1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for agriculture, environment, 
1.3 	and natural resources; modifying disposition of certain revenue; providing 
1.4 	compensation for certain bee deaths caused by pesticide poisoning; establishing 
1.5 	pollinator emergency response team; creating industrial hemp pilot program; 
1.6 	defining terms; providing for nonresident off-highway motorcycle state trail 
1.7 	pass; creating account; providing for certain grants; requiring certain recycling; 
1.8 	modifying solid waste reduction and recycling goals; modifying certain report 
1.9 	requirements; regulating harmful chemicals in children's products; modifying 
1.10 	water use permit processing fee requirements; providing for state parks and 
1.11 	trails license plates; providing for commercial dog and cat breeder licensing and 
1.12 	inspection; providing for Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center; modifying 
1.13 	prior appropriations; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking; providing 
1.14 	criminal penalties;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.643, 
1.15 	subdivision 6; 13.7411, subdivision 8; 18B.01, by adding subdivisions; 18B.03, 
1.16 	by adding a subdivision; 18B.04; 84.788, subdivision 2; 85.053, subdivision 2; 
1.17 	85.34, subdivision 7; 85A.02, subdivision 2; 103G.271, subdivision 6; 115A.151; 
1.18 	115A.55, subdivision 4; 115A.551, subdivisions 1, 2a; 115A.557, subdivisions 2, 
1.19 	3; 116.9401; 116.9402; 116.9403; 116.9405; 116.9406; Laws 2008, chapter 363, 
1.20 	article 5, section 4, subdivision 7, as amended; Laws 2012, chapter 249, section 
1.21 	11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 18B; 19; 84; 85; 
1.22 	87A; 116; 168; 347; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.23 	18K; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 2.
1.24 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.25 	ARTICLE 1
1.26 	AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
1.27 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.28	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.29 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.30 	in this article.

2.1							2015
	
2.2	General
					$
	16,000,000
	
2.3	Natural Resources
						900,000
	
2.4	Game and Fish
						3,000
	
2.5
2.6	Environment and Natural 
Resources Trust 
						490,000
	
2.7	Total
					$
	17,393,000

2.8	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.9 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to the 
2.10 	appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 114, or appropriated to the agencies and for the 
2.11 	purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, or another 
2.12 	named fund, and are available for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figure 
2.13 	"2015" used in this article means that the addition to the appropriations listed under them 
2.14 	are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015.

2.15				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.16				Available for the Year
	
2.17				Ending June 30
	
2.18							2015

2.19	Sec. 3. AGRICULTURE.

2.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	1,911,000
	
2.21 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.22 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.23 	subdivisions.

2.24	Subd. 2.Department of Agriculture
 				1,601,000
	
2.25 	$1,500,000 in 2015 is for a grant to Second 
2.26 	Harvest Heartland on behalf of the six 
2.27 	Feeding America food banks that serve 
2.28 	Minnesota to compensate agricultural 
2.29 	producers and processors for costs incurred 
2.30 	to harvest and package for transfer surplus 
2.31 	fruits, vegetables, or other agricultural 
2.32 	commodities that would otherwise go 
2.33 	unharvested or be discarded. Surplus 
2.34 	commodities must be distributed statewide 
2.35 	to food shelves and other charitable 
3.1 	organizations that are eligible to receive 
3.2 	food from the food banks. Surplus food 
3.3 	acquired under this appropriation must be 
3.4 	from Minnesota producers and processors. 
3.5 	Second Harvest Heartland must report when 
3.6 	required by, and in the form prescribed by, 
3.7 	the commissioner. Second Harvest Heartland 
3.8 	may use up to 11 percent of the grant for 
3.9 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
3.10 	is added to the base.
3.11 	$100,000 in 2015 is to compensate experts 
3.12 	evaluating pollinator death or illness as 
3.13 	authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.14 	18B.04. $65,000 is added to the base.
3.15 	$1,000 in 2015 is for the industrial hemp 
3.16 	report required under article 2. This is a 
3.17 	onetime appropriation.

3.18	Subd. 3.Board of Animal Health
 				310,000
	
3.19 	$310,000 in 2015 is to administer the dog and 
3.20 	cat breeder licensing and inspection program. 
3.21 	The base in fiscal year 2016 is $426,000 and 
3.22 	the base in fiscal year 2017 is $435,000.

3.23	Sec. 4. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

3.24	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	7,336,000
	
3.25 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.26 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.27 	subdivisions.

3.28	Subd. 2.Water
 						1,000
	
3.29 	$1,000 in 2015 is to compile information 
3.30 	on the presence of plastic microbeads in the 
3.31 	state's waters and their potential impacts 
3.32 	on aquatic ecosystems and human health, 
3.33 	in consultation with the University of 
4.1 	Minnesota. No later than December 15, 
4.2 	2014, the commissioner must present the 
4.3 	information to the legislative committees 
4.4 	with jurisdiction over environment and 
4.5 	natural resources policy and finance and 
4.6 	make recommendations. This is a onetime 
4.7 	appropriation.

4.8
4.9	Subd. 3.Environmental 
Assistance and Cross-Media
 						7,335,000
	
4.10 	$7,000,000 in 2015 is for the purposes 
4.11 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.557, 
4.12 	subdivision 2. This appropriation is added 
4.13 	to the base.
4.14 	$335,000 in 2015 is for costs incurred 
4.15 	implementing Minnesota Statutes, sections 
4.16 	116.9401 to 116.9425. This is a onetime 
4.17 	appropriation.

4.18	Sec. 5. NATURAL RESOURCES

4.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	2,107,000

4.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.21	General
		1,654,000
	
4.22	Game and Fish
		3,000
	
4.23	Natural Resources 
		450,000
	
4.24 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
4.25 	purpose are specified in the following 
4.26 	subdivisions.

4.27	Subd. 2.Ecological and Water Resources
 				50,000
	
4.28 	$50,000 in 2015 is for a study of the effects 
4.29 	of the Lake Emily dam in Crow Wing County 
4.30 	on water clarity and water levels in Lake 
4.31 	Emily, Lake Mary, and the Little Pine River. 
4.32 	This is a onetime appropriation.

4.33
4.34	Subd. 3.Parks and Trails 
Management
 						2,045,000
	
5.1 	$1,595,000 in 2015 is for the improvement, 
5.2 	maintenance, and conditions of facilities and 
5.3 	infrastructure in state parks for safety and 
5.4 	general use. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.5 	$450,000 in 2015 is from the natural 
5.6 	resources fund for state trail, park, and 
5.7 	recreation area operations. This appropriation 
5.8 	is from the revenue deposited in the natural 
5.9 	resources fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.10 	section 297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (2). 
5.11 	This is a onetime appropriation.

5.12
5.13	Subd. 4.Fish and Wildlife 
Management
 						12,000
	
5.14 	$3,000 in 2015 is from the game and fish fund 
5.15 	for a report on aquatic plant management 
5.16 	permitting policies for the management 
5.17 	of narrow-leaved and hybrid cattail in a 
5.18 	range of basin types across the state. The 
5.19 	report shall be submitted to the chairs and 
5.20 	ranking minority members of the house of 
5.21 	representatives and senate committees with 
5.22 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
5.23 	resources by December 15, 2014, and include 
5.24 	recommendations for any necessary changes 
5.25 	in statutes, rules, or permitting procedures. 
5.26 	This is a onetime appropriation.
5.27 	$9,000 in 2015 is for the commissioner, 
5.28 	in consultation with interested parties, 
5.29 	agencies, and other states, to develop a 
5.30 	detailed restoration plan to recover the 
5.31 	historical native population of bobwhite 
5.32 	quail in Minnesota for its ecological and 
5.33 	recreational benefits to the citizens of the 
5.34 	state. The commissioner shall conduct public 
5.35 	meetings in developing the plan. No later 
5.36 	than January 15, 2015, the commissioner 
6.1 	must report on the plan's progress to the 
6.2 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
6.3 	environment and natural resources policy 
6.4 	and finance. This is a onetime appropriation.

6.5	Sec. 6. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 			$
	450,000
	
6.6 	$450,000 in 2015 is from the natural 
6.7 	resources fund for metropolitan area regional 
6.8 	parks and trails maintenance and operations. 
6.9 	This appropriation is from the revenue 
6.10 	deposited in the natural resources fund 
6.11 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
6.12 	paragraph (e), clause (3). This is a onetime 
6.13 	appropriation.

6.14	Sec. 7. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 			$
	5,589,000

6.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.16	General
		5,099,000
	
6.17
6.18
6.19	Environment and 
Natural Resources 
Trust 
		490,000
	
6.20 	$ 5,099,000 in 2015 is from the general fund 
6.21 	for the Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests 
6.22 	Center requested under this act, including a 
6.23 	director, graduate students, and necessary 
6.24 	supplies. This is a onetime appropriation and 
6.25 	is available until June 30, 2025.
6.26 	$490,000 in 2015 is from the environment 
6.27 	and natural resources trust fund for the 
6.28 	Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center 
6.29 	requested under this act, including a director, 
6.30 	graduate students, and necessary supplies. 
6.31 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
6.32 	available until June 30, 2025.
6.33 	$970,000 from the environment and natural 
6.34 	resources trust fund appropriated in Laws 
7.1 	2011, First Special Session chapter 2, article 
7.2 	3, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (d), 
7.3 	Reinvest in Minnesota Wetlands Reserve 
7.4 	Acquisition and Restoration Program 
7.5 	Partnership, is transferred to the Board of 
7.6 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
7.7 	the Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests 
7.8 	Center requested under this act, including a 
7.9 	director, graduate students, and necessary 
7.10 	supplies and is available until June 30, 2025.

7.11 	ARTICLE 2
7.12 	AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
7.13 	FISCAL IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

7.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.643, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
7.15 		Subd. 6.Animal premises data. (a) The following data collected and maintained 
7.16 	by the Board of Animal Health related to registration and identification of premises and 
7.17 	animals under chapter 35, are classified as private or nonpublic:
7.18 	(1) the names and addresses;
7.19 	(2) the location of the premises where animals are kept; and
7.20 	(3) the identification number of the premises or the animal.
7.21 	(b) Except as provided in section 347.58, subdivision 5, data collected and 
7.22 	maintained by the Board of Animal Health under sections 347.57 to 347.64 are classified 
7.23 	as private or nonpublic.
7.24 	(b) (c) The Board of Animal Health may disclose data collected under paragraph (a)
7.25 	 or (b) to any person, agency, or to the public if the board determines that the access will 
7.26 	aid in the law enforcement process or the protection of public or animal health or safety.

7.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.7411, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
7.28 		Subd. 8.Pollution Control Agency. (a) Hazardous waste generators.
7.29 	Information provided by hazardous waste generators under section 473.151 and for which 
7.30 	confidentiality is claimed is governed by section 116.075, subdivision 2.
7.31 	(b) Tests. Trade secret information made available by applicants for certain projects 
7.32 	of the Pollution Control Agency is classified under section 116.54.
7.33 	(c) Priority chemicals. Information submitted to the Pollution Control Agency 
7.34 	related to priority chemicals in children's products is classified under section 116.9403.

8.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.2 	to read:
8.3 		Subd. 1c.Apiary. "Apiary" means a place where a collection of one or more hives 
8.4 	or colonies of bees or the nuclei of bees are kept.

8.5 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.6 	to read:
8.7 		Subd. 2a.Bee. "Bee" means any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera (L).

8.8 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.9 	to read:
8.10 		Subd. 2b.Bee owner. "Bee owner" means a person who owns an apiary.

8.11 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.12 	to read:
8.13 		Subd. 4c.Colony. "Colony" means the aggregate of worker bees, drones, the queen, 
8.14 	and developing young bees living together as a family unit in a hive or other dwelling.

8.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.16 	to read:
8.17 		Subd. 11a.Hive. "Hive" means a frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log gum, skep, 
8.18 	or any other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or any part of one, which is 
8.19 	used as domicile for bees.

