<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>programs affecting agriculture and veterans affairs; clarifying certain terms and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>procedures; changing certain record keeping provisions; requiring planning for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>additional veterans cemeteries;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>1.141, by adding subdivisions; 3.737, subdivision 4; 17.03, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision; 18B.31, subdivision 5; 18B.36, subdivision 1; 18B.37, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>4; 28A.082, subdivision 1; 35.244, subdivisions 1, 2; 197.455, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>subdivision; 197.481, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 197.60, subdivision 1; 197.601; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>197.605; 197.606; 197.609, subdivisions 1, 2; 197.75, subdivision 1; 239.092; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>239.093; 239.791, by adding subdivisions; 336.9-531; 336A.08, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>1, 4; 336A.14; 500.221, subdivisions 2, 4; 500.24, subdivision 2; 514.965, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 2; 514.966, subdivisions 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 3.737, subdivision 1; 18B.316, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>10; 190.19, subdivision 2a; 197.46; 239.791, subdivisions 1, 1a; Laws 2007, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivisions 4, as amended, 5, as amended; Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>2008, chapter 296, article 1, section 25; Laws 2009, chapter 94, article 1, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>3, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>38; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.231.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 3.737, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Compensation required.</b> (a) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>3.736, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (e), or any other law, a livestock owner shall be compensated <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>by the commissioner of agriculture for livestock that is destroyed by a gray wolf or is so <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>crippled by a gray wolf that it must be destroyed. Except as provided in this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>the owner is entitled to the fair market value of the destroyed livestock as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>by the commissioner, upon recommendation of the fair market value by a university <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>extension agent or a conservation officer. In any fiscal year, a livestock owner may not <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>be compensated for a destroyed animal claim that is less than $100 in value and may be <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>compensated up to $20,000, as determined under this section. In any fiscal year, the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>commissioner may provide compensation for claims filed under this section up to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>amount expressly appropriated for this purpose.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>    (b) Either the agent or the A conservation officer, an official from the Animal and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, or a peace <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>officer from the county sheriff's office must make a personal inspection of the site and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>submit a report to the commissioner detailing the results of the investigation. The agent or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>the conservation officer The investigator must take into account factors in addition to a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>visual identification of a carcass when making a recommendation to the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>The commissioner, upon recommendation of the agent or conservation officer investigator, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>shall determine whether the livestock was destroyed by a gray wolf and any deficiencies in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>the owner's adoption of the best management practices developed in subdivision 5. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>commissioner may authorize payment of claims only if the agent or the conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>officer has recommended payment. The owner shall file a claim on forms provided by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>commissioner and available at the university extension agent's office.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.737, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Payment; denial of compensation.</b> (a) If the commissioner finds that the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>livestock owner has shown that the loss of the livestock was likely caused by a gray <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>wolf, the commissioner shall pay compensation as provided in this section and in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>rules of the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(b) For a gray wolf depredation claim submitted by a livestock owner after <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>September 1, 1999, the commissioner shall, based on the report from the university <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>extension agent and conservation officer, evaluate the claim for conformance with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>the best management practices developed by the commissioner in subdivision 5. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>commissioner must provide to the livestock owner an itemized list of any deficiencies <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>in the livestock owner's adoption of best management practices that were noted in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>university extension agent's or conservation officer's report.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>(c) (b) If the commissioner denies compensation claimed by an owner under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>this section, the commissioner shall issue a written decision based upon the available <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>evidence. It shall include specification of the facts upon which the decision is based <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>and the conclusions on the material issues of the claim. A copy of the decision shall <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>be mailed to the owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(d) (c) A decision to deny compensation claimed under this section is not subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>the contested case review procedures of chapter 14, but may be reviewed upon a trial de <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>novo in a court in the county where the loss occurred. The decision of the court may be <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>appealed as in other civil cases. Review in court may be obtained by filing a petition for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>review with the administrator of the court within 60 days following receipt of a decision <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>under this section. Upon the filing of a petition, the administrator shall mail a copy to the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>commissioner and set a time for hearing within 90 days of the filing.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>    Subd. 11a. <b>Permitting efficiency goal and report.</b> (a) It is the goal of the state that <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>environmental and resource management permits be issued or denied within 150 days of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>the submission of a completed permit application. The commissioner of agriculture shall <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>establish management systems designed to achieve the goal.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>(b) The commissioner shall prepare semiannual permitting efficiency reports that <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>include statistics on meeting the goal in paragraph (a). The reports are due February 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>and August 1 of each year. For permit applications that have not met the goal, the report <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>must state the reasons for not meeting the goal, steps that will be taken to complete action <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>on the application, and the expected timeline. In stating the reasons for not meeting the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>goal, the commissioner shall separately identify delays caused by the responsiveness of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>the proposer, lack of staff, scientific or technical disagreements, or the level of public <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>engagement. The report must specify the number of days from initial submission of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>the application to the day of determination that the application is complete. The report <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>for the final quarter of the fiscal year must aggregate the data for the year and assess <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>whether program or system changes are necessary to achieve the goal. The report must <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>be posted on the department Web site and submitted to the governor and the chairs of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over agriculture <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>policy and finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>(c) The commissioner shall allow electronic submission of environmental review <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>and permit documents to the department.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 18B.31, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Application fee.</b> (a) An application for a pesticide dealer license must be <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $150.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>(b) If an application for renewal of a pesticide dealer license is not filed before <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>January 1 of the year for which the license is to be issued expires, an additional fee of $20 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>50 percent of the application fee must be paid by the applicant before the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>may issue the license is issued.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 18B.316, subdivision 10, is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Application fee.</b> (a) An application for an agricultural pesticide dealer <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>license, or a renewal of an agricultural pesticide dealer license, must be accompanied <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>by a nonrefundable fee of $150.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>(b) If an application for renewal of an agricultural pesticide dealer license is not filed <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>before January of the year for which the license is to be issued expires, an additional fee of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>50 percent of the application fee must be paid by the applicant before the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>may issue the license.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 18B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Requirement.</b> (a) Except for a licensed commercial or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>noncommercial applicator, only a certified private applicator may use a restricted use <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>(1) as a traditional exchange of services without financial compensation;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(2) on a site owned, rented, or managed by the person or the person's employees; or<br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>(3) when the private applicator is one of two or fewer employees and the owner or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>operator is a certified private applicator or is licensed as a noncommercial applicator.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>(b) A private applicator person may not purchase a restricted use pesticide without <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>presenting a license card, certified private applicator card, or the card number.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 18B.37, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Storage, handling, </b><b>incident response, </b><b>and disposal plan.</b> A commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>pesticide dealer, agricultural pesticide dealer, or a commercial, noncommercial, or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>structural pest control applicator or the business that the applicator is employed by must <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>develop and maintain a plan that describes its pesticide storage, handling, incident <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>response, and disposal practices. The plan must be kept at a principal business site <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>or location within this state and must be submitted to the commissioner upon request <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>on forms provided by the commissioner. The plan must be available for inspection by <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 28A.082, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Fees; application.</b> The fees for review of food handler facility floor <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>plans under the Minnesota Food Code are based upon the square footage of the structure <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>being newly constructed, remodeled, or converted. The fees for the review shall be:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
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<col width="2.5"/>
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<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left">square footage<br/>
</td>
<td align="right"></td>
<td align="left">review fee<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left">0 - 4,999<br/>
<span>
                     							.....
                     						</span></td>
<td align="right">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left">200.00<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left">5,000 - 24,999<br/>
<span>
                     							.....
                     						</span></td>
<td align="right">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left">275.00<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left">25,000 plus<br/>
<span>
                     							.....
