1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to liens; regulating agricultural liens; 
  1.3             revising and consolidating crop liens and agricultural 
  1.4             liens on livestock; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.5             section 514.19; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 514; repealing Minnesota 
  1.7             Statutes 2000, sections 514.23; 514.24; 514.25; 
  1.8             514.26; 514.27; 514.28; 514.29; 514.30; 514.31; 
  1.9             514.32; 514.33; 514.34; 514.62; 514.63; 514.65; 
  1.10            514.66; 514.92; 514.950; 514.952; 514.954; 514.956; 
  1.11            514.958; 514.959; 514.960; 557.12; and 559.2091; 
  1.12            Minnesota Rules, parts 8271.0010; 8271.0020; 
  1.13            8271.0030; 8271.0040; 8271.0050; 8271.0060; 8271.0070; 
  1.14            8271.0080; 8271.0090; 8271.0100; 8271.0200; 8271.0300; 
  1.15            and 8271.0350. 
  1.16  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.17     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 514.19, is 
  1.18  amended to read: 
  1.19     514.19 [RIGHT OF DETAINER.] 
  1.20     A lien and right of detainer exists for: 
  1.21     (1) transporting property, other than harvested crops or 
  1.22  livestock, from one place to another but not as a carrier under 
  1.23  article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code; 
  1.24     (2) keeping or storing property, other than harvested crops 
  1.25  or livestock, as a bailee but not as a warehouse operator under 
  1.26  article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code; 
  1.27     (3) Keeping, feeding, pasturing, or otherwise caring for 
  1.28  domestic animals or other beasts, including medical or surgical 
  1.29  treatment and shoeing; 
  1.30     (4) the use and storage of molds and patterns in the 
  2.1   possession of the fabricator belonging to the customer for the 
  2.2   balance due from the customer for fabrication work; 
  2.3      (5) (4) making, altering or repairing any article, other 
  2.4   than livestock, or expending any labor, skill or material on it; 
  2.5      (6) (5) reasonable charges for a vehicle rented as a 
  2.6   replacement for a vehicle serviced or repaired and being 
  2.7   retained as provided by this section. 
  2.8      The liens embrace all lawful charges against the property 
  2.9   paid to any other person by the person claiming the lien, and 
  2.10  the price or value of the care, storage or contribution and all 
  2.11  reasonable disbursements occasioned by the detention or sale of 
  2.12  the property. 
  2.13     Sec. 2.  [514.963] [CROP LIEN DEFINITIONS.] 
  2.14     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] For the purposes of this section 
  2.15  and section 514.964, the terms defined in subdivisions 2 to 12 
  2.16  have the meanings given them. 
  2.17     Subd. 2.  [AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL.] "Agricultural chemical" 
  2.18  means fertilizers or agricultural chemicals that are applied to 
  2.19  crops or to land used for raising crops, including fertilizer 
  2.20  material, plant amendment, plant food.  The term includes a soil 
  2.21  amendment as defined in section 18C.005, and a pesticide and a 
  2.22  plant regulator as defined in section 18B.01. 
  2.23     Subd. 3.  [AGRICULTURAL LIEN.] "Agricultural lien" means an 
  2.24  agricultural lien as defined by section 336.9-102(a)(5), and 
  2.25  includes a landlord's lien, harvester's lien, and crop 
  2.26  production input lien under this section. 
  2.27     Subd. 4.  [AGRICULTURAL LIENHOLDER.] "Agricultural 
  2.28  lienholder" means a person holding an agricultural lien. 
  2.29     Subd. 5.  [CROP PRODUCTION INPUT.] "Crop production input" 
  2.30  means agricultural chemicals, seeds, petroleum products, the 
  2.31  custom application of agricultural chemicals and seeds, and 
  2.32  labor used in preparing the land for planting, cultivating, 
  2.33  growing, producing, harvesting, drying, and storing crops or 
  2.34  crop products. 
  2.35     Subd. 6.  [FARM PRODUCTS.] "Farm products" means farm 
  2.36  products as defined in section 336.9-102(a)(34). 
  3.1      Subd. 7.  [LENDER.] "Lender" means a secured party as 
  3.2   defined in section 336.9-102(a)(72), holding a perfected 
  3.3   security interest in the farm products of the obligor. 
  3.4      Subd. 8.  [OBLIGOR.] "Obligor" means obligor as defined in 
  3.5   section 336.9-102(a)(59). 
