultural Products" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Production Credits for Renewable Fuels">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department may pay credits as calculated under this section to certified producers of ethanol or biodiesel in the State for ethanol or biodiesel produced on or after December 31, 2007.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For the purposes of this subtitle, a person that holds a controlling interest in more than one ethanol production facility is considered to be a single ethanol producer.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For the purposes of this subtitle, a person that holds a controlling interest in more than one biodiesel production facility is considered to be a single biodiesel producer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For an ethanol producer, a credit may not exceed the maximum amount certified by the Department and shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>20 cents per gallon of ethanol produced from small grains; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>5 cents per gallon of ethanol produced from other agricultural products.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a biodiesel producer, a credit may not exceed the maximum amount certified by the Department and shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>20 cents per gallon of biodiesel produced from soybean oil produced:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>In a facility that began operating after December 31, 2004; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Under the expanded capacity of a facility, the expansion of which occurred after December 31, 2004; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>5 cents per gallon of biodiesel produced from other feedstock, including soybean oil produced in a facility that began operating on or before December 31, 2004.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may not pay a credit for ethanol or biodiesel produced after December 31, 2017.</text>
  </level>
</section>