                     						</span></td>
<td align="right">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="left">425.00<br/>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>    The applicant must submit the required fee, review application, plans, equipment <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>specifications, materials lists, and other required information on forms supplied by the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>department at least 30 days prior to commencement of construction, remodeling, or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>conversion. The commissioner may waive this fee after determining that the facility's <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>principal mode of business is not the sale of food and that the facility sells only <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>prepackaged foods.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 35.244, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>    Subdivision 1.  <b>Designation of zones.</b> The board has the authority to may establish <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>zones for the control and eradication of tuberculosis and restrict the movement of cattle, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>bison, goats, and farmed cervidae within and between tuberculosis zones in the state. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>Zones within the state may be designated as accreditation preparatory, modified accredited, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>modified accredited advanced, or accredited free as those terms are defined in Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>Federal Regulations, title 9, part 77. The board may designate bovine tuberculosis control <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>zones that contain not more than 325 herds. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 35.244, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>    Subd. 2.  <b>Requirements within a tuberculosis </b><b>control </b><b>within modified accredited</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><b>zone.</b> In a modified accredited tuberculosis control zone, the board has the authority to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>may: <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>    (1) require owners of cattle, bison, goats, or farmed cervidae to report personal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>contact information and location of livestock to the board; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>    (2) require a permit or movement certificates for all cattle, bison, goats, and farmed <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>cervidae moving between premises within the zone or leaving or entering the zone; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>    (3) require official identification of all cattle, bison, goats, and farmed cervidae <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>within the zone or leaving or entering the zone; <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>    (4) require a whole-herd tuberculosis test on each herd of cattle, bison, goats, or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>farmed cervidae when any of the animals in the herd is kept on a premises within the zone; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>    (5) require a negative tuberculosis test within 60 days prior to movement for any <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>individual cattle, bison, goat, or farmed cervidae moved from a premises in the zone to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>another location in Minnesota, with the exception of cattle moving under permit directly <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>to a slaughter facility under state or federal inspection; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>    (6) require a whole-herd tuberculosis test within 12 months prior to moving <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>cattle, bison, goats, or farmed cervidae from premises in the zone to another location <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>in Minnesota; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>    (7) require annual herd inventories on all cattle, bison, goat, or farmed cervidae <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>herds; and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>    (8) require that a risk assessment be performed to evaluate the interaction of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>free-ranging deer and elk with cattle, bison, goat, and farmed cervidae herds and require <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>the owner to implement the recommendations of the risk assessment. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[38.345] APPROPRIATIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>The council of any city and the board of supervisors of any town may incur expenses <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>and spend money for county extension work, as provided in sections 38.33 to 38.38.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 239.092, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var><b>239.092 SALE FROM BULK.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>    (a) Bulk sales of commodities, when the buyer and seller are not both present to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>witness the measurement, must be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>following information:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>    (1) the name and address of the person who weighed or measured the commodity;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>    (2) the date delivered;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>    (3) the quantity delivered;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>    (4) the count of individually wrapped packages delivered, if more than one is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>included in the quantity delivered;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>    (5) the quantity on which the price is based, if different than the quantity delivered; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>    (6) the identity of the commodity in the most descriptive terms commercially <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>practicable, including representations of quality made in connection with the sale.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>    (b) This section is not intended to conflict with the bulk sale requirements of the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>Department of Agriculture. If a conflict occurs, the law and rules of the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>Agriculture govern.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>    (c) Firewood sold or distributed across state boundaries or more than 100 miles <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>from its origin must include delivery ticket information regarding the harvest locations <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>of the wood by county and state.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>(d) Paragraph (c) may be enforced using the authority granted in this chapter or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>section 18J.05 or 84D.13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 239.093, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var><b>239.093 INFORMATION REQUIRED WITH PACKAGE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>    (a) A package offered, exposed, or held for sale must bear a clear and conspicuous <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>declaration of:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>    (1) the identity of the commodity in the package, unless the commodity can be easily <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>identified through the wrapper or container;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>    (2) the net quantity in terms of weight, measure, or count;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>    (3) the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, if the packages <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>were not produced on the premises where they are offered, exposed, or held for sale; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>    (4) the unit price, if the packages are part of a lot containing random weight <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>packages of the same commodity.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>    (b) This section is not intended to conflict with the packaging requirements of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>Department of Agriculture. If a conflict occurs, the laws and rules of the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>Agriculture govern.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    (c) Firewood sold or distributed across state boundaries or more than 100 miles <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>from its origin must include information regarding the harvest locations of the wood by <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>county and state on each label or wrapper.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>(d) Paragraph (c) may be enforced using the authority granted in this chapter or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>section 18J.05 or 84D.13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 239.791, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Minimum ethanol content required.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>subdivisions 10 to 14, a person responsible for the product shall ensure that all gasoline <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>sold or offered for sale in Minnesota must contain at least the quantity of ethanol required <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>by clause (1) or (2), whichever is greater:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>(1) 10.0 percent denatured ethanol by volume; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>(2) the maximum percent of denatured ethanol by volume authorized in a waiver <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>granted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under section 211(f)(4) of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7545, subsection (f), paragraph (4).<br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>(b) For purposes of enforcing the minimum ethanol requirement of paragraph (a), <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>clause (1), a gasoline/ethanol blend will be construed to be in compliance if the ethanol <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>content, exclusive of denaturants and permitted contaminants, comprises not less than 9.2 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>percent by volume and not more than 10.0 percent by volume of the blend as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>by an appropriate United States Environmental Protection Agency or American Society of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>Testing Materials standard method of analysis of alcohol/ether content in engine fuels.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>(c) The provisions of this subdivision are suspended during any period of time that <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), is in effect.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 239.791, subdivision 1a, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Minimum ethanol content required.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>subdivisions 10 to 14, on August 30, 2013, and thereafter, a person responsible for the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>product shall ensure that all gasoline sold or offered for sale in Minnesota must contain at <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>least the quantity of ethanol required by clause (1) or (2), whichever is greater:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>(1) 20 percent denatured ethanol by volume; or<br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>(2) the maximum percent of denatured ethanol by volume authorized in a waiver <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>granted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under section 211(f)(4) of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7545, subsection (f), paragraph (4).<br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>(b) For purposes of enforcing the minimum ethanol requirement of paragraph (a), <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>clause (1), a gasoline/ethanol blend will be construed to be in compliance if the ethanol <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>content, exclusive of denaturants and permitted contaminants, comprises not less than 18.4 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>percent by volume and not more than 20 percent by volume of the blend as determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>an appropriate United States Environmental Protection Agency or American Society of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>Testing Materials standard method of analysis of alcohol content in motor fuels.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>(c) No motor fuel shall be deemed to be a defective product by virtue of the fact <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>that the motor fuel is formulated or blended pursuant to the requirements of paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>(a) under any theory of liability except for simple or willful negligence or fraud. This <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>paragraph does not preclude an action for negligent, fraudulent, or willful acts. This <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>paragraph does not affect a person whose liability arises under chapter 115, water pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>control; 115A, waste management; 115B, environmental response and liability; 115C, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>leaking underground storage tanks; or 299J, pipeline safety; under public nuisance law <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>for damage to the environment or the public health; under any other environmental or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>public health law; or under any environmental or public health ordinance or program of a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>municipality as defined in section 
<statute_ref>466.01</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>(d) (c) This subdivision expires on December 31, 2010 2012, if by that date:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>(1) the commissioner of agriculture certifies and publishes the certification in <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>the State Register that at least 20 percent of the volume of gasoline sold in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>is denatured ethanol; or<br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>(2) federal approval has not been granted under paragraph (a), clause (1). The <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>United States Environmental Protection Agency's failure to act on an application shall not <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>be deemed approval under paragraph (a), clause (1), or a waiver under section 211(f)(4) of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7545, subsection (f), paragraph (4).<br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 239.791, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Federal Clean Air Act waivers; conditions.</b> (a) Before a waiver granted <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under section 211(f)(4) of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7545, subsection (f), paragraph (4), <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>may alter the minimum content level required by subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>or subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), clause (2), the waiver must:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(1) apply to all gasoline-powered motor vehicles irrespective of model year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>(2) allow for special regulatory treatment of Reid vapor pressure under Code of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>Federal Regulations, title 40, section 80.27(d), for blends of gasoline and ethanol up to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>maximum percent of denatured ethanol by volume authorized under the waiver.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>(b) The minimum ethanol requirement in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>or subdivision 1a, paragraph (a), clause (2), shall, upon the grant of the federal waiver, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>be effective on a date determined by the commissioner of commerce. In making this <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>determination, the commissioner shall consider the amount of time required by refiners, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>retailers, and other fuel suppliers, acting expeditiously, to make the operational and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>logistical changes required to supply fuel in compliance with the minimum ethanol <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>requirement.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 239.791, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Limited liability waiver.</b> No motor fuel shall be deemed to be a defective <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>product by virtue of the fact that the motor fuel is formulated or blended pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>the requirements of subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), or subdivision 1a, under <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>any theory of liability except for simple or willful negligence or fraud. This subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>does not preclude an action for negligent, fraudulent, or willful acts. This subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>does not affect a person whose liability arises under chapter 115, water pollution control; <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>115A, waste management; 115B, environmental response and liability; 115C, leaking <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>underground storage tanks; or 299J, pipeline safety; under public nuisance law for damage <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>to the environment or the public health; under any other environmental or public health <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>law; or under any environmental or public health ordinance or program of a municipality <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>as defined in section 
<statute_ref>466.01</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 239.791, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>    Subd. 2c. <b>Fuel dispensing equipment; blends over ten percent ethanol.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>Notwithstanding any other law or rule, fuel dispensing equipment authorized to dispense <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>fuel under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), is authorized to dispense fuel under <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), or subdivision 1a.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 336.9-531, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var><b>336.9-531 ELECTRONIC ACCESS; LIABILITY; RETENTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>(a) <b>Electronic access.</b> The secretary of state may allow private parties to have <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>electronic access to the central filing system and to other computerized records maintained <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>by the secretary of state on a fee basis, except that: (1) visual access to electronic display <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>terminals at the public counters at the Secretary of State's Office must be without charge <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>and must be available during public counter hours; and (2) access by law enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>personnel, acting in an official capacity, must be without charge. If the central filing system <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>allows a form of electronic access to information regarding the obligations of debtors, the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>access must be available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Notwithstanding section <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><statute_ref>13.355</statute_ref>, private parties who have electronic access to computerized records may view the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>Social Security number information about a debtor that is of record.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>Notwithstanding section 
<statute_ref>13.355</statute_ref>, a filing office may include Social Security number <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>information in an information request response under section 
<statute_ref>336.9-523</statute_ref> or a search of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>other liens in the central filing system. A filing office may also include Social Security <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>number information on a photocopy or electronic copy of a record whether provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>an information request response or in response to a request made under section 
<statute_ref>13.03</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>Any Social Security number information or tax identification number information in the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>possession of the secretary of state is private data on individuals.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>(b) <b>Liability.</b> The secretary of state, county recorders, and their employees and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>agents are not liable for any loss or damages arising from errors in or omissions from <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>information entered into the central filing system as a result of the electronic transmission <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>of tax lien notices under sections 