  3.6      Subd. 9.  [PERSON.] "Person" means an individual or an 
  3.7   organization as defined in section 336.1-201(30). 
  3.8      Subd. 10.  [PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.] "Petroleum products" means 
  3.9   motor fuels and special fuels used in the production of crops 
  3.10  and livestock, including petroleum products as defined in 
  3.11  section 296A.01, and alcohol fuels, propane, lubes, and oils. 
  3.12     Subd. 11.  [SEED.] "Seed" means agricultural seeds used to 
  3.13  produce crops, including agricultural seeds defined in section 
  3.14  21.72. 
  3.15     Subd. 12.  [SUPPLIER.] "Supplier" means a person furnishing 
  3.16  crop production inputs. 
  3.17     Sec. 3.  [514.964] [AGRICULTURAL LIEN ON CROPS.] 
  3.18     Subdivision 1.  [LANDLORD'S LIEN.] A person leasing real 
  3.19  property for agricultural production has a lien for unpaid rent 
  3.20  on the crops produced on the real property in the crop year that 
  3.21  is the subject of the lease.  A landlord's lien becomes 
  3.22  effective when the crops become growing crops. 
  3.23     Subd. 2.  [HARVESTER'S LIEN.] (a) A person providing 
  3.24  combining, picking, harvesting, hauling, baling, drying, or 
  3.25  storing services in the ordinary course of business has a lien 
  3.26  upon the crops combined, picked, harvested, hauled, baled, 
  3.27  dried, or stored, as the case may be, for the reasonable amount 
  3.28  and kind of service provided.  
  3.29     (b) A harvester's lien becomes effective upon the services 
  3.30  being provided the obligor by the harvester.  
  3.31     (c) A person asserting a harvester's lien may not assert a 
  3.32  crop production input lien for the same goods or services 
  3.33  provided the obligor. 
  3.34     Subd. 3.  [CROP PRODUCTION INPUT LIEN.] (a) A supplier 
  3.35  furnishing crop production inputs in the ordinary course of 
  3.36  business has an agricultural lien for the unpaid retail cost of 
  4.1   the crop production inputs.  The lien attaches to: 
  4.2      (1) the existing crops upon the land where a furnished 
  4.3   agricultural chemical was applied, or if crops are not planted, 
  4.4   to the next production crop within 16 months following the last 
  4.5   date on which the agricultural chemical was applied; 
  4.6      (2) the crops produced from furnished seed; or 
  4.7      (3) the crops produced, harvested, or processed using a 
  4.8   furnished petroleum product. 
  4.9      If the crops are grown on leased land and the lease 
  4.10  provides for payment in crops, the lien does not attach to the 
  4.11  lessor's portion of the crops.  A crop production input lien 
  4.12  becomes effective when the crop production inputs are furnished 
  4.13  by the supplier to the purchaser. 
  4.14     (b) A supplier shall notify a lender of a crop production 
  4.15  input lien by providing a lien-notification statement to the 
  4.16  lender in an envelope marked "IMPORTANT - LEGAL NOTICE."  
  4.17  Delivery of the notice must be made by certified mail or another 
  4.18  verifiable method. 
  4.19     (c) The lien-notification statement must disclose the 
  4.20  following: 
  4.21     (1) the name and address of the lender that is to receive 
  4.22  notification; 
  4.23     (2) the name and address of the supplier claiming the lien; 
  4.24     (3) a description and the date or anticipated date or dates 
  4.25  of the transaction and the retail cost or anticipated costs of 
  4.26  the crop production input; 
  4.27     (4) the name and address of the person to whom the crop 
  4.28  production input was furnished; and 
  4.29     (5) the name and address of the owner.  
  4.30     (d) Within ten calendar days after receiving a 
  4.31  lien-notification statement, the lender must respond to the 
  4.32  supplier with either: 
  4.33     (1) a letter of commitment for part or all of the retail 
  4.34  cost or anticipated costs of the crop production input as set 
  4.35  forth in the lien-notification statement; or 
  4.36     (2) a written refusal to issue a letter of commitment. 
  5.1      A copy of the lender's response must be provided to the 
  5.2   person for whom the financing was requested. 
  5.3      (e) If a lender responds with a letter of commitment for 
  5.4   part or all of the amount in the lien-notification statement, 
  5.5   the supplier may not obtain a lien for the amount stated in the 
  5.6   letter of commitment.  If a lender responds with a refusal to 
  5.7   provide a letter of commitment, the rights of the lender and the 
  5.8   supplier are not affected. 