8.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.21 	to read:
8.22 		Subd. 20a.Pollinator. "Pollinator" means an insect that pollinates flowers.

8.23 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.24 	to read:
8.25 		Subd. 4.Pollinator enforcement. The commissioner may take enforcement action 
8.26 	under chapter 18D for a violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter, 
8.27 	that results in harm to pollinators, including but not limited to applying a pesticide in 
8.28 	a manner inconsistent with the pesticide product's label or labeling and resulting in 
8.29 	pollinator death or willfully applying pesticide in a manner inconsistent with the pesticide 
9.1 	product's label or labeling. The commissioner must deposit any penalty collected under 
9.2 	this subdivision in the pesticide regulatory account in section 18B.05.

9.3 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18B.04, is amended to read:
9.4 	18B.04 PESTICIDE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT.
9.5 	(a) The commissioner shall:
9.6 	(1) determine the impact of pesticides on the environment, including the impacts on 
9.7 	surface water and groundwater in this state;
9.8 	(2) develop best management practices involving pesticide distribution, storage, 
9.9 	handling, use, and disposal; and
9.10 	(3) cooperate with and assist other state agencies and local governments to protect 
9.11 	public health, pollinators, and the environment from harmful exposure to pesticides.
9.12 	(b) The commissioner may assemble a group of experts under section 16C.10, 
9.13 	subdivision 2, to consult in the investigation of pollinator deaths or illnesses. The group of 
9.14 	experts may include representatives from local, state, and federal agencies; academia; the 
9.15 	state pollinator bank; or other professionals as deemed necessary by the commissioner.

9.16 	Sec. 11. [18B.055] COMPENSATION FOR BEES KILLED BY PESTICIDE; 
9.17 	APPROPRIATION.
9.18 		Subdivision 1.Compensation required. (a) The commissioner of agriculture 
9.19 	must compensate a person for an acute pesticide poisoning resulting in the death of bees 
9.20 	owned by the person, provided: 
9.21 	(1) the person who applied the pesticide cannot be determined;
9.22 	(2) the person who applied the pesticide did so in a manner consistent with the 
9.23 	pesticide product's label or labeling; or 
9.24 	(3) the person who applied the pesticide did so in a manner inconsistent with the 
9.25 	pesticide product's label or labeling.
9.26 	(b) Except as provided in this section, the bee owner is entitled to the fair market 
9.27 	value of the dead bees as determined by the commissioner upon recommendation by 
9.28 	academic experts and bee keepers. In any fiscal year, a bee owner must not be compensated 
9.29 	for a claim that is less than $100 or compensated more than $20,000 for all eligible claims.
9.30 		Subd. 2.Applicator responsible. In the event a person applies a pesticide in a 
9.31 	manner inconsistent with the pesticide product's label or labeling requirements as approved 
9.32 	by the commissioner and is determined to have caused the acute pesticide poisoning of 
9.33 	bees, resulting in death, kept for commercial purposes, then the person so identified must 
10.1 	bear the responsibility of restitution for the value of the bees to the bee owner. In such 
10.2 	cases the commissioner must not provide compensation as provided in this section.
10.3 		Subd. 3.Claim form. The bee owner must file a claim on forms provided by the 
10.4 	commissioner and available on the Department of Agriculture's Web site.
10.5 		Subd. 4.Determination. The commissioner must determine whether the death of 
10.6 	the bees was caused by an acute pesticide poisoning, whether the pesticide applicator can 
10.7 	be determined, and whether the pesticide applicator applied the pesticide product in a 
10.8 	manner consistent with the pesticide product's label or labeling.
10.9 		Subd. 5.Payments; denial of compensation. (a) If the commissioner determines 
10.10 	the bee death was caused by an acute pesticide poisoning and either the pesticide 
10.11 	applicator cannot be determined or the pesticide applicator applied the pesticide product in 
10.12 	a manner consistent with the pesticide product's label or labeling, the commissioner may 
10.13 	award compensation from the pesticide regulatory account. If the pesticide applicator can 
10.14 	be determined and the applicator applied the pesticide product in a manner inconsistent 
10.15 	with the product's label or labeling, the commissioner may collect a penalty from the 
10.16 	pesticide applicator sufficient to compensate the bee owner for the fair market value of the 
10.17 	dead bees and must award the money to the bee owner.
10.18 	(b) If the commissioner denies compensation claimed by a bee owner under this 
10.19 	section, the commissioner must issue a written decision based upon the available evidence. 
10.20 	The decision must include specification of the facts upon which the decision is based and 
10.21 	the conclusions on the material issues of the claim. The commissioner must mail a copy 
10.22 	of the decision to the bee owner.
10.23 	(c) A decision to deny compensation claimed under this section is not subject to the 
10.24 	contested case review procedures of chapter 14, but may be reviewed upon a trial de 
10.25 	novo in a court in the county where the loss occurred. The decision of the court may be 
10.26 	appealed as in other civil cases. Review in court may be obtained by filing a petition for 
10.27 	review with the administrator of the court within 60 days following receipt of a decision 
10.28 	under this section. Upon the filing of a petition, the administrator must mail a copy to the 
10.29 	commissioner and set a time for hearing within 90 days of the filing.
10.30 		Subd. 6.Deduction from payment. In order to be eligible for compensation under 
10.31 	this section, a bee owner must document that at the time of the loss the bee owner had 
10.32 	insurance sufficient to cover up to 50 percent of the total value of the owner's colony. 
10.33 	The commissioner must reduce payments made under this section by any compensation 
10.34 	received by the bee owner as proceeds from an insurance policy or from another source.
11.1 		Subd. 7.Appropriation. The amount necessary to pay claims under this section, 
11.2 	not to exceed $150,000 per fiscal year, is appropriated from the pesticide regulatory 
11.3 	account in section 18B.05.

11.4 	Sec. 12. [18K.01] DEFINITIONS.
11.5 		Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
11.6 		Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
11.7 		Subd. 3.Industrial hemp. "Industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. 
11.8 	and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol 
11.9 	concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

11.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

11.11 	Sec. 13. [18K.03] PILOT PROGRAM; OTHER RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.
11.12 		Subdivision 1.Authorized activity. The commissioner may grow or cultivate 
11.13 	industrial hemp pursuant to a pilot program administered by the commissioner to study 
11.14 	the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp. The commissioner may 
11.15 	authorize institutions of higher education to grow or cultivate industrial hemp as part 
11.16 	of the commissioner's pilot program or as is necessary to perform other agricultural or 
11.17 	academic research.
11.18 		Subd. 2.Site registration. Before growing or cultivating industrial hemp, each site 
11.19 	must be certified by and registered with the commissioner. A person must register each 
11.20 	site in the form prescribed by the commissioner.
11.21 		Subd. 3.Rulemaking. The commissioner may adopt rules that govern the pilot 
11.22 	program in accordance with this section and Public Law 113-79.

11.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

11.24 	Sec. 14. [19.70] DEFINITIONS.
11.25 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter the terms defined in this 
11.26 	section have the meanings given.
11.27 		Subd. 2.Abandoned apiary. "Abandoned apiary" means any apiary not regularly 
11.28 	attended in accordance with good beekeeping practices and which constitutes a disease or 
11.29 	parasite hazard to the beekeeping industry.
11.30 		Subd. 3.Africanized honeybees. "Africanized honeybees" means Africanized 
11.31 	honeybees using United States Department of Agriculture standards.
12.1 		Subd. 4.Bee diseases. "Bee diseases" means infectious, contagious, or harmful 
12.2 	diseases including but not limited to: American or European foulbrood, sacbrood, 
12.3 	chalkbrood, Nosema, bee paralysis, or abnormal condition of egg, larval, pupal, or adult 
12.4 	stages of bees.
12.5 		Subd. 5.Bee equipment. "Bee equipment" means hives, supers, frames, veils, 
12.6 	gloves, and any apparatus, tool, machine, vehicle, or other device used in the handling, 
12.7 	moving, or manipulating of bees, honey, wax, or hives, including containers of honey or 
12.8 	wax which may be used in an apiary or in transporting bees and their products and apiary 
12.9 	supplies.
12.10 		Subd. 6.Beekeeper. "Beekeeper" means a person who keeps bees.
12.11 		Subd. 7.Beekeeping. "Beekeeping" means the moving, raising, and producing of 
12.12 	bees, beeswax, honey, related products, and pollination.
12.13 		Subd. 8.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture 
12.14 	or the commissioner's authorized agents.
12.15 		Subd. 9.Department. "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
12.16 		Subd. 10.Exotic parasite. "Exotic parasite" means any parasite harmful to bees 
12.17 	including but not limited to: Varroa jacobsoni, Tropilaelaps clareae, or Acarapis woodi.
12.18 		Subd. 11.Queen apiary. "Queen apiary" means any apiary or premises in which 
12.19 	queen bees are reared or kept for sale or gift.

12.20 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.788, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.21 		Subd. 2.Exemptions. Registration is not required for off-highway motorcycles:
12.22 	(1) owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the state, 
12.23 	another state, or a political subdivision;
12.24 	(2) registered in another state or country that have not been within this state for 
12.25 	more than 30 consecutive days; or
12.26 	(3) registered under chapter 168, when operated on forest roads to gain access to a 
12.27 	state forest campground;
12.28 	(4) used exclusively in organized track racing events;
12.29 	(5) operated on state or grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a nonresident 
12.30 	off-highway motorcycle state trail pass; or
12.31 	(6) operated by a person participating in an event for which the commissioner has 
12.32 	issued a special use permit.

12.33 	Sec. 16. [84.7945] NONRESIDENT OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE STATE 
12.34 	TRAIL PASS.
13.1 		Subdivision 1.Pass required; fee. (a) A tribal member exempt from registration 
13.2 	under section 84.788, subdivision 2, clause (2), or a nonresident, may not operate an 
13.3 	off-highway motorcycle on a state or grant-in-aid off-highway motorcycle trail unless the 
13.4 	operator carries a valid nonresident off-highway motorcycle state trail pass in immediate 
13.5 	possession. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a conservation 
13.6 	officer, or an employee designated under section 84.0835.
13.7 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue a pass upon application and 
13.8 	payment of a $20 fee. The pass is valid from January 1 through December 31. Fees 
13.9 	collected under this section, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be 
13.10 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the off-highway motorcycle account in 
13.11 	the natural resources fund and, except for the electronic licensing system commission 
13.12 	established by the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, must be used for 
13.13 	grants-in-aid to counties and municipalities for off-highway motorcycle organizations to 
13.14 	construct and maintain off-highway motorcycle trails and use areas.
13.15 	(c) A nonresident off-highway motorcycle state trail pass is not required for:
13.16 	(1) an off-highway motorcycle that is owned and used by the United States, another 
13.17 	state, or a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from registration under section 
13.18 	84.788, subdivision 2;
13.19 	(2) a person operating an off-highway motorcycle only on the portion of a trail that 
13.20 	is owned by the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent; or
13.21 	(3) a nonresident operating an off-highway motorcycle that is registered according 
13.22 	to section 84.788.
13.23 		Subd. 2.License agents. The commissioner may appoint agents to issue and sell 
13.24 	nonresident off-highway motorcycle state trail passes. The commissioner may revoke the 
13.25 	appointment of an agent at any time. The commissioner may adopt additional rules as 
13.26 	provided in section 97A.485, subdivision 11. An agent shall observe all rules adopted 
13.27 	by the commissioner for accounting and handling of passes pursuant to section 97A.485, 
13.28 	subdivision 11. An agent shall promptly deposit and remit all money received from the 
13.29 	sale of the passes, exclusive of the issuing fee, to the commissioner.
13.30 		Subd. 3.Issuance of passes. The commissioner and agents shall issue and sell 
13.31 	nonresident off-highway motorcycle state trail passes. The commissioner shall also make 
13.32 	the passes available through the electronic licensing system established under section 
13.33 	84.027, subdivision 15.
13.34 		Subd. 4.Agent's fee. In addition to the fee for a pass, an issuing fee of $1 per pass 
13.35 	shall be charged. The issuing fee may be retained by the seller of the pass. Issuing fees 
13.36 	for passes issued by the commissioner shall be deposited in the off-highway motorcycle 
14.1 	account in the natural resources fund and retained for the operation of the electronic 
14.2 	licensing system.
14.3 		Subd. 5.Duplicate passes. The commissioner and agents shall issue a duplicate 
14.4 	pass to persons whose pass is lost or destroyed using the process established under section 
14.5 	97A.405, subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate nonresident 
14.6 	off-highway motorcycle state trail pass is $2, with an issuing fee of 50 cents.