         <statute_ref>268.058, subdivision 1, paragraph (c)</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>270C.63, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>272.483</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>272.488, subdivisions 1 and 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>The state, the secretary of state, counties, county recorders, and their employees and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>agents are immune from liability that occurs as a result of errors in or omissions from <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>information provided from the central filing system.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>(c) <b>Retention.</b> Once the image of a paper record has been captured by the central <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>filing system, the secretary of state may remove or direct the removal from the files and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>destroy the paper record.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>modified to implement this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 336A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Compilation.</b> (a) The secretary of state shall compile the information <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>on effective financing statements in the computerized filing system into a master list:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>(1) organized according to farm product;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>(2) arranged within each product:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>(i) in alphabetical order according to the last name of the individual debtor or, in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the first word in the name <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>of the debtors;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>(ii) in numerical order according to the Social Security number of the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>debtor or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the Internal <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>Revenue Service taxpayer identification number of the debtors unique identifier assigned <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>by the secretary of state to, and associated with, the Social Security number of the debtor;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>(iii) geographically by county; and<br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>(iv) by crop year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>(3) containing the information provided on an effective financing statement; and<br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>(4) designating any applicable terminations of the effective financing statement.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>(b) The secretary of state shall compile information from lien notices recorded in the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>computerized filing system into a statutory lien master list in alphabetical order according <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>to the last name of the individual debtor or, in the case of debtors doing business other <br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>than as individuals, the first word in the name of the debtors. The secretary of state may <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>also organize the statutory lien master list according to one or more of the categories of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>information established in paragraph (a). Any terminations of lien notices must be noted.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>modified to implement this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 336A.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Distribution of master and partial lists.</b> (a) The secretary of state shall <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>maintain the information on the effective financing statement master list:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>(1) by farm product arranged alphabetically by debtor; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>(2) by farm product arranged numerically by the debtor's Social Security number for <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>an individual debtor or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number of the debtors unique identifier <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>assigned by the secretary of state to, and associated with, the Social Security number <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>of the debtor.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>(b) The secretary of state shall maintain the information in the farm products <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>statutory lien master list by county arranged alphabetically by debtor.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>(c) The secretary of state shall distribute or make available the requested master and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>partial master lists on a monthly basis to farm product dealers registered under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>336A.11
         </statute_ref>. Lists will be distributed or made available on or before the tenth day of each <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>month or on the next business day thereafter if the tenth day is not a business day.  <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>(d) The secretary of state shall make the master and partial master lists available <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>as written or printed paper documents and may make lists available in other forms or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>media, including:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>(1) any electronically transmitted medium; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>(2) any form of digital media.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>(e) There shall be no fee for partial or master lists distributed via an electronically <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>transmitted medium. The annual fee for any other form of digital media is $200. The <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>annual fee for paper partial lists is $250 and $400 for paper master lists.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>(f) A farm products dealer shall register pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>336A.11</statute_ref> by the last <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>business day of the month to receive the monthly lists requested by the farm products <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>dealer for that month.  <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>(g) If a registered farm products dealer receives a monthly list that cannot be read or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>is incomplete, the farm products dealer must immediately inform the secretary of state by <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>telephone or e-mail of the problem. The registered farm products dealer shall confirm the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>existence of the problem by writing to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>provide the registered farm products dealer with new monthly lists in the medium chosen <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>by the registered farm products dealer no later than five business days after receipt of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>oral notice from the registered farm products dealer. A registered farm products dealer is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>not considered to have received notice of the information on the monthly lists until the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>duplicate list is received from the secretary of state or until five days have passed since the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>duplicate lists were deposited in the mail by the secretary of state, whichever comes first.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>(h) On receipt of a written notice pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>336A.13</statute_ref>, the secretary of state <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>shall duplicate the monthly lists requested by the registered farm products dealer. The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>duplicate monthly lists must be sent to the registered farm products dealer no later than five <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>business days after receipt of the written notice from the registered farm products dealer.  <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>(i) A registered farm products dealer may request monthly lists in one medium <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>per registration.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>(j) Registered farm products dealers must have renewed their registration before the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>first day of July each year. Failure to send in the registration before that date will result in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>the farm products dealer not receiving the requested monthly lists.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>(k) Registered farm products dealers choosing to obtain monthly lists via an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>electronically transmitted medium or in any form of digital media may choose to receive <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>all of the information for the monthly lists requested the first month and then only <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>additions and deletions to the database for the remaining 11 months of the year. Following <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>the first year of registration, the registered farm products dealer may choose to continue to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>receive one copy of the full monthly list at the beginning of each year or may choose to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>receive only additions and deletions.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>modified to implement this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 336A.14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var><b>336A.14 RESTRICTED USE OF INFORMATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>Any Social Security number information or tax identification number information <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>in the possession of the secretary of state is private data on individuals. Information <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>obtained from the seller of a farm product relative to the Social Security number or tax <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>identification number of the true owner of the farm product and all information obtained <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>from the master or limited list may not be used for purposes that are not related to: (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>purchase of a farm product; (2) taking a security interest against a farm product; or (3) <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>perfecting a farm product statutory lien.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>modified to implement this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 500.221, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Aliens and non-American corporations.</b> Except as hereinafter provided, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>no natural person shall acquire directly or indirectly any interest in agricultural land unless <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>the person is a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident alien of the United <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>States. In addition to the restrictions in section 
         <statute_ref>500.24</statute_ref>, no corporation, partnership, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>limited partnership, trustee, or other business entity shall directly or indirectly, acquire <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>or otherwise obtain any interest, whether legal, beneficial or otherwise, in any title to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>agricultural land unless at least 80 percent of each class of stock issued and outstanding or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>80 percent of the ultimate beneficial interest of the entity is held directly or indirectly by <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>citizens of the United States or permanent resident aliens. This section shall not apply: <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>(1) to agricultural land that may be acquired by devise, inheritance, as security for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>indebtedness, by process of law in the collection of debts, or by any procedure for the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>enforcement of a lien or claim thereon, whether created by mortgage or otherwise. All <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>agricultural land acquired in the collection of debts or by the enforcement of a lien or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>claim shall be disposed of within three years after acquiring ownership;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>(2) to citizens or subjects of a foreign country whose rights to hold land are secured <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>by treaty;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(3) to lands used for transportation purposes by a common carrier, as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>section 
         <statute_ref>218.011, subdivision 10</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>(4) to lands or interests in lands acquired for use in connection with (i) the production <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>of timber and forestry products by a corporation organized under the laws of Minnesota, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>or (ii) mining and mineral processing operations. Pending the development of agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>land for the production of timber and forestry products or mining purposes the land may <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>not be used for farming except under lease to a family farm, a family farm corporation or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>an authorized farm corporation;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>(5) to agricultural land operated for research or experimental purposes if the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>ownership of the agricultural land is incidental to the research or experimental objectives <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>of the person or business entity and the total acreage owned by the person or business <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>entity does not exceed the acreage owned on May 27, 1977;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>(6) to the purchase of any tract of 40 acres or less for facilities incidental to pipeline <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>operation by a company operating a pipeline as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>216G.01, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>(7) to agricultural land and land capable of being used as farmland in vegetable <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>processing operations that is reasonably necessary to meet the requirements of pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>control law or rules; or<br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>(8) to an interest in agricultural land held on the August 1, 2003, by a natural person <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>with a nonimmigrant treaty investment visa, pursuant to United States Code, title 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>section 1101(a)15(E)(ii), if, within five years after August 1, 2003, the person:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>(i) disposes of all agricultural land held; or<br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>(ii) becomes a permanent resident alien of the United States or a United States <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>citizen.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>(9) to an easement taken by an individual or entity for the installation and repair <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>of transmission lines and for wind rights.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 500.221, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> (a) Any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>partnership, trustee, or other business entity prohibited from future acquisition of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>agricultural land may retain title to any agricultural land lawfully acquired within this state <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>prior to June 1, 1981, but shall file a report with the commissioner of agriculture annually <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>before January 31 containing a description of all agricultural land held within this state, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>the purchase price and market value of the land, the use to which it is put, the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>acquisition and any other reasonable information required by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>(b) An individual or entity that qualifies for an exemption under subdivision 2, clause <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>(2) or (9), and owns an interest in agricultural land shall file a report with the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>of agriculture within 30 days of acquisition and annually thereafter by January 31, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>containing a description of all interests in agricultural land held within this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>(c) The commissioner shall make the information available to the public. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>(d) All required annual reports shall include a filing fee of $50 plus $10 for each <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>additional quarter section of land.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 500.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>(a) "Farming" means the production of (1) agricultural products; (2) livestock or <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>livestock products; (3) milk or milk products; or (4) fruit or other horticultural products. It <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>does not include the processing, refining, or packaging of said products, nor the provision <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>of spraying or harvesting services by a processor or distributor of farm products. It does <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>not include the production of timber or forest products, the production of poultry or <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>poultry products, or the feeding and caring for livestock that are delivered to a corporation <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>for slaughter or processing for up to 20 days before slaughter or processing.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>(b) "Family farm" means an unincorporated farming unit owned by one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>persons residing on the farm or actively engaging in farming.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>(c) "Family farm corporation" means a corporation founded for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>farming and the ownership of agricultural land in which the majority of the stock is held <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>by and the majority of the stockholders are persons, the spouses of persons, or current <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>beneficiaries of one or more family farm trusts in which the trustee holds stock in a family <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>farm corporation, related to each other within the third degree of kindred according to <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>the rules of the civil law, and at least one of the related persons is residing on or actively <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>operating the farm, and none of whose stockholders are corporations; provided that a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>family farm corporation shall not cease to qualify as such hereunder by reason of any:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>(1) transfer of shares of stock to a person or the spouse of a person related within <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law to the person making the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>transfer, or to a family farm trust of which the shareholder, spouse, or related person is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>a current beneficiary; or<br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>(2) distribution from a family farm trust of shares of stock to a beneficiary related <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>within the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law to a majority of the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>current beneficiaries of the trust, or to a family farm trust of which the shareholder, spouse, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>or related person is a current beneficiary.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>For the purposes of this section, a transfer may be made with or without <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>consideration, either directly or indirectly, during life or at death, whether or not in trust, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>of the shares in the family farm corporation, and stock owned by a family farm trust are <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>considered to be owned in equal shares by the current beneficiaries.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>(d) "Family farm trust" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>(1) a trust in which:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>(i) a majority of the current beneficiaries are persons or spouses of persons who are <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>related to each other within the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>(ii) all of the current beneficiaries are natural persons or nonprofit corporations <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>or trusts described in the Internal Revenue Code, section 170(c), as amended, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>regulations under that section; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>(iii) one of the family member current beneficiaries is residing on or actively <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>operating the farm; or the trust leases the agricultural land to a family farm unit, a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>family farm corporation, an authorized farm corporation, an authorized livestock farm <br/>
