Gov. Kay Ivey on Sept. 24 directed the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to stop enforcing the rules on dyed diesel fuel for 120 days, to give the state’s farmers and timber operators relief from fuel prices.
Dyed diesel is tax-exempt fuel reserved for off-road equipment and machinery. In a letter to ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor, Ivey wrote that diesel prices had risen sharply compared with other fuels, “directly affecting Alabama’s agricultural and timber industries,” and asked ALEA and other enforcement agencies to adjust their priorities on dyed diesel for the time being. The change took effect immediately, the governor’s office said. Alabama’s harvest season runs through Nov. 15.
Ivey also told Revenue Commissioner Mary Martin Mitchell to ask the Internal Revenue Service for relief from dyed diesel penalties.
