1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for agricultural, veterans, 
1.3 	and military affairs purposes; establishing and modifying certain programs; 
1.4 	modifying certain accounts and fees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.5 	sections 17.03, subdivision 3; 17.101, subdivision 2; 17.102, subdivisions 1, 3, 
1.6 	4, by adding subdivisions; 17.117, subdivisions 5a, 5b; 18B.33, subdivision 1; 
1.7 	18B.34, subdivision 1; 18B.345; 18C.305, by adding a subdivision; 18E.03, 
1.8 	subdivision 4; 28A.082, subdivision 1; 41B.043, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 41B.047; 
1.9 	41B.055; 41B.06; 41C.05, subdivision 2; 168.1255, by adding a subdivision; 
1.10 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 35; 41A; 192; 
1.11 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 17.109; 18B.315; 18C.425, 
1.12 	subdivision 5; 41B.043, subdivision 1a.
1.13 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.14 	ARTICLE 1
1.15 	AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

1.16	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.17 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.18 	in this article.

1.19			2008
		2009
		Total
	
1.20	General
	$
	50,682,000
	$
	47,327,000
	$
	98,009,000
	
1.21	Remediation
		388,000
		388,000
		776,000
	
1.22	Total
	$
	51,070,000
	$
	47,715,000
	$
	98,785,000

1.23	Sec. 2. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.24 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.25 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article.  The appropriations are from the 
1.26 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
1.27 	for each purpose.  The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the 
2.1 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or 
2.2 	June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.3 	year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009.  Appropriations for the fiscal 
2.4 	year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.5				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.6				Available for the Year
	
2.7				Ending June 30
	
2.8					2008
		2009

2.9	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

2.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	 45,291,000
	$
	41,949,000

2.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.12		2008
	2009
	
2.13	General
	 44,903,000
	41,561,000
	
2.14	Remediation
	388,000
	388,000
	
2.15 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.16 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.17 	subdivisions.

2.18	Subd. 2.Protection Services
 		 13,775,000
		13,995,000

2.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.20	General
	 13,387,000
	13,607,000
	
2.21	Remediation
	388,000
	388,000
	
2.22 	$388,000 the first year and $388,000 the 
2.23 	second year are from the remediation fund 
2.24 	for administrative funding for the voluntary 
2.25 	cleanup program.
2.26 	The commissioner shall continue monitoring 
2.27 	the levels of pesticides in groundwater and 
2.28 	surface waters throughout the state.
2.29 	$263,000 the first year and $267,000 the 
2.30 	second year are for additional invasive 
2.31 	species control activities.
2.32 	$90,000 the first year and $92,000 the second 
2.33 	year are for additional meat inspection 
2.34 	activities.
3.1 	$346,000 the first year and $205,000 the 
3.2 	second year are for electronic inspection 
3.3 	system costs for dairy and food inspections.
3.4 	$120,000 the first year and $123,000 the 
3.5 	second year are for emergency planning 
3.6 	activities.
3.7 	$141,000 the first year and $143,000 the 
3.8 	second year are for livestock premise 
3.9 	identification activities that increase the 
3.10 	state's ability to respond to animal health 
3.11 	emergencies.

3.12
3.13	Subd. 3.Agricultural Marketing and 
Development
 		 8,105,000
		 5,225,000
	
3.14 	$136,000 the first year and $136,000 the 
3.15 	second year are for transfer to the Minnesota 
3.16 	grown account and may be used as grants 
3.17 	for Minnesota grown promotion under 
3.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 17.102. Grants 
3.19 	may be made for one year. Notwithstanding 
3.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
3.21 	appropriations encumbered under contract 
3.22 	on or before June 30, 2009, for Minnesota 
3.23 	grown grants in this paragraph are available 
3.24 	until June 30, 2011. The balance in the 
3.25 	Minnesota grown matching account in the 
3.26 	agricultural fund is canceled to the Minnesota 
3.27 	grown account in the agricultural fund and 
3.28 	the Minnesota grown matching account is 
3.29 	abolished.
3.30 	$210,000 the first year and $210,000 the 
3.31 	second year are for grants to farmers for 
3.32 	demonstration projects involving sustainable 
3.33 	agriculture as authorized in Minnesota 
3.34 	Statutes, section 17.116. Of the amount 
3.35 	for grants, up to $20,000 may be used for 
4.1 	dissemination of information about the 
4.2 	demonstration projects. Notwithstanding 
4.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
4.4 	appropriations encumbered under contract 
4.5 	on or before June 30, 2009, for sustainable 
4.6 	agriculture grants in this paragraph are 
4.7 	available until June 30, 2011.
4.8 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 
4.9 	the second year are to provide training 
4.10 	and technical assistance to county and 
4.11 	town officials relating to livestock siting 
4.12 	issues and local zoning and land use 
4.13 	planning, including a checklist template that 
4.14 	would clarify the federal, state, and local 
4.15 	government requirements for consideration 
4.16 	of an animal agriculture modernization 
4.17 	or expansion project. In developing 
4.18 	the training and technical assistance 
4.19 	program, the commissioner shall seek 
4.20 	guidance, advice, and support of livestock 
4.21 	producer organizations, general agricultural 
4.22 	organizations, local government associations, 
4.23 	academic institutions, other government 
4.24 	agencies, and others with expertise in land 
4.25 	use and agriculture.
4.26 	$103,000 the first year and $106,000 the 
4.27 	second year are for additional integrated pest 
4.28 	management activities.
4.29 	$3,000,000 the first year is for the agricultural 
4.30 	best management practices loan program 
4.31 	for capital equipment loans for: (1) persons 
4.32 	using native, perennial cropping systems for 
4.33 	energy or seed production; or (2) bioenergy 
4.34 	producers using feed stocks from plants 
5.1 	or animals or their by-products. This is a 
5.2 	onetime appropriation.
5.3 	$150,000 the first year and $150,000 
5.4 	the second year are appropriated from 
5.5 	the general fund to the commissioner of 
5.6 	agriculture for annual cost-share payments 
5.7 	to resident farmers or persons who sell, 
5.8 	process, or package agricultural products 
5.9 	in this state for the costs of organic 
5.10 	certification. Annual cost-share payments 
5.11 	per farmer must be two-thirds of the cost 
5.12 	of the certification or $350, whichever is 
5.13 	less. In any year that a resident farmer or 
5.14 	person who sells, processes, or packages 
5.15 	agricultural products in this state receives 
5.16 	a federal organic certification cost-share 
5.17 	payment, that resident farmer or person is 
5.18 	not eligible for state cost-share payments. 
5.19 	A certified farmer is eligible to receive 
5.20 	annual certification cost-share payments for 
5.21 	up to five years. $15,000 each year is for 
5.22 	organic market and program development. 
5.23 	The commissioner may allocate any 
5.24 	excess appropriation in either fiscal year 
5.25 	for organic producer education efforts, 
5.26 	assistance for persons transitioning from 
5.27 	conventional to organic agriculture, or 
5.28 	sustainable agriculture demonstration grants 
5.29 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.30 	17.116, and pertaining to organic research 
5.31 	or demonstration. This appropriation is 
5.32 	available until expended.