<a id="pl.16.36"></a><var>16.36</var>corporation, a family farm limited liability company, a family farm trust, an authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>farm limited liability company, a family farm partnership, or an authorized farm <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>partnership; or<br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>(2) a charitable remainder trust as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, section 664, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>as amended, and the regulations under that section, and a charitable lead trust as set forth <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>in the Internal Revenue Code, section 170(f), and the regulations under that section.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>(e) "Authorized farm corporation" means a corporation meeting the following <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>standards:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>(1) it has no more than five shareholders, provided that for the purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>section, a husband and wife are considered one shareholder;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>(2) all its shareholders, other than any estate, are natural persons or a family farm <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>trust;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>(3) it does not have more than one class of shares;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>(4) its revenue from rent, royalties, dividends, interest, and annuities does not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>20 percent of its gross receipts;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>(5) shareholders holding 51 percent or more of the interest in the corporation reside <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>on the farm or are actively engaging in farming;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>(6) it does not, directly or indirectly, own or otherwise have an interest in any title to <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>more than 1,500 acres of agricultural land; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>(7) none of its shareholders are shareholders in other authorized farm corporations <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>that directly or indirectly in combination with the corporation own more than 1,500 acres <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>of agricultural land.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>(f) "Authorized livestock farm corporation" means a corporation formed for the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>production of livestock and meeting the following standards:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>(1) it is engaged in the production of livestock other than dairy cattle;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>(2) all its shareholders, other than any estate, are natural persons, family farm trusts, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>or family farm corporations;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>(3) it does not have more than one class of shares;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>(4) its revenue from rent, royalties, dividends, interest, and annuities does not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>20 percent of its gross receipts;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>(5) shareholders holding 75 percent or more of the control, financial, and capital <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>investment in the corporation are farmers, and at least 51 percent of the required <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>percentage of farmers are actively engaged in livestock production;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>(6) it does not, directly or indirectly, own or otherwise have an interest in any title to <br/>
<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>more than 1,500 acres of agricultural land; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>(7) none of its shareholders are shareholders in other authorized farm corporations <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>that directly or indirectly in combination with the corporation own more than 1,500 acres <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>of agricultural land.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>(g) "Agricultural land" means real estate used for farming or capable of being used <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>for farming in this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>(h) "Pension or investment fund" means a pension or employee welfare benefit fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>however organized, a mutual fund, a life insurance company separate account, a common <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>trust of a bank or other trustee established for the investment and reinvestment of money <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>contributed to it, a real estate investment trust, or an investment company as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>United States Code, title 15, section 80a-3.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>(i) "Farm homestead" means a house including adjoining buildings that has been <br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>used as part of a farming operation or is part of the agricultural land used for a farming <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>operation.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>(j) "Family farm partnership" means a limited partnership formed for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>farming and the ownership of agricultural land in which the majority of the interests in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>the partnership is held by and the majority of the partners are natural persons or current <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>beneficiaries of one or more family farm trusts in which the trustee holds an interest in a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>family farm partnership related to each other within the third degree of kindred according <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>to the rules of the civil law, and at least one of the related persons is residing on the farm, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>actively operating the farm, or the agricultural land was owned by one or more of the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>related persons for a period of five years before its transfer to the limited partnership, and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>none of the partners is a corporation. A family farm partnership does not cease to qualify <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>as a family farm partnership because of a:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>(1) transfer of a partnership interest to a person or spouse of a person related within <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law to the person making the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>transfer or to a family farm trust of which the partner, spouse, or related person is a current <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>beneficiary; or<br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>(2) distribution from a family farm trust of a partnership interest to a beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>related within the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law to a majority <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>of the current beneficiaries of the trust, or to a family farm trust of which the partner, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>spouse, or related person is a current beneficiary.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>For the purposes of this section, a transfer may be made with or without <br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>consideration, either directly or indirectly, during life or at death, whether or not in trust, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>of a partnership interest in the family farm partnership, and interest owned by a family <br/>
<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>farm trust is considered to be owned in equal shares by the current beneficiaries.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(k) "Authorized farm partnership" means a limited partnership meeting the following <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>standards:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>(1) it has been issued a certificate from the secretary of state or is registered with the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>county recorder and farming and ownership of agricultural land is stated as a purpose or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>character of the business;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>(2) it has no more than five partners;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>(3) all its partners, other than any estate, are natural persons or family farm trusts;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>(4) its revenue from rent, royalties, dividends, interest, and annuities does not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>20 percent of its gross receipts;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>(5) its general partners hold at least 51 percent of the interest in the land assets of the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>partnership and reside on the farm or are actively engaging in farming not more than 1,500 <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>acres as a general partner in an authorized limited partnership;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>(6) its limited partners do not participate in the business of the limited partnership <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>including operating, managing, or directing management of farming operations;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>(7) it does not, directly or indirectly, own or otherwise have an interest in any title to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>more than 1,500 acres of agricultural land; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>(8) none of its limited partners are limited partners in other authorized farm <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>partnerships that directly or indirectly in combination with the partnership own more than <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>1,500 acres of agricultural land.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>(l) "Family farm limited liability company" means a limited liability company <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>founded for the purpose of farming and the ownership of agricultural land in which the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>majority of the membership interests is held by and the majority of the members are <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>natural persons, or current beneficiaries of one or more family farm trusts in which the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>trustee holds an interest in a family farm limited liability company related to each other <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>within the third degree of kindred according to the rules of the civil law, and at least one of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>the related persons is residing on the farm, actively operating the farm, or the agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>land was owned by one or more of the related persons for a period of five years before <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>its transfer to the limited liability company, and none of the members is a corporation or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>a limited liability company. A family farm limited liability company does not cease to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>qualify as a family farm limited liability company because of:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>(1) a transfer of a membership interest to a person or spouse of a person related <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>within the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law to the person making <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>the transfer or to a family farm trust of which the member, spouse, or related person is <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>a current beneficiary; or<br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>(2) distribution from a family farm trust of a membership interest to a beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.19.36"></a><var>19.36</var>related within the third degree of kindred according to the rules of civil law to a majority <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>of the current beneficiaries of the trust, or to a family farm trust of which the member, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>spouse, or related person is a current beneficiary.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>For the purposes of this section, a transfer may be made with or without <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>consideration, either directly or indirectly, during life or at death, whether or not in trust, of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>a membership interest in the family farm limited liability company, and interest owned by <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>a family farm trust is considered to be owned in equal shares by the current beneficiaries. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>Except for a state or federally chartered financial institution acquiring an encumbrance <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>for the purpose of security or an interest under paragraph (x), a member of a family farm <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>limited liability company may not transfer a membership interest, including a financial <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>interest, to a person who is not otherwise eligible to be a member under this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>(m) "Authorized farm limited liability company" means a limited liability company <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>meeting the following standards:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>(1) it has no more than five members;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(2) all its members, other than any estate, are natural persons or family farm trusts;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>(3) it does not have more than one class of membership interests;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>(4) its revenue from rent, royalties, dividends, interest, and annuities does not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>20 percent of its gross receipts;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>(5) members holding 51 percent or more of both the governance rights and financial <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>rights in the limited liability company reside on the farm or are actively engaged in <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>farming;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>(6) it does not, directly or indirectly, own or otherwise have an interest in any title to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>more than 1,500 acres of agricultural land; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>(7) none of its members are members in other authorized farm limited liability <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>companies that directly or indirectly in combination with the authorized farm limited <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>liability company own more than 1,500 acres of agricultural land.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>Except for a state or federally chartered financial institution acquiring an <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>encumbrance for the purpose of security or an interest under paragraph (x), a member of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>an authorized farm limited liability company may not transfer a membership interest, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>including a financial interest, to a person who is not otherwise eligible to be a member <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>under this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>(n) "Farmer" means a natural person who regularly participates in physical labor or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>operations management in the person's farming operation and files "Schedule F" as part of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>the person's annual Form 1040 filing with the United States Internal Revenue Service.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>(o) "Actively engaged in livestock production" means performing day-to-day <br/>
<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>physical labor or day-to-day operations management that significantly contributes to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.36"></a><var>20.36</var>livestock production and the functioning of a livestock operation.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(p) "Research or experimental farm" means a corporation, limited partnership, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>pension, investment fund, or limited liability company that owns or operates agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>land for research or experimental purposes, provided that any commercial sales from the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>operation are incidental to the research or experimental objectives of the corporation. A <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, or pension or investment fund <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>seeking initial approval by the commissioner to operate agricultural land for research or <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>experimental purposes must first submit to the commissioner a prospectus or proposal of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>the intended method of operation containing information required by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>including a copy of any operational contract with individual participants.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>(q) "Breeding stock farm" means a corporation, limited partnership, or limited <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>liability company, that owns or operates agricultural land for the purpose of raising <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>breeding stock, including embryos, for resale to farmers or for the purpose of growing <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>seed, wild rice, nursery plants, or sod. An entity that is organized to raise livestock <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>other than dairy cattle under this paragraph that does not qualify as an authorized farm <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>corporation must:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>(1) sell all castrated animals to be fed out or finished to farming operations that are <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>neither directly nor indirectly owned by the business entity operating the breeding stock <br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>operation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>(2) report its total production and sales annually to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>(r) "Aquatic farm" means a corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>company, that owns or leases agricultural land as a necessary part of an aquatic farm <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>17.47, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>(s) "Religious farm" means a corporation formed primarily for religious purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>whose sole income is derived from agriculture.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>(t) "Utility corporation" means a corporation regulated under Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>1974, chapter 216B, that owns agricultural land for purposes described in that chapter, or <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>an electric generation or transmission cooperative that owns agricultural land for use in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>its business if the land is not used for farming except under lease to a family farm unit, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>a family farm corporation, a family farm trust, a family farm partnership, or a family <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>farm limited liability company.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>(u) "Development organization" means a corporation, limited partnership, limited <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>liability company, or pension or investment fund that has an interest in agricultural land <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>for which the corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, or pension or <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>investment fund has documented plans to use and subsequently uses the land within <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>six years from the date of purchase for a specific nonfarming purpose, or if the land is <br/>