14.7 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.8 		Subd. 2.Requirement. Except as provided in section 85.054, a motor vehicle 
14.9 	may not enter a state park, state recreation area, or state wayside over 50 acres in area, 
14.10 	without a state park permit issued under this section or a state parks and trails plate issued 
14.11 	under section 168.1295. Except for vehicles permitted under subdivisions 7, paragraph 
14.12 	(a), clause (2), and 8, the state park permit must be affixed to the lower right corner 
14.13 	windshield of the motor vehicle and must be completely affixed by its own adhesive to 
14.14 	the windshield, or the commissioner may, by written order, provide an alternative means 
14.15 	to display and validate state park permits.

14.16 	Sec. 18. [85.056] STATE PARKS AND TRAILS DONATION ACCOUNT.
14.17 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The state parks and trails donation account is 
14.18 	established as a separate account in the natural resources fund. The account shall be 
14.19 	administered by the commissioner of natural resources as provided in this section.
14.20 		Subd. 2.Funding sources. The state parks and trails donation account shall consist 
14.21 	of contributions made under section 168.1295 and other contributions. The contributions 
14.22 	may be made in cash, property, land, or interests in land.
14.23 		Subd. 3.Uses. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
14.24 	resources to operate and maintain the state parks and trails system.

14.25 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.34, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
14.26 		Subd. 7.Disposition of proceeds. (a) All revenue derived from the lease of the Fort 
14.27 	Snelling upper bluff, with the exception of payment for costs of the water line as described 
14.28 	in subdivision 6, shall be deposited in the natural resources fund and credited to a state 
14.29 	park account. Interest earned on the money in the account accrues to the account.
14.30 	(b) Revenue and expenses from the upper bluff shall be tracked separately within 
14.31 	the account. Money in the account derived from the leasing or operation of the property 
14.32 	described in subdivision 1 may be is appropriated annually to the commissioner for 
14.33 	the payment of expenses attributable to the leasing, development, and operation of the 
15.1 	property described in subdivision 1, including, but not limited to, the maintenance, repair, 
15.2 	and rehabilitation of historic buildings and landscapes.

15.3 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85A.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.4 		Subd. 2.Zoological Garden. The board shall acquire, construct, equip, operate 
15.5 	and maintain the Minnesota Zoological Garden at a site in Dakota County legally 
15.6 	described in Laws 1975, chapter 382, section 12. The Zoological Garden shall consist 
15.7 	of adequate facilities and structures for the collection, habitation, preservation, care, 
15.8 	exhibition, examination or study of wild and domestic animals, including, but not limited 
15.9 	to mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans and mollusks. The board 
15.10 	may provide such lands, buildings and equipment as it deems necessary for parking, 
15.11 	transportation, entertainment, education or instruction of the public in connection with 
15.12 	such Zoological Garden. The Zoological Garden is the official pollinator bank for the state 
15.13 	of Minnesota. For purposes of this subdivision, "pollinator bank" means a program to 
15.14 	avert the extinction of pollinator species by cultivating insurance breeding populations.

15.15 	Sec. 21. [87A.10] TRAP SHOOTING SPORTS FACILITY GRANTS.
15.16 	The commissioner of natural resources shall administer a program to provide 
15.17 	cost-share grants to local recreational trap shooting clubs for up to 50 percent of the costs 
15.18 	of developing or rehabilitating trap shooting sports facilities for public use. A facility 
15.19 	rehabilitated or developed with a grant under this section must be open to the general 
15.20 	public at reasonable times and for a reasonable fee on a walk-in basis. The commissioner 
15.21 	shall give preference to projects that will provide the most opportunities for youth.

15.22 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103G.271, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
15.23 		Subd. 6.Water use permit processing fee. (a) Except as described in paragraphs 
15.24 	(b) to (f) (g), a water use permit processing fee must be prescribed by the commissioner in 
15.25 	accordance with the schedule of fees in this subdivision for each water use permit in force 
15.26 	at any time during the year. Fees collected under this paragraph are credited to the water 
15.27 	management account in the natural resources fund. The schedule is as follows, with the 
15.28 	stated fee in each clause applied to the total amount appropriated:
15.29 	(1) $140 for amounts not exceeding 50,000,000 gallons per year;
15.30 	(2) $3.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 50,000,000 gallons but less 
15.31 	than 100,000,000 gallons per year;
15.32 	(3) $4 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 100,000,000 gallons but less 
15.33 	than 150,000,000 gallons per year;
16.1 	(4) $4.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 150,000,000 gallons but 
16.2 	less than 200,000,000 gallons per year;
16.3 	(5) $5 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 200,000,000 gallons but less 
16.4 	than 250,000,000 gallons per year;
16.5 	(6) $5.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 250,000,000 gallons but 
16.6 	less than 300,000,000 gallons per year;
16.7 	(7) $6 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 300,000,000 gallons but less 
16.8 	than 350,000,000 gallons per year;
16.9 	(8) $6.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 350,000,000 gallons but 
16.10 	less than 400,000,000 gallons per year;
16.11 	(9) $7 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 400,000,000 gallons but less 
16.12 	than 450,000,000 gallons per year;
16.13 	(10) $7.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 450,000,000 gallons but 
16.14 	less than 500,000,000 gallons per year; and
16.15 	(11) $8 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 500,000,000 gallons per year.
16.16 	(b) For once-through cooling systems, a water use processing fee must be prescribed 
16.17 	by the commissioner in accordance with the following schedule of fees for each water use 
16.18 	permit in force at any time during the year:
16.19 	(1) for nonprofit corporations and school districts, $200 per 1,000,000 gallons; and
16.20 	(2) for all other users, $420 per 1,000,000 gallons.
16.21 	(c) The fee is payable based on the amount of water appropriated during the year 
16.22 	and, except as provided in paragraph (f), the minimum fee is $100.
16.23 	(d) For water use processing fees other than once-through cooling systems:
16.24 	(1) the fee for a city of the first class may not exceed $250,000 per year;
16.25 	(2) the fee for other entities for any permitted use may not exceed:
16.26 	(i) $60,000 per year for an entity holding three or fewer permits;
16.27 	(ii) $90,000 per year for an entity holding four or five permits; or
16.28 	(iii) $300,000 per year for an entity holding more than five permits;
16.29 	(3) the fee for agricultural irrigation may not exceed $750 per year;
16.30 	(4) the fee for a municipality that furnishes electric service and cogenerates steam 
16.31 	for home heating may not exceed $10,000 for its permit for water use related to the 
16.32 	cogeneration of electricity and steam; and
16.33 	(5) no fee is required for a project involving the appropriation of surface water to 
16.34 	prevent flood damage or to remove flood waters during a period of flooding, as determined 
16.35 	by the commissioner.
17.1 	(e) Failure to pay the fee is sufficient cause for revoking a permit. A penalty of two 
17.2 	percent per month calculated from the original due date must be imposed on the unpaid 
17.3 	balance of fees remaining 30 days after the sending of a second notice of fees due. A fee 
17.4 	may not be imposed on an agency, as defined in section 16B.01, subdivision 2, or federal 
17.5 	governmental agency holding a water appropriation permit.
17.6 	(f) The minimum water use processing fee for a permit issued for irrigation of 
17.7 	agricultural land is $20 for years in which:
17.8 	(1) there is no appropriation of water under the permit; or
17.9 	(2) the permit is suspended for more than seven consecutive days between May 1 
17.10 	and October 1.
17.11 	(g) The commissioner shall waive the water use permit fee for installations and 
17.12 	projects that use storm water runoff or where public entities treat public waters of the 
17.13 	state, unless the commissioner determines that the proposed use adversely affects surface 
17.14 	water or ground water to a significant extent.
17.15 	(g) (h) A surcharge of $30 per million gallons in addition to the fee prescribed in 
17.16 	paragraph (a) shall be applied to the volume of water used in each of the months of June, 
17.17 	July, and August that exceeds the volume of water used in January for municipal water 
17.18 	use, irrigation of golf courses, and landscape irrigation. The surcharge for municipalities 
17.19 	with more than one permit shall be determined based on the total appropriations from all 
17.20 	permits that supply a common distribution system.

17.21 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.151, is amended to read:
17.22 	115A.151 RECYCLABLE MATERIAL CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS; 
17.23 	PUBLIC ENTITIES, SPORTS FACILITIES, AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
17.24 	(a) A public entity, the owner of a sports facility, and the owner of a commercial 
17.25 	building shall:
17.26 	(1) ensure that facilities under its control, from which mixed municipal solid waste 
17.27 	is collected, have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited 
17.28 	to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal; and
17.29 	(2) transfer all recyclable materials collected to a recycler.
17.30 	(b) For the purposes of this section:
17.31 	(1) "public entity" means the state, an office, agency, or institution of the state, 
17.32 	the Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan agency, the Metropolitan Mosquito Control 
17.33 	Commission, the legislature, the courts, a county, a statutory or home rule charter city, a 
17.34 	town, a school district, a special taxing district, or any entity that receives an appropriation 
17.35 	from the state for a capital improvement project after August 1, 2002;
18.1 	(2) "metropolitan agency" and "Metropolitan Council," have the meanings given 
18.2 	them in section 473.121; and
18.3 	(3) "Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission" means the commission created 
18.4 	in section 473.702;
18.5 	(4) "commercial building" means a building that contains a business classified in 
18.6 	sectors 42 to 81 under the North American Industrial Classification System and that 
18.7 	contracts for two cubic yards or more per week of solid waste collection; and
18.8 	(5) "sports facility" means a professional or collegiate sports facility at which 
18.9 	competitions take place before a public audience.

18.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2015.

18.11 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.55, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
18.12 		Subd. 4.Statewide source reduction goal. (a) It is a goal of the state that there 
18.13 	be a minimum ten percent per capita reduction in the amount of mixed and counties to 
18.14 	reduce the generation of municipal solid waste generated in the state by December 31, 
18.15 	2000, based on a reasonable estimate of the amount of mixed municipal solid waste that 
18.16 	was generated in calendar year 1993.
18.17 	(b) As part of the 1997 report required under section 115A.411, the commissioner 
18.18 	shall submit to the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction 
18.19 	over environment and natural resources and environment and natural resources finance 
18.20 	a proposed strategy for meeting the goal in paragraph (a). The strategy must include a 
18.21 	discussion of the different reduction potentials to be found in various sectors and may 
18.22 	include recommended interim goals. The commissioner shall report progress on meeting 
18.23 	the goal in paragraph (a), as well as recommendations and revisions to the proposed 
18.24 	strategy, as part of the 1999 report required under section 115A.411.

18.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

18.26 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.27 		Subdivision 1.Definition. (a) For the purposes of this section, "recycling" means, 
18.28 	in addition to the meaning given in section 115A.03, subdivision 25b, yard waste and 
18.29 	source-separated compostable materials composting, and recycling that occurs through 
18.30 	mechanical or hand separation of materials that are then delivered for reuse in their 
18.31 	original form or for use in manufacturing processes that do not cause the destruction of 
18.32 	recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use.
19.1 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "total solid waste generation" means the total 
19.2 	by weight of:
19.3 	(1) materials separated for recycling;
19.4 	(2) materials separated for yard waste and source-separated compostable materials 
19.5 	composting;
19.6 	(3) mixed municipal solid waste plus yard waste, motor and vehicle fluids and 
19.7 	filters, tires, lead acid batteries, and major appliances; and
19.8 	(4) residential and commercial waste materials that would be mixed municipal solid 
19.9 	waste but for the fact that they are not collected as such.

