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HF 10 House Long Description

hf10 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Omnibus environmental, natural resources, and agricultural appropriations bill. Section 1: Environment and natural resources appropriation summary provided. Sec. 2: Pollution control agency appropriation provided. Sec. 3: Office of environmental assistance appropriation provided. Sec. 4: Zoological board appropriation provided. Sec. 5: Natural resources department appropriation provided. Sec. 6: Board of water and soil resources appropriation provided. Sec. 7: Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area commission appropriation provided. Sec. 8: Science museum of Minnesota appropriation provided. Sec. 9: Commissioner of agriculture money appropriated. Sec. 10: Board of animal health money appropriated. Sec. 11: Minnesota horticultural society appropriation provided. Sec. 12: Agricultural utilization research institute money appropriated. Sec. 13: ACRRA fee balance money appropriated. Sec. 14: Minnesota resources appropriations provided for various game and fish habitat funding, natural land acquisitions, trails, environmental education, and recycling programs. Sec. 15: Office of strategic and long range planning appropriation provided. Sec. 16: Various fund transfers authorized. Sec. 17: Dairy product reports to commissioner eliminated. Sec. 18: Language requiring creation of ethical guidelines for farm advocates eliminated, current ethical guidelines adopted. Sec. 19: Family farm cooperatives added to marketing grant program provisions. Sec. 20: Minnesota Grown logo late fees eliminated. Sec. 21: Minnesota certification program report no longer required, certification process detailed, intellectual property rights provided, criminal penalties provided, and Minnesota certified account fees provided. Sec. 22: "Private contributions" defined. Sec. 23: Shared savings loan program establishment provisions modified and maximum loan amounts increased. Farm manure digester technology provisions established. Sec. 24: Sustainable agriculture demonstration grant scope expanded. Sec. 25: 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.Sub. 16: Liens against property regulations simplified.Sub. 17: Referendum exemption modified. Sec. 26: Fees deposited in general fund. Sec. 27: "Agricultural commodity" definition modified to include wild rice. Sec. 28: "First purchaser" definition modified to include wild rice. Sec. 29: "Producer" definition modified to include wild rice. Sec. 30: Fee refund provision modified to include wild rice. Sec. 31: Laboratory services account purpose provided. Sec. 32: "Livestock dealer" definition modified. Sec. 33: Statutory reference added. Sec. 34: "School pest management coordinator" defined. Sec. 35: Waste pesticide collection account appropriation provided. Sec. 36: Pesticide application in schools regulations established. Sec. 37: Pesticide application on golf courses regulations established. Sec. 38: Corrective action cost payment criteria expanded. Sec. 39: Reimbursement payment amounts increased. Sec. 40: Hearing for person unhappy with reimbursement payment provided. Sec. 41: Service testing and identification schedules required and money deposit procedures established. Sec. 42: License fees increased. Sec. 43: Food handler license date of issuance clause provided. Sec. 44: Commissioner inspection duties delegated to local board of health . Sec. 45: Statutory references provider. Sec. 46: Food handler plan review fees established and appropriation provided. Sec. 47: Food handler reinspection account created. Sec. 48: Food handler licensing fees increased. Sec. 49: Egg temperature requirements modified. Sec. 50: Egg temperature requirements modified. Sec. 51: Egg transportation vehicle temperature requirements modified. Sec. 52: Date modified. Sec. 53: Dairy grade rules modified and manufacturing plant standards established. Sec. 54: Commercial carriers inspection account created and money appropriated. Sec. 55: Laboratory assistance, advisory assistance, and financial and other aid for department of agriculture spending guidelines removed. Sec. 56: Milk procurement fee established and required. Sec. 57: Farm inspection guidelines established. Sec. 58: Dairy plant approval fees established. Sec. 59: Language concerning certain milk ordinances included. Sec. 60: Laboratory certification fees required. Sec. 61: Farm bulk milk pick-up tankers clarified. Sec. 62: Date modified. Sec. 63: Dairy grade standards established. Sec. 64-65: Statutory references added. Sec. 66: Beverage inspection account established and appropriation provided. Sec. 67: Minnesota rural finance authority board membership guidelines modified. Sec. 68: Restructured loan eligibility modified. Sec. 69: Agricultural improvement loan maximum amount increased. Sec. 70: Direct loan specifications modified to allow loans to refinance existing debt. Sec. 71: Language clarified. Sec. 72: Disposition of reimbursement from natural disasters provided. Sec. 73: Youth corps programs renamed Minnesota conservation corps. Sec. 74: Corps to career youth community service program provisions repealed. Sec. 75: Youth corps advisory committee renamed Minnesota conservation corps advisory committee. Sec. 76-78: Conforming changes. Sec. 79: Account purpose modified to appropriate grants to law enforcement agencies. Sec. 80: All terrain vehicle (ATV) environmental and safety education and training course fee specified, proceeds