<a id="pl.21.36"></a><var>21.36</var>zoned nonagricultural, or if the land is located within an incorporated area. A corporation, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>limited partnership, limited liability company, or pension or investment fund may hold <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>agricultural land in the amount necessary for its nonfarm business operation; provided, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>however, that pending the development of agricultural land for nonfarm purposes, the land <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>may not be used for farming except under lease to a family farm unit, a family farm <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>corporation, a family farm trust, an authorized farm corporation, an authorized livestock <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>farm corporation, a family farm partnership, an authorized farm partnership, a family farm <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>limited liability company, or an authorized farm limited liability company, or except when <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>controlled through ownership, options, leaseholds, or other agreements by a corporation <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>that has entered into an agreement with the United States under the New Community Act <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>of 1968 (Title IV of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, United States Code, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>title 42, sections 3901 to 3914) as amended, or a subsidiary or assign of such a corporation.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>(v) "Exempt land" means agricultural land owned or leased by a corporation as of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>May 20, 1973, agricultural land owned or leased by a pension or investment fund as of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>May 12, 1981, agricultural land owned or leased by a limited partnership as of May 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>1988, or agricultural land owned or leased by a trust as of the effective date of Laws 2000, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>chapter 477, including the normal expansion of that ownership at a rate not to exceed 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>percent of the amount of land owned as of May 20, 1973, for a corporation; May 12, 1981, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>for a pension or investment fund; May 1, 1988, for a limited partnership, or the effective <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>date of Laws 2000, chapter 477, for a trust, measured in acres, in any five-year period, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>and including additional ownership reasonably necessary to meet the requirements of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>pollution control rules. A corporation, limited partnership, or pension or investment fund <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>that is eligible to own or lease agricultural land under this section prior to May 1997, or a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>corporation that is eligible to own or lease agricultural land as a benevolent trust under this <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>section prior to the effective date of Laws 2000, chapter 477, may continue to own or lease <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>agricultural land subject to the same conditions and limitations as previously allowed.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>(w) "Gifted land" means agricultural land acquired as a gift, either by grant or devise, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>by an educational, religious, or charitable nonprofit corporation, limited partnership, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>limited liability company, or pension or investment fund if all land so acquired is disposed <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>of within ten years after acquiring the title.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>(x) "Repossessed land" means agricultural land acquired by a corporation, limited <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>partnership, limited liability company, or pension or investment fund by process of law <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>in the collection of debts, or by any procedure for the enforcement of a lien or claim on <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>the land, whether created by mortgage or otherwise if all land so acquired is disposed of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>within five years after acquiring the title. The five-year limitation is a covenant running <br/>
<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>with the title to the land against any grantee, assignee, or successor of the pension or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.36"></a><var>22.36</var>investment fund, corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company. The land <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>so acquired must not be used for farming during the five-year period, except under a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>lease to a family farm unit, a family farm corporation, a family farm trust, an authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>farm corporation, an authorized livestock farm corporation, a family farm partnership, an <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>authorized farm partnership, a family farm limited liability company, or an authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>farm limited liability company. Notwithstanding the five-year divestiture requirement <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>under this paragraph, a financial institution may continue to own the agricultural land if the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>agricultural land is leased to the immediately preceding former owner, but must dispose <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>of the agricultural land within ten years of acquiring the title. Livestock acquired by a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>pension or investment fund, corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>in the collection of debts, or by a procedure for the enforcement of lien or claim on the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>livestock whether created by security agreement or otherwise after August 1, 1994, must <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>be sold or disposed of within one full production cycle for the type of livestock acquired <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>or 18 months after the livestock is acquired, whichever is earlier.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>(y) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>(z) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized under state <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>nonprofit corporation or trust law or qualified for tax-exempt status under federal tax <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>law that uses the land for a specific nonfarming purpose or, leases the agricultural land <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>to a family farm unit, a family farm corporation, an authorized farm corporation, an <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>authorized livestock farm corporation, a family farm limited liability company, a family <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>farm trust, an authorized farm limited liability company, a family farm partnership, or an <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>authorized farm partnership, or actively farms less than 40 acres and uses all profits from <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>the agricultural land for educational purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>(aa) "Current beneficiary" means a person who at any time during a year is entitled <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>to, or at the discretion of any person may, receive a distribution from the income or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>principal of the trust. It does not include a distributee trust, other than a trust described in <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, but does include the current <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>beneficiaries of the distributee trust. It does not include a person in whose favor a power <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>of appointment could be exercised until the holder of the power of appointment actually <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>exercises the power of appointment in that person's favor. It does not include a person who <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>is entitled to receive a distribution only after a specified time or upon the occurrence of a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>specified event until the time or occurrence of the event. For the purposes of this section, a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>distributee trust is a current beneficiary of a family farm trust.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>(bb) "De minimis" means that any corporation, pension or investment fund, limited <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>liability company, or limited partnership that directly or indirectly owns, acquires, or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>otherwise obtains any interest in 40 acres or less of agricultural land and annually receives <br/>
<a id="pl.23.36"></a><var>23.36</var>less than $150 per acre in gross revenue from rental or agricultural production.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.965, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Agricultural lien.</b> "Agricultural lien" means an agricultural lien as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-102(a)(5)</statute_ref> and includes a veterinarian's lien, breeder's lien, livestock <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>production input lien, temporary livestock production input lien, and feeder's lien under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>this section and section 514.966.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.966, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Temporary livestock production input lien; debtor in mediation.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>A supplier furnishing livestock production inputs in the ordinary course of business to a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>debtor who has filed a mediation request under chapter 583 has a livestock production <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>input lien for the unpaid retail cost of the livestock production input. A perfected livestock <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>production input lien that attaches to livestock may not exceed the amount, if any, that the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>sales price of the livestock for which the inputs were received exceeds the greater of the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>fair market value of the livestock at the time the lien attaches or the acquisition price of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>the livestock. A livestock production input lien becomes effective when the agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>production inputs are furnished by the supplier to the purchaser.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>(b) A livestock production input lien under this subdivision applies to livestock <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>production inputs provided to the debtor during the 45 days following a mediation request <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>under chapter 583.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>(c) A person who supplies livestock production inputs under this subdivision shall <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>provide a lien-notification statement as required under subdivision 3, paragraphs (b) <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>and (c), but is not subject to subdivision 3, paragraphs (d) to (f). A perfected temporary <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>livestock production input lien corresponding to the lien-notification statement has priority <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>over any security interest of the lender in the same livestock or their proceeds for the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>lesser of:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>(1) the amount stated in the lien-notification statement; or<br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>(2) the unpaid retail cost of the livestock production input identified in the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>lien-notification statement, subject to any limitation in paragraph (a).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.966, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Scope.</b> A veterinarian's lien, breeder's lien, livestock production input lien, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>temporary livestock production lien, or feeder's lien attaches to the livestock serviced by <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>the agricultural lienholder, and products and proceeds thereof to the extent of the price <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>or value of the service provided.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 514.966, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Perfection.</b> (a) An agricultural lien under this section is perfected if a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>financing statement is filed pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>336.9-501</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>336.9-530</statute_ref> and within the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>time periods set forth in paragraphs (b) to (e) (f).  <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>(b) A veterinarian's lien must be perfected on or before 180 days after the last item <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>of the veterinary service is performed.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>(c) A breeder's lien must be perfected by six months after the last date that breeding <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>services are provided the obligor.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>(d) Except as provided in paragraph (f), a livestock production input lien must be <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>perfected by six months after the last date that livestock production inputs are furnished <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>the obligor.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>(e) A feeder's lien must be perfected on or before 60 days after the last date that <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>feeding services are furnished the obligor.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>(f) A temporary livestock production input lien, under subdivision 3a, must be <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>perfected on or before 60 days after the last date that livestock production inputs are <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>furnished the obligor.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>    Sec. 30. Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivision 4, as amended by <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>Laws 2008, chapter 297, article 1, section 64; and Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 7, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>section 6, is amended to read:<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var><br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4. <b>Bioenergy and Value-Added </b><br/>
<b>Agricultural Products</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,918,000 <br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15,168,000 <br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>$15,168,000 the first year and $15,168,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>the second year are for ethanol producer <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>payments under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>41A.09
         </statute_ref>. If the total amount for which all <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>producers are eligible in a quarter exceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>the amount available for payments, the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>commissioner shall make payments on a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>pro rata basis. If the appropriation exceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>the total amount for which all producers <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>are eligible in a fiscal year for scheduled <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>payments and for deficiencies in payments <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>during previous fiscal years, the balance <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>in the appropriation is available to the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>commissioner for value-added agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>programs including the value-added <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>agricultural product processing and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>marketing grant program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>17.101, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>appropriation remains available until spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>$3,000,000 the first year is for grants to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>bioenergy projects. The NextGen Energy <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>Board shall make recommendations to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>the commissioner on grants for owners of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>Minnesota facilities producing bioenergy, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>organizations that provide for on-station, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>on-farm field scale research and outreach to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>develop and test the agronomic and economic <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>requirements of diverse stands of prairie <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>plants and other perennials for bioenergy <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>systems, or certain nongovernmental <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>entities. For the purposes of this paragraph, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>"bioenergy" includes transportation fuels <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>derived from cellulosic material as well as <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>the generation of energy for commercial heat, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>industrial process heat, or electrical power <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>from cellulosic material via gasification <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>or other processes. The board must give <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>priority to a bioenergy facility that is at <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>least 60 percent owned and controlled by <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>farmers, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>500.24, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>(n), or natural persons residing in the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>county or counties contiguous to where the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>facility is located. Grants are limited to 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>percent of the cost of research, technical <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>assistance, or equipment related to bioenergy <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>production or $1,000,000, whichever is <br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>less. Grants to nongovernmental entities <br/>
<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>for the development of business plans and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.36"></a><var>26.36</var>structures related to community ownership <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>of eligible bioenergy facilities together may <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>not exceed $150,000. The board shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>a good faith effort to select projects that have <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>merit and when taken together represent a <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>variety of bioenergy technologies, biomass <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>feedstocks, and geographic regions of the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>state. Projects must have a qualified engineer <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>certification on the technology and fuel <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>source. Grantees shall provide reports at <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>the request of the commissioner and must <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>actively participate in the Agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>Energy Roundtable. No later than February <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>1, 2009, the commissioner shall report on <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>the projects funded under this appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>to the house and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. The <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>commissioner's costs in administering the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>program may be paid from the appropriation. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>Any unencumbered balance does not cancel <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>at the end of the first year and is available <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>in the second year This appropriation is <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>available until June 30, 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>Minnesota Turf Seed Council for basic <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>and applied agronomic research on native <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>plants, including plant breeding, nutrient <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>management, pest management, disease <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>management, yield, and viability. The grant <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>recipient may subcontract with a qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>third party for some or all of the basic <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>or applied research. The grant recipient <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>must actively participate in the Agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>Energy Roundtable and no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.27.36"></a><var>27.36</var>February 1, 2009, must report to the house <br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>over agriculture finance. This is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>appropriation and is available until spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to a joint <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>venture combined heat and power energy <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>facility located in Scott or LeSueur County <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>for the creation of a centrally located biomass <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>fuel supply depot with the capability of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>unloading, processing, testing, scaling, and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>storing renewable biomass fuels. The grant <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>must be matched by at least $3 of nonstate <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>funds for every $1 of state funds. The grant <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>recipient must actively participate in the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>Agricultural Utilization Research Institute's <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>Renewable Energy Roundtable and no <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>later than February 1, 2009, must report <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>to the house and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. This is <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>a onetime appropriation and is available until <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>$300,000 the first year is for a grant to the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>Bois Forte Band of Chippewa for a feasibility <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>study of a renewable energy biofuels <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>demonstration facility on the Bois Forte <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>Reservation in St. Louis and Koochiching <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>Counties. The grant shall be used by the Bois <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>Forte Band to conduct a detailed feasibility <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>study of the economic and technical viability <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>of developing a multistream renewable <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>energy biofuels demonstration facility <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>on Bois Forte Reservation land to utilize <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>existing forest resources, woody biomass, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>and cellulosic material to produce biofuels or <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>bioenergy. The grant recipient must actively <br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>participate in the Agricultural Utilization <br/>