5.33	Subd. 4.Value-Added Agricultural Products
 		16,768,000
		16,268,000
	
5.34 	$15,168,000 the first year and $15,168,000 
5.35 	the second year are for ethanol producer 
6.1 	payments under Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.2 	41A.09. If the total amount for which all 
6.3 	producers are eligible in a quarter exceeds 
6.4 	the amount available for payments, the 
6.5 	commissioner shall make payments on a 
6.6 	pro rata basis. If the appropriation exceeds 
6.7 	the total amount for which all producers 
6.8 	are eligible in a fiscal year for scheduled 
6.9 	payments and for deficiencies in payments 
6.10 	during previous fiscal years, the balance 
6.11 	in the appropriation is available to the 
6.12 	commissioner for value-added agricultural 
6.13 	programs including the value-added 
6.14 	agricultural product processing and 
6.15 	marketing grant program under Minnesota 
6.16 	Statutes, section 17.101, subdivision 5. The 
6.17 	appropriation remains available until spent.
6.18 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
6.19 	second year are for ethanol combustion 
6.20 	efficiency grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.21 	section 41A.09, subdivision 9.
6.22 	$750,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
6.23 	second year are for grants to the Minnesota 
6.24 	Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at 
6.25 	the University of Minnesota to provide 
6.26 	funds for on-station and on-farm field scale 
6.27 	research and outreach to develop and test 
6.28 	the agronomic and economic requirements 
6.29 	of diverse stands of prairie plants and other 
6.30 	perennials for bioenergy systems including, 
6.31 	but not limited to, multiple species selection 
6.32 	and establishment, ecological management 
6.33 	between planting and harvest, harvest 
6.34 	technologies, financial and agronomic 
6.35 	risk management, farmer goal setting and 
6.36 	adoption of technologies, integration of 
7.1 	wildlife habitat into management approaches, 
7.2 	evaluation of carbon and other benefits, and 
7.3 	robust policies needed to induce farmer 
7.4 	conversion on marginal lands.
7.5 	$150,000 the first year is for grants to 
7.6 	nongovernmental entities to assist in the 
7.7 	development of business plans and structures 
7.8 	related to community ownership of eligible 
7.9 	cellulosic biofuel facilities under Minnesota 
7.10 	Statutes, section 41A.10. This is a onetime 
7.11 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
7.12 	2009.
7.13 	$300,000 is for a grant to the Bois Forte 
7.14 	Band of Chippewa for a feasibility study of 
7.15 	a renewable energy biofuels demonstration 
7.16 	facility on the Bois Forte Reservation in 
7.17 	St. Louis and Koochiching Counties. The 
7.18 	grant shall be used by the Bois Forte Band 
7.19 	to conduct a detailed feasibility study of 
7.20 	the economic and technical viability of 
7.21 	developing a multistream renewable energy 
7.22 	biofuels demonstration facility on Bois Forte 
7.23 	Reservation land to utilize existing forest 
7.24 	resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic 
7.25 	waste to produce ethanol or butanol, or both, 
7.26 	for use as a liquid fuel source or a gasoline 
7.27 	supplement and oxygenation agent. This is a 
7.28 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
7.29 	June 30, 2009.
7.30 	$300,000 is for a grant to the White Earth 
7.31 	Band of Chippewa for a feasibility study 
7.32 	of a renewable energy biofuels research 
7.33 	and production facility on the White Earth 
7.34 	Reservation in Mahnomen County. The 
7.35 	grant must be used by the White Earth Band 
8.1 	and the University of Minnesota to conduct 
8.2 	a detailed feasibility study of the economic 
8.3 	and technical viability of developing a 
8.4 	multistream renewable energy biofuels 
8.5 	demonstration facility on White Earth 
8.6 	Reservation land to utilize existing forest 
8.7 	resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic 
8.8 	waste to produce ethanol or butanol, or both, 
8.9 	for use as a liquid fuel source or a gasoline 
8.10 	supplement and oxygenation agent. This is a 
8.11 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
8.12 	June 30, 2009.

8.13
8.14	Subd. 5.Administration and Financial 
Assistance
 		6,643,000
		6,461,000
	
8.15 	$1,005,000 the first year and $1,005,000 
8.16 	the second year are for continuation of 
8.17 	the dairy development and profitability 
8.18 	enhancement and dairy business planning 
8.19 	grant programs established under Laws 
8.20 	1997, chapter 216, section 7, subdivision 
8.21 	2, and Laws 2001, First Special Session 
8.22 	chapter 2, section 9, subdivision 2 and to 
8.23 	administer a dairy investment tax credit 
8.24 	program. The commissioner may allocate 
8.25 	the available sums among permissible 
8.26 	activities, including efforts to improve the 
8.27 	quality of milk produced in the state in the 
8.28 	proportions that the commissioner deems 
8.29 	most beneficial to Minnesota's dairy farmers. 
8.30 	The commissioner must submit a work plan 
8.31 	detailing plans for expenditures under this 
8.32 	program to the chairs of the house and senate 
8.33 	committees dealing with agricultural policy 
8.34 	and budget on or before the start of each 
8.35 	fiscal year. If significant changes are made 
9.1 	to the plans in the course of the year, the 
9.2 	commissioner must notify the chairs.
9.3 	$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
9.4 	second year are for the Northern Crops 
9.5 	Institute. These appropriations may be spent 
9.6 	to purchase equipment.
9.7 	$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
9.8 	second year are for a grant to the Minnesota 
9.9 	Livestock Breeders Association.
9.10 	$465,000 the first year and $465,000 the 
9.11 	second year are for payments to county and 
9.12 	district agricultural societies and associations 
9.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 38.02, 
9.14 	subdivision 1. Aid payments to county and 
9.15 	district agricultural societies and associations 
9.16 	shall be disbursed not later than July 15 of 
9.17 	each year. These payments are the amount of 
9.18 	aid owed by the state for an annual fair held 
9.19 	in the previous calendar year.
9.20 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second 
9.21 	year are for annual grants to the Northern 
9.22 	Minnesota Forage-Turf Seed Advisory 
9.23 	Committee for basic and applied research on 
9.24 	the improved production of forage and turf 
9.25 	seed related to new and improved varieties. 
9.26 	The grant recipient may subcontract with a 
9.27 	qualified third party for some or all of the 
9.28 	basic and applied research.
9.29 	$250,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
9.30 	Minnesota Turf Seed Council for basic 
9.31 	and applied agronomic research on native 
9.32 	plants, including plant breeding, nutrient 
9.33 	management, pest management, disease 
9.34 	management, yield, and viability. The grant 
9.35 	recipient may subcontract with a qualified 
10.1 	third party for some or all of the basic 
10.2 	or applied research. This is a onetime 
10.3 	appropriation and is available until spent.
10.4 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
10.5 	second year are for grants to Second Harvest 
10.6 	Heartland on behalf of Minnesota's six 
10.7 	Second Harvest food banks for the purchase 
10.8 	of milk for distribution to Minnesota's food 
10.9 	shelves and other charitable organizations 
10.10 	that are eligible to receive food from the food 
10.11 	banks. Milk purchased under the grants must 
10.12 	be acquired from Minnesota milk processors 
10.13 	and based on low-cost bids. The milk must be 
10.14 	allocated to each Second Harvest food bank 
10.15 	serving Minnesota according to the formula 
10.16 	used in the distribution of United States 
10.17 	Department of Agriculture commodities 
10.18 	under The Emergency Food Assistance 
10.19 	Program (TEFAP). Second Harvest 
10.20 	Heartland must submit quarterly reports 
10.21 	to the commissioner on forms prescribed 
10.22 	by the commissioner. The reports must 
10.23 	include, but are not limited to, information 
10.24 	on the expenditure of funds, the amount 
10.25 	of milk purchased, and the organizations 
10.26 	to which the milk was distributed. Second 
10.27 	Harvest Heartland may enter into contracts 
10.28 	or agreements with food banks for shared 
10.29 	funding or reimbursement of the direct 
10.30 	purchase of milk. Each food bank receiving 
10.31 	money from this appropriation may use up to 
10.32 	two percent of the grant for administrative 
10.33 	expenses.
10.34 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
10.35 	second year are for transfer to the Board of 
10.36 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
11.1 	Universities for mental health counseling 
11.2 	support to farm families and business 
11.3 	operators through farm business management 
11.4 	programs at Central Lakes College and 
11.5 	Ridgewater College.
11.6 	$18,000 the first year and $18,000 the 
11.7 	second year are for grants to the Minnesota 
11.8 	Horticultural Society.
11.9 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
11.10 	second year are from the general fund 
11.11 	for a grant to the Minnesota Agricultural 
11.12 	Education Leadership Council for programs 
11.13 	of the council under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.14 	chapter 41D.