19.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

19.11 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
19.12 		Subd. 2a.Supplementary County recycling goals. (a) By December 31, 1996
19.13 	 2030, each county will have as a goal to recycle the following amounts:
19.14 	(1) for a county outside of the metropolitan area, 35 percent by weight of total 
19.15 	solid waste generation; and
19.16 	(2) for a metropolitan county, 50 75 percent by weight of total solid waste generation.
19.17 	(b) Each county will develop and implement or require political subdivisions within 
19.18 	the county to develop and implement programs, practices, or methods designed to meet its 
19.19 	recycling goal. Nothing in this section or in any other law may be construed to prohibit a 
19.20 	county from establishing a higher recycling goal.

19.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

19.22 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.557, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.23 		Subd. 2.Purposes for which money may be spent. (a) A county receiving money 
19.24 	distributed by the commissioner under this section may use the money only for the 
19.25 	development and implementation of programs to:
19.26 	(1) reduce the amount of solid waste generated;
19.27 	(2) recycle the maximum amount of solid waste technically feasible;
19.28 	(3) create and support markets for recycled products;
19.29 	(4) remove problem materials from the solid waste stream and develop proper 
19.30 	disposal options for them;
19.31 	(5) inform and educate all sectors of the public about proper solid waste management 
19.32 	procedures;
20.1 	(6) provide technical assistance to public and private entities to ensure proper solid 
20.2 	waste management;
20.3 	(7) provide educational, technical, and financial assistance for litter prevention; and
20.4 	(8) process mixed municipal solid waste generated in the county at a resource 
20.5 	recovery facility located in Minnesota; and
20.6 	(9) compost source-separated compostable materials, including the provision of 
20.7 	receptacles for residential composting.
20.8 	(b) Beginning in fiscal year 2015 and continuing thereafter, of any money distributed 
20.9 	by the commissioner under this section to a metropolitan county, as defined in section 
20.10 	473.121, subdivision 4, that exceeds the amount the county was eligible to receive under 
20.11 	this section in fiscal year 2014: (1) at least 50 percent must be expended on activities 
20.12 	in paragraph (a), clause (9); and (2) the remainder must be expended on activities in 
20.13 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (7) and (9) that advance the county toward achieving its 
20.14 	recycling goal under section 115A.551.

20.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

20.16 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.557, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.17 		Subd. 3.Eligibility to receive money. (a) To be eligible to receive money distributed 
20.18 	by the commissioner under this section, a county shall within one year of October 4, 1989:
20.19 	(1) create a separate account in its general fund to credit the money; and
20.20 	(2) set up accounting procedures to ensure that money in the separate account is 
20.21 	spent only for the purposes in subdivision 2.
20.22 	(b) In each following year, each county shall also:
20.23 	(1) have in place an approved solid waste management plan or master plan including 
20.24 	a recycling implementation strategy under section 115A.551, subdivision 7, and a 
20.25 	household hazardous waste management plan under section 115A.96, subdivision 6, 
20.26 	by the dates specified in those provisions;
20.27 	(2) submit a report by April 1 of each year to the commissioner, which may be 
20.28 	submitted electronically and must be posted on the agency's Web site, detailing for the 
20.29 	previous calendar year:
20.30 	(i) how the money was spent including, but not limited to, specific recycling and 
20.31 	composting activities undertaken to increase the county's proportion of solid waste 
20.32 	recycled in order to achieve its recycling goal established in section 115A.551; specific 
20.33 	information on the number of employees performing SCORE planning, oversight, and 
20.34 	administration; the percentage of those employees' total work time allocated to SCORE 
20.35 	planning, oversight, and administration; the specific duties and responsibilities of those 
21.1 	employees; and the amount of staff salary for these SCORE duties and responsibilities of 
21.2 	the employees; and
21.3 	(ii) the resulting gains achieved in solid waste management practices; and
21.4 	(3) provide evidence to the commissioner that local revenue equal to 25 percent of 
21.5 	the money sought for distribution under this section will be spent for the purposes in 
21.6 	subdivision 2.
21.7 	(c) The commissioner shall withhold all or part of the funds to be distributed 
21.8 	to a county under this section if the county fails to comply with this subdivision and 
21.9 	subdivision 2.

21.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

21.11 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9401, is amended to read:
21.12 	116.9401 DEFINITIONS.
21.13 	(a) For the purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 116.9425, the following terms 
21.14 	have the meanings given them.
21.15 	(b) "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency.
21.16 	(c) "Alternative" means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy, 
21.17 	or combination of these that is technically feasible and serves a functionally equivalent 
21.18 	purpose to a chemical in a children's product.
21.19 	(d) "Chemical" means a substance with a distinct molecular composition or a group 
21.20 	of structurally related substances and includes the breakdown products of the substance or 
21.21 	substances that form through decomposition, degradation, or metabolism.
21.22 	(e) "Chemical of high concern" means a chemical identified on the basis of credible 
21.23 	scientific evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known or suspected 
21.24 	with a high degree of probability to:
21.25 	(1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental 
21.26 	toxicity;
21.27 	(2) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm;
21.28 	(3) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system;
21.29 	(4) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic 
21.30 	toxicity;
21.31 	(5) be persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic; or
21.32 	(6) be very persistent and very bioaccumulative.
21.33 	(f) "Child" means a person under 12 years of age.
22.1 	(g) "Children's product" means a consumer product intended for use by children, 
22.2 	such as baby products, toys, car seats, personal care products, and clothing.
22.3 	(h) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.
22.4 	(i) "Contaminant" means a trace amount of a chemical that is incidental to 
22.5 	manufacturing and serves no intended function in the product component. Contaminant 
22.6 	includes, but is not limited to, unintended by-products of chemical reactions that 
22.7 	occur during the manufacture of the product component, trace impurities in feedstock, 
22.8 	incompletely reacted chemical mixtures, and degradation products.
22.9 	(j) "Department" means the Department of Health.
22.10 	(j) (k) "Distributor" means a person who sells consumer products to retail 
22.11 	establishments on a wholesale basis.
22.12 	(k) (l) "Green chemistry" means an approach to designing and manufacturing 
22.13 	products that minimizes the use and generation of toxic substances.
22.14 	(m) "Intentionally added chemical" means a chemical in a product that serves an 
22.15 	intended function in the product component.
22.16 	(l) (n) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures a final consumer product 
22.17 	sold at retail or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product. In the case of a 
22.18 	consumer product imported into the United States, manufacturer includes the importer 
22.19 	or domestic distributor of the consumer product if the person who manufactured or 
22.20 	assembled the consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product 
22.21 	does not have a presence in the United States.
22.22 	(o) "Mouthable" means a product that can be placed into and kept in a child's 
22.23 	mouth to be sucked or chewed, including any product or product part smaller than five 
22.24 	centimeters in one dimension. A product that can only be licked is not mouthable.
22.25 	(p) "Practical quantification limit" means the lowest concentration of a chemical that 
22.26 	can be reliably measured within specified limits of precision, accuracy, representativeness, 
22.27 	completeness, and comparability under routine laboratory operating conditions and the 
22.28 	value of which:
22.29 	(1) is based on scientifically defensible, standard analytical methods;
22.30 	(2) may vary depending on the matrix and analytical method used; and
22.31 	(3) will be determined by the commissioner, taking into consideration practical 
22.32 	quantification limits established by federal or state agencies.
22.33 	(m) (q) "Priority chemical" means a chemical identified by the Department of Health 
22.34 	as a chemical of high concern that meets the criteria in section 116.9403.
23.1 	(r) "Product category" means the brick level of the GS1 Global Product Classification 
23.2 	(GPC) standard, which identifies products that serve a common purpose, are of a similar 
23.3 	form and material, and share the same set of category attributes.
23.4 	(s) "Product code" means the numeric representation of the item level of the 
23.5 	GS1 electronic product code (EPC), the international article number (EAN), or the 
23.6 	universal product code (UPC), whichever is used by a manufacturer to identify a unique 
23.7 	company-specific or brand-specific product.
23.8 	(t) "Product component" means a uniquely identifiable material or coating including, 
23.9 	but not limited to, an ink or dye that is intended to be included as a part of a finished 
23.10 	children's product.
23.11 	(n) (u) "Safer alternative" means:
23.12 	(1) an alternative whose potential to harm human health or the environment is less 
23.13 	than that of the use of a priority chemical that it could replace.;
23.14 	(2) an alternative chemical that is not a priority chemical identified by the department 
23.15 	under section 116.9403; or
23.16 	(3) an alternative chemical that is not identified on the basis of credible scientific 
23.17 	evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known or suspected with 
23.18 	a high degree of probability to:
23.19 	(i) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental 
23.20 	toxicity;
23.21 	(ii) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm;
23.22 	(iii) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system; or
23.23 	(iv) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic 
23.24 	toxicity.
23.25 	(v) "Toy" means a product designed or intended by the manufacturer to be used 
23.26 	by a child at play.
23.27 	(w) "Trade association" means a membership organization of persons engaging 
23.28 	in a similar or related line of commerce, organized to promote and improve business 
23.29 	conditions in that line of commerce and not to engage in a regular business of a kind 
23.30 	ordinarily carried on for profit.

23.31 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9402, is amended to read:
23.32 	116.9402 IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMICALS OF HIGH CONCERN.
23.33 	(a) By July 1, 2010, the department shall, after consultation with the agency, 
23.34 	generate a list of chemicals of high concern.
24.1 	(b) The department must periodically review and revise the list of chemicals of 
24.2 	high concern at least every three years. The department may add chemicals to the list if 
24.3 	the chemical meets one or more of the criteria in section 116.9401, paragraph (e). Any 
24.4 	changes to the list of chemicals of high concern must be published on the department's 
24.5 	Web site and in the State Register when a change is made.
24.6 	(c) The department shall consider chemicals listed as a suspected carcinogen, 
24.7 	reproductive or developmental toxicant, or as being persistent, bioaccumulative, and 
24.8 	toxic, or very persistent and very bioaccumulative by a state, federal, or international 
24.9 	agency. These agencies may include, but are not limited to, the California Environmental 
24.10 	Protection Agency, the Washington Department of Ecology, the United States Department 
24.11 	of Health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United Nation's World 
24.12 	Health Organization, and European Parliament Annex XIV concerning the Registration, 
24.13 	Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals.
24.14 	(d) The department may consider chemicals listed by another state as harmful to 
24.15 	human health or the environment for possible inclusion in the list of chemicals of high 
24.16 	concern.

24.17 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9403, is amended to read:
24.18 	116.9403 IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
24.19 		Subdivision 1.Designation; publication. (a) The department, after consultation 
24.20 	with the agency, may designate a chemical of high concern as a priority chemical if the 
24.21 	department finds that the chemical:
24.22 	(1) has been identified as a high-production volume chemical by the United States 
24.23 	Environmental Protection Agency; and
24.24 	(2) meets any of the following criteria:
24.25 	(i) the chemical has been found through biomonitoring to be present in human blood, 
24.26 	including umbilical cord blood, breast milk, urine, or other bodily tissues or fluids;
24.27 	(ii) the chemical has been found through sampling and analysis to be present in 
24.28 	household dust, indoor air, drinking water, or elsewhere in the home environment; or
24.29 	(iii) the chemical has been found through monitoring to be present in fish, wildlife, 
24.30 	or the natural environment.
24.31 	(b) By February 1, 2011, the department shall publish a list of priority chemicals in 
24.32 	the State Register and on the department's Internet Web site and shall update the published 
24.33 	list whenever a new priority chemical is designated. Any proposed changes to the list 
24.34 	of priority chemicals must be published on the department's Web site and in the State 
24.35 	Register and will be subject to a minimum 60-day public comment period. In the 60 days 
25.1 	following the date of publication in the State Register, the public may submit comments 
25.2 	to the department on the proposed changes to the priority chemical list. A final list of 
25.3 	changes to the list of priority chemicals must be published on the department's Web site 
25.4 	following the end of the comment period and the department's review and consideration of 
25.5 	all comments received during this period before finalizing changes to the list.
25.6 		Subd. 2.Public data. Notwithstanding section 13.37, subdivision 2, the presence 
25.7 	and concentration and total amount of a priority chemical in a specific children's product 
25.8 	reported to the agency under section 116.9409, clauses (1) to (6), are classified as public 
25.9 	data.
25.10 		Subd. 3.Not misappropriation of trade secret. Notwithstanding section 325C.01, 
25.11 	subdivision 3, publication of the presence and concentration and total amount of a priority 
25.12 	chemical in a specific children's product under this section is not misappropriation of 
25.13 	a trade secret.