  5.9      (f) If a lender does not respond under paragraph (d) to the 
  5.10  supplier within ten calendar days after receiving the 
  5.11  lien-notification statement, a perfected crop production input 
  5.12  lien corresponding to the lien-notification statement has 
  5.13  priority over any security interest of the lender in the same 
  5.14  crops or their proceeds for the lesser of: 
  5.15     (1) the amount stated in the lien-notification statement; 
  5.16  or 
  5.17     (2) the unpaid retail cost of the crop production input 
  5.18  identified in the lien-notification statement. 
  5.19     Subd. 4.  [SCOPE.] A landlord's lien, harvester's lien, or 
  5.20  crop production input lien attaches to the crops serviced, 
  5.21  produced, or harvested by the agricultural lienholder, and the 
  5.22  products and proceeds thereof to the extent of the price or 
  5.23  value of the goods or services provided. 
  5.24     Subd. 5.  [PERFECTION.] (a) A landlord's lien, harvester's 
  5.25  lien, or crop production input lien under this section is 
  5.26  perfected if a financing statement is filed pursuant to sections 
  5.27  336.9-501 to 336.9-530 and within the time periods set forth in 
  5.28  paragraphs (b) to (d). 
  5.29     (b) A landlord's lien must be perfected on or before 30 
  5.30  days after the crops become growing crops. 
  5.31     (c) A harvester's lien must be perfected on or before 15 
  5.32  days after the last date that harvesting services are provided 
  5.33  the obligor. 
  5.34     (d) A crop production input lien must be perfected by six 
  5.35  months after the last date that crop production inputs are 
  5.36  furnished the obligor. 
  6.1      Subd. 6.  [GOVERNING LAW.] Except as otherwise provided in 
  6.2   this section, an agricultural lien is subject to the provisions 
  6.3   of the Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions, sections 
  6.4   336.9-101 to 336.9-709. 
  6.5      Subd. 7.  [PRIORITY.] (a) A perfected landlord's lien under 
  6.6   this section has priority over all competing security interests 
  6.7   and all agricultural liens in crops and the products or proceeds 
  6.8   thereof.  
  6.9      (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a perfected 
  6.10  harvester's lien under this section has priority over all 
  6.11  competing security interests and all agricultural liens except a 
  6.12  perfected landlord's lien in crops and the products or proceeds 
  6.13  thereof, and except for a perfected crop production input lien 
  6.14  for the reasonable cost of the seed in crops and products and 
  6.15  the proceeds thereof. 
  6.16     (c) If more than one harvester's lien is perfected under 
  6.17  this section, the conflicting perfected harvester's liens rank 
  6.18  equally in proportion to the value of the service provided. 
  6.19     (d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), a perfected crop 
  6.20  production lien under this section has priority against all 
  6.21  competing agricultural liens except a perfected landlord's lien 
  6.22  and a perfected harvester's lien in the crops and products or 
  6.23  proceeds thereof. 
  6.24     (e) If more than one crop production input lien is 
  6.25  perfected under this section, conflicting perfected crop 
  6.26  production input liens have priority in order of the 
  6.27  effectiveness of the liens. 
  6.28     (f) Except as provided in paragraph (g), a perfected crop 
  6.29  production input lien under this section has priority against 
  6.30  all competing security interest as provided in subdivision 3 in 
  6.31  crops and the products and proceeds thereof. 
  6.32     (g) A perfected crop production input lien has priority 
  6.33  over a competing security interest in the crops and proceeds and 
  6.34  products thereof if the crop production input lien is effective 
  6.35  before the secured party has given value to the debtor. 
  6.36     Subd. 8.  [DEFAULT.] Default occurs when an obligor fails 
  7.1   to perform any obligation, whether written or oral, owed to the 
  7.2   agricultural lienholder. 
  7.3      Subd. 9.  [ENFORCEMENT.] The holder of an agricultural lien 
  7.4   under this section may enforce the lien in the manner provided 
  7.5   in sections 336.9-601 to 336.9-628.  
  7.6      Sec. 4.  [514.965] [LIVESTOCK LIEN DEFINITIONS.] 
  7.7      Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] For the purposes of this section 
  7.8   and section 514.966, the terms defined in subdivisions 2 to 11 
  7.9   have the meanings given them. 
