HF1122

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Agriculture and veterans affairs omnibus bill.

Article 1: Agriculture appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Appropriations summary provided.

Sec. 2: Agriculture appropriations provided from the general fund for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 3: Department of Agriculture appropriation provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Protection services appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Agricultural marketing and development appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Bioenergy and value-added agriculture appropriation provided, ethanol producer payments funding included.
Subd 5: Administration and financial assistance appropriation provided.

Sec. 4: Board of Animal Health appropriation provided.

Sec. 5: Agricultural utilization research institute appropriation provided.

Sec. 6: Gray wolf destruction of livestock compensation requirement language modified.

Sec. 7: Elk crop damage compensation requirement language modified.

Sec. 8: Department of Agriculture data classification guidelines provided.

Sec. 9: Shared savings loan program criteria language modified.

Sec. 10: Horses classified as livestock, raising horses included as agricultural production, and property tax law nonapplicability provision provided.

Sec. 11: Noxious weeds control provision language modified.

Sec. 12: Statutes referred to as the Minnesota Noxious Weed Law expanded.

Sec. 13: Minnesota Noxious Weed Law scope extended.

Sec. 14: Certified noxious weed free definition provided.

Sec. 15: Commissioner definition provided.

Sec. 16: Control definition language added.

Sec. 17: County-designated employee definition provided.

Sec. 18: Growing crop definition language added.

Sec. 19: Inspector definition provided.

Sec. 20: Noxious weed management plan definition provided.

Sec. 21: Weed management area definition provided.

Sec. 22: General noxious weed control and eradication provision language modified.

Sec. 23: Cooperative weed control agreements authorized.

Sec. 24: Commissioner of Agriculture duties language modified.

Sec. 25: County agricultural inspectors and county-designated employees provision language modified.

Sec. 26: County agricultural inspectors and county-designated employees duties provided.

Sec. 27: County agricultural inspectors additional responsibilities required in the annual work plan, responsibilities provided.

Sec. 28: Weed inspector nonperformance and expenses reimbursement provision language modified.

Sec. 29: Permit provision for transport of noxious weed material language modified.

Sec. 30: Permit duration and revocation language modified.

Sec. 31: Noxious weed control notice, control or eradication, and expenses provision language modified.

Sec. 32: Counties and municipalities liability provision language modified.

Sec. 33: Appeal of cost of noxious weed control to county board provision language modified.

Sec. 34: Appeal of cost to district court language modified.

Sec. 35: Unlawful acts provided, language modified.

Sec. 36: Penalty language modified.

Sec. 37: Noxious weed program funding language modified.

Sec. 38: Noxious weed and invasive plant species assistance fund established in the state treasury.

Sec. 39: Noxious weed control grant program established.

Sec. 40: Noxious Weed Advisory Committee duties and membership guidelines provided.

Sec. 41: Agricultural pesticide definition provided.

Sec. 42: Agricultural pesticide dealer definition provided.

Sec. 43: Distribute definition language added.

Sec. 44: Nonagricultural pesticide definition provided.

Sec. 45: Pesticide collection and disposal provision language modified.

Sec. 46: Pesticide collection and disposal program implementation language modified.

Sec. 47: Pesticide disposal site requirement language modified.

Sec. 48: Waste pesticide informational and education materials required, language added.

Sec. 49: Waste pesticide program cooperative agreements authorized, language added.

Sec. 50: Waste pesticide program surcharge required.

Sec. 51: Waste pesticide cooperative agreement account established in the agricultural fund.

Sec. 52: Pesticide registration requirement language added.

Sec. 53: Agricultural pesticide registration application and gross sales fee provision language modified.

Sec. 54: Pesticide dealer license provision language modified.

Sec. 55: Pesticide dealer license application provision language added.

Sec. 56: Agricultural pesticide dealer license requirements and reporting procedure provided.

Sec. 57: Pesticide application on common carrier railroad property guidelines provided, reporting required.

Sec. 58: Pesticide dealer records provision language modified.

Sec. 59: License effective period provision language stricken.

Sec. 60: Annual tonnage report requirement language modified.

Sec. 61: Late application fee provision language modified.

Sec. 62: Inspection fee payment provision language modified.

Sec. 63: Expenditures from the agricultural chemical response and reimbursement program language modified.

Sec. 64: Response and reimbursement fee provision language modified.

Sec. 65: Agricultural Chemical Response Compensation Board report requirement language added.

Sec. 66: Dormant definition provided, language modified.

Sec. 67: Etiolated growth definition provided.

