<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>equipment grant program; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. <b>[17.119] VARIABLE RATE FERTILIZER APPLICATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>this subdivision have the meanings given.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>(b) "Eligible person" means a partnership, corporation, cooperative, or other legal <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>business structure that applies fertilizer to agricultural land for hire.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(c) "Eligible equipment" means variable rate fertilizer application machinery or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>equipment that is capable of applying three or more products simultaneously at variable <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>rates.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Grant program; administration.</b> The commissioner of agriculture shall <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>administer a grant program to partially reimburse an eligible person for the purchase of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>eligible equipment. Before receiving a grant, an eligible person must submit an affidavit <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture certifying that the eligible person <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>or the eligible person's agent will use the eligible equipment to fertilize at least 5,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>agricultural acres in this state in each of the following five years. A grant may not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>ten percent of the amount paid by the eligible person to purchase the eligible equipment. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>If eligible grant applications exceed available funds, the commissioner of agriculture may <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>develop and employ an equitable lottery system to select grant recipients.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    Sec. 2. <b>APPROPRIATION; VARIABLE RATE FERTILIZER APPLICATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><b>EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>$2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the clean water fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>commissioner of agriculture to award grants under section 1.<br/>