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HF 1266 House Long Description

hf1266 THIRD ENGROSSMENT Omnibus agriculture and rural development finance bill appropriating money for the department of agriculture, the board of animal health, the horticultural society, and the agricultural utilization research institute. Section 1: Agriculture money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 2: Individual fund appropriations summaries provided including dairy development and profitability enhancement program, potato disease research fund, various agriculture marketing and development funds, and various administration and financial assistance funds. Sec. 3: Board of animal health appropriations summaries provided. Sec. 4: Minnesota Horticultural Society money appropriated. Sec. 5: Agricultural utilization research institute money appropriated. Sec. 6: ACCRA Fee Balance money appropriated. Sec. 7: Fee for non-residents receiving Minnesota agricultural promotional publications allowed. Sec. 8: Minnesota Grown logo late fees eliminated. Sec. 9: Minnesota certification program report no longer required, certification process detailed, intellectual property rights provided, criminal penalties provided, and Minnesota certified account fees provided. Sec. 10: 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. Sec. 11: Feedlot permit specialist program purpose provided and specialist duties established. Sec. 12: Laboratory services account purpose provided. Sec. 13: Waste pesticide collection account appropriation provided. Sec. 14: Corrective action cost payment criteria expanded. Sec. 15: Reimbursement payment amounts increased. Sec. 16: Hearing for person unhappy with reimbursement payment provided. Sec. 17: Food handler license date of issuance clause provided. Sec. 18: Farm bulk milk pick-up tankers clarified. Sec. 19: Pro rata distribution conditions and amounts modified. Sec. 18: Seed purity and identification test expense recovery procedures provided. Sec. 19: License penalty and fee appropriations provided. Sec. 20: Definitions provided. Sec. 21: Minnesota ethanol development program history and goals provided. Sec. 22: Feedlot activities reimbursement procedure provided. Sec. 23: Animal lot permit application processing procedure provided. Sec. 24: Board of directors of the agricultural utilization research institute purpose and format provided. Sec. 25: Owner or lessee of milk transportation vehicle violations penalties clarified. Sec. 26: Milk transportation record keeping regulations established. Sec. 27: Dairy fine refund procedure provided. Sec. 28: Repealer.AE