25.14 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9405, is amended to read:
25.15 	116.9405 APPLICABILITY EXEMPTIONS.
25.16 	The requirements of sections 116.9401116.9408 to 116.9407 116.9425 do not 
25.17 	apply to:
25.18 	(1) chemicals in used previously owned children's products;
25.19 	(2) priority chemicals used in the manufacturing process, but that are not present 
25.20 	in the final product;
25.21 	(3) priority chemicals used in agricultural production;
25.22 	(4) motor vehicles as defined in chapter 168 or watercraft as defined in chapter 
25.23 	86B or their component parts, except that the use of priority chemicals in detachable 
25.24 	car seats is not exempt;
25.25 	(5) priority chemicals generated solely as combustion by-products or that are present 
25.26 	in combustible fuels; in combustible petroleum fuels or in biofuel, as defined in section 
25.27 	239.051, subdivision 5a;
25.28 	(6) retailers, except if a retailer is also the producer, manufacturer, importer, or 
25.29 	domestic distributor of a children's product containing a priority chemical or the retailer's 
25.30 	brand name is affixed to a children's product containing a priority chemical;
25.31 	(7) over-the-counter drugs, pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, or 
25.32 	biologics;
25.33 	(8) a medical device as defined in the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, United 
25.34 	States Code, title 21, section 321(h);
26.1 	(9) food and food or beverage packaging, except a container containing baby food 
26.2 	or infant formula;
26.3 	(10) consumer electronics products and electronic components, including but not 
26.4 	limited to personal computers; audio and video equipment; calculators; digital displays; 
26.5 	wireless phones; cameras; game consoles; printers; and handheld electronic and electrical 
26.6 	devices used to access interactive software or their associated peripherals; or products that 
26.7 	comply with the provisions of directive 2002/95/EC of the European Union, adopted by 
26.8 	the European Parliament and Council of the European Union now or hereafter in effect; or
26.9 	(10) interactive software, such as computer games, and their storage media, such as 
26.10 	compact discs;
26.11 	(11) outdoor sport equipment, including snowmobiles as defined in section 84.81, 
26.12 	subdivision 3; all-terrain vehicles as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; personal 
26.13 	watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 14a; watercraft as defined in section 
26.14 	86B.005, subdivision 18; and off-highway motorcycles, as defined in section 84.787, 
26.15 	subdivision 7, and all attachments and repair parts for all of this equipment.; 
26.16 	(12) batteries; or
26.17 	(13) a children's product, manufactured or distributed by an individual manufacturer 
26.18 	or distributor, if fewer than 3,000 units of the children's product are manufactured or 
26.19 	distributed annually in the United States by that manufacturer.

26.20 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.9406, is amended to read:
26.21 	116.9406 DONATIONS TO THE STATE.
26.22 	The commissioner may accept donations, grants, and other funds to carry out the 
26.23 	purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 116.9425. All donations, grants, and other 
26.24 	funds must be accepted without preconditions regarding the outcomes of the regulatory 
26.25 	oversight processes set forth in sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 116.9425.

26.26 	Sec. 34. [116.9408] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
26.27 	ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
26.28 	(a) A manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in this state 
26.29 	that contains a priority chemical must, unless the children's product is not subject to 
26.30 	regulation under section 116.9405, provide the information required under this section 
26.31 	to the agency:
26.32 	(1) within one year of the effective date of this act, if both the designation of the 
26.33 	priority chemical under section 116.9403 and the offering for sale in this state of the 
27.1 	children's product containing the priority chemical occurred prior to the effective date 
27.2 	of this act;
27.3 	(2) within one year of the priority chemical being designated under section 116.9403, 
27.4 	if the children's product is initially offered for sale in this state before the designation and 
27.5 	the designation is made after the effective date of this act; or
27.6 	(3) within one year of the initial offering of the children's product for sale in this 
27.7 	state, if the initial offering occurs after the priority chemical is designated under section 
27.8 	116.9403 and the designation is made after the effective date of this act.
27.9 	(b) An initial notification is required for each children's product that is known 
27.10 	or believed likely to include a priority chemical in any amount and must include the 
27.11 	following information submitted to the agency on a form developed by the commissioner:
27.12 	(1) the name of the priority chemical and its Chemical Abstracts Service Registry 
27.13 	number;
27.14 	(2) in which of the following tiers the children's product containing a priority 
27.15 	chemical belongs:
27.16 	(i) Tier 1: a mouthable children's product intended to be used by children three years 
27.17 	of age or younger or a children's product intended to be placed in a child's mouth or 
27.18 	directly applied to a child's skin;
27.19 	(ii) Tier 2: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin for 
27.20 	one hour or longer, including but not limited to clothing, jewelry, bedding, or a car seat;
27.21 	(iii) Tier 3: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin 
27.22 	for less than one hour; or
27.23 	(iv) Tier 4: a children's product in which a priority chemical is contained only in an 
27.24 	internal component that, under normal use, is unlikely to come into direct contact with 
27.25 	a child's skin or mouth;
27.26 	(3) a description of the product component in which the priority chemical is present; 
27.27 	and
27.28 	(4) the name and address of the reporting manufacturer or distributor and the name, 
27.29 	address, and telephone number of the contact person for the reporting manufacturer or 
27.30 	distributor.

27.31 	Sec. 35. [116.9409] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; FULL PRODUCT REPORTING 
27.32 	INFORMATION ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS; TIMING.
27.33 	A manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in this state 
27.34 	that contains a priority chemical must, unless the children's product is not subject to 
27.35 	regulation under section 116.9405, provide the full product information required under 
28.1 	section 116.9410 to the agency. The maximum length of time between the filing of the 
28.2 	information required under section 116.9408, paragraph (a), and the filing of full product 
28.3 	information required under section 116.9410 varies according to the manufacturer's or 
28.4 	distributor's annual aggregate gross sales, both within and outside the state, as reported in 
28.5 	the manufacturer's or distributor's most recently filed federal tax return, as follows:
28.6 	(1) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $1,000,000,000, one 
28.7 	year or, for a priority chemical designated under section 116.9403 before January 1, 2014, 
28.8 	by two years after the effective date of this section; 
28.9 	(2) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $250,000,000 but 
28.10 	less than or equal to $1,000,000,000, 1-1/2 years or, for a priority chemical designated 
28.11 	under section 116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by 2-1/2 years after the effective date 
28.12 	of this section;
28.13 	(3) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $100,000,000 but less 
28.14 	than or equal to $250,000,000, two years or, for a priority chemical designated under section 
28.15 	116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by three years after the effective date of this section;
28.16 	(4) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $5,000,000 but 
28.17 	less than or equal to $100,000,000, three years or, for a priority chemical designated 
28.18 	under section 116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by four years after the effective date 
28.19 	of this section;
28.20 	(5) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales exceeding $100,000 but less 
28.21 	than or equal to $5,000,000, four years or, for a priority chemical designated under section 
28.22 	116.9403 before January 1, 2014, by five years after the effective date of this section; and
28.23 	(6) for a manufacturer or distributor with gross sales less than or equal to $100,000, 
28.24 	five years or, for a priority chemical designated under section 116.9403 before January 1, 
28.25 	2014, by six years after the effective date of this section.

28.26 	Sec. 36. [116.9410] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; FULL PRODUCT REPORTING 
28.27 	INFORMATION ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS.
28.28 	(a) A manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in the state 
28.29 	that contains one or more priority chemicals must, except as provided in paragraph (e) or 
28.30 	if the children's product is not subject to regulation under section 116.9405, provide the 
28.31 	following full product information to the agency on a form developed by the commissioner:
28.32 	(1) the name of each priority chemical and its Chemical Abstracts Service Registry 
28.33 	number;
28.34 	(2) in which of the following tiers the children's product containing a priority 
28.35 	chemical belongs:
29.1 	(i) Tier 1: a mouthable children's product intended to be used by children three years 
29.2 	of age or younger or a children's product intended to be placed in a child's mouth or 
29.3 	directly applied to a child's skin;
29.4 	(ii) Tier 2: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin for 
29.5 	one hour or longer, including but not limited to clothing, jewelry, bedding, or a car seat;
29.6 	(iii) Tier 3: a children's product intended to be in direct contact with a child's skin 
29.7 	for less than one hour; or
29.8 	(iv) Tier 4: a children's product in which a priority chemical is contained only in an 
29.9 	internal component that, under normal use, is unlikely to come into direct contact with 
29.10 	a child's skin or mouth;
29.11 	(3) the product components, materials, or coatings that contain one or more priority 
29.12 	chemicals;
29.13 	(4) the concentration and total amount of each priority chemical contained in a 
29.14 	children's product, a description of how the concentration was determined, and an 
29.15 	evaluation of the accuracy of the determination. Concentrations at or above the practical 
29.16 	quantification limit must be reported, but may be reported in the following ranges:
29.17 	(i) greater than or equal to the practical quantification limit but less than 100 ppm;
29.18 	(ii) greater than or equal to 100 ppm but less than 500 ppm;
29.19 	(iii) greater than or equal to 500 ppm but less than 1,000 ppm;
29.20 	(iv) greater than or equal to 1,000 ppm but less than 5,000 ppm;
29.21 	(v) greater than or equal to 5,000 ppm but less than 10,000 ppm; and
29.22 	(vi) greater than or equal to 10,000 ppm.
29.23 	For the purposes of this section, "ppm" means parts per million;
29.24 	(5) the product category or categories for the children's product;
29.25 	(6) a description of the function of the priority chemical in the product, including 
29.26 	whether it is present as a contaminant;
29.27 	(7) the name and address of the manufacturer, distributor, or trade association filing 
29.28 	the report and the name, address, and telephone number of the contact person for the 
29.29 	reporting manufacturer, distributor, or trade association;
29.30 	(8) evidence describing the extent to which a child is likely to be exposed to the 
29.31 	priority chemical through normal use of the children's product;
29.32 	(9) the number of units of the children's product sold or distributed in Minnesota 
29.33 	or nationally;
29.34 	(10) any other information the manufacturer or distributor deems relevant; and
29.35 	(11) any other information requested by the commissioner.
30.1 	(b) Reporting shall include all intentionally added chemicals at or above the 
30.2 	applicable practical quantification limit, and contaminants present in a product component 
30.3 	at a concentration above 100 ppm.
30.4 	(c) Reporting parties are not required to include any specific formula information 
30.5 	or the specific name and address of the facility that is responsible for introduction of a 
30.6 	priority chemical into a children's product or product component.
30.7 	(d) If the information required in paragraph (a) is not submitted in a timely fashion 
30.8 	or is incomplete or otherwise unacceptable as determined by the agency, the agency may 
30.9 	contract with an independent third party of the agency's choice to provide the information 
30.10 	and may assess a fee on the manufacturer or distributor to pay the costs as specified 
30.11 	under section 116.9419.
30.12 	(e) The agency shall determine on a case-by-case basis if reporting the information 
30.13 	in paragraph (a), clauses (3) to (9), is required by a manufacturer or distributor whose 
30.14 	children's product belongs in Tier 4 under paragraph (a), clause (2).
30.15 	(f) If a manufacturer claims that any of the information provided to the agency under 
30.16 	this section is trade secret information under section 13.37, subdivision 1, the agency shall 
30.17 	make a determination regarding the claim. Information determined to be public data shall 
30.18 	be posted on the agency's Web site. This paragraph does not apply to the presence and 
30.19 	concentration and total amount of a priority chemical in a specific children's product, 
30.20 	which is governed under section 116.9403, subdivisions 2 and 3.
30.21 	(g) A trade association may file the information required under this section on behalf 
30.22 	of a manufacturer or distributor, provided that the trade association includes in the filing a 
30.23 	list of the manufacturers or distributors on whose behalf the trade association is reporting 
30.24 	and all the information otherwise required of an individual manufacturer or distributor.