11.15	Sec. 4. BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
 	$
	3,479,000
	$
	3,466,000
	
11.16 	$448,000 the first year and $363,000 the 
11.17 	second year are for bovine tuberculosis 
11.18 	eradication and surveillance in cattle herds. 
11.19 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
11.20 	second year are for a program to control 
11.21 	paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) in 
11.22 	domestic bovine herds.
11.23 	$80,000 the first year and $80,000 the second 
11.24 	year are for a program to investigate the 
11.25 	avian pneumovirus disease and to identify 
11.26 	the infected flocks. This appropriation must 
11.27 	be matched on a dollar-for-dollar or in-kind 
11.28 	basis with nonstate sources and is in addition 
11.29 	to money currently designated for turkey 
11.30 	disease research. Costs of blood sample 
11.31 	collection, handling, and transportation, 
11.32 	in addition to costs associated with early 
11.33 	diagnosis tests and the expenses of vaccine 
11.34 	research trials, may be credited to the match.
12.1 	$400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
12.2 	second year are for the purposes of cervidae 
12.3 	inspection as authorized in Minnesota 
12.4 	Statutes, section 35.155.

12.5
12.6	Sec. 5. AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION 
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
 	$
	2,300,000
	$
	2,300,000
	
12.7 	$700,000 the first year and $700,000 the 
12.8 	second year are for technical assistance 
12.9 	and technology transfer to bioenergy crop 
12.10 	producers and users. 

12.11	Sec. 6. COMPENSATION INCREASES
 					
12.12 	The appropriations in this article, and any 
12.13 	statutory appropriations from which state 
12.14 	employee compensation is paid from any 
12.15 	fund, include an amount sufficient to fund 
12.16 	compensation increases of at least 3.25 
12.17 	percent of the 2007 compensation base for 
12.18 	the first year, compounded at the rate of 3.25 
12.19 	percent for the second year. This amount 
12.20 	must be used for that purpose and no other.

12.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
12.22 		Subd. 3.Cooperation with federal agencies. (a) The commissioner shall cooperate 
12.23 	with the government of the United States, with financial agencies created to assist in the 
12.24 	development of the agricultural resources of this state, and so far as practicable may use 
12.25 	the facilities provided by the existing state departments and the various state and local 
12.26 	organizations. This subdivision is intended to relate to every function and duty which 
12.27 	devolves upon the commissioner.
12.28 	(b) The commissioner may apply for, receive, and disburse federal funds made 
12.29 	available to the state by federal law or regulation for any purpose related to the powers 
12.30 	and duties of the commissioner. All money received by the commissioner under this 
12.31 	paragraph shall be deposited in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commissioner 
12.32 	for the purposes for which it was received. Money received under this paragraph does not 
12.33 	cancel and is available for expenditure according to federal law. The commissioner may 
13.1 	contract with and enter into grant agreements with persons, organizations, educational 
13.2 	institutions, firms, corporations, other state agencies, and any agency or instrumentality of 
13.3 	the federal government to carry out agreements made with the federal government relating 
13.4 	to the expenditure of money under this paragraph. Bid requirements under chapter 16C do 
13.5 	not apply to contracts under this paragraph.

13.6 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.101, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.7 		Subd. 2.Agricultural development grants and contracts. In order to carry out 
13.8 	the duties in subdivision 1, the commissioner, in addition to whatever other resources 
13.9 	the department may commit, shall make grants and enter into contracts to fulfill the 
13.10 	obligations of subdivision 1. The commissioner may enter into partnerships or seek gifts to 
13.11 	carry out subdivision 1. The commissioner may contract with, among others, agricultural 
13.12 	commodity organizations, the University of Minnesota, and agriculture related businesses 
13.13 	to fulfill the duties. The commissioner shall make permanent rules for the administration 
13.14 	of these grants and contracts. The rules shall specify at a minimum:
13.15 	(a) eligibility criteria;
13.16 	(b) application procedures;
13.17 	(c) provisions for application review and project approval;
13.18 	(d) provisions for program monitoring and review for all approved grants and 
13.19 	contracts; and
13.20 	(e) other provisions the commissioner finds necessary.
13.21 	Contracts entered into by the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision shall not 
13.22 	exceed 75 percent of the cost of the project supported by the commissioner's grant. In 
13.23 	any biennium year, no organization shall receive more than $70,000 in grants from the 
13.24 	commissioner.

13.25 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.102, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.26 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and use of label. (a) The commissioner shall 
13.27 	establish a "Minnesota grown" logo or labeling statement for use in identifying 
13.28 	agricultural products that are grown, raised, processed, or manufactured in this state. 
13.29 	The commissioner may develop labeling statements that apply to specific marketing or 
13.30 	promotional needs. One version of a labeling statement must identify food products 
13.31 	certified as organically grown in this state. The Minnesota grown logo or labeling 
13.32 	statement may be used on raw agricultural products only if 80 percent or more of the 
13.33 	agricultural product is produced in this state.
14.1 	(b) The Minnesota grown logo or labeling statement may not be used without 
14.2 	a license from the commissioner except that wholesalers and retailers may use the 
14.3 	Minnesota grown logo and labeling statement for displaying and advertising products that 
14.4 	qualify for use of the Minnesota grown logo or labeling statement.

14.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.102, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.6 		Subd. 3.License. A person may not use the Minnesota grown logo or labeling 
14.7 	without an annual license from the commissioner. The commissioner shall issue licenses 
14.8 	for a fee of $5 $20.

14.9 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.102, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.10 		Subd. 4.Minnesota grown account. The Minnesota grown account is established 
14.11 	as an account in the agricultural fund. License fee receipts and penalties collected under 
14.12 	this section must be deposited in the agricultural fund and credited to the Minnesota grown 
14.13 	account. The money in the account is continuously appropriated to the commissioner to 
14.14 	implement and enforce this section and to promote the Minnesota grown logo and labeling
14.15 	for the direct costs of implementing the Minnesota grown program.

14.16 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.102, is amended by adding a subdivision 
14.17 	to read:
14.18 		Subd. 4a.Funding sources. The Minnesota grown account shall consist of 
14.19 	license fees, penalties, advertising revenue, revenue from the development and sale of 
14.20 	promotional materials, gifts, and appropriations.

14.21 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.102, is amended by adding a subdivision 
14.22 	to read:
14.23 		Subd. 4b.Appropriations must be matched by private funds. Appropriations 
14.24 	from the Minnesota grown account may be expended only to the extent that they are 
14.25 	matched with contributions to the account from private sources on a basis of at least $1 
14.26 	of private contributions to each $4 of state money. For the purposes of this subdivision, 
14.27 	"private contributions" includes, but is not limited to, license fees, penalties, advertising 
14.28 	revenue, revenue from the development and sale of promotional materials, and gifts.

14.29 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.117, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
14.30 		Subd. 5a.Agricultural and environmental revolving accounts. (a) There 
14.31 	shall be established in the agriculturalspecial revenue fund revolving accounts to 
15.1 	receive appropriations, transfers of the balances from previous appropriations for the 
15.2 	activities under this section, and money from other sources. All balances from previous 
15.3 	appropriations for activities under this section and repayments of loans granted under this 
15.4 	section, including principal and interest, must be deposited into the appropriate revolving 
15.5 	account created in this subdivision or the account created in subdivision 13. Interest 
15.6 	earned in an account accrues to that account.
15.7 	(b) The money in the revolving accounts and the account created in subdivision 13 is 
15.8 	appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this section.

15.9 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.117, subdivision 5b, is amended to read:
15.10 		Subd. 5b.Application fee. The commissioner may impose a nonrefundable 
15.11 	application fee of $50 for each loan issued under the program. The fees must be credited 
15.12 	to the agricultural best management practices administration account, which is hereby 
15.13 	established in the agriculturalspecial revenue fund. Interest earned in the account accrues 
15.14 	to the account. Money in the account and interest earned in the accounts established 
15.15 	in the agricultural fund under subdivision 5a are appropriated to the commissioner for 
15.16 	administrative expenses of the program.

15.17 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18B.33, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.18 		Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) A person may not apply a pesticide for hire 
15.19 	without a commercial applicator license for the appropriate use categories or a structural 
15.20 	pest control license or aquatic pest control license.
15.21 	(b) A person with a commercial applicator license may not apply pesticides on 
15.22 	or into surface waters without an aquatic pest control license under section 18B.315, 
15.23 	except an aquatic pest control license is not required for licensed commercial applicators 
15.24 	applying pesticides for the purposes of: 
15.25 	(1) pest control on cultivated wild rice;
15.26 	(2) mosquito and black fly control operations;
15.27 	(3) pest control on rights-of-way;
15.28 	(4) aerial pest control operations for emergent vegetation control;
15.29 	(5) aerial application of piscicides; and
15.30 	(6) pest control for silvicultural operations.
15.31 	(c)(b) A commercial applicator licensee must have a valid license identification card 
15.32 	when applying pesticides for hire and must display it upon demand by an authorized 
15.33 	representative of the commissioner or a law enforcement officer. The commissioner shall 
15.34 	prescribe the information required on the license identification card.

