HF 143

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to appropriations; reducing and transferring 
  1.3             appropriations for agricultural and rural development 
  1.4             purposes. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6   Section 1.  AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS AND 
  1.7   REDUCTIONS 
  1.8      The dollar amounts in the columns under "APPROPRIATION 
  1.9   CHANGE" are added to or, if shown in parentheses, are subtracted 
  1.10  from the appropriations in Laws 2001, First Special Session 
  1.11  chapter 2, as amended, or other law to the specified agencies.  
  1.12  The appropriations or reductions are from the general fund for 
  1.13  the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003.  
  1.14                                                         2003 
  1.15  TOTAL APPROPRIATION CHANGE                       $   (2,492,000)
  1.16                                              APPROPRIATION CHANGE 
  1.17  Sec. 2.  COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE                            
  1.18  Subdivision 1.  Total Reduction                      (1,502,000) 
  1.19  The reductions from the amounts 
  1.20  appropriated in Laws 2001, First 
  1.21  Special Session chapter 2, section 9, 
  1.22  are shown in subdivisions 2 to 5. 
  1.23  Subd. 2.  Protection Service 
  1.24                       (527,000)
  1.25  $7,000 of this reduction is from the 
  1.26  appropriation for activities of the 
  1.27  dairy development and profitability 
  1.28  enhancement teams. 
  2.1   Subd. 3.  Agriculture Marketing 
  2.2   and Development
  2.3                        (806,000) 
  2.4   $25,000 of this reduction is from the 
  2.5   appropriation for the Minnesota 
  2.6   certification program under Minnesota 
  2.7   Statutes, section 17.1025. 
  2.8   $12,000 of this reduction is from the 
  2.9   appropriation for beaver control grants 
  2.10  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  2.11  17.110. 
  2.12  $161,000 of this reduction is from the 
  2.13  appropriation for grants to farmers for 
  2.14  demonstration projects involving 
  2.15  sustainable agriculture as authorized 
  2.16  in Minnesota Statutes, section 17.116. 
  2.17  $207,000 of this reduction is from the 
  2.18  appropriation for value-added 
  2.19  agricultural product processing and 
  2.20  marketing grants under Minnesota 
  2.21  Statutes, section 17.101, subdivision 5.
  2.22  Subd. 4.  Administration and 
  2.23  Financial Assistance 
  2.24                       (169,000)
  2.25  $89,000 is transferred from the methane 
  2.26  digester loan account in Minnesota 
  2.27  Statutes, section 41B.049, subdivision 
  2.28  2, to the general fund. 
  2.29  $319,000 is transferred from the 
  2.30  balance in the sustainable agriculture 
  2.31  loan program in the special revenue 
  2.32  fund to the general fund. 
  2.33  $1,000 of this reduction is from the 
  2.34  appropriation for family farm security 
  2.35  interest payment adjustments. 
  2.36  $65,000 is from the balance of the 
  2.37  appropriation made in Laws 2000, 
  2.38  chapter 488, article 3, section 5, for 
  2.39  grants to one or more cooperative 
  2.40  associations organized under Minnesota 
  2.41  Statutes, chapter 308A, primarily for 
  2.42  the purpose of facilitating the 
  2.43  production and marketing of short 
  2.44  rotation woody crops. 
  2.45  Any refunds received by the state from 
  2.46  the appropriation in Laws 2000, chapter 
  2.47  488, article 3, section 5, for short 
  2.48  rotation woody crops cancel to the 
  2.49  general fund. 
  2.50  Subd. 5.  Ethanol Producer 
  2.51  Payments 
  2.52  Notwithstanding other law to the 
  2.53  contrary, total payments from the 
  2.54  ethanol development account to all 
  2.55  producers for the biennium ending June 
  2.56  30, 2003, may not exceed $63,775,000.  
  2.57  For payments made during the second and 
  3.1   third quarters of fiscal year 2003, the 
  3.2   commissioner shall make payments to 
  3.3   producers at the rate of $0.16 per 
  3.4   gallon of eligible ethanol production.  
  3.5   In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 
  3.6   2003 the payments shall be prorated 
  3.7   across all eligible production.  In 
  3.8   recognition of the state's long-term 
  3.9   commitment to the ethanol industry, it 
  3.10  is the intent of the legislature to 
  3.11  restore producer payments withheld 
  3.12  during periods of budget crisis by 
  3.13  extending the total quarters of 
  3.14  eligibility for each eligible plant 
  3.15  beyond the initial ten years after 
  3.16  capacity came into production. 
  3.17  Sec. 3.  BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH                       (103,000)
  3.18  Sec. 4.  AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION                     (887,000)
  3.19  RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  3.20     Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.21     Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final 
  3.22  enactment.