  7.10     Subd. 2.  [AGRICULTURAL LIEN.] "Agricultural lien" means an 
  7.11  agricultural lien as defined in section 336.9-102(a)(5) and 
  7.12  includes a veterinarian's lien, breeder's lien, livestock 
  7.13  production input lien, and feeder's lien under this section. 
  7.14     Subd. 3.  [AGRICULTURAL LIENHOLDER.] "Agricultural 
  7.15  lienholder" means a person holding an agricultural lien. 
  7.16     Subd. 4.  [EMERGENCY VETERINARY SERVICES.] "Emergency 
  7.17  veterinary services" includes surgical procedures, administering 
  7.18  vaccines, antisera, and antibiotics, and other veterinary 
  7.19  medicines, treatments, and services performed primarily to 
  7.20  protect human health, prevent the spread of animal diseases, or 
  7.21  preserve the health of the animal or animals treated. 
  7.22     Subd. 5.  [FARM PRODUCTS.] "Farm products" means farm 
  7.23  products as defined in section 336.9-102(a)(34). 
  7.24     Subd. 6.  [FEED.] "Feed" means commercial feeds, feed 
  7.25  ingredients, mineral feeds, drugs, animal health products, or 
  7.26  customer-formula feeds used for feeding livestock, including 
  7.27  commercial feed as defined in section 25.33. 
  7.28     Subd. 7.  [LENDER.] "Lender" means a secured party as 
  7.29  defined in section 336.9-102(a)(72) holding a perfected security 
  7.30  interest in the farm products of the obligor. 
  7.31     Subd. 8.  [LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION INPUT.] "Livestock 
  7.32  production input" means feed and labor used in raising livestock.
  7.33     Subd. 9.  [OBLIGOR.] "Obligor" means an obligor as defined 
  7.34  in section 336.9-102(a)(59). 
  7.35     Subd. 10.  [PERSON.] "Person" means an individual or an 
  7.36  organization as defined in section 336.1-201(30). 
  8.1      Subd. 11.  [SUPPLIER.] "Supplier" means a person furnishing 
  8.2   agricultural production inputs. 
  8.3      Sec. 5.  [514.966] [AGRICULTURAL LIEN ON LIVESTOCK.] 
  8.4      Subdivision 1.  [VETERINARIAN'S LIEN.] A licensed 
  8.5   veterinarian performing emergency veterinary services in the 
  8.6   ordinary course of business that cost more than $25 for animals 
  8.7   at the request of the owner or a person in possession of the 
  8.8   animals has a lien on the animals for the value of the 
  8.9   services.  A lien under this section does not secure any 
  8.10  veterinary services performed more than one year before the date 
  8.11  on which the last item of the veterinary service is performed.  
  8.12  A veterinarian's lien becomes effective upon the services being 
  8.13  provided the obligor by the veterinarian. 
  8.14     Subd. 2.  [BREEDER'S LIEN.] The owner of any livestock used 
  8.15  for breeding services in the ordinary course of business, or any 
  8.16  provider, in the ordinary course of business, of semen or ova 
  8.17  used in fertilizer, artificial insemination, or any other 
  8.18  artificial means of impregnating livestock, has a lien upon the 
  8.19  livestock bred and any resulting offspring for the price or 
  8.20  value of the service provided.  A breeder's lien becomes 
  8.21  effective when the services are provided the obligor by the 
  8.22  breeder. 
  8.23     Subd. 3.  [LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION INPUT LIEN.] (a) A supplier 
  8.24  furnishing livestock production inputs in the ordinary course of 
  8.25  business has a livestock production input lien for the unpaid 
  8.26  retail cost of the livestock production input.  A perfected 
  8.27  livestock production input lien that attaches to livestock may 
  8.28  not exceed the amount, if any, that the sales price of the 
  8.29  livestock exceeds the greater of the fair market value of the 
  8.30  livestock at the time the lien attaches or the acquisition price 
  8.31  of the livestock.  A livestock production input lien becomes 
  8.32  effective when the agricultural production inputs are furnished 
  8.33  by the supplier to the purchaser. 
  8.34     (b) A supplier shall notify a lender of a livestock 
  8.35  production input lien by providing a lien-notification statement 
  8.36  to the lender in an envelope marked "IMPORTANT-LEGAL NOTICE."  
  9.1   Delivery of the notice must be made by certified mail or another 
  9.2   verifiable method. 