16.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18B.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.2 		Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) Except for a licensed commercial applicator, 
16.3 	certified private applicator, a licensed aquatic pest control applicator, or licensed structural 
16.4 	pest control applicator, a person, including a government employee, may not use a 
16.5 	restricted use pesticide in performance of official duties without having a noncommercial 
16.6 	applicator license for an appropriate use category.
16.7 	(b) A licensed noncommercial applicator may not apply pesticides into or on surface 
16.8 	waters without an aquatic pest control license, except an aquatic pest control license is not 
16.9 	required for licensed noncommercial applicators applying pesticides for the purposes of:
16.10 	(1) mosquito and black fly control operations;
16.11 	(2) pest control on rights-of-way;
16.12 	(3) pest control operations for purple loosestrife control;
16.13 	(4) application of piscicides; and
16.14 	(5) pest control for silvicultural operations.
16.15 	(c)(b) A licensee must have a valid license identification card when applying 
16.16 	pesticides and must display it upon demand by an authorized representative of the 
16.17 	commissioner or a law enforcement officer. The license identification card must contain 
16.18 	information required by the commissioner.

16.19 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18B.345, is amended to read:
16.20 	18B.345 PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON GOLF COURSES.
16.21 	(a) Application of a pesticide to the property of a golf course must be performed by:
16.22 	(1) a structural pest control applicator; or
16.23 	(2) a commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator with appropriate use 
16.24 	certification; or.
16.25 	(3) an aquatic pest control applicator.
16.26 	(b) Pesticides determined by the commissioner to be sanitizers and disinfectants are 
16.27 	exempt from the requirements in paragraph (a).

16.28 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18C.305, is amended by adding a 
16.29 	subdivision to read:
16.30 		Subd. 3.Exemption. A permit and safeguard is not required for agricultural 
16.31 	commodity producers who store, on their own property, for their own use, no more than 
16.32 	6,000 gallons of liquid commercial fertilizer.

16.33 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18E.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
17.1 		Subd. 4.Fee. (a) The response and reimbursement fee consists of the surcharges and 
17.2 	any adjustments made by the commissioner in this subdivision and shall be collected by 
17.3 	the commissioner. The amount of the response and reimbursement fee shall be determined 
17.4 	and imposed annually by the commissioner as required to satisfy the requirements in 
17.5 	subdivision 3. The commissioner shall adjust the amount of the surcharges imposed in 
17.6 	proportion to the amount of the surcharges listed in this subdivision. License application 
17.7 	categories under paragraph (d) must be charged in proportion to the amount of surcharges 
17.8 	imposed up to a maximum of 50 percent of the license fees set under chapters 18B and 
17.9 	18C.
17.10 	(b) The commissioner shall impose a surcharge on pesticides registered under 
17.11 	chapter 18B to be collected as a surcharge on the registration application fee under 
17.12 	section 18B.26, subdivision 3, that is equal to 0.1 percent of sales of the pesticide in the 
17.13 	state and sales of pesticides for use in the state during the previous calendar year, except 
17.14 	the surcharge may not be imposed on pesticides that are sanitizers or disinfectants as 
17.15 	determined by the commissioner. No surcharge is required if the surcharge amount based 
17.16 	on percent of annual gross sales is less than $10. The registrant shall determine when and 
17.17 	which pesticides are sold or used in this state. The registrant shall secure sufficient sales 
17.18 	information of pesticides distributed into this state from distributors and dealers, regardless 
17.19 	of distributor location, to make a determination. Sales of pesticides in this state and sales 
17.20 	of pesticides for use in this state by out-of-state distributors are not exempt and must be 
17.21 	included in the registrant's annual report, as required under section 18B.26, subdivision 3, 
17.22 	paragraph (c), and fees shall be paid by the registrant based upon those reported sales. 
17.23 	Sales of pesticides in the state for use outside of the state are exempt from the surcharge in 
17.24 	this paragraph if the registrant properly documents the sale location and the distributors. 
17.25 	(c) The commissioner shall impose a ten cents per ton surcharge on the inspection 
17.26 	fee under section 18C.425, subdivision 6, for fertilizers, soil amendments, and plant 
17.27 	amendments. 
17.28 	(d) The commissioner shall impose a surcharge on the license application of persons 
17.29 	licensed under chapters 18B and 18C consisting of:
17.30 	(1) a $75 surcharge for each site where pesticides are stored or distributed, to 
17.31 	be imposed as a surcharge on pesticide dealer application fees under section 18B.31, 
17.32 	subdivision 5; 
17.33 	(2) a $75 surcharge for each site where a fertilizer, plant amendment, or soil 
17.34 	amendment is distributed, to be imposed on persons licensed under sections 18C.415
17.35 	and 18C.425; 
18.1 	(3) a $50 surcharge to be imposed on a structural pest control applicator license 
18.2 	application under section 18B.32, subdivision 6, for business license applications only; 
18.3 	(4) a $20 surcharge to be imposed on commercial applicator license application fees 
18.4 	under section 18B.33, subdivision 7; and
18.5 	(5) a $20 surcharge to be imposed on noncommercial applicator license application 
18.6 	fees under section 18B.34, subdivision 5, except a surcharge may not be imposed on a 
18.7 	noncommercial applicator that is a state agency, political subdivision of the state, the 
18.8 	federal government, or an agency of the federal government; and.
18.9 	(6) a $20 surcharge to be imposed on aquatic pest control licenses under section 
18.10 	18B.315. 
18.11 	(e) A $1,000 fee shall be imposed on each site where pesticides are stored and sold 
18.12 	for use outside of the state unless:
18.13 	(1) the distributor properly documents that it has less than $2,000,000 per year in 
18.14 	wholesale value of pesticides stored and transferred through the site; or
18.15 	(2) the registrant pays the surcharge under paragraph (b) and the registration fee 
18.16 	under section 18B.26, subdivision 3, for all of the pesticides stored at the site and sold for 
18.17 	use outside of the state. 
18.18 	(f) Paragraphs (c) to (e) apply to sales, licenses issued, applications received for 
18.19 	licenses, and inspection fees imposed on or after July 1, 1990.

18.20 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 28A.082, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.21 		Subdivision 1.Fees; application. The fees for review of food handler facility floor 
18.22 	plans under the Minnesota Food Code are based upon the square footage of the structure 
18.23 	being newly constructed, remodeled, or converted. The fees for the review shall be:

18.24		square footage
		review fee
	
18.25		0 - 4,999
........	$
	156.25 200.00
	
18.26		5,000 - 24,999
........	$
	218.75 275.00
	
18.27		25,000 plus
........	$
	343.75 425.00
	
18.28 	The applicant must submit the required fee, review application, plans, equipment 
18.29 	specifications, materials lists, and other required information on forms supplied by the 
18.30 	department at least 30 days prior to commencement of construction, remodeling, or 
18.31 	conversion.

18.32 	Sec. 22. [35.085] INDEMNITY FOR DESTROYED CATTLE.
18.33 	(a) The board may pay indemnity to cattle owners who choose to euthanize cattle 
18.34 	that test suspect on the comparative cervical skin test for bovine tuberculosis, if funds are 
19.1 	available from appropriations for the purpose and if the United States Department of 
19.2 	Agriculture refuses to pay indemnity for the animal. The board shall pay fair market value 
19.3 	less salvage value as appraised by a disinterested appraiser appointed by the board. The 
19.4 	board has final decision as to the amount of indemnity. If the owner refuses the board's 
19.5 	offer, the owner need not dispose of the animal unless and until it later shows positive to 
19.6 	any professionally recognized test for bovine tuberculosis.
19.7 	(b) The board must conduct a lien or mortgage search with the county recorder or 
19.8 	secretary of state. If there is a lien or mortgage against the animal, the board shall include 
19.9 	the name of the mortgagee or lender on the indemnity payment. The board is not liable if a 
19.10 	mortgagee or lender is not named on the payment.