deposited in the ATV account, and riding component incorporated into the program. Sec. 81: ATV training safety certificates requirements provided for persons aged 12-15 for machines over 90cc. Sec. 82: ATV passenger regulations established. "Guardian" defined. Sec. 83: Conforming change. Sec. 84: Minnesota River trail specified. Sec. 85: Central lakes trail in Otter Tail, Grant, and Douglas counties route specified. Sec. 86: State park permit fees deposited in the natural resources fund in a state parks account. Sec. 87: Fees deposited into natural resources fund and credited to state parks account. Sec. 88: Canoe and boating routs marked on Long Prairie and Red River of the North rivers. Sec. 89: Commissioner powers and duties clarified. Sec. 90: Exception to vehicle ban on unsafe ice provided for sanctioned circuit snowmobile watercross riders practicing for an event with written permission. Sec. 91: "Decorative boughs" defined. Sec. 92: "Decorative materials" defined. Sec. 93: "Decorative trees" defined. Sec. 94: "Officer" defined. Sec. 95: "Written consent" defined. Sec. 96: Decorative trees and materials harvest provisions modified. Sec. 97-100: decorative bough buyers permit, requirements, enforcement, field citation and penalties provided. Sec. 101: Misdemeanor fine expenses collected deposited in general fund. Sec. 102: Natural forest committee reporting rules established. Sec. 103: Mineral coordinating committee expiration date provided. Sec. 104: Game and fish stamp design contest requirements extended to stamps not required to be in possession to take game and fish. Sec. 105: Citizen oversight subcommittees specified. Sec. 106: Pictorial turkey stamp and pictorial trout and salmon stamp additional fee provided. Sec. 107: Waterfowl and pheasant stamp signature requirement clarified. Sec. 108: Lifetime angling license fee effective date provided. Sec. 109: Lifetime small game hunting license fee effective date provided, and license clarified to not include turkey stamps or other hunting stamps. Sec. 110: Lifetime sporting licenses clarified to not include any stamp validation. Sec. 111-112: Nonresident lifetime angling and small game hunting license provisions modified. Sec. 113-114: Hunting and fishing stamp validation provisions clarified, and senior angling license reduced fee eliminated. Sec. 115: Trout and salmon stamp validation required. Sec. 116: Effective date provided. Sec. 117: "Agricultural land" definition modified. Sec. 118: Turkey license validation language clarified. Sec. 119: Trout and salmon stamp validation language clarified. Sec. 120: Permit duration for major aboveground chemical and fuel storage facilities set at ten years. Sec. 121: Individual sewage treatment systems warranty provisions clarified. Sec. 122: Environmental assistance revolving account established. Sec. 123: Solid waste management project grant repayment time limit modified. Sec. 124: County waste reduction and recycling funding use in processing mixed municipal solid waste authorized. Sec. 125: Solid waste management money fund usage modified. Sec. 126-127: Conforming change. Sec. 128: Extension of period for interim dry cleaner environmental response fees. Sec. 129: Petrofund rulemaking reference eliminated. Sec. 130: Petrofund program cost reimbursement references eliminated. Sec. 131: Petrofund cost reimbursements clarified. Sec. 132: Petrofund reimbursement special categories eliminated. Sec. 133: Petrofund reimbursement provided at bulk plant that was located on a railroad right of way. Sec. 134: Performance audits of Petrofund corrective actions made optional for the Petrofund board. Sec. 135: Petrofund board authorized to sanction a contractor or consultant that fails to reasonably supervise its employees or representatives. Sec. 136: Petrofund statutory references provided that will be repealed as of June 30, 2005. Sec. 137: Hazardous waste generator licenses and fees provided. Sec. 138: Statutory reference added. Sec. 139: Agricultural utilization research institute board of directors modified. Sec. 140: Federal land and water conservation account created and detailed. Sec. 141: Land acquisition restrictions and modification procedures established. Sec. 142: Grain buyers and storage account fees increased. Sec. 143: Warehouse operator license fees increased. Sec. 144: Money received by a participant of the corps to career program eliminated as an asset pertaining to the section. Sec. 145: "E85" petroleum product definition clarified. Sec. 146: Water quality fees deposited to the special revenue fund. Sec. 147: Fund expenditure relating to solid waste removal detailed. Sec. 148: Statutory reference removed. Sec. 149: Conservation law enforcement authority detailed and terms defined. Sec. 150: Repealer. Sec. 151: Effective dates. Sec. 152: Advisory committee sunset established. Sec. 153: : Milan to Lake Lac Qui Parle trail resurfacing previous funding technical correction provided. Sec. 154: Boundary waters canoe area University of Minnesota, Duluth, report extended to 2003. Sec. 155: Reorganization of water programs and functions provided and detailed. Sec. 156: Rule temporarily suspended for products used exclusively for poultry. Sec. 157: Motor vehicle use of state and county forest roads study initiated. Sec. 158: McQuade road small craft harbor acquisition authorized. Sec. 159: Sunken log moratorium enacted. Sec. 160: Report by finance commissioner required. Sec. 161: Certain dairy fines refund provided. Sec. 162: Repealer. Sec. 163: Effective date.AE