Session Year 2001, Special Session 1

Bill Name: HF0010

hf10 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Omnibus environmental, natural resources, and
agricultural appropriations bill. Section 1: Environment and natural resources
appropriation summary provided. Sec. 2: Pollution control agency appropriation
provided. Sec. 3: Office of environmental assistance appropriation provided.
Sec. 4: Zoological board appropriation provided. Sec. 5: Natural resources
department appropriation provided. Sec. 6: Board of water and soil resources
appropriation provided. Sec. 7: Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission
appropriation provided. Sec. 8: Science museum of Minnesota appropriation
provided. Sec. 9: Commissioner of agriculture money appropriated. Sec. 10: Board
of animal health money appropriated. Sec. 11: Minnesota horticultural society
appropriation provided. Sec. 12: Agricultural utilization research institute
money appropriated. Sec. 13: ACRRA fee balance money appropriated. Sec. 14:
Minnesota resources appropriations provided for various game and fish habitat
funding, natural land acquisitions, trails, environmental education, and
recycling programs. Sec. 15: Office of strategic and long range planning
appropriation provided. Sec. 16: Various fund transfers authorized. Sec. 17:
Dairy product reports to commissioner eliminated. Sec. 18: Language requiring
creation of ethical guidelines for farm advocates eliminated, current ethical
guidelines adopted. Sec. 19: Family farm cooperatives added to marketing grant
program provisions. Sec. 20: Minnesota Grown logo late fees eliminated. Sec. 21:
Minnesota certification program report no longer required, certification process
detailed, intellectual property rights provided, criminal penalties provided,
and Minnesota certified account fees provided. Sec. 22: "Private contributions"
defined. Sec. 23: Shared savings loan program establishment provisions modified
and maximum loan amounts increased. Farm manure digester technology provisions
established. Sec. 24: Sustainable agriculture demonstration grant scope
expanded. Sec. 25: Agriculture best management practices loan
program:Subdivision 1: Purpose established.Sub. 2: Authority defined.Sub. 3:
Money appropriated. Sub. 4: Various terms defined.Sub. 5: Fund usage detailed,
agricultural and environmental revolving accounts established.Sub. 6: Program
application regulations and procedures provided, application review procedures
provided, allocation amounts detailed.Sub. 7: Payments made from the
commissioner to the local lender regulated.Sub. 8: Allocation agreement
provided.Sub. 9: Allocation recision procedures provided and regulations
established, responsibilities of local government units clarified, and lender
agreements provided.Sub. 10: Local lender responsibilities provided.Sub. 11:
Loan approval procedures detailed.Sub. 12: Data privacy information
provided.Sub. 13: Agriculture best management practices account established by
public facilities authority.Sub. 14: Origination fees eliminated.Sub. 15: Report
format and purposes provided.Sub. 16: Liens against property regulations
simplified.Sub. 17: Referendum exemption modified. Sec. 26: Fees deposited in
general fund. Sec. 27: "Agricultural commodity" definition modified to include
wild rice. Sec. 28: "First purchaser" definition modified to include wild rice.
Sec. 29: "Producer" definition modified to include wild rice. Sec. 30: Fee
refund provision modified to include wild rice. Sec. 31: Laboratory services
account purpose provided. Sec. 32: "Livestock dealer" definition modified. Sec.
33: Statutory reference added. Sec. 34: "School pest management coordinator"
defined. Sec. 35: Waste pesticide collection account appropriation provided.
Sec. 36: Pesticide application in schools regulations established. Sec. 37:
Pesticide application on golf courses regulations established. Sec. 38:
Corrective action cost payment criteria expanded. Sec. 39: Reimbursement payment
amounts increased. Sec. 40: Hearing for person unhappy with reimbursement
payment provided. Sec. 41: Service testing and identification schedules required
and money deposit procedures established. Sec. 42: License fees increased. Sec.
43: Food handler license date of issuance clause provided. Sec. 44: Commissioner
inspection duties delegated to local board of health . Sec. 45: Statutory
references provider. Sec. 46: Food handler plan review fees established and
appropriation provided. Sec. 47: Food handler reinspection account created. Sec.
48: Food handler licensing fees increased. Sec. 49: Egg temperature requirements
modified. Sec. 50: Egg temperature requirements modified. Sec. 51: Egg
transportation vehicle temperature requirements modified. Sec. 52: Date
modified. Sec. 53: Dairy grade rules modified and manufacturing plant standards
established. Sec. 54: Commercial carriers inspection account created and money
appropriated. Sec. 55: Laboratory assistance, advisory assistance, and financial
and other aid for department of agriculture spending guidelines removed. Sec.
56: Milk procurement fee established and required. Sec. 57: Farm inspection
guidelines established. Sec. 58: Dairy plant approval fees established. Sec. 59:
Language concerning certain milk ordinances included. Sec. 60: Laboratory
certification fees required. Sec. 61: Farm bulk milk pick-up tankers clarified.
Sec. 62: Date modified. Sec. 63: Dairy grade standards established. Sec. 64-65:
Statutory references added. Sec. 66: Beverage inspection account established and
appropriation provided. Sec. 67: Minnesota rural finance authority board
membership guidelines modified. Sec. 68: Restructured loan eligibility modified.
Sec. 69: Agricultural improvement loan maximum amount increased. Sec. 70: Direct
loan specifications modified to allow loans to refinance existing debt. Sec. 71:
Language clarified. Sec. 72: Disposition of reimbursement from natural disasters
provided. Sec. 73: Youth corps programs renamed Minnesota conservation corps.
Sec. 74: Corps to career youth community service program provisions repealed.