19.11 	Sec. 23. [41A.10] CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL DEVELOPMENT.
19.12 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. A sum sufficient to make the payments required 
19.13 	by this section is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
19.14 	agriculture.
19.15 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 17.118, 41A.11, 
19.16 	and 103F.518, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.
19.17 	(a) "Cellulosic biofuel" means transportation fuel derived from cellulosic materials.
19.18 	(b) "Cellulosic material" means an agricultural feedstock primarily comprised 
19.19 	of cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin or a combination of those ingredients grown on 
19.20 	agricultural lands. 
19.21 	(c) "Agricultural land" means land used for horticultural, row, close grown, pasture, 
19.22 	and hayland crops; growing nursery stocks; animal feedlots; farm yards; associated 
19.23 	building sites; and public and private drainage systems and field roads located on any of 
19.24 	that land.
19.25 	(d) "Cellulosic biofuel facility" means a facility at which cellulosic biofuel is 
19.26 	produced.
19.27 	(e) "Perennial crops" means agriculturally produced plants that have a life cycle of at 
19.28 	least three years at the location where the plants are being cultivated.
19.29 	(f) "Perennial cropping system" means an agricultural production system that 
19.30 	utilizes a perennial crop.
19.31 	(g) "Native species" means a plant species which was present in a defined area of 
19.32 	Minnesota prior to European settlement (circa 1850). A defined area may be an ecological 
19.33 	classification province. Wild-type varieties therefore are regional or local ecotypes that 
19.34 	have not undergone a selection process. 
20.1 	(h) "Diverse native prairie" means a prairie planted from a mix of  local Minnesota 
20.2 	native prairie species. A selection from all available native prairie species may be made so 
20.3 	as to match species appropriate to local site conditions.
20.4 	(i) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
20.5 	(j) "Eligible biofuel producer" means a cellulosic biofuel facility that is at least 60 
20.6 	percent owned and controlled by farmers, as defined in section 500.24, subdivision 2, 
20.7 	paragraph (n), or natural persons who reside in the county where the cellulosic biofuel 
20.8 	facility is located or in an adjoining county.
20.9 		Subd. 3.Cellulosic biofuel production goal. The state cellulosic biofuel production 
20.10 	goal is one-quarter of the total amount necessary for ethanol use required under section 
20.11 	239.791, subdivision 1a, by 2015 or when cellulosic biofuel facilities in the state attain a 
20.12 	total annual production level of 60,000,000 gallons, whichever is first.
20.13 		Subd. 4.Cellulosic biofuel producer payments. (a) The commissioner shall 
20.14 	make cash payments to eligible producers of cellulosic biofuel located in the state that 
20.15 	have begun production at a specific location by June 30, 2012. For the purpose of this 
20.16 	subdivision, an entity that holds a controlling interest in more than one cellulosic biofuel 
20.17 	plant is considered a single eligible producer. The amount of the payment for each eligible 
20.18 	producer's annual production, except as provided in paragraph (d), is 15 cents per gallon 
20.19 	for each gallon of cellulosic biofuel produced at a specific location for five years after the 
20.20 	start of production. Cellulosic materials utilized in the production of cellulosic biofuel 
20.21 	must follow best available management practices or standards for their establishment, 
20.22 	growing, and harvesting.
20.23 	(b) In lieu of the payment under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall make cash 
20.24 	payments to eligible producers of cellulosic biofuel located in the state that utilize 
20.25 	perennial, native cellulosic material grown that follow the standards derived under the 
20.26 	reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program that have begun production at a specific 
20.27 	location by June 30, 2015. For the purpose of this subdivision, an entity that holds a 
20.28 	controlling interest in more than one cellulosic biofuel facility is considered a single 
20.29 	eligible producer. The amount of the payment for each eligible biofuel producer's annual 
20.30 	production, except as provided in paragraph (d), is 30 cents per gallon for each gallon of 
20.31 	cellulosic biofuel produced at a specific location for ten years after the start of production.
20.32 	(c) No payments shall be made for cellulosic biofuel production that occurs after 
20.33 	June 30, 2022, for those eligible biofuel producers under paragraph (a), and 2025 for 
20.34 	those eligible biofuel producers under paragraph (b). An eligible producer of cellulosic 
20.35 	biofuel shall not transfer the producer's eligibility for payments under this section to a 
20.36 	cellulosic biofuel facility at a different location.
21.1 	(d) If the level of production at a cellulosic biofuel facility increases due to an 
21.2 	increase in the production capacity of the facility, the payment under paragraph (a) applies 
21.3 	to the additional increment of production until five years after the increased production 
21.4 	began and under paragraph (b) applies to the additional increment of production until ten 
21.5 	years after the increased production began. If capacity under paragraph (a) is converted 
21.6 	to payment under paragraph (b), the ten-year payment limit starts when the capacity 
21.7 	increased under paragraph (a). Once a facility's production capacity reaches 15,000,000 
21.8 	gallons per year, no additional increment will qualify for the payment.
21.9 	(e) Payments under paragraphs (a) and (b) to all eligible biofuel producers, plus 
21.10 	payments under section 41A.09 to ethanol producers, may not exceed $16,000,000 in a 
21.11 	fiscal year. Total payments under paragraphs (a) and (b) to an eligible biofuel producer 
21.12 	in a fiscal year may not exceed the amount necessary for 15,000,000 gallons of biofuel 
21.13 	production.
21.14 	(f) An eligible biofuel producer may blend cellulosic feedstocks eligible under 
21.15 	paragraphs (a) and (b), but only the percentage of gallons that is attributable to feedstocks 
21.16 	under paragraph (a) receive 15 cents per gallon, and those under paragraph (b) receive 
21.17 	30 cents per gallon.
21.18 	(g) By the last day of October, January, April, and July, each eligible biofuel producer 
21.19 	shall file a claim for payment for cellulosic biofuel production during the preceding three 
21.20 	calendar months. An eligible biofuel producer that files a claim under this subdivision shall 
21.21 	include a statement of the eligible biofuel producer's total cellulosic biofuel production in 
21.22 	Minnesota during the quarter covered by the claim. For each claim and statement of total 
21.23 	cellulosic biofuel production filed under this subdivision, the volume of cellulosic biofuel 
21.24 	production must be examined by an independent certified public accountant in accordance 
21.25 	with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
21.26 	(h) Payments must be made November 15, February 15, May 15, and August 15. 
21.27 	A separate payment must be made for each claim filed. The total quarterly payment 
21.28 	to an eligible producer under this paragraph may not exceed the amount necessary for 
21.29 	3,750,000 gallons of biofuel production.
21.30 	(i) If an eligible biofuel producer becomes ineligible within five years after the last 
21.31 	payment has been received under paragraph (a), and ten years after under paragraph (b), 
21.32 	all payments received for biofuel production must be refunded to the commissioner. 
21.33 	Refunded payments received under this paragraph shall be deposited in the general fund.
21.34 	(j) Annually, within 90 days of the end of its fiscal year, a cellulosic biofuel producer 
21.35 	receiving payments under this subdivision must file a disclosure statement on a form 
21.36 	provided by the commissioner. The initial disclosure statement must include a summary 
22.1 	description of the organization of the business structure of the claimant, a listing of the 
22.2 	percentages of ownership and governance by any person or other entity with an ownership 
22.3 	interest or governance rights of five percent or greater, and a copy of its annual audited 
22.4 	financial statements, including the auditor's report and footnotes. The disclosure statement 
22.5 	must include information demonstrating what percentage of the entity receiving payments 
22.6 	under this section is owned and governed by farmers or other entities that reside within the 
22.7 	county where the cellulosic biofuel facility is located. Subsequent annual reports must 
22.8 	reflect noncumulative changes in ownership of ten percent or more of the entity. The 
22.9 	report need not disclose the identity of the persons or entities, but the claimant must 
22.10 	retain information within its files confirming the accuracy of the data provided. This data 
22.11 	must be made available to the commissioner upon request. Not later than the 15th day 
22.12 	of February in each year, the commissioner shall deliver to the chairs of the standing 
22.13 	committees of the senate and the house of representatives that deal with agricultural policy 
22.14 	and agricultural finance an annual report summarizing aggregated and facility data from 
22.15 	plants receiving payments under this section during the preceding calendar year. Audited 
22.16 	financial statements and notes and disclosure statements submitted to the commissioner 
22.17 	are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of 
22.18 	chapter 13 relating to nonpublic data, summaries of the submitted audited financial reports 
22.19 	and notes and disclosure statements will be contained in the report to the committee chairs 
22.20 	and will be public data.
22.21 	(k) Bioenergy production for which payment has been received under section 
22.22 	41A.11 is not eligible for payment under this section.

