1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; modifying food certificate payment provisions;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 28A.081, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 28A.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Fee. A fee of $125 for each certificate shall be charged to any person 
1.7 	who requests a certificate issued by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to facilitate 
1.8 	the movement of Minnesota processed and manufactured foods destined for export from 
1.9 	the state of Minnesota. Certificates include, but are not limited to, a certificate of free sale, 
1.10 	certificate of export, certificate of sanitation, sanitary certificate, certificate of origin and/or 
1.11 	free sale, certificate of health and/or free sale, sanitation, and purity, certificate of free trade, 
1.12 	certificate of free sale, sanitation, purity, and origin, certificate of health, sanitation, purity, 
1.13 	and free sale, and letter of plant certification.
1.14 	The commissioner shall receive payment with the request or bill the requesting person 
1.15 	within seven days after issuing a certificate to the person. The requesting person must submit 
1.16 	payment for a certificate at the time of receiving the request or within ten days of the billing 
1.17 	date. If a certificate fee payment is not received within 15 days of the billing date, the 
1.18 	commissioner may not issue any future certificates to the requesting person until previous 
1.19 	fees due are paid in full. Fees paid under this section must be deposited in the food certificate 
1.20 	account established under subdivision 2 or another account in the agricultural fund if the 
1.21 	expenses for the certificate will be paid from that other account.