  9.3      (c) The lien-notification statement must be in a form 
  9.4   approved by the secretary of state and disclose the following: 
  9.5      (1) the name and business address of the lender that is to 
  9.6   receive notification; 
  9.7      (2) the name and address of the supplier claiming the lien; 
  9.8      (3) a description and the date or anticipated date or dates 
  9.9   of the transaction and the retail cost or anticipated costs of 
  9.10  the livestock production input; 
  9.11     (4) the name, residential address, and signature of the 
  9.12  person to whom the livestock production input was furnished; 
  9.13     (5) the name and residential address of the owner of the 
  9.14  livestock, the location where the livestock will be raised, and 
  9.15  a description of the livestock; and 
  9.16     (6) a statement that products and proceeds of the livestock 
  9.17  are covered by the livestock input lien. 
  9.18     (d) Within ten calendar days after receiving a 
  9.19  lien-notification statement, the lender must respond to the 
  9.20  supplier with either: 
  9.21     (1) a letter of commitment for part or all of the amount in 
  9.22  the lien-notification statement; or 
  9.23     (2) a written refusal to issue a letter of commitment. 
  9.24  A copy of the response must be mailed to the person for whom the 
  9.25  financing was requested. 
  9.26     (e) If a lender responds with a letter of commitment for 
  9.27  part or all of the amount in the lien-notification statement, 
  9.28  the supplier may not obtain a lien for the amount stated in the 
  9.29  letter of commitment.  If a lender responds with a refusal to 
  9.30  provide a letter of commitment, the rights of the lender and the 
  9.31  supplier are not affected. 
  9.32     (f) If a lender does not respond under paragraph (d) to the 
  9.33  supplier within ten calendar days after receiving the 
  9.34  lien-notification statement, a perfected livestock production 
  9.35  input lien corresponding to the lien-notification statement has 
  9.36  priority over any security interest of the lender in the same 
 10.1   livestock or their proceeds for the lesser of: 
 10.2      (1) the amount stated in the lien-notification statement; 
 10.3   or 
 10.4      (2) the unpaid retail cost of the livestock production 
 10.5   input identified in the lien-notification statement, subject to 
 10.6   any limitation in section 514.954, subdivision 2. 
 10.7      Subd. 4.  [FEEDER'S LIEN.] (a) A person has a feeder's lien 
 10.8   on livestock if the person (1) stores, cares for, or contributes 
 10.9   to the keeping, feeding, pasturing, or other care of livestock, 
 10.10  including medical or surgical treatment and shoeing, and (2) 
 10.11  does so in the ordinary course of business, at the request of 
 10.12  the owner or legal possessor of the livestock. 
 10.13     (b) A feeder's lien is a lien upon the livestock for the 
 10.14  price or value of the storage, care, or contribution, and for 
 10.15  any legal charges against the same paid by the person to any 
 10.16  other person.  
 10.17     (c) A feeder's lien becomes effective when the services or 
 10.18  contributions are provided the obligor. 
 10.19     Subd. 5.  [SCOPE.] A veterinarian's lien, breeder's lien, 
 10.20  livestock production input lien, or feeder's lien attaches to 
 10.21  the livestock serviced by the agricultural lienholder, and 
 10.22  products and proceeds thereof to the extent of the price or 
 10.23  value of the service provided. 
 10.24     Subd. 6.  [PERFECTION.] (a) An agricultural lien under this 
 10.25  section is perfected if a financing statement is filed pursuant 
 10.26  to sections 336.9-501 to 336.9-530 and within the time periods 
 10.27  set forth in paragraphs (b) to (e). 
 10.28     (b) A veterinarian's lien must be perfected on or before 
 10.29  180 days after the last item of the veterinary service is 
 10.30  performed. 
 10.31     (c) A breeder's lien must be perfected by six months after 
 10.32  the last date that breeding services are provided the obligor. 
 10.33     (d) A livestock production input lien must be perfected by 
 10.34  six months after the last date that livestock production inputs 
 10.35  are furnished the obligor. 
 10.36     (e) A feeder's lien must be perfected on or before 60 days 
 11.1   after the last date that feeding services are furnished the 
 11.2   obligor. 
 11.3      Subd. 7.  [GOVERNING LAW.] Except as otherwise provided in 
 11.4   this section, an agricultural lien is subject to the provisions 
 11.5   of the Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions, sections 
 11.6   336.9-101 to 336.9-709. 