22.23 	Sec. 24. [41A.11] BIOENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE.
22.24 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. A sum sufficient to make the payments required 
22.25 	by this section is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
22.26 	agriculture.
22.27 		Subd. 2.Definitions. The definitions in  section 41A.10 apply to this section.
22.28 	For the purposes of this section, "bioenergy production" means the generation of 
22.29 	energy for commercial heat, industrial process heat, or electrical power from a cellulosic 
22.30 	material or other material composed of agricultural feedstocks from plants or animals or 
22.31 	their by-products for a new or expanded capacity facility or a facility that is displacing 
22.32 	existing use of fossil fuel after the effective date of this section.
22.33 		Subd. 3.Bioenergy producer payments. (a) The commissioner shall make 
22.34 	cash payments to eligible producers of bioenergy located in the state that have begun 
22.35 	production at a specific location by June 30, 2009. For the purpose of this subdivision, 
23.1 	an entity that holds a controlling interest in more than one bioenergy production facility 
23.2 	is considered a single eligible producer. The amount of the payment for each producer's 
23.3 	annual production, except as provided in paragraph (d), is 75 cents per 1,000,000 British 
23.4 	thermal units (Btu) of bioenergy production produced at a specific location for three 
23.5 	years after the start of production. Cellulosic materials utilized for bioenergy production 
23.6 	must follow best available management practices or standards for their establishment, 
23.7 	growing, and harvesting.
23.8 	(b) The commissioner shall make cash payments to producers of bioenergy located 
23.9 	in the state that utilize perennial, native cellulosic material grown according to standards 
23.10 	derived under the reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program that have begun a practice 
23.11 	at a specific location by June 30, 2015. For the purpose of this subdivision, an entity that 
23.12 	holds a controlling interest in more than one bioenergy production facility is considered 
23.13 	a single producer. The amount of the payment for each producer's annual production, 
23.14 	except as provided in paragraph (d), is $1.50 per 1,000,000 British thermal units (Btu) 
23.15 	of bioenergy production produced at a specific location for ten years after the start of 
23.16 	production.
23.17 	(c) No payments shall be made for bioenergy production that occurs after June 30, 
23.18 	2012, for those eligible bioenergy producers under paragraph (a), and 2025 for those 
23.19 	eligible biofuel producers under paragraph (b). A producer of bioenergy production shall 
23.20 	not transfer the producer's eligibility for payments under this section to a bioenergy 
23.21 	production facility at a different location.
23.22 	(d) If the level of production at a bioenergy production facility increases due to an 
23.23 	increase in the production capacity of the facility, the payment under paragraph (a) applies 
23.24 	to the additional increment of production until three years after the increased production 
23.25 	began, and under paragraph (b), ten years after the increased production began. If capacity 
23.26 	under paragraph (a) is converted to payment under paragraph (b), the ten-year payment 
23.27 	limit starts when the capacity increased under paragraph (a). Once a facility's bioenergy 
23.28 	production capacity reaches 1,500,000,000,000 Btu per year, no additional increment will 
23.29 	qualify for the payment under both paragraphs (a) and (b).
23.30 	(e) Total payments under paragraphs (a) and (b) to all producers may not exceed 
23.31 	$11,000,000 in a fiscal year. Total payments under paragraphs (a) and (b) to a producer in 
23.32 	a fiscal year may not exceed $2,250,000.
23.33 	(f) An eligible facility may blend a cellulosic feedstock with other fuels in the 
23.34 	bioenergy production facility, but only the percentage attributable to cellulosic material 
23.35 	listed is eligible to receive the producer payment.
24.1 	(g) An eligible bioenergy producer may blend the cellulosic materials eligible under 
24.2 	paragraphs (a) and (b), but only the percentage that is attributable to feedstocks under 
24.3 	paragraph (a) receive 75 cents per 1,000,000 Btu and those under paragraph (b) receive 
24.4 	$1.50 per 1,000,000 Btu.
24.5 	(h) By the last day of October, January, April, and July, each producer shall file a 
24.6 	claim for payment for bioenergy production during the preceding three calendar months. 
24.7 	A producer that files a claim under this subdivision shall include a statement of the 
24.8 	producer's total bioenergy production in Minnesota during the quarter covered by the 
24.9 	claim. For each claim and statement of total bioenergy production filed under this 
24.10 	subdivision, the volume of bioenergy production must be examined by an independent 
24.11 	certified public accountant in accordance with standards established by the American 
24.12 	Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
24.13 	(i) Payments shall be made November 15, February 15, May 15, and August 15. 
24.14 	A separate payment shall be made for each claim filed. The total quarterly payment to a 
24.15 	producer under this paragraph may not exceed $562,500.
24.16 	(j) Biofuel production for which payment has been received under section 41A.10 is 
24.17 	not eligible for payment under this section.

24.18 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41B.043, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.19 		Subd. 2.Specifications. No direct loan may exceed $35,000 or $125,000 for a loan 
24.20 	participation. Each direct loan and participation must be secured by a mortgage on real 
24.21 	property and such other security as the authority may require.

24.22 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41B.043, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
24.23 		Subd. 3.Application and origination fee. The authority may impose a reasonable 
24.24 	nonrefundable application fee for each application submitted for a direct loan or
24.25 	participation and an origination fee for each direct loan issued under the agricultural 
24.26 	improvement loan program. The origination fee initially shall be set at 1.5 percent and The 
24.27 	application fee atis initially $50. The authority may review the fees annually and make 
24.28 	adjustments as necessary. The fees must be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
24.29 	to an account in the special revenue fund. Money in this account is appropriated to the 
24.30 	commissioner for administrative expenses of the agricultural improvement loan program.

24.31 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41B.043, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.32 		Subd. 4.Interest rate. The interest rate per annum on the agricultural improvement 
24.33 	direct loan or participation must be the rate of interest determined by the authority to be 
25.1 	necessary to provide for the timely payment of principal and interest when due on bonds 
25.2 	or other obligations of the authority issued under chapter 41B to provide financing for 
25.3 	direct loans and participations made under the agricultural improvement loan program, 
25.4 	and to provide for reasonable and necessary costs of issuing, carrying, administering, 
25.5 	and securing the bonds or notes and to pay the costs incurred and to be incurred by the 
25.6 	authority in the implementation of the agricultural improvement loan program.

