HF 2227

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

Omnibus agricultural and veterans affairs bill appropriating money; modifying revenue and fund disposition; modifying and creating funds, fees, and accounts; providing for NextGen energy; and changing veterans provisions.

ARTICLE 1: AGRICULTURE

Section 1: Summary of appropriations

Section 2: Agriculture appropriations language provided.

Section 3: Department of Agriculture appropriation language provided.

Section 4: Board of Animal Health appropriation language provided.

Section 5: Agricultural Utilization Research Institute appropriation language provided.

Section 6: Compensation required language added.

Section 7: Compensation language modified.

Section 8: Cooperation with federal agencies language added.

Section 9: Agricultural development grants and contracts language modified.

Section 10: Establishment and use of label language modified.

Section 11: License language modified.

Section 12: Minnesota grown account language modified.

Section 13: Funding sources language provided.

Section 14: Appropriations must be matched by private funds language provided.

Section 15: Purpose language modified.

Section 16: Definitions language modified.

Section 17: Agricultural and environmental revolving accounts language modified.

Section 18: Application fee language modified.

Section 19: Loans issued to borrower language modified.

Section 20: Criminal penalties language modified.

Section 21: Administrative penalties; citation language added.

Section 22: Collection and disposal language added.

Section 23: Disposal site requirement language modified.

Section 24: Application fee language added.

Sections 25-26: Requirement language modified.

Section 27: Pesticide application on golf courses language modified.

Section 28: Exemption language provided.

Section 29: Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council language provided.

Section 30: Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Program language provided.

Section 31: Definitions language modified.

Section 32: Eligible person language added.

Section 33: Incident language provided.

Section 34: Fee language modified.

Section 35: Requirement language modified.

Section 36: Application; date of issuance language modified.

Section 37: Extent of license language added.

Section 38: Fees; application language modified.

Section 39: Food Safety and Defense Task Force language provided.

Section 40: Penalties language modified.

Section 41: Milk houses for bulk tanks language modified.

Section 42: Rules language modified.

Section 43: Milk for manufacturing; quality standards language modified.

Section 44: Indemnity for destroyed cattle language provided.

Section 45: Rules for control of bovine tuberculosis language provided.

Section 46: Cellulosic biofuel development language provided.

Section 47: Nextgen energy language provided.

Section 48: Twenty-five by twenty-five goal language provided.

Section 49: Specifications language modified.

Section 50: Application and origination fee language modified.

Section 51: Interest rate language modified.

Section 52: Disaster Recovery Loan Program language modified.

Section 53: Livestock Equipment Pilot Loan Program language modified.

Section 54: Rural finance Authority Revolving Loan Account language added.

Section 55: Eligibility; beginning farmers language modified.

Section 56: New open air swine basins language modified.

Section 57: Duties language modified

Section 58: Petroleum replacement goal language modified.

Section 59: State fair and County fair camping areas language added.

Section 60: County and district societies language added.

Section 61: Commissioner to evaluate and report language provided.

Section 62: Waste pesticide task force, report language provided.

Section 63: Waste pesticide collection, disposal language provided.

Section 64: Residential antimicrobial pesticide applicator license study language provided.
Section 65: Animal husbandry working group language provided.

Section 66: Repealer provided.

ARTICLE 2: VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 1: Veterans affairs appropriation language provided.

Section 2: Honor guards language provided.

Section 3: Educational assistance, war survivors and veterans language provided.

Section 4: Membership language modified.

Section 5: Appointment language modified.

Section 6: Psychological counseling services report language provided.

ARTICLE 3: MILITARY AFFAIRS

Section 1: Military appropriation language provided.

Section 2: Military Affairs appropriation language provided.

Section 3: Honor guards language provided.

Section 4: Amateur athletics language provided.

Section 5: National Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality language provided.

Section 6: Bond sale authorization reduced language provided.

Section 7: Repealer provided.

JAJ 5/2/7