<a id="pl.28.36"></a><var>28.36</var>Research Institute's Renewable Energy <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>Roundtable and no later than February 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>2009, must report to the house and senate <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>committees with jurisdiction over agriculture <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>finance. This is a onetime appropriation and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>is available until spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>$300,000 the first year is for a grant to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>the White Earth Band of Chippewa for a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>feasibility study of a renewable energy <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>biofuels production, research, and production <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>facility on the White Earth Reservation in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>Mahnomen County. The grant must be used <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>by the White Earth Band and the University <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>of Minnesota to conduct a detailed feasibility <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>study of the economic and technical viability <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>of (1) developing a multistream renewable <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>energy biofuels demonstration facility on <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>White Earth Reservation land to utilize <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>existing forest resources, woody biomass, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>and cellulosic material to produce biofuels or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>bioenergy, and (2) developing, harvesting, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>and marketing native prairie plants and seeds <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>for bioenergy production. The grant recipient <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>must actively participate in the Agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>Energy Roundtable and no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>February 1, 2009, must report to the house <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>over agriculture finance. This is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>appropriation and is available until spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to the Elk <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>River Economic Development Authority for <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>upfront engineering and a feasibility study <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>of the Elk River renewable fuels facility. <br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>The facility must use a plasma gasification <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>process to convert primarily cellulosic <br/>
<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>material, but may also use plastics and other <br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>components from municipal solid waste, as <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>feedstock for the production of methanol <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>for use in biodiesel production facilities. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>Any unencumbered balance in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>2008 does not cancel but is available for <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>fiscal year 2009. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>16A.285</statute_ref>, the agency must <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>not transfer this appropriation. The grant <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>recipient must actively participate in the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>Agricultural Utilization Research Institute's <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>Renewable Energy Roundtable and no <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>later than February 1, 2009, must report <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>to the house and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. This is <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>a onetime appropriation and is available until <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>Chisago County to conduct a detailed <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>feasibility study of the economic and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>technical viability of developing a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>multistream renewable energy biofuels <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>demonstration facility in Chisago, Isanti, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>or Pine County to utilize existing forest <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>material to produce biofuels or bioenergy. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>Chisago County may expend funds to Isanti <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>and Pine Counties and the University of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>Minnesota for any costs incurred as part <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>of the study. The feasibility study must <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>consider the capacity of: (1) the seed bank <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>at Wild River State Park to expand the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>existing prairie grass, woody biomass, and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>cellulosic material resources in Chisago, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>Isanti, and Pine Counties; (2) willing and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>interested landowners in Chisago, Isanti, and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.36"></a><var>30.36</var>Pine Counties to grow cellulosic materials; <br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>and (3) the Minnesota Conservation Corps, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>the sentence to serve program, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>existing workforce programs in east central <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>Minnesota to contribute labor to these efforts. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>The grant recipient must actively participate <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>in the Agricultural Utilization Research <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>Institute's Renewable Energy Roundtable and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>no later than February 1, 2009, must report <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>to the house and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. This is <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>a onetime appropriation and is available until <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>spent. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    Sec. 31. Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivision 5, as amended by <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>Laws 2008, chapter 297, article 1, section 65, is amended to read:<br/>
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<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
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<col width="12"/>
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<col width="12"/>
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<td><a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var><br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5. <b>Administration and Financial </b><br/>
<b>Assistance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,338,000 <br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,751,000 <br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>$1,005,000 the first year and $1,005,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>the second year are for continuation of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>the dairy development and profitability <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>enhancement and dairy business planning <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>grant programs established under Laws 1997, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>chapter 216, section 7, subdivision 2, and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>section 9, subdivision 2 . The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>may allocate the available sums among <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>permissible activities, including efforts to <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>improve the quality of milk produced in the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>state in the proportions that the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>deems most beneficial to Minnesota's dairy <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>farmers. The commissioner must submit a <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>work plan detailing plans for expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>under this program to the chairs of the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>house and senate committees dealing with <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>agricultural policy and budget on or before <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>the start of each fiscal year. If significant <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>changes are made to the plans in the course <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>of the year, the commissioner must notify the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>chairs. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>second year are for the Northern Crops <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>Institute. These appropriations may be spent <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>to purchase equipment. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>second year are for a grant to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>Livestock Breeders Association. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>second year are for grants to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>Agricultural Education Leadership Council <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>for programs of the council under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>Statutes, chapter 41D. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>$600,000 the first year is for grants for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>fertilizer research as awarded by the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>and Education Council under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>18C.71</statute_ref>. The amount <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>available to the commissioner pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>18C.70, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, for administration of this <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>activity is available until February 1, 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>by which time the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>report to the house and senate committees <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>with jurisdiction over agriculture finance. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>The report must include the progress and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>outcome of funded projects as well as the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>sentiment of the council concerning the need <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>for additional research funded through an <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>industry checkoff fee. The amount available <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>for grants is available until June 30, 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>$465,000 the first year and $465,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>second year are for payments to county and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>district agricultural societies and associations <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>38.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. Aid payments to county and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>district agricultural societies and associations <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>shall be disbursed not later than July 15 of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>each year. These payments are the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>aid owed by the state for an annual fair held <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>in the previous calendar year. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>year are for annual grants to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>Turf Seed Council for basic and applied <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>research on the improved production of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>forage and turf seed related to new and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>improved varieties. The grant recipient may <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>subcontract with a qualified third party for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>some or all of the basic and applied research. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>second year are for grants to Second Harvest <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>Heartland on behalf of Minnesota's six <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>Second Harvest food banks for the purchase <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>of milk for distribution to Minnesota's food <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>shelves and other charitable organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>that are eligible to receive food from the food <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>banks. Milk purchased under the grants must <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>be acquired from Minnesota milk processors <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>and based on low-cost bids. The milk must be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>allocated to each Second Harvest food bank <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>serving Minnesota according to the formula <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>used in the distribution of United States <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>Department of Agriculture commodities <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>under The Emergency Food Assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>Program (TEFAP). Second Harvest <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>Heartland must submit quarterly reports <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>to the commissioner on forms prescribed <br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>by the commissioner. The reports must <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>include, but are not limited to, information <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>on the expenditure of funds, the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>of milk purchased, and the organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>to which the milk was distributed. Second <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>Harvest Heartland may enter into contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>or agreements with food banks for shared <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>funding or reimbursement of the direct <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>purchase of milk. Each food bank receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>money from this appropriation may use up to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>two percent of the grant for administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>expenses. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>second year are for transfer to the Board of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>Universities for mental health counseling <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>support to farm families and business <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>operators through farm business management <br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>programs at Central Lakes College and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>Ridgewater College. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>$18,000 the first year and $18,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>second year are for grants to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>Horticultural Society. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>$50,000 is for a grant to the University of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>Minnesota, Department of Horticultural <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>Science, Enology Laboratory, to upgrade <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>and purchase instrumentation to allow <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>rapid and accurate measurement of enology <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>components. This is a onetime appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>and is available until expended.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>    Sec. 32. Laws 2008, chapter 296, article 1, section 25, the effective date, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 1, 2010 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>    Sec. 33. Laws 2009, chapter 94, article 1, section 3, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
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<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="12"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>Administration and Financial </b><br/>
<b>Assistance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">8,177,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="right">7,037,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="126px"/>
<col width="95px"/>
<col width="96px"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td align="center">2010<br/>
</td>
