1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agricultural relief; providing additional 
  1.3             relief to certain farmers who farm together under one 
  1.4             farm number; appropriating money; amending Laws 1999, 
  1.5             chapter 112, section 1, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1999, chapter 112, section 1, subdivision 
  1.8   2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [PAYMENT TO FARMERS.] Every farm operator may 
  1.10  apply on a separate form for each farm that they operate to the 
  1.11  commissioner for payments as provided under this subdivision.  
  1.12  The payment shall be made to each farmer at risk for a farm 
  1.13  operation and shall equal $4, multiplied by the number of acres 
  1.14  of the farm operation, multiplied by the percentage of the risk 
  1.15  borne by that farmer for that farm operation.  If total payments 
  1.16  for a farm to all farmers at risk for that farm would exceed 
  1.17  $5,600, the payment to each farmer at risk shall be prorated so 
  1.18  that the total payments to all farmers at risk for that farm do 
  1.19  not exceed $5,600. 
  1.20     Applications shall be based on information reported to the 
  1.21  farm service agency for crop year 1998 by December 31, 1998.  
  1.22  The applications shall include the social security number or 
  1.23  federal employer identification number or a producer number 
  1.24  assigned by the farm service agency for each farmer and the farm 
  1.25  service agency farm number from form 156EZ.  The commissioner 
  2.1   shall prepare application forms for the payment and ensure that 
  2.2   they are available throughout the state.  The commissioner shall 
  2.3   make payments by June 30, 1999, to each eligible farmer who 
  2.4   applies by May 31, 1999, or within 30 days of the application if 
  2.5   the application is received after May 31, 1999.  In no case will 
  2.6   applications be accepted after September 30, 1999.  For multiple 
  2.7   farmers at risk on a single farm operation who were affected by 
  2.8   the per farm $5,600 limitation in this subdivision, the 
  2.9   commissioner shall make payments by June 30, 2000, to each 
  2.10  eligible farmer who applies by May 31, 2000, or within 30 days 
  2.11  of the application if the application is received after May 31, 
  2.12  2000.  In no case will applications from those affected farmers 
  2.13  be accepted after September 30, 2000. 
  2.14     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.15     The amount necessary to fund the payments required under 
  2.16  section 1 is appropriated in fiscal year 2000 from the general 
  2.17  fund to the commissioner of revenue.  This appropriation is 
  2.18  available until June 30, 2001. 
  2.19     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.20     Section 1 is effective April 23, 1999.  Section 2 is 
  2.21  effective the day following final enactment.