30.25 	Sec. 37. [116.9411] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; FULL PRODUCT REPORTING 
30.26 	INFORMATION ON PRIORITY CHEMICALS; SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT 
30.27 	REPORTS.
30.28 	(a) Following the initial submission of the information required under section 
30.29 	116.9410, a manufacturer or distributor of a children's product offered for sale in the state 
30.30 	that continues to contain a priority chemical must submit the information required under 
30.31 	section 116.9410 to the agency every two years.
30.32 	(b) If a reporting party determines that there has been no change in the information 
30.33 	required to be filed under section 116.9410 since the most recent filing, the reporting party 
30.34 	may submit a written statement indicating that the previously filed data is still valid, in 
30.35 	lieu of a new duplicate complete report, and must submit the required fees.
31.1 	(c) If a manufacturer or distributor is required to file more than one report under 
31.2 	section 116.9410 on the same priority chemical in the same children's product code, each 
31.3 	subsequent report must include the following information in addition to the information 
31.4 	required under section 116.9410:
31.5 	(1) the product code of the children's product; and
31.6 	(2) a description of the manufacturer's attempts to remove the priority chemical 
31.7 	from the children's product and any evaluation made of the use of safer alternatives to 
31.8 	substitute for the priority chemical contained in the children's product, including the 
31.9 	Chemical Abstracts Service Registry numbers of safer alternatives considered. If the 
31.10 	manufacturer claims that any information provided to the agency under this clause is 
31.11 	trade secret information under section 13.37, subdivision 1, the agency shall make a 
31.12 	determination regarding the claim.

31.13 	Sec. 38. [116.9412] CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS; REMOVING A PRIORITY 
31.14 	CHEMICAL; REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
31.15 	A manufacturer or distributor who removes a priority chemical from a children's 
31.16 	product for which an initial notification has been filed under section 116.9408 or for which 
31.17 	full product information has been filed under section 116.9410 must notify the agency 
31.18 	of the removal at the earliest date possible. If the priority chemical removed is replaced 
31.19 	by a safer alternative, the manufacturer or distributor must provide, on a form developed 
31.20 	by the commissioner, the information in section 116.9410, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to 
31.21 	(7), and the name of the safer alternative and its Chemical Abstracts Service Registry 
31.22 	number, or, if not replaced by a chemical alternative, a description of the techniques or 
31.23 	design changes implemented. The safer alternative or nonchemical techniques or design 
31.24 	changes are trade secrets.

31.25 	Sec. 39. [116.9419] FEES.
31.26 	(a) The agency shall, if applicable, assess and collect the following fees from 
31.27 	manufacturers and distributors of children's products offered for sale in this state:
31.28 	(1) a fee of $1,000 for each full product report required under section 116.9410. If 
31.29 	a children's product contains more than one priority chemical, each priority chemical is 
31.30 	subject to this fee;
31.31 	(2) a fee equal to the costs billed by the independent contractor plus the agency's 
31.32 	actual incurred costs to bid and administer the contract for each contract issued under 
31.33 	section 116.9410, paragraph (d); and
32.1 	(3) a fee equal to twice the fee in clause (1) for the second full product report 
32.2 	required under section 116.9410 on the same priority chemical in the same children's 
32.3 	product. The fee for each subsequent full product report required under that section is 
32.4 	correspondingly increased by an amount equal to the fee in clause (1).
32.5 	(b) No fee is required for filing an initial notification under section 116.9408.
32.6 	(c) The commissioner shall deposit all fees collected under this section in the 
32.7 	environmental fund. All fees collected under this section are exempt from section 
32.8 	16A.1285.

32.9 	Sec. 40. [116.9420] STATE AGENCY DUTIES.
32.10 	(a) The agency shall publish all data that is required to be filed under sections 
32.11 	116.9410 and 116.9411 and that is not trade secret data on the agency's Web site and 
32.12 	through other means determined by the commissioner.
32.13 	(b) If a priority chemical continues to be used in a specific children's product after 
32.14 	its manufacturer files a report required under section 116.9411, the commissioner may 
32.15 	recommend options to further reduce or eliminate the use of the priority chemical in the 
32.16 	report required under section 116.9425.
32.17 	(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of commerce and 
32.18 	health, may use fee revenue in excess of program implementation costs to offer grants 
32.19 	awarded competitively to manufacturers or other researchers to develop safer alternatives 
32.20 	to priority chemicals in children's products, to establish alternatives as safer alternatives, 
32.21 	or to accelerate the commercialization of safer alternatives.
32.22 	(d) The commissioners of health and commerce shall develop and implement 
32.23 	an education effort regarding priority chemicals in children's products. Education and 
32.24 	outreach activities include, but are not limited to, consumer product safety advice; 
32.25 	notification of recalls; identification of target audiences for product alerts and methods 
32.26 	of notification; outreach and feedback at county and state fairs; publicity of reporting 
32.27 	requirements of priority chemicals in children's products; and education of retailers about 
32.28 	reporting requirements.

32.29 	Sec. 41. [116.9423] ENFORCEMENT.
32.30 	The agency shall enforce sections 116.9401 to 116.9424 and rules adopted 
32.31 	thereunder in the manner provided by section 115.071, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. 
32.32 	Section 115.071, subdivision 2, does not apply to violations of sections 116.9401 to 
32.33 	116.9424 and rules adopted thereunder.

33.1 	Sec. 42. [116.9424] RULES.
33.2 	The commissioner or the commissioner of commerce may adopt rules as necessary 
33.3 	to implement, administer, and enforce sections 116.9401 to 116.9425.

33.4 	Sec. 43. [116.9425] REPORT.
33.5 	By November 15, 2015, and every three years thereafter, the commissioners of the 
33.6 	Pollution Control Agency, health, and commerce shall report to the legislative committees 
33.7 	with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources, commerce, and public health 
33.8 	on the implementation of sections 116.9401 to 116.9424.

33.9 	Sec. 44. [168.1295] STATE PARKS AND TRAILS PLATES.
33.10 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a) The commissioner shall 
33.11 	issue state parks and trails plates to an applicant who:
33.12 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, recreational vehicle, one ton 
33.13 	pickup truck, or motorcycle;
33.14 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and manufacturing the plates;
33.15 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013;
33.16 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
33.17 	(5) contributes a minimum of $50 annually to the state parks and trails donation 
33.18 	account established in section 85.056; and
33.19 	(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
33.20 	and licensing of drivers.
33.21 	(b) The state parks and trails plate application must indicate that the contribution 
33.22 	specified under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate 
33.23 	and that the applicant may make an additional contribution to the account.
33.24 	(c) State parks and trails plates may be personalized according to section 168.12, 
33.25 	subdivision 2a.
33.26 		Subd. 2.Design. After consultation with interested groups, the commissioners of 
33.27 	natural resources and public safety shall jointly select a suitable symbol for use by the 
33.28 	commissioner of public safety to design the state parks and trails plates.
33.29 		Subd. 3.No refund. Contributions under this section must not be refunded.
33.30 		Subd. 4.Plate transfers. Notwithstanding section 168.12, subdivision 1, on 
33.31 	payment of a transfer fee of $5, plates issued under this section may be transferred to 
33.32 	another passenger automobile registered to the person to whom the plates were issued.
33.33 		Subd. 5.Contribution and fees credited. Contributions under subdivision 1, 
33.34 	paragraph (a), clause (5), must be paid to the commissioner and credited to the state 
34.1 	parks and trails donation account established in section 85.056. The other fees collected 
34.2 	under this section must be deposited in the vehicle services operating account of the 
34.3 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
34.4 		Subd. 6.Record. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the number of 
34.5 	plates issued under this section.
34.6 		Subd. 7.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to 
34.7 	section 168.1293, subdivision 2.

34.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
34.9 	applies to applications submitted on or after January 1, 2016, or the date the new driver and 
34.10 	vehicle services information technology system is implemented, whichever comes later.

34.11 	Sec. 45. [347.57] DEFINITIONS.
34.12 		Subdivision 1.Terms. The definitions in this section apply to sections 347.57 
34.13 	to 347.64.
34.14 		Subd. 2.Animal. "Animal" means a dog or a cat.
34.15 		Subd. 3.Board. "Board" means the Board of Animal Health.
34.16 		Subd. 4.Cat. "Cat" means a mammal that is wholly or in part of the species Felis 
34.17 	domesticus. An adult cat is a cat 28 weeks of age or older. A kitten is a cat under 28 
34.18 	weeks of age.
34.19 		Subd. 5.Commercial breeder. "Commercial breeder" means a person who 
34.20 	possesses or has an ownership interest in animals and is engaged in the business of 
34.21 	breeding animals for sale or for exchange in return for consideration, and who possesses 
34.22 	ten or more adult intact animals and whose animals produce more than five total litters of 
34.23 	puppies or kittens per year.
34.24 		Subd. 6.Confinement area. "Confinement area" means a structure used or 
34.25 	designed for use to restrict an animal to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen, 
34.26 	cage, kennel, compartment, crate, or hutch.
34.27 		Subd. 7.Dog. "Dog" means a mammal that is wholly or in part of the species Canis 
34.28 	familiaris. An adult dog is a dog 28 weeks of age or older. A puppy is a dog under 28 
34.29 	weeks of age.
34.30 		Subd. 8.Facility. "Facility" means the place used by a commercial breeder for 
34.31 	breeding animals, and includes all buildings, property, confinement areas, and vehicles.
34.32 		Subd. 9.Local animal control authority. "Local animal control authority" means 
34.33 	an agency of the state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state that 
34.34 	is responsible for animal control operations in its jurisdiction.
35.1 		Subd. 10.Person. "Person" means a natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, 
35.2 	or association, however organized.
35.3 		Subd. 11.Possess. "Possess" means to have custody of or have control over.
35.4 		Subd. 12.Veterinarian. "Veterinarian" means a veterinarian in good standing and 
35.5 	licensed in the state of Minnesota.