25.7 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41B.047, is amended to read:
25.8 	41B.047 DISASTER RECOVERY LOAN PROGRAM.
25.9 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The authority shall establish and implement a 
25.10 	disaster recovery loan program to help farmers:
25.11 	(1) clean up, repair, or replace farm structures and septic and water systems, as well 
25.12 	as replacement of replace seed, other crop inputs, feed, and livestock, when damaged 
25.13 	by high winds, hail, tornado, or flood; or
25.14 	(2) purchase watering systems, irrigation systems, and other drought mitigation 
25.15 	systems and practices when drought is the cause of the purchase.
25.16 		Subd. 3.Eligibility. To be eligible for this program, a borrower must:
25.17 	(1) be a resident of this state or a domestic family farm corporation or family farm 
25.18 	partnership as defined in section 500.24, subdivision 2; 
25.19 	(2) certify that the damage or loss was sustained within a county that was the subject 
25.20 	of a state or federal disaster declaration;
25.21 	(3) demonstrate an ability to repay the loan;
25.22 	(4) have a total net worth, including assets and liabilities of the borrower's spouse 
25.23 	and dependents, of less than $400,000 $660,000 in 2004 and an amount in subsequent 
25.24 	years which is adjusted for inflation by multiplying that amount by the cumulative 
25.25 	inflation rate as determined by the Consumer Price Index; and
25.26 	(5) have received at least 50 percent of average annual gross income from farming 
25.27 	for the past three years.
25.28 		Subd. 4.Loans. (a) The authority may participate in a disaster recovery loan with 
25.29 	an eligible lender to a farmer who is eligible under subdivision 3. Participation is limited 
25.30 	to 45 percent of the principal amount of the loan or $50,000, whichever is less. The 
25.31 	interest rates and repayment terms of the authority's participation interest may differ from 
25.32 	the interest rates and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan, but the 
25.33 	authority's interest rate must not exceed four percent.
25.34 	(b) Standards for loan amortization shall be set by the Rural Finance Authority 
25.35 	not to exceed ten years.
26.1 	(c) Security for the disaster recovery loans must be a personal note executed by the 
26.2 	borrower and whatever other security is required by the eligible lender or the authority.
26.3 	(d) The authority may impose a reasonable nonrefundable application fee for a 
26.4 	disaster recovery loan. The authority may review the fee annually and make adjustments 
26.5 	as necessary. The application fee is initially $50. Application fees received by the 
26.6 	authority must be deposited in the disaster recovery revolving fund revolving loan account 
26.7 	established under section 41B.06.
26.8 	(e) Disaster recovery loans under this program will be made using money in the 
26.9 	disaster recovery revolving fund established under subdivision 2 revolving loan account 
26.10 	established under section 41B.06.
26.11 	(f) Repayments of financial assistance under this section, including principal and 
26.12 	interest, must be deposited into the revolving loan account established under section 
26.13 	41B.06.

26.14 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41B.055, is amended to read:
26.15 	41B.055 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT PILOT LOAN PROGRAM.
26.16 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The authority must establish and implement 
26.17 	a livestock equipment pilot loan program to help finance the first purchase of 
26.18 	livestock-related equipment and make livestock facilities improvements.
26.19 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Notwithstanding section 41B.03, to be eligible for this program 
26.20 	a borrower must:
26.21 	(1) be a resident of Minnesota or general partnership or a family farm corporation, 
26.22 	authorized farm corporation, family farm partnership, or authorized farm partnership as 
26.23 	defined in section 500.24, subdivision 2;
26.24 	(2) be the principal operator of a livestock farm;
26.25 	(3) have a total net worth, including assets and liabilities of the borrower's spouse 
26.26 	and dependents, no greater than the amount stipulated in section 41B.03, subdivision 3;
26.27 	(4) demonstrate an ability to repay the loan; and
26.28 	(5) hold an appropriate feedlot registration or be using the loan under this program 
26.29 	to meet registration requirements. In addition to the requirements in clauses (1) to (5), 
26.30 	preference must be given to applicants who have farmed less than ten years as evidenced 
26.31 	by their filing of schedule F in their federal tax returns.
26.32 		Subd. 3.Loans. (a) The authority may participate in a livestock equipment loan 
26.33 	equal to 90 percent of the purchased equipment value with an eligible lender to a farmer 
26.34 	who is eligible under subdivision 2. Participation is limited to 45 percent of the principal 
26.35 	amount of the loan or $40,000, whichever is less. The interest rates and repayment terms 
27.1 	of the authority's participation interest may differ from the interest rates and repayment 
27.2 	terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan, but the authority's interest rate must 
27.3 	not exceed three percent. The authority may review the interest annually and make 
27.4 	adjustments as necessary.
27.5 	(b) Standards for loan amortization must be set by the Rural Finance Authority and 
27.6 	must not exceed seventen years.
27.7 	(c) Security for a livestock equipment loan must be a personal note executed by the 
27.8 	borrower and whatever other security is required by the eligible lender or the authority.
27.9 	(d) Refinancing of existing debt is not an eligible purpose.
27.10 	(e) The authority may impose a reasonable, nonrefundable application fee for 
27.11 	a livestock equipment loan. The authority may review the fee annually and make 
27.12 	adjustments as necessary. The initial application fee is $50. Application fees received by 
27.13 	the authority must be deposited in the revolving loan account established in section 41B.06.
27.14 	(f) Loans under this program must be made using money in the revolving loan 
27.15 	account established in section 41B.06.
27.16 		Subd. 4.Eligible expenditures. Money may be used for loans for the acquisition of 
27.17 	equipment for animal housing, confinement, animal feeding, milk production, and waste 
27.18 	management, including the following, if related to animal husbandry:
27.19 	(1) fences;
27.20 	(2) watering facilities;
27.21 	(3) feed storage and handling equipment;
27.22 	(4) milking parlors;
27.23 	(5) milking equipment;
27.24 	(6) scales;
27.25 	(7) milk storage and cooling facilities;
27.26 	(8) manure pumping and storage facilities; and
27.27 	(9) capital investment in pasture.;
27.28 	(10) hoop barns;
27.29 	(11) portable structures;
27.30 	(12) hay and forage equipment; and
27.31 	(13) related structural work for the installation of equipment.

27.32 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41B.06, is amended to read:
27.33 	41B.06 RURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY REVOLVING LOAN ACCOUNT.
27.34 	There is established in the rural finance administration fund a Rural Finance 
27.35 	Authority revolving loan account that is eligible to receive appropriations and the transfer 
28.1 	of loan funds from other programs. All repayments of financial assistance granted from 
28.2 	this account, including principal and interest, must be deposited into this account. Interest 
28.3 	earned on money in the account accrues to the account, and the money in the account 
28.4 	is appropriated to the commissioner of agriculture for purposes of the Rural Finance 
28.5 	Authority livestock equipment, methane digester, disaster recovery, and value-added 
28.6 	agricultural product loan programs, including costs incurred by the authority to establish 
28.7 	and administer the programs.

28.8 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41C.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.9 		Subd. 2.Eligibility; beginning farmers. The authority shall provide in the 
28.10 	agricultural development bond beginning farmer and agricultural business enterprise loan 
28.11 	program that a mortgage or a contract on behalf of a beginning farmer may be provided if 
28.12 	the borrower qualifies under authority rules and under federal tax law governing qualified 
28.13 	small issue bonds and must:
28.14 	(1) be a resident of Minnesota;
28.15 	(2) have sufficient education, training, or experience in the type of farming for 
28.16 	which the loan is desired;
28.17 	(3) have a low or moderate net worth, as defined in section 41C.02, subdivision 12; 
28.18 	(4) certify that the agricultural land to be purchased will be used by the borrower 
28.19 	for agricultural purposes;
28.20 	(5) certify that farming will be the principal occupation of an individual borrower;
28.21 	(6) agree to participate in a farm management program approved by the 
28.22 	commissioner of agriculture for at least the first fivethree years of the loan, if an approved 
28.23 	program is available within 45 miles from the borrower's residence. The commissioner 
28.24 	may waive this requirement for any of the programs administered by the authority if the 
28.25 	participant requests a waiver and provides justification; and
28.26 	(7) agree to file an approved soil and water conservation plan with the Soil 
28.27 	Conservation Service office in the county where the land is located.

28.28 	Sec. 32. NEXT GENERATION BIOENERGY RECOMMENDATIONS.
 28.29 	(a) The commissioner of agriculture, in cooperation with the commissioners of 
28.30 	commerce and natural resources, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources, shall 
28.31 	consult with a broad range of agricultural and conservation stakeholders to develop 
28.32 	recommendations for consideration in the 2008 legislative session for the development 
28.33 	of the next generation bioenergy industry in Minnesota.
28.34 	(b) The recommendations shall include, but are not limited to:
29.1 	(1) the broadest appropriate biomass feedstock definition to optimize the benefits of 
29.2 	bioenergy development to all parts of the state, including agricultural residue, perennial 
29.3 	grasses as an energy crop, and wood;
29.4 	(2) the organization of bioenergy program or programs to maximize coordination 
29.5 	with the expected 2007 federal Farm Bill;
29.6 	(3) the structure of state incentives to encourage local ownership of energy 
29.7 	production and encourage conservation on marginal lands, while ensuring that state 
29.8 	taxpayers receive the most value for the resources dedicated to bioenergy development;
29.9 	(4) the sharing of the cost of the incentives between the agriculture and environment, 
29.10 	natural resources, and energy budgets in the legislative process; and
29.11 	(5) the most promising biomass technologies, and biofuels that can be produced 
29.12 	from these technologies, and the applications for which the fuels can best be used.
29.13 	(c) The commissioner shall provide a report on the recommendations by December 
29.14 	1, 2007, to the chairs of the house and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
29.15 	over agriculture and environment policy and finance.

