HF 686

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/22/2017 02:50pm

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; modifying and extending the dairy research, teaching, and
consumer education authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 32C.02,
subdivision 2; 32C.06.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 32C.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Facility design; development and operation.

The authority may enter into
management contracts, lease agreements, or both, with a Minnesota nonprofit corporation
to design, develop, and operate a facility to further the purposes of this chapter at the site
determined by the board and on the terms that the board finds desirable. The board must
identify deleted text begin and acquire deleted text end a site that will accommodate new text begin , where practical, new text end the following facilities
and activities:

(1) housing for bred and lactating animals;

(2) milking parlor;

(3) automatic milking systems;

(4) cross-ventilated and natural-ventilated housing;

(5) transition cow housing;

(6) special needs and hospital housing;

(7) classrooms and a conference room;

(8) dairy processing facility with retail;

(9) visitors' center;

(10) student housing;

(11) laboratory facilities;

(12) space to accommodate installation of an anaerobic digester system to research
energy production from feedstock produced on site or from off-site sources; and

(13) space for feed storage to allow for research capabilities at the facility.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32C.01, subdivision 7, relating to conflict of
interest, a director or officer of the authority who is also a director, officer, or member of
a nonprofit corporation with which the authority enters into management contracts or lease
agreements may participate in and vote on the decision of the board as to the terms and
conditions of management contracts or lease agreements between the Minnesota nonprofit
corporation and the authority.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 32C.06, is amended to read:

32C.06 EXPIRATION.

If by August 1, deleted text begin 2017 deleted text end new text begin 2020 new text end , the authority board has not identified deleted text begin and acquired deleted text end a site for
a facility, as provided in section 32C.02, subdivision 2, sections 32C.01 to 32C.05 and this
section are repealed on that date. The Department of Agriculture shall notify the revisor of
statutes if the repealer under this section becomes effective.