35.6 	Sec. 46. [347.58] LICENSING AND INSPECTIONS.
35.7 		Subdivision 1.Licensing. (a) The board may grant an operating license to a 
35.8 	commercial breeder and must enforce sections 347.58 to 347.64.
35.9 	(b) Beginning July 1, 2015, a commercial breeder must obtain an annual license 
35.10 	for each facility it owns or operates. More than one building on the same premises is 
35.11 	considered one facility. The initial prelicense inspection fee and the annual license fee is 
35.12 	$10 per adult intact animal, but each fee must not exceed $250.
35.13 	(c) The board must perform an announced initial prelicense inspection within 60 
35.14 	days from the date of receiving a license application. A commercial breeder is not in 
35.15 	violation of this section if the commercial breeder has filed a completed license application 
35.16 	with the board and the board has not performed the initial prelicense inspection. The 
35.17 	board must inspect a commercial breeder's facility before an initial license is issued. The 
35.18 	initial prelicense inspection fee must be included with the license application. Upon 
35.19 	completion of the inspection, the inspector must provide the commercial breeder an 
35.20 	inspection certificate signed by the inspector in a format approved by the board.
35.21 	(d) The license application must indicate if a commercial breeder operates under 
35.22 	more than one name from a single location or has an ownership interest in any other 
35.23 	facility. License holders must keep separate records for each business name.
35.24 	(e) The application must include a statement that includes the following information:
35.25 	(1) whether any license held by an applicant under this section or under any other 
35.26 	federal, state, county, or local law, ordinance, or other regulation relating to breeding cats 
35.27 	or dogs was ever suspended, revoked, or denied; and
35.28 	(2) whether the applicant was ever convicted of animal cruelty.
35.29 	(f) An application from a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company must 
35.30 	include the name and address of all partners, directors, officers, or members and must 
35.31 	include a notation of any partners, directors, officers, members, or others authorized to 
35.32 	represent the partnership, corporation, or limited liability company.
35.33 	(g) A nonresident applicant must consent to adjudication of any violation under the 
35.34 	laws of the state of Minnesota and in Minnesota courts.
35.35 	(h) A license issued under this section is not transferable.
36.1 	(i) A license holder must apply for license renewal annually by submitting a renewal 
36.2 	application on a form approved by the board. The license renewal application must be 
36.3 	postmarked or submitted electronically in a method approved by the board by July 1 
36.4 	of each year. The board may assess a late renewal penalty of up to 50 percent of the 
36.5 	license fee. If a license is not renewed by August 1, the board may require the commercial 
36.6 	breeder to reapply for an initial license.
36.7 	(j) A commercial breeder must submit to the board an annual report by July 1 on a 
36.8 	form prepared by the board. The form must include the current number of cats and dogs at 
36.9 	the facility on the date of the report, the number of animals during the preceding year that 
36.10 	were sold, traded, bartered, leased, brokered, given away, euthanized, or deceased from 
36.11 	other causes, and any other information required by the board.
36.12 	(k) If a commercial breeder is required to be licensed by the United States 
36.13 	Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture inspection reports 
36.14 	and records relating to animal care plans and veterinary care must be made available 
36.15 	during an inspection, upon request.
36.16 	(l) A commercial breeder must prominently display the commercial breeder's license 
36.17 	at each facility.
36.18 	(m) A commercial breeder's state license number or a symbol approved by the board 
36.19 	must be included in all of the commercial breeder's advertisements or promotions that 
36.20 	pertain to animals being sold or traded including, but not limited to, all newspapers, 
36.21 	Internet, radio, or flyers.
36.22 	(n) A commercial breeder must notify the board by certified mail or electronically 
36.23 	in a method approved by the board within ten days of any change in address, name, 
36.24 	management, or substantial control and ownership of the business or operation.
36.25 	(o) The board must refuse to issue an initial license when a commercial breeder:
36.26 	(1) is in violation of section 343.21; 343.24; 343.27; 343.28; 343.31; 343.37; 346.37; 
36.27 	346.38; 346.39; 346.44; or 346.155;
36.28 	(2) has failed to meet any of the requirements of this section and section 347.59;
36.29 	(3) is in violation of a local ordinance regarding breeders;
36.30 	(4) has been convicted, other than a petty misdemeanor conviction, of cruelty to 
36.31 	animals under Minnesota law or a substantially similar animal cruelty law of another 
36.32 	jurisdiction;
36.33 	(5) has had a substantially similar license denied, revoked, or suspended by another 
36.34 	federal or state authority within the last five years; or
36.35 	(6) has falsified any material information requested by the board.
37.1 	(p) A person who has been an officer, agent, direct family member, or employee of a 
37.2 	commercial breeder whose license was revoked or suspended and who was responsible for 
37.3 	or participated in the violation that was a basis for the revocation or suspension may not 
37.4 	be licensed while the revocation or suspension is in effect.
37.5 		Subd. 2.Inspections. (a) The board must inspect each licensed facility at least 
37.6 	annually. The inspection must be with the commercial breeder or an agent of the 
37.7 	commercial breeder present. The inspector must submit an inspection report to the board 
37.8 	within ten days of each inspection on a form prepared by the board. The inspection report 
37.9 	form must list separately each law, rule, regulation, and ordinance the facility is not in 
37.10 	compliance with and what correction is required for compliance. The inspection report 
37.11 	form must document the animal inventory on the date of the inspection.
37.12 	(b) If, after the prelicense inspection, the commercial breeder has two consecutive 
37.13 	years of inspections with no violations, the board must inspect the commercial breeder at 
37.14 	least every two years. If the commercial breeder has any violations during an inspection or 
37.15 	if the board has cause, the board must inspect the commercial breeder at least annually.
37.16 	(c) If a license to operate is suspended, revoked, or denied, the board must be granted 
37.17 	access to the facility during normal business hours to verify that it is not operating.
37.18 		Subd. 3.Record requirements. (a) The commercial breeder must keep records on 
37.19 	each animal at the facility that includes:
37.20 	(1) the name, address, and United States Department of Agriculture license number, 
37.21 	if applicable, from whom an animal was received; the date the commercial breeder 
37.22 	received the animal; the date of the animal's birth; the breed, sex, color, and identifying 
37.23 	marks of the animal; any identifying tag, tattoo, microchip, or collar number; worming 
37.24 	treatments, vaccinations, and name of the person who administered the vaccination; 
37.25 	medication received by the animal while in the possession of the commercial breeder; and 
37.26 	any disease conditions diagnosed by a veterinarian; and
37.27 	(2) the name and address of the person or entity to whom an animal was transferred.
37.28 	(b) The commercial breeder must maintain a copy of the records required to be 
37.29 	kept under this subdivision for two years.
37.30 		Subd. 4.Veterinary protocol. (a) A commercial breeder must establish and 
37.31 	maintain a written protocol for disease control and prevention, euthanasia, and veterinary 
37.32 	care of animals at each facility. The initial protocol must be developed under the direction 
37.33 	and supervision of the board. A commercial breeder must maintain a written protocol that 
37.34 	is updated at least every 12 months and that is signed and dated by the board or by a 
37.35 	veterinarian along with the commercial breeder. The written protocol must be available to 
37.36 	the board upon request or at the time of inspection.
38.1 	(b) An animal sold or otherwise distributed by a commercial breeder must be 
38.2 	accompanied by a veterinary health certificate completed by a veterinarian. The certificate 
38.3 	must be completed within 30 days prior to the sale or distribution and must indicate that 
38.4 	the animal is current with vaccinations and has no signs of infectious or contagious 
38.5 	diseases. The certificate accompanying an adult dog that was not spayed or neutered must 
38.6 	indicate that the dog has no signs of infectious or contagious diseases and was tested for 
38.7 	canine brucellosis with a test approved by the board and found to be negative.
38.8 		Subd. 5.Posting of information. The board must maintain and post in a timely 
38.9 	manner on its Web site a list of commercial breeders licensed and in good standing 
38.10 	under this section.

38.11 	Sec. 47. [347.59] STANDARDS OF CARE.
38.12 	(a) A commercial breeder must comply with chapters 343 and 346.
38.13 	(b) A commercial breeder must ensure that animals that are part of the commercial 
38.14 	breeder's breeding business operations are cared for as follows:
38.15 	(1) cats must not be housed in outdoor confinement areas;
38.16 	(2) animals exercised in groups must be compatible and show no signs of contagious 
38.17 	or infectious disease;
38.18 	(3) females in estrus must not be housed in the same confinement area with 
38.19 	unneutered males, except for breeding purposes;
38.20 	(4) animals must be provided daily enrichment and must be provided positive physical 
38.21 	contact with human beings and compatible animals at least twice daily unless a veterinarian 
38.22 	determines such activities would adversely affect the health or well-being of the animal;
38.23 	(5) animals must not be sold, traded, or given away before the age of eight weeks 
38.24 	unless a veterinarian determines it would be in the best interests of the health or well-being 
38.25 	of the animal;
38.26 	(6) the commercial breeder must provide identification and tracking for each animal, 
38.27 	which is not transferable to another animal; and
38.28 	(7) the commercial breeder must provide adequate staff to maintain the facility and 
38.29 	observe each animal daily to monitor each animal's health and well-being, and to properly 
38.30 	care for the animals.
38.31 	(c) A commercial breeder must not knowingly hire staff or independent contractors 
38.32 	who have been convicted of cruelty to animals under the law of any jurisdiction.
38.33 	(d) A commercial breeder must comply with any additional standards the board 
38.34 	considers necessary to protect the public health and welfare of animals covered under 
38.35 	sections 347.57 to 347.61. The standards must be established by rule.
39.1 	(e) A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) licensed breeder or dealer 
39.2 	who is in compliance with the minimum USDA regulations governing the license holder 
39.3 	as they relate to animal confinement areas as of the effective date of this section does not 
39.4 	have to comply with the minimum confinement area measurements under section 346.39, 
39.5 	subdivision 4, for existing confinement areas in each facility the breeder or dealer owns. If 
39.6 	a USDA-licensed breeder or dealer builds a new confinement area after the effective date 
39.7 	of this section, those minimum standards must meet or exceed the minimum specifications 
39.8 	as they relate to confinement area size under section 346.39, subdivision 4.

39.9 	Sec. 48. [347.60] INVESTIGATIONS.
39.10 	(a) The board must initiate an investigation upon receiving a formal complaint 
39.11 	alleging violations of section 347.58 or 347.59.
39.12 	(b) When a local animal control authority, a peace officer, or a humane agent 
39.13 	appointed under section 343.01 is made aware of an alleged violation under this chapter 
39.14 	or chapter 343 or 346, committed by a commercial breeder, the local animal control 
39.15 	authority, peace officer, or humane agent appointed under section 343.01 must report the 
39.16 	alleged violation in a timely manner to the board.

39.17 	Sec. 49. [347.61] CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.
39.18 		Subdivision 1.Correction orders. (a) The board may issue a correction order 
39.19 	requiring a commercial breeder to correct a violation of state statutes, rules, and 
39.20 	regulations governing breeding facilities. The correction order must state the deficiencies 
39.21 	that constitute the violation; the specific statute, rule, or regulation violated; and when 
39.22 	the violation must be corrected.
39.23 	(b) A commercial breeder may ask the board to reconsider any portion of the 
39.24 	correction order that the commercial breeder believes is in error. The request for 
39.25 	reconsideration must be made in writing by certified mail or electronically in a method 
39.26 	approved by the board within seven days after receipt of the correction order. The 
39.27 	request for reconsideration does not stay the correction order. The board must respond 
39.28 	to the request for reconsideration within 15 days after receiving a request. The board's 
39.29 	disposition of a request for reconsideration is final. The board may extend the time for 
39.30 	complying with a correction order after receiving a request for reconsideration if necessary.
39.31 	(c) The board must reinspect the facility within 15 days after the time for correcting 
39.32 	the violation has passed to determine whether the violation has been corrected. If the 
39.33 	violation has been corrected, the board must notify the commercial breeder in writing that 
40.1 	the commercial breeder is in compliance with the correction order. The board may charge 
40.2 	a reinspection fee to determine if a previous violation has been corrected.
40.3 		Subd. 2.Administrative penalty orders. After the inspection required under 
40.4 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), the board may issue an order requiring violations to 
40.5 	be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for violations. The 
40.6 	administrative penalty order must include a citation of the statute, rule, or regulation 
40.7 	violated; a description of the violation; and the amount of the penalty for each violation. A 
40.8 	single correction order may assess a maximum administrative penalty of $5,000.
40.9 		Subd. 3.Injunctive relief. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the 
40.10 	board may bring an action for injunctive relief in the district court in Ramsey County or in 
40.11 	the county in which a violation of the statutes, rules, or regulations governing the breeding 
40.12 	of cats and dogs occurred to enjoin the violation.
40.13 		Subd. 4.Cease and desist. The board must issue an order to cease a practice if its 
40.14 	continuation would result in an immediate risk to animal welfare or public health. An 
40.15 	order issued under this subdivision is effective for a maximum of 72 hours. The board or 
40.16 	its designated agent must seek an injunction or take other administrative action authorized 
40.17 	by law to restrain a practice beyond 72 hours. The issuance of a cease-and-desist order 
40.18 	does not preclude other enforcement action by the board.
40.19 		Subd. 5.Refusal to reissue license; license suspension or revocation. (a) The 
40.20 	board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license as follows:
40.21 	(1) for failure to comply with a correction order;
40.22 	(2) for failure to pay an administrative penalty;
40.23 	(3) for failure to meet the requirements of section 347.58 or 347.59; or
40.24 	(4) for falsifying information requested by the board.
40.25 	A license suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal may be appealed through the Office of 
40.26 	Administrative Hearings. A notice of intent to appeal must be filed in writing with the 
40.27 	board within 20 days after receipt of the notice of suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal.
40.28 	(b) The board must revoke a license if a commercial breeder has been convicted 
40.29 	of cruelty to animals under Minnesota law or a substantially similar animal cruelty law 
40.30 	of another jurisdiction, or for the denial, revocation, or suspension of a similar license 
40.31 	by another federal or state authority. A license revocation under this subdivision may be 
40.32 	appealed through the Office of Administrative Hearings. A notice of intent to appeal must 
40.33 	be filed in writing with the board within 20 days after receipt of the notice of revocation.
40.34 	(c) A commercial breeder whose license is revoked may not reapply for licensure for 
40.35 	two years after the date of revocation. The license is permanently revoked if the basis for 
40.36 	the revocation was a gross misdemeanor or felony conviction for animal cruelty.
41.1 	(d) A commercial breeder whose license is suspended or revoked two times is 
41.2 	permanently barred from licensure.
41.3 		Subd. 6.Administrative hearing rights. (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
41.4 	(b), if the board proposes to refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license, the board 
41.5 	must first notify the commercial breeder in writing of the proposed action and provide an 
41.6 	opportunity to request a hearing under the contested case provisions of chapter 14. If the 
41.7 	commercial breeder does not request a hearing within 20 days after receipt of the notice of 
41.8 	the proposed action, the board may proceed with the action without a hearing.
41.9 	(b) The contested case provisions of chapter 14 do not apply when the board denies 
41.10 	a license based on an applicant's failure to meet the minimum qualifications for licensure.
41.11 	(c) A commercial breeder may appeal the amount of an administrative penalty 
41.12 	order through the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to the procedures set forth 
41.13 	in chapter 14. A commercial breeder wishing to file an appeal must notify the board in 
41.14 	writing within 20 days after receipt of the administrative penalty order.
41.15 		Subd. 7.Other jurisdictions. The board may accept as prima facie evidence of 
41.16 	grounds for an enforcement action under this section any enforcement or disciplinary 
41.17 	action from another jurisdiction, if the underlying violation would be grounds for a 
41.18 	violation under the provisions of this section.
41.19 		Subd. 8.Appeals. A final order by the board may be appealed to the Minnesota 
41.20 	Court of Appeals.