Sec. 75: Youth corps advisory committee renamed Minnesota conservation corps
advisory committee. Sec. 76-78: Conforming changes. Sec. 79: Account purpose
modified to appropriate grants to law enforcement agencies. Sec. 80: All terrain
vehicle (ATV) environmental and safety education and training course fee
specified, proceeds deposited in the ATV account, and riding component
incorporated into the program. Sec. 81: ATV training safety certificates
requirements provided for persons aged 12-15 for machines over 90cc. Sec. 82:
ATV passenger regulations established. "Guardian" defined. Sec. 83: Conforming
change. Sec. 84: Minnesota River trail specified. Sec. 85: Central lakes trail
in Otter Tail, Grant, and Douglas counties route specified. Sec. 86: State park
permit fees deposited in the natural resources fund in a state parks account.
Sec. 87: Fees deposited into natural resources fund and credited to state parks
account. Sec. 88: Canoe and boating routs marked on Long Prairie and Red River
of the North rivers. Sec. 89: Commissioner powers and duties clarified. Sec. 90:
Exception to vehicle ban on unsafe ice provided for sanctioned circuit
snowmobile watercross riders practicing for an event with written permission.
Sec. 91: "Decorative boughs" defined. Sec. 92: "Decorative materials" defined.
Sec. 93: "Decorative trees" defined. Sec. 94: "Officer" defined. Sec. 95:
"Written consent" defined. Sec. 96: Decorative trees and materials harvest
provisions modified. Sec. 97-100: decorative bough buyers permit, requirements,
enforcement, field citation and penalties provided. Sec. 101: Misdemeanor fine
expenses collected deposited in general fund. Sec. 102: Natural forest committee
reporting rules established. Sec. 103: Mineral coordinating committee expiration
date provided. Sec. 104: Game and fish stamp design contest requirements
extended to stamps not required to be in possession to take game and fish. Sec.
105: Citizen oversight subcommittees specified. Sec. 106: Pictorial turkey stamp
and pictorial trout and salmon stamp additional fee provided. Sec. 107:
Waterfowl and pheasant stamp signature requirement clarified. Sec. 108: Lifetime
angling license fee effective date provided. Sec. 109: Lifetime small game
hunting license fee effective date provided, and license clarified to not
include turkey stamps or other hunting stamps. Sec. 110: Lifetime sporting
licenses clarified to not include any stamp validation. Sec. 111-112:
Nonresident lifetime angling and small game hunting license provisions modified.
Sec. 113-114: Hunting and fishing stamp validation provisions clarified, and
senior angling license reduced fee eliminated. Sec. 115: Trout and salmon stamp
validation required. Sec. 116: Effective date provided. Sec. 117: "Agricultural
land" definition modified. Sec. 118: Turkey license validation language
clarified. Sec. 119: Trout and salmon stamp validation language clarified. Sec.
120: Permit duration for major aboveground chemical and fuel storage facilities
set at ten years. Sec. 121: Individual sewage treatment systems warranty
provisions clarified. Sec. 122: Environmental assistance revolving account
established. Sec. 123: Solid waste management project grant repayment time limit
modified. Sec. 124: County waste reduction and recycling funding use in
processing mixed municipal solid waste authorized. Sec. 125: Solid waste
management money fund usage modified. Sec. 126-127: Conforming change. Sec. 128:
Extension of period for interim dry cleaner environmental response fees. Sec.
129: Petrofund rulemaking reference eliminated. Sec. 130: Petrofund program cost
reimbursement references eliminated. Sec. 131: Petrofund cost reimbursements
clarified. Sec. 132: Petrofund reimbursement special categories eliminated. Sec.
133: Petrofund reimbursement provided at bulk plant that was located on a
railroad right of way. Sec. 134: Performance audits of Petrofund corrective
actions made optional for the Petrofund board. Sec. 135: Petrofund board
authorized to sanction a contractor or consultant that fails to reasonably
supervise its employees or representatives. Sec. 136: Petrofund statutory
references provided that will be repealed as of June 30, 2005. Sec. 137:
Hazardous waste generator licenses and fees provided. Sec. 138: Statutory
reference added. Sec. 139: Agricultural utilization research institute board of
directors modified. Sec. 140: Federal land and water conservation account
created and detailed. Sec. 141: Land acquisition restrictions and modification
procedures established. Sec. 142: Grain buyers and storage account fees
increased. Sec. 143: Warehouse operator license fees increased. Sec. 144: Money
received by a participant of the corps to career program eliminated as an asset
pertaining to the section. Sec. 145: "E85" petroleum product definition
clarified. Sec. 146: Water quality fees deposited to the special revenue fund.
Sec. 147: Fund expenditure relating to solid waste removal detailed. Sec. 148:
Statutory reference removed. Sec. 149: Conservation law enforcement authority
detailed and terms defined. Sec. 150: Repealer. Sec. 151: Effective dates. Sec.
152: Advisory committee sunset established. Sec. 153: : Milan to Lake Lac Qui
Parle trail resurfacing previous funding technical correction provided. Sec.
154: Boundary waters canoe area University of Minnesota, Duluth, report extended
to 2003. Sec. 155: Reorganization of water programs and functions provided and
detailed. Sec. 156: Rule temporarily suspended for products used exclusively for
poultry. Sec. 157: Motor vehicle use of state and county forest roads study
initiated. Sec. 158: McQuade road small craft harbor acquisition authorized.
Sec. 159: Sunken log moratorium enacted. Sec. 160: Report by finance
commissioner required. Sec. 161: Certain dairy fines refund provided. Sec. 162:
Repealer. Sec. 163: Effective date.AE