Sec. 68: Individual definition provided.

Sec. 69: Packaged stock definition provided

Sec. 70: Nursery stock grower certificate fee provision language modified.

Sec. 71: Nursery stock dealer certificate fee provision language modified.

Sec. 72: Nursery stock certification requirements modified to include nursery stock dealers, language added.

Sec. 73: Nursery stock storage provision language added.

Sec. 74: Food handler violations and prohibited acts language modified.

Sec. 75: Food Safety and Defense Task Force duties language added.

Sec. 76: Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture duties language modified.

Sec. 77: Feeding Minnesota Task Force established, membership outlined.

Sec. 78: Grade A inspection fees language modified.

Sec. 79: Rural economic infrastructure language stricken.

Sec. 80: Ethanol producer payments language modified.

Sec. 81: 21st century agricultural reinvestment program established, activities authorized, and oversight provided.

Sec. 82: State participation in new real estate loans language modified.

Sec. 83: State participation in restructured loans language modified.

Sec. 84: Seller-sponsored loan participation limit language modified.

Sec. 85: Agricultural improvement loan participation authorization language modified.

Sec. 86: Livestock expansion loan participation authorization language modified.

Sec. 87: General commissioner duties provided, language added authorizing capture or control of nonnative or domestic animals causing damage or posing a threat.

Sec. 88: Gasoline minimum ethanol content requirement language added.

Sec. 89: Gasoline minimum ethanol content requirement language added.

Sec. 90: Rights after default provision provided, mediation notice language modified.

Sec. 91: Property acquisition for the prevention of cruelty to animals provision language stricken.

Sec. 92: Judgment debtor mediation notice content provision language
modified.

Sec. 93: Contract for deed purchaser mediation notice provision language modified.

Sec. 94: Record owner mediation notice provision language modified.

Sec. 95: Expiration date modified.

Sec. 96: Human resources provision provided, agricultural fund use prohibited for paying for the services of staff in the Office of the Governor.

Sec. 97: Bovine tuberculosis control assessment and appropriation provided.

Sec. 98: Biofuel study and report focusing on the feasibility of producing ethanol from whey required.

Sec. 99: Green jobs food production study and report required.

Sec. 100: Farm-to-school or farm-to-home pilot projects and report required.

Sec. 101: Commissioner of agriculture required to apply for federal stimulus funding.

Sec. 102: Report required on Minnesota processed foods labeling.

Sec. 103: Feral swine report required.

Sec. 104: Commissioner appointments deadline provided.

Sec. 105: Appropriation modification provided, onetime grants to bovine tuberculosis herd buyout participants authorized.

Sec. 106: Utilization of Freeman Building unused office space required.

Sec. 107: Repealer.

Article 2: Rural Finance Authority appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Rural Finance Authority appropriation provided, and bond sale authorized.

Article 3: Veterans affairs appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Veterans affairs appropriations provided from the general fund for
fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 2: Veterans affairs appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Veterans services appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Veterans homes appropriation provided.

Sec. 3: Veteran ranking provision language added.

Sec. 4: General benefit plan provision language modified to include military service as a condition for claiming dependent status.

Sec. 5: Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional license, or driver's license application content provision language modified.

Sec. 6: Veteran designation on a Minnesota driver's license or identification card authorized.

Sec. 7: Computer record or veteran designations required.

Sec. 8: Veteran preference application provision language modified.

Sec. 9: Veterans preference act language modified.

Sec. 10: Commissioner of Veteran's Affairs authorized to apply and accept federal funding.

Sec. 11: Maximum use of Medicare Part D for pharmacy costs required.

Sec. 12: Kandiyohi County; Veterans mental health facility established, funding procedure provided.

Sec. 13: Eligibility provision for reciprocity examination based on relevant military experience language modified.

Sec. 14: Administrative and working group provision language modified.

Sec. 15: Kandiyohi County veterans mental health facility operation date provided.

Sec. 16: Commissioner of finance reporting required.

Sec. 17: Allied soldiers of the Vietnam War data collection and benefit eligibility estimate required.

Sec. 18: Interagency staff provision provided, Department of Veterans Affairs fund use prohibited for paying for the services of staff in the Office of the Governor.

Article 4: Military affairs appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Military appropriations provided from the general fund for the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 2: Military affairs appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Maintenance of training facilities appropriation provided.
Subd 3: General support appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Enlistment incentives appropriation provided.

Sec. 3: National Guard postdeployment health and wellness assessments program required.

ERS, 4/28/09