41.21 	Sec. 50. [347.615] BIOSECURITY; ENTRY INTO FACILITIES.
41.22 	No law enforcement officer, agent of the board, or other official may enter a 
41.23 	commercial breeder facility unless the person follows either the biosecurity procedure 
41.24 	issued by the board or a reasonable biosecurity procedure maintained and prominently 
41.25 	posted by the commercial breeder at each entry to a facility, whichever is more stringent. 
41.26 	This section does not apply in emergency or exigent circumstances.

41.27 	Sec. 51. [347.62] PENALTIES.
41.28 	(a) A violation of section 347.58 or 347.59 that results in cruelty or torture to an 
41.29 	animal, as those terms are defined in section 343.20, subdivision 3, is subject to the 
41.30 	penalties in section 343.21, subdivisions 9 and 10, relating to pet or companion animals.
41.31 	(b) It is a misdemeanor to falsify information in a license application, annual report, 
41.32 	or record.
41.33 	(c) It is a misdemeanor for an unlicensed commercial breeder to advertise animals 
41.34 	for sale.
42.1 	(d) It is a misdemeanor for a commercial breeder to operate without a license.

42.2 	Sec. 52. [347.63] DOG AND CAT BREEDERS LICENSING ACCOUNT; 
42.3 	APPROPRIATION.
42.4 	A dog and cat breeders licensing account is created in the special revenue fund. 
42.5 	All fees and penalties collected by the board under sections 347.58 to 347.62 must be 
42.6 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the dog and cat breeders licensing account 
42.7 	in the special revenue fund. Money in the account, including interest on the account, is 
42.8 	annually appropriated to the board to administer those sections.

42.9 	Sec. 53. [347.64] APPLICABILITY.
42.10 	Sections 347.57 to 347.63 do not apply to:
42.11 	(1) any species other than dogs and cats as they are defined in section 347.57; and
42.12 	(2) veterinary clinics or veterinary hospitals.

42.13 	Sec. 54. Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 5, section 4, subdivision 7, as amended by 
42.14 	Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 61, is amended to read:

42.15	Subd. 7.Fish and Wildlife Management
 		123,000
		119,000

42.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
42.17	General
	-0-
	(427,000)
	
42.18	Game and Fish
	123,000
	546,000
	
42.19 	$329,000 in 2009 is a reduction for fish and 
42.20 	wildlife management.
42.21 	$46,000 in 2009 is a reduction in the 
42.22 	appropriation for the Minnesota Shooting 
42.23 	Sports Education Center.
42.24 	$52,000 in 2009 is a reduction for licensing.
42.25 	$123,000 in 2008 and $246,000 in 2009 are 
42.26 	from the game and fish fund to implement 
42.27 	fish virus surveillance, prepare infrastructure 
42.28 	to handle possible outbreaks, and implement 
42.29 	control procedures for highest risk waters 
42.30 	and fish production operations. This is a 
42.31 	onetime appropriation.
43.1 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
43.2 	297A.94, paragraph (e), $300,000 in 2009 
43.3 	is from the second year appropriation in 
43.4 	Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, 
43.5 	subdivision 7, from the heritage enhancement 
43.6 	account in the game and fish fund to study, 
43.7 	predesign, and design a shooting sports 
43.8 	facility in the seven-county metropolitan 
43.9 	area for shooting sports facilities. Of this 
43.10 	amount, $100,000 is for a grant to the Itasca 
43.11 	County Gun Club for shooting sports facility 
43.12 	improvements; and the remaining balance 
43.13 	is for trap shooting facility grants under 
43.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 87A.10. This is 
43.15 	available onetime only and is available until 
43.16 	expended.
43.17 	$300,000 in 2009 is appropriated from the 
43.18 	game and fish fund for only activities that 
43.19 	improve, enhance, or protect fish and wildlife 
43.20 	resources. This is a onetime appropriation.

43.21 	Sec. 55. Laws 2012, chapter 249, section 11, is amended to read:
43.22 	Sec. 11. COSTS OF SCHOOL TRUST LANDS DIRECTOR AND 
43.23 	LEGISLATIVE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND COMMISSION.
 43.24 	(a) The costs of the school trust lands director, including the costs of hiring staff, 
43.25 	and the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission for fiscal years 2014 and, 2015, 
43.26 	and 2016 shall be from the state forest developmentsuspense account under Minnesota 
43.27 	Statutes, section 16A.125, and from the minerals management account under Minnesota 
43.28 	Statutes, section 93.2236, as appropriated by the legislature.
43.29 	(b) The school trust lands director and the Legislative Permanent School Fund 
43.30 	Commission shall submit to the 20142015 legislature a proposal to fund the operational 
43.31 	costs of the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission and school trust lands 
43.32 	director and staff with a cost certification method using revenues generated by the 
43.33 	permanent school fund lands.

43.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

44.1 	Sec. 56. RECOGNITION; COMMERCIAL BREEDER EXCELLENCE.
 44.2 	The Board of Animal Health, in consultation with representatives of the licensed 
44.3 	commercial breeder industry, must develop a program to recognize persons who 
44.4 	demonstrate commercial breeder excellence and exceed the standards and practices 
44.5 	required of commercial breeders under this act.

44.6 	Sec. 57. REGISTRATION; INITIAL PRELICENSE INSPECTIONS.
 44.7 		Subdivision 1.Commercial breeder registration. Beginning July 1, 2014, until 
44.8 	June 30, 2015, a commercial breeder must register each facility it owns or operates by 
44.9 	paying a registration fee not to exceed $250 per facility to the Board of Animal Health. 
44.10 		Subd. 2.Initial prelicense inspections. Beginning July 1, 2014, the board may 
44.11 	begin the initial prelicense inspections under Minnesota Statutes, section 347.58.
44.12 		Subd. 3.Deposits of fees. Fees collected under this section must be deposited in the 
44.13 	dog and cat breeders licensing account in the special revenue fund.

44.14 	Sec. 58. BEE VALUATION PROTOCOL REQUIRED.
 44.15 	No later than January 1, 2015, the commissioner of agriculture must report to 
44.16 	the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over agriculture 
44.17 	finance the protocol that the commissioner developed, in consultation with experts, for 
44.18 	determining the fair market value of bees, hives, colonies, apiaries, and queen apiaries for 
44.19 	purposes of compensation under Minnesota Statutes, section 18B.055.

44.20 	Sec. 59. INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANTS AND PESTS CENTER.
 44.21 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
44.22 	is requested to establish an Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center to prevent and 
44.23 	minimize the threats posed by terrestrial invasive plants, other weeds, pathogens, and 
44.24 	pests in order to protect the state's prairies, forests, wetlands, and agricultural resources. 
44.25 	With the approval of the board, the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource 
44.26 	Science, in coordination with the College of Biological Sciences, shall administer the 
44.27 	center utilizing the following departments:
44.28 	(1) Entomology;
44.29 	(2) Plant Pathology;
44.30 	(3) Forest Resources;
44.31 	(4) Horticultural Science;
44.32 	(5) Fisheries Wildlife and Conservation Biology;
44.33 	(6) Agronomy and Plant Genetics;
45.1 	(7) Plant Biology; and
45.2 	(8) Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.
45.3 	The college may also utilize the following research and outreach centers in 
45.4 	achieving the purposes of this section: Cloquet Forestry Center; North Central Research 
45.5 	and Outreach Center; Northwest Research and Outreach Center; Southern Research and 
45.6 	Outreach Center; Southwest Research and Outreach Center; West Central Research and 
45.7 	Outreach Center; Rosemount Research and Outreach Center; Horticultural Research 
45.8 	Center; and Sand Plain Research Center.
45.9 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of the Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center is 
45.10 	to research and develop effective measures to prevent and minimize the threats posed by 
45.11 	terrestrial invasive plants, pathogens, and pests, including agricultural weeds and pests, in 
45.12 	order to protect the state's native prairies, forests, wetlands, and agricultural resources, by:
45.13 	(1) creating a prioritized list of pest and plant species that threaten the state's prairies, 
45.14 	forests, wetlands, and agricultural resources and making the list publicly accessible; and
45.15 	(2) conducting research focused on the species included on the prioritized list 
45.16 	developed under this subdivision that includes:
45.17 	(i) development of new control methods, including biocontrols;
45.18 	(ii) development of integrated pest management tools that minimize nontarget 
45.19 	impacts;
45.20 	(iii) research projects focused on establishment prevention, early detection, and 
45.21 	rapid response;
45.22 	(iv) an analysis of any consequences related to the management of prioritized species 
45.23 	to the state's water, pollinators, and native prairies and other native species; and
45.24 	(v) reports on the results that are made publicly accessible.
45.25 		Subd. 3.Report. By January 15, each year as a condition of the appropriation 
45.26 	provided under this act, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall submit 
45.27 	a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and 
45.28 	senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
45.29 	resources and agriculture on: (1) the activities and outcomes of the center; and (2) any 
45.30 	recommendations for additional funding for education, implementation, or other activities.

45.31 	Sec. 60. REPORT REQUIRED.
 45.32 	No later than January 15, 2015, the commissioner of agriculture must report to the 
45.33 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance proposed legislation to 
45.34 	implement sections 12 and 13, including a fee structure that complies with Minnesota 
46.1 	Statutes, section 16A.1285, and is sufficient to cover the commissioner's costs. The 
46.2 	commissioner must examine programs in other states.

46.3 	Sec. 61.  REPEALER.
 46.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 2, is repealed.