 11.7      Subd. 8.  [PRIORITY.] (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
 11.8   (b), a perfected veterinarian's lien under this section has 
 11.9   priority over all competing security interests and all 
 11.10  agricultural liens on the same animals. 
 11.11     (b) If more than one veterinarian's lien is perfected under 
 11.12  this section, the conflicting perfected veterinarian's liens 
 11.13  have priority in order of the effectiveness of the liens. 
 11.14     (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), a perfected 
 11.15  feeder's lien under this section has priority over all competing 
 11.16  security interests and all agricultural liens except a perfected 
 11.17  veterinarian's lien in the livestock and the products or 
 11.18  proceeds thereof. 
 11.19     (d) If more than one feeder's lien is perfected under this 
 11.20  section, the conflicting perfected feeder's liens have priority 
 11.21  in order of the effectiveness of the liens. 
 11.22     (e) A perfected breeder's lien under this section has 
 11.23  priority over all competing security interests and all 
 11.24  agricultural liens except a perfected veterinarian's lien and a 
 11.25  perfected feeder's lien in the livestock and the products and 
 11.26  proceeds thereof. 
 11.27     (f) Except as provided in paragraph (g), a perfected 
 11.28  livestock production input lien under this section has priority 
 11.29  against all agricultural liens except a perfected veterinarian's 
 11.30  lien, feeder's lien, and breeder's lien in the livestock and the 
 11.31  products or proceeds thereof. 
 11.32     (g) If more than one livestock production input lien is 
 11.33  perfected under this section, conflicting perfected livestock 
 11.34  production input liens have priority in order of the 
 11.35  effectiveness of the liens. 
 11.36     (h) Except as provided in paragraph (i), a perfected 
 12.1   livestock production input lien under this section has priority 
 12.2   against all competing security interests as provided in 
 12.3   subdivision 3 in livestock and the products and proceeds thereof.
 12.4      (i) A perfected livestock production input lien has 
 12.5   priority over a competing security interest in the livestock and 
 12.6   proceeds and products thereof if the livestock production input 
 12.7   lien is effective before the secured party has given value to 
 12.8   the debtor. 
 12.9      Subd. 9.  [DEFAULT.] Default occurs when an obligor fails 
 12.10  to perform any obligation, whether written or oral, owed to the 
 12.11  agricultural lienholder. 
 12.12     Subd. 10.  [ENFORCEMENT.] The holder of an agricultural 
 12.13  lien under this section may enforce the lien in the manner 
 12.14  provided in sections 336.9-601 to 336.9-628. 
 12.15     Sec. 6.  [TRANSITION RULE FOR LIVESTOCK AND CROP STATUTES.] 
 12.16     (a) Agricultural liens in crops or livestock or the 
 12.17  products or proceeds thereof created before July 1, 2001, based 
 12.18  on statutes repealed by this act, or based on Minnesota 
 12.19  Statutes, section 514.19, prior to its amendment by this act, 
 12.20  remain in effect for the duration provided by the law in effect 
 12.21  before July 1, 2001. 
 12.22     (b) Lien statements properly filed prior to July 1, 2001, 
 12.23  under statutes repealed by this act remain effective for the 
 12.24  period of time allowed under those statutes. 
 12.25     (c) Records of agricultural liens based upon statutes 
 12.26  repealed by this act will exist in the central filing system 
 12.27  operated by the office of the secretary of state. 
 12.28     Sec. 7.  [REPEALER.] 
 12.29     (a) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 514.23; 514.24; 
 12.30  514.25; 514.26; 514.27; 514.28; 514.29; 514.30; 514.31; 514.32; 
 12.31  514.33; 514.34; 514.62; 514.63; 514.65; 514.66; 514.92; 514.950; 
 12.32  514.952; 514.954; 514.956; 514.958; 514.959; 514.960; 557.12; 
 12.33  and 559.2091, are repealed. 
 12.34     (b) Minnesota Rules, parts 8271.0010; 8271.0020; 8271.0030; 
 12.35  8271.0040; 8271.0050; 8271.0060; 8271.0070; 8271.0080; 
 12.36  8271.0090; 8271.0100; 8271.0200; 8271.0300; and 8271.0350, are 
 13.1   repealed. 
 13.2      Sec. 8.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.3      Sections 1 to 7 are effective July 1, 2001.