<td align="center">2011<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td>General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">7,377,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">6,237,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Agricultural<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">800,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right">800,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>$780,000 the first year and $755,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>second year are for continuation of the dairy <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>development and profitability enhancement <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>and dairy business planning grant programs <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>established under Laws 1997, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>216, section 7, subdivision 2, and Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>2001, First Special Session chapter 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>section 9, subdivision 2. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>may allocate the available sums among <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>permissible activities, including efforts to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>improve the quality of milk produced in the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>state in the proportions that the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>deems most beneficial to Minnesota's dairy <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>farmers. The commissioner must submit a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>work plan detailing plans for expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>under this program to the chairs of the house <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>of representatives and senate committees <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>dealing with agricultural policy and budget <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>on or before the start of each fiscal year. If <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>significant changes are made to the plans <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>in the course of the year, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>must notify the chairs.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>second year are for the Northern Crops <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>Institute. These appropriations may be spent <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>to purchase equipment.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>second year are for a grant to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>Livestock Breeders Association.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>second year are for grants to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>Agricultural Education and Leadership <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>Council for programs of the council under <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41D.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>$474,000 the first year and $474,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>second year are for payments to county and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>district agricultural societies and associations <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>38.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. Aid payments to county and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>district agricultural societies and associations <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>shall be disbursed no later than July 15 of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>each year. These payments are the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>aid from the state for an annual fair held in <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>the previous calendar year.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>$1,000 the first year and $1,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>year are for grants to the Minnesota State <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>Poultry Association.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>year are for annual grants to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>Turf Seed Council for basic and applied <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>research on the improved production of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>forage and turf seed related to new and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>improved varieties. The grant recipient may <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>subcontract with a qualified third party for <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>some or all of the basic and applied research.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>second year are for annual grants to the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>Minnesota Turf Seed Council for basic <br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>and applied agronomic research on native <br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>plants, including plant breeding, nutrient <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>management, pest management, disease <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>management, yield, and viability. The grant <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>recipient may subcontract with a qualified <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>third party for some or all of the basic <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>or applied research. The grant recipient <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>must actively participate in the Agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>Energy Roundtable and no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>February 1, 2011, must report to the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>representatives and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>second year are for grants to Second Harvest <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>Heartland on behalf of Minnesota's six <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>Second Harvest food banks for the purchase <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>of milk for distribution to Minnesota's food <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>shelves and other charitable organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>that are eligible to receive food from the food <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>banks. Milk purchased under the grants must <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>be acquired from Minnesota milk processors <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>and based on low-cost bids. The milk must be <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>allocated to each Second Harvest food bank <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>serving Minnesota according to the formula <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>used in the distribution of United States <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>Department of Agriculture commodities <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>under The Emergency Food Assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>Program (TEFAP). Second Harvest <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>Heartland must submit quarterly reports <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>to the commissioner on forms prescribed <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>by the commissioner. The reports must <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>include, but are not limited to, information <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>on the expenditure of funds, the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>of milk purchased, and the organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>to which the milk was distributed. Second <br/>
<a id="pl.37.36"></a><var>37.36</var>Harvest Heartland may enter into contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>or agreements with food banks for shared <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>funding or reimbursement of the direct <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>purchase of milk. Each food bank receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>money from this appropriation may use up to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>two percent of the grant for administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>$1,000,000 the first year is for the agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>growth, research, and innovation program <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>41A.12</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>Priority must be given to livestock programs <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>17.118</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>Priority for livestock grants shall be given <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>to persons who are beginning livestock <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>producers and livestock producers who are <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>rebuilding after a disaster that was due to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>natural or other unintended conditions. The <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>commissioner may use up to 4.5 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>of this appropriation for costs incurred to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>administer the program. Any unencumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>year and is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>second year are for transfer to the Board of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>Universities for mental health counseling <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>support to farm families and business <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>operators through farm business management <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>programs at Central Lakes College and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>Ridgewater College.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>$18,000 the first year and $18,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>second year are for grants to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>Horticultural Society.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>section 
         <statute_ref>18C.131</statute_ref>, $800,000 the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>and $800,000 the second year are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>fertilizer account in the agricultural fund <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>for grants for fertilizer research as awarded <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>by the Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>Research and Education Council under <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>18C.71</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>amount appropriated in either fiscal year must <br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>not exceed 57 percent of the inspection fee <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>revenue collected under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>18C.425, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, during the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>previous fiscal year. No later than February <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>1, 2011, the commissioner shall report to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>the legislative committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>over agriculture finance. The report must <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>include the progress and outcome of funded <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>projects as well as the sentiment of the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>council concerning the need for additional <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>research funds. The appropriation for the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>first year is available until June 30, 2013, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>and the appropriation for the second year is <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>available until June 30, 2014.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>$60,000 the first year is for a transfer to the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>University of Minnesota Extension Service <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>for farm-to-school grants to school districts <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>in Minneapolis, Moorhead, White Earth, and <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>Willmar.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var><i>$30,000 is for star farms program </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var><i>development. The commissioner, in </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var><i>consultation with other state and local </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var><i>agencies, farm groups, conservation </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var><i>groups, legislators, and other interested </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var><i>persons, shall develop a proposal for a star </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var><i>farms program. By January 15, 2010, the </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var><i>commissioner shall submit the proposal to </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var><i>the legislative committees and divisions </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var><i>with jurisdiction over agriculture and </i><br/>
<a id="pl.39.36"></a><var>39.36</var><i>environmental policy and finance. This is a </i><br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var><i>onetime appropriation.</i> * (The preceding <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>paragraph beginning "$30,000 is for star <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>farms program" was indicated as vetoed <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>by the governor.)<br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>$25,000 the first year is for the administration <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>of the Feeding Minnesota Task Force, under <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>new Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>31.97</statute_ref>. This <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>    Sec. 34. <b>TERMINAL CAPACITY; REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>The commissioner of agriculture, with assistance from the Office of Energy Security, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>shall determine the total propane and anhydrous ammonia terminal capacity located in <br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>the state and within 100 miles of the state's borders. The commissioner shall also use <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>projected grain yields and other relevant factors to estimate total agricultural demand <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>for propane and anhydrous ammonia in this state in the year 2020 and shall develop a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>detailed plan for fully and economically satisfying this anticipated demand. No later than <br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall present the report to the legislative committees <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>with jurisdiction over agriculture finance.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>    Sec. 35. <b>DAIRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FACILITY; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var><b>COLLABORATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>The commissioner of agriculture shall convene one or more meetings with milk <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>producers, other industry stakeholders, and representatives of the University of Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System whose work relates to the dairy <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>industry to consider the elements of a dairy research and education facility which would <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>represent a partnership between higher education institutions and the dairy industry. No <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>later than February 1, 2011, the commissioner shall provide a report on facility and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>financing options to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>    Sec. 36. <b>BIOENERGY DEVELOPMENT; REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>The commissioner of agriculture shall actively pursue federal and other resources <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>available to promote and achieve greater production and use of biofuels in this state, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>including but not limited to increasing the availability of retail fuel dispensers for E85 and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>intermediate ethanol-gasoline blends. No later than February 15, 2011, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>shall report on activities and accomplishments under this section to the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>    Sec. 37. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.231, is repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 1.141, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Folding of the state flag for presentation or display.</b> The following <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>procedures constitute the proper way to fold the Minnesota State Flag for presentation or <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>display. Fold the flag four times lengthwise so that one section displays the three stars <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>of the state crest and the text "L'Etoile du Nord." Fold each side behind the displayed <br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>section at a 90-degree angle so that the display section forms a triangle. Take the section <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>ending with the hoist and fold it at a 90-degree angle across the bottom of the display <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>section and then fold the hoist back over so it is aligned with the middle of the display <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>section. Fold the other protruding section directly upwards so that its edge is flush with <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>the display section and then fold it upwards along a 45-degree angle so that a mirror <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>of the display section triangle is formed. Fold the mirror section in half from the point <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>upwards, then fold the remaining portion upwards, tucking it between the display section <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>and the remainder of the flag.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 1.141, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Folding of the state flag for storage.</b> When folding the Minnesota State <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>Flag for storage, the proper procedure is to fold and store the flag in the same manner as <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>the national colors.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 190.19, subdivision 2a, is <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Uses; veterans.</b> Money appropriated to the Department of Veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>Affairs from the Minnesota "Support Our Troops" account may be used for:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>    (1) grants to veterans service organizations;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>    (2) outreach to underserved veterans; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>(3) providing services and programs for veterans and their families; and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>(3) (4) transfers to the vehicle services account for Gold Star license plates under <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>168.1253</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.455, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>    Subd. 5a. <b>Teacher hiring.</b> (a) Any public school under the state's Education Code <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>that chooses at any time to use a 100-point hiring method to evaluate applicants for <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>teaching positions is subject to the requirements of subdivisions 4 and 5 for determining <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>veterans preference points.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>(b) Any public school under the state's Education Code opting at any time not to use <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>a 100-point hiring method to evaluate applicants for teaching positions is exempt from <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>the requirements of subdivisions 4 and 5 for determining veterans preference points, but <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>must instead grant to any veteran who applies for a teaching position and who has proper <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>licensure for that position an interview for that position.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 197.46, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var><b>197.46 VETERANS PREFERENCE ACT; REMOVAL FORBIDDEN; RIGHT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var><b>OF MANDAMUS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>Any person whose rights may be in any way prejudiced contrary to any of the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>provisions of this section, shall be entitled to a writ of mandamus to remedy the wrong. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>No person holding a position by appointment or employment in the several counties, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>cities, towns, school districts and all other political subdivisions in the state, who is a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>veteran separated from the military service under honorable conditions, shall be removed <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>from such position or employment except for incompetency or misconduct shown after a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>hearing, upon due notice, upon stated charges, in writing.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>Any veteran who has been notified of the intent to discharge the veteran from an <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>appointed position or employment pursuant to this section shall be notified in writing of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>such intent to discharge and of the veteran's right to request a hearing within 60 days of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>receipt of the notice of intent to discharge. The failure of a veteran to request a hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>within the provided 60-day period shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing. Such <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>failure shall also waive all other available legal remedies for reinstatement.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>Request for a hearing concerning such a discharge shall be made in writing and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>submitted by mail or personal service to the employment office of the concerned employer <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>or other appropriate office or person.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>In all governmental subdivisions having an established civil service board or <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>commission, or merit system authority, such hearing for removal or discharge shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>held before such civil service board or commission or merit system authority. Where no <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>such civil service board or commission or merit system authority exists, such hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>shall be held by a board of three persons appointed as follows: one by the governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>subdivision, one by the veteran, and the third by the two so selected. In the event the two <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>persons so selected do not appoint the third person within ten days after the appointment <br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>of the last of the two, then the judge of the district court of the county wherein the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>proceeding is pending, or if there be more than one judge in said county then any judge in <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>chambers, shall have jurisdiction to appoint, and upon application of either or both of the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>two so selected shall appoint, the third person to the board and the person so appointed <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>by the judge with the two first selected shall constitute the board. The veteran may <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>appeal from the decision of the board upon the charges to the district court by causing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>written notice of appeal, stating the grounds thereof, to be served upon the governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>subdivision or officer making the charges within 15 days after notice of the decision <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>and by filing the original notice of appeal with proof of service thereof in the office of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>the court administrator of the district court within ten days after service thereof. Nothing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>197.455</statute_ref> or this section shall be construed to apply to the position of private <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>secretary, superintendent of schools, or one chief deputy of any elected official or head of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>a department, or to any person holding a strictly confidential relation to the appointing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>officer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the position of teacher. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>The burden of establishing such relationship shall be upon the appointing officer in all <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>proceedings and actions relating thereto.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>All officers, boards, commissions, and employees shall conform to, comply with, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>and aid in all proper ways in carrying into effect the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>197.455</statute_ref> and this <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>section notwithstanding any laws, charter provisions, ordinances or rules to the contrary. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>Any willful violation of such sections by officers, officials, or employees is a misdemeanor.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.481, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Petition.</b> A veteran, as defined by section 
<statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>, who has been <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>denied rights by the state or any political subdivision, municipality, or other public agency <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>of the state as authorized by the Veterans Preference Act under section 
         <statute_ref>43A.11</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>197.46</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>197.48,
         </statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>197.455</statute_ref> may petition the commissioner of veterans affairs for an order directing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>the agency to grant the veteran such relief the commissioner finds justified by said statutes. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>The petition shall be submitted via United States mail and contain:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>(1) the name, address, telephone number, and acknowledged notarized original <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>signature of the veteran;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>(2) the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of all agencies and persons that <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>will be directly affected if the petition is granted;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>(3) a concise statement of the facts giving rise to the veteran's rights and a concise <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>statement showing the manner in which rights were denied;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>(4) a statement of the relief requested.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>(5) a copy of the veteran's Form DD214 (Separation or Discharge from Active Duty).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.481, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Service.</b> Upon receipt and authorization verification of a complete petition <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>herein, the commissioner shall serve a copy of same, by certified mail, on all agencies and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>persons named therein and on such other agencies or persons as in the judgment of the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>commissioner should in justice be parties to the proceeding. The veteran and all agencies <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>and persons served shall be parties to the proceeding.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.481, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Hearing.</b> The commissioner shall hold schedule a hearing on the petition <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>of any party to be held or conducted within 20 120 days of serving, or being served with <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>the authorized and complete petition. The veteran may demand an opportunity to be heard <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>at a time set by the commissioner. A party who fails to demand such hearing within 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>days shall be heard only by permission of the commissioner, except that if any party <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>demands to be heard At the hearing, all parties shall have the right to be heard. A hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>hereunder shall be conducted and orders issued in accord with sections 
         <statute_ref>14.57</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.60</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>and 
         <statute_ref>14.62</statute_ref>, at the office of the commissioner or at a place the commissioner designates. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>The commissioner shall notify all parties, by certified mail, of the date, time, and place <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>of the hearing. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Appointment; administrative support.</b> The county board of any <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>county except Clay County, or the county boards of any two or more counties acting <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>pursuant to the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>197.602</statute_ref>, shall appoint a veterans service officer <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>and shall provide necessary clerical help, office space, equipment, and supplies for the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>officer, together with reimbursement for mileage and other traveling expenses necessarily <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>incurred in the performance of duties; and may appoint one or more assistant veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>service officers who shall have the qualifications prescribed in are qualified under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>197.601
         </statute_ref>. The county board of Clay County may appoint a veterans service officer and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>assistant veterans service officers as provided in this subdivision. The county board or <br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>boards shall provide necessary clerical help, office space, equipment, and supplies for the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>officer, and reimbursement for mileage and other traveling expenses necessarily incurred <br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>in the performance of duties. Subject to the direction and control of the veterans service <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>officer, the assistant veterans service officer may exercise all the powers, and shall perform <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>the duties, of the veterans service officer, and shall be is subject to all the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref> relating to a veterans service officer. Every county officer and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>agency shall cooperate with the veterans service officer and shall provide the officer with <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>information necessary in connection with the performance of duties.  <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.601, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var><b>197.601 QUALIFICATIONS OF VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>No person shall be appointed a veterans service officer or an assistant county <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>veterans service officer under sections 
         <statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref> without the following <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>qualifications unless the person is:  <br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>(1) residence in a resident of the state of Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>(2) citizenship in a citizen of the United States; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>(3) a veteran, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>;. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>(4) education and training for the duties of veterans service officer;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>(5) knowledge of the law and the regulations and rulings of the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>Veterans Administration applicable to cases before it and the administration thereof.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>In addition, a person accepting appointment to the position of county veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>service officer or assistant county veterans service officer or other equivalent assistant <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>position must agree to receive, within six months of the appointment, training and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>education for the duties of the position, including development of an effective working <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>knowledge of relevant laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>Department of Veterans Affairs, as applicable to veterans cases before the department and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>the administration of those cases.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.605, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var><b>197.605 </b><b>SUPERVISION</b><b> DEPARTMENT AS A RESOURCE TO COUNTIES</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Methods of operation</b><b> Resources available</b><b>.</b> Every veterans service <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>officer appointed under sections 
<statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref> shall be under the general supervision <br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>of the commissioner of veterans affairs as to methods of operation. The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>veterans affairs shall make resources available within the Department of Veterans Affairs <br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>to every county that operates a county veterans service office, to assist the county with <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>maintaining efficient and effective services to veterans. To receive available resources <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>from the department, a county must formally request them from the commissioner and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>invite the commissioner or the commissioner's designee or designees into the county <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>as necessary to provide those resources. The commissioner shall consult with the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>Association of Minnesota Counties and the Minnesota Association of County Veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>Service Officers in developing a list of resources available to counties in support of their <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>county veterans service offices.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Use of agencies to present claims.</b> Every veterans service officer and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>assistant veterans service officer appointed under sections 
         <statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref> shall use <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs or any organization recognized by the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>United States Department of Veterans Administration Affairs, as may be designated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>veteran by power of attorney, in the presentation of claims to the United States Department <br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>of Veterans Administration Affairs for the benefits referred to in section 
         <statute_ref>197.603</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rules.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs shall have authority to <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>prescribe such rules as are necessary for compliance with this section and the efficient <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>uniform administration of sections 
<statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref>. Such rules shall not apply to the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>appointment, tenure, compensation, or working conditions of a veterans service officer <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>appointed under sections 
<statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Certification.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>certification process for veterans service officers. In doing so, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>consult with the Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.606, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var><b>197.606 CLASSED AS COUNTY EMPLOYEES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>Veterans service officers and assistant veterans service officers appointed under <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref> are employees of the counties by which they are employed, and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>are under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of such those counties and the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>of Veterans Affairs as herein provided.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.609, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment and administration.</b> An education program for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>county veterans service officers is established to be administered by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>veterans affairs, with assistance and advice from the Minnesota Association of County <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>Veterans Service Officers.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.609, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> To be eligible for the program in this section, a person must <br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>currently be employed as a county veterans service officer or assistant county veterans <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>service officer, as authorized by sections 
         <statute_ref>197.60</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>197.606</statute_ref>, and be certified to serve in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>that position by the commissioner of veterans affairs or be serving a probationary period <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>as authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>197.60, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>section.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>    (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of veterans affairs.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>    (c) "Deceased veteran" means a veteran who was a Minnesota resident within six <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>months of the time of the person's entry into the United States armed forces and who has <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>died as a result of that the person's military service, as determined by the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>Veterans Administration, and who was a resident of this state: (1) within six months of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>entering the United States armed forces, or (2) for the six months preceding the veteran's <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>date of death. <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    (d) "Eligible child" means a person who:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>    (1) is the natural or adopted son or daughter child or stepchild of a deceased veteran; <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>    (2) is a student making satisfactory academic progress at an eligible institution <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>of higher education.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>    (e) "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary educational institution located in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>this state that either (1) is operated by this state, or (2) is operated publicly or privately <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>and, as determined by the office, maintains academic standards substantially equivalent <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>to those of comparable institutions operated in this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>    (f) "Eligible spouse" means the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>    (g) "Eligible veteran" means a veteran who:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>    (1) is a student making satisfactory academic progress at an eligible institution <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>of higher education;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    (2) had Minnesota as the person's state of residence at the time of the person's <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>enlistment or any reenlistment into the United States armed forces, as shown by the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>person's federal form DD-214 or other official documentation to the satisfaction of the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>    (3) except for benefits under this section, has no remaining military or veteran-related <br/>
<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>educational assistance benefits for which the person may have been entitled; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    (4) while using the educational assistance authorized in this section, remains a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>resident student as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101, subdivision 8</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>    (h) "Satisfactory academic progress" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>subdivision 10.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>    (i) "Student" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101, subdivision 7</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>    (j) "Veteran" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010, for educational benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>provided to an eligible child or eligible spouse on or after that date.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>    Sec. 16. <b>PLANNING NEW VETERANS CEMETERIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine a suitable site and plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>three new state veterans cemeteries, one to be located  in northeastern Minnesota, one to <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>be located in southeastern Minnesota, and one to be located in southwestern Minnesota. <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>In determining the site for a cemetery, the commissioner shall consider available public <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>land options and shall seek proposals for donated land from interested counties, local <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>communities, civic organizations, veterans service organizations, and individuals. For <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>the veterans cemetery in southwestern Minnesota, the commissioner must work with the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>commissioner of natural resources to secure a cemetery site at Fort Ridgely State Park, if <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>feasible, or on other public land in that immediate vicinity.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>The commissioner's planning process for a state veterans cemetery must include, at a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>minimum, the following actions:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>(1) determining the need for the cemetery;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>(2) investigating the availability of suitable land for the cemetery;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>(3) assessment of impacts of the cemetery;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>(4) encouragement of support from veteran service organizations and local <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>governments; and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>(5) preparation and submission of a preapplication for a grant from the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>Department of Veterans Affairs for commitment of funding for establishing the cemetery.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the chair and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>member of the house of representatives and senate committees having responsibility for <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>veterans affairs with a report of the commissioner's progress in implementing this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>    Sec. 17. <b>NONCOMPLIANCE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>A county that on July 1, 2010, is noncompliant with regard to the qualifications of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>an assistant county veterans service officer, under Minnesota Statutes, section 197.601, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>must comply with the requirements of that section no later than June 30, 2013, and must <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>remain in compliance after that date.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>    Sec. 18. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>Sections 1, 2, and 16 are effective the day following final enactment. All other <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>sections are effective July 1, 2010.<br/>