29.16 	Sec. 33.  REPEALER.
 29.17 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 17.109; 18B.315; 18C.425, subdivision 5; and 
29.18 	41B.043, subdivision 1a, are repealed.

29.19 	ARTICLE 2
29.20 	MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS

29.21	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
29.22 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
29.23 	in this article.

29.24			2008
		2009
		Total
	
29.25	General
	$
	32,430,000
	$
	30,956,000
	$
	63,386,000
	
29.26	Special Revenue
		676,000
		676,000
		1,352,000
	
29.27	Total
	$
	33,106,000
	$
	31,632,000
	$
	64,738,000

29.28	Sec. 2. MILITARY AND VETERANS APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
29.29 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
29.30 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article.  The appropriations are from the 
29.31 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
29.32 	for each purpose.  The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the 
29.33 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or 
30.1 	June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal 
30.2 	year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009.  Appropriations for the fiscal 
30.3 	year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.

30.4				APPROPRIATIONS
	
30.5				Available for the Year
	
30.6				Ending June 30
	
30.7					2008
		2009

30.8	Sec. 3. MILITARY AFFAIRS

30.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	20,775,000
	$
	19,195,000

30.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
30.11		2008
	2009
	
30.12	General
	20,437,000
	18,857,000
	
30.13	Special Revenue
	338,000
	338,000
	
30.14 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
30.15 	purpose are specified in the following 
30.16 	subdivisions.

30.17	Subd.  2.Maintenance of Training Facilities
 		6,622,000
		6,485,000
	
30.18 	$185,000 the first year is to pay special 
30.19 	assessments levied against state property. 
30.20 	This is a onetime appropriation.

30.21	Subd.  3.General Support
 		3,942,000
		2,496,000

30.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
30.23	General
	3,604,000
	2,158,000
	
30.24	Special Revenue
	338,000
	338,000
	
30.25 	$338,000 the first year and $338,000 the 
30.26 	second year are from the "Support Our 
30.27 	Troops" account in the special revenue fund 
30.28 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.29 	190.19, for grants under that section.
30.30 	$30,000 each year is for payments of honor 
30.31 	guards as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
30.32 	section 192.382.
31.1 	$1,500,000 the first year is for the Minnesota 
31.2 	National Guard reintegration program. This 
31.3 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
31.4 	until spent.
31.5 	$275,000 the first year and $285,000 the 
31.6 	second year are for additional staffing.

31.7	Subd.  4.Enlistment Incentives
 		10,211,000
		10,214,000
	
31.8 	If appropriations for either year of the 
31.9 	biennium are insufficient, the appropriation 
31.10 	from the other year is available.  

31.11	Sec. 4. VETERANS AFFAIRS 
 	$
	  12,331,000 
	$
	12,437,000

31.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
31.13		2008
	2009
	
31.14	General
	11,993,000
	12,099,000
	
31.15	Special Revenue  
	338,000 
	338,000
	
31.16 	(a) $750,000 each year is for tribal veterans 
31.17 	services offices. 
31.18 	(b) $750,000 each year is for a grant to the 
31.19 	Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans. 
31.20 	This is a onetime appropriation.
31.21 	(c) $250,000 each year is for marketing 
31.22 	veterans outreach programs. This is a 
31.23 	onetime appropriation.
31.24 	(d) $1,000,000 each year is added to the base 
31.25 	for state soldier's assistance under Minnesota 
31.26 	Statutes, section 197.05.
31.27 	(e) $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the 
31.28 	second year are for the higher education 
31.29 	veterans assistance program under Minnesota 
31.30 	Statutes, section 197.585. This appropriation 
31.31 	must be included in the agency appropriation 
31.32 	base through fiscal year 2011.
32.1 	(f) $500,000 each year is for administration 
32.2 	of veterans programming. This appropriation 
32.3 	includes money for the biennium for 
32.4 	an ombudsman for residents and family 
32.5 	members of residents at the Minneapolis 
32.6 	Veterans' Home. The ombudsman must 
32.7 	attend all meetings of the Veterans Homes 
32.8 	Board and provide a report at each 
32.9 	meeting regarding the status of concerns 
32.10 	communicated to the ombudsman.
32.11 	(g) $100,000 each year is for information 
32.12 	technology.
32.13 	(h) $75,000 each year is for operations at the 
32.14 	Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little 
32.15 	Falls.
32.16 	(i) $500,000 each year is for grants to 
32.17 	counties under the terms of this section. 
32.18 	The commissioner shall issue a request 
32.19 	for proposals for grants to enhance the 
32.20 	benefits, programs, and services provided 
32.21 	to veterans. The request must specify that 
32.22 	priority will be given to proposals that meet 
32.23 	the programmatic goals established by the 
32.24 	commissioner, including proposals that will:
32.25 	(1) provide the most effective outreach to 
32.26 	veterans;
32.27 	(2) reintegrate combat veterans into society;
32.28 	(3) collaborate with other social service 
32.29 	agencies, educational institutions, and other 
32.30 	relevant community resources;
32.31 	(4) reduce homelessness among veterans; 
32.32 	and
32.33 	(5) provide measurable outcomes.
33.1 	The commissioner may provide incentives 
33.2 	to encourage, and may give priority to 
33.3 	proposals that foster, regional collaboration 
33.4 	for service delivery. The grants may be for a 
33.5 	term of up to two years. The commissioner 
33.6 	shall ensure that grants are made throughout 
33.7 	all regions of the state and shall develop a 
33.8 	description of best practices for the use of 
33.9 	these grants. A county may not reduce its 
33.10 	county veterans service officer budget by any 
33.11 	amount received as a grant under this section. 
33.12 	Grants made under this section are in addition 
33.13 	to and not subject to the requirements for 
33.14 	grants made under Minnesota Statutes, 
33.15 	section 197.608. The Minnesota Association 
33.16 	of County Veterans Service Officers may 
33.17 	apply for grants under this section beginning 
33.18 	July 1, 2007. Any balance remaining after 
33.19 	the first year does not cancel and is available 
33.20 	in the second year. This appropriation must 
33.21 	be included in the appropriation base through 
33.22 	fiscal year 2011.
33.23 	(j) $250,000 each year is added to the base 
33.24 	for grants to Disabled American Veterans, 
33.25 	Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans 
33.26 	of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of 
33.27 	America, and other congressionally chartered 
33.28 	veterans service organizations designated by 
33.29 	the commissioner.
33.30 	(k) $338,000 each year is from the account 
33.31 	in the special revenue fund established in 
33.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 190.19, for (1) 
33.33 	grants to veterans service organizations; and 
33.34 	(2) outreach to underserved veterans. Any 
33.35 	balance in the first year does not cancel and 
33.36 	is available in the second year.

34.1	Sec. 5. COMPENSATION INCREASES
 					
34.2 	The appropriations in this article, and any 
34.3 	statutory appropriations from which state 
34.4 	employee compensation is paid from any 
34.5 	fund, include an amount sufficient to fund 
34.6 	compensation increases of at least 3.25 
34.7 	percent of the 2007 compensation base for 
34.8 	the first year, compounded at the rate of 3.25 
34.9 	percent for the second year. This amount 
34.10 	must be used for that purpose and no other.

34.11 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.1255, is amended by adding a subdivision 
34.12 	to read:
34.13 		Subd. 6.World War II memorial donation matching account. Money remaining 
34.14 	in the World War II memorial donation matching account after the state share of the 
34.15 	construction costs of the World War II memorial has been paid in full is appropriated to the 
34.16 	commissioner of veterans affairs for services and programs for veterans and their families.

34.17 	Sec. 7. [192.382] HONOR GUARDS.
34.18 	The adjutant general may activate members to serve as an honor guard at the funeral 
34.19 	of any person who served in the Minnesota National Guard and who was: (1) honorably 
34.20 	discharged after serving six or more years, or (2) in active service. Members activated for 
34.21 	service as honor guards must be paid at the rate provided in section 192.49, subdivision 1 
34.22 	or 2.