1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to agriculture; extending the sunset date for 
  1.3             the farmer-lender mediation act; appropriating money; 
  1.4             amending Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 1, section 
  1.5             18, as amended. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 1, section 18, 
  1.8   as amended by Laws 1987, chapter 292, section 37; Laws 1989, 
  1.9   chapter 350, article 16, section 8; Laws 1990, chapter 525, 
  1.10  section 1; Laws 1991, chapter 208, section 2; and Laws 1993, 
  1.11  First Special Session chapter 2, article 6, section 2, is 
  1.12  amended to read: 
  1.13     Sec. 18.  [REPEALER.] 
  1.14     Sections 1 to 17 and Minnesota Statutes, section 336.9-501, 
  1.15  subsections (6) and (7), and sections 583.284, 583.285, 583.286, 
  1.16  and 583.305, are repealed on July 1, 1995 1997. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION; STUDY; REPORT.] 
  1.18     $400,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.19  director of the Minnesota extension service for the costs of the 
  1.20  state mediation program in the biennium ending June 30, 1997.  
  1.21  From within this appropriation and/or from other funds available 
  1.22  to the extension service, the extension service shall conduct a 
  1.23  study on whether the state should expand the state mediation 
  1.24  program to include some or all of the additional issues eligible 
  1.25  for mediation under the United States Department of Agriculture 
  2.1   Reorganization Act of 1994, Public Law Number 103-354, section 
  2.2   282.  The extension service shall report to the agriculture 
  2.3   policy committees of the senate and the house of representatives 
  2.4   its findings and recommendations not later than November 15, 
  2.5   1995.  The report shall include an estimate of the increased 
  2.6   annual cost of the state mediation program if additional issues 
  2.7   are made eligible for mediation. 
  2.8      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.9      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.