1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; requiring additional information from bioincentive payment 
1.3 	recipients;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 41A.19.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 41A.19, is amended to read:
1.6 	41A.19 REPORT; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.
1.7 	By January 15 each year, the commissioner shall report on the incentive programs under 
1.8 	sections 41A.16, 41A.17, 41A.18, 41A.20, and 41A.21 to the legislative committees with 
1.9 	jurisdiction over environment policy and finance and agriculture policy and finance. The 
1.10 	report shall include information on production and incentive expenditures under the 
1.11 	programs., as well as the following information that the commissioner must require of each 
1.12 	producer who receives a payment during the reporting period:
1.13 	(1) the producer's business structure;
1.14 	(2) the name and address of the producer's parent company, if any;
1.15 	(3) a cumulative list of all financial assistance received from all grantors for the project;
1.16 	(4) goals for the number of jobs created and progress in achieving these goals, which 
1.17 	may include separate goals for the number of part-time or full-time jobs, or, in cases where 
1.18 	job loss is specific and demonstrable, goals for the number of jobs retained;
1.19 	(5) equity hiring goals and progress in achieving these goals;
1.20 	(6) wage goals and progress in achieving these goals for all jobs created or maintained 
1.21 	by the producer;
2.1 	(7) board member and executive compensation;
2.2 	(8) evidence of compliance with environmental permits;
2.3 	(9) the producer's intended and actual use of payments received from the commissioner; 
2.4 	and
2.5 	(10) if applicable, the latest financial audit opinion statement produced by a certified 
2.6 	public accountant in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of 
2.7 	Certified Public Accountants.