1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; providing for certain inspections; repealing beekeeping 
1.3 	regulation provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 28A.15, 
1.4 	subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.5 	17; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 19.50, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 
1.6 	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18; 19.51, subdivisions 1, 2; 19.52; 
1.7 	19.53; 19.55; 19.56; 19.561; 19.57; 19.58, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 9; 19.59; 
1.8 	19.61, subdivision 1; 19.63; 19.65; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 
1.9 	19.64, subdivision 1.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. [17.445] INSPECTIONS AND SERVICES; FEES.
1.12 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this 
1.13 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
1.14 	(a) "Apiary" means a place where a collection of one or more hives or colonies of 
1.15 	bees or the nuclei of bees are kept.
1.16 	(b) "Bee equipment" means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, and any apparatus, 
1.17 	tool, machine, vehicle, or other device used in the handling, moving, or manipulating of 
1.18 	bees, honey, wax, or hives, including containers of honey or wax, which may be used in an 
1.19 	apiary or in transporting bees and their products and apiary supplies.
1.20 	(c) "Bees" means any stage of the common honey bee, Apis mellifera (L).
1.21 	(d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's 
1.22 	designees or authorized agents.
1.23 		Subd. 2.Purpose. To ensure continued access to foreign and domestic markets, the 
1.24 	commissioner shall provide requested bee inspections and other necessary services.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Inspections and other services. On request, the commissioner may make 
2.2 	inspections for sale of bees, bee equipment, or appliances or perform other necessary 
2.3 	services.
2.4 		Subd. 4.Fees. The commissioner shall charge a fee or charge for expenses so as to 
2.5 	recover the cost of performing the inspections and services in subdivision 3. If a person 
2.6 	for whom these inspections or services are to be performed requests it, the commissioner 
2.7 	shall provide to the person in advance an estimate of the fees or expenses that will be 
2.8 	charged. All fees and charges collected under this section shall be deposited in the state 
2.9 	treasury and credited to the general fund.

2.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 28A.15, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.11 		Subd. 4.Chapter 19 or 221 licensees permittees; warehouse operators. Any 
2.12 	persons required to be licensed under chapter 19 or Trucks operating under a certificate 
2.13 	or permit issued pursuant to chapter 221 or warehouse operators, other than cold storage 
2.14 	warehouse operators, offering storage or warehouse facilities for compensation.

2.15 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 2.16 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 19.50, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
2.17 	11, 12, 12a, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18; 19.51, subdivisions 1 and 2; 19.52; 19.53; 19.55; 
2.18 	19.56; 19.561; 19.57; 19.58, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 9; 19.59; 19.61, subdivision 1; 
2.19 	19.63; and 19.65, and Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 19.64, subdivision 
2.20 	1, are repealed.

2.21 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.22 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.