HF 968

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to taxation; exempting grain bins and fencing materials from sales and
use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.61, subdivision 12.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.61, subdivision 12, is amended to
read:

Subd. 12.

Farm machinery.

(a) "Farm machinery" means new or used machinery,
equipment, implements, accessories, and contrivances used directly and principally in
agricultural production of tangible personal property intended to be sold ultimately at
retail including, but not limited to:

(1) machinery for the preparation, seeding, or cultivation of soil for growing
agricultural crops;

(2) barn cleaners, milking systems, grain dryers, new text begin grain bins, fencing materials,
new text end feeding systems including stationary feed bunks, and similar installations, whether or not
the equipment is installed by the seller and becomes part of the real property; and

(3) irrigation equipment sold for exclusively agricultural use, including pumps, pipe
fittings, valves, sprinklers, and other equipment necessary to the operation of an irrigation
system when sold as part of an irrigation system, whether or not the equipment is installed
by the seller and becomes part of the real property.

(b) Farm machinery does not include:

(1) repair or replacement parts;

(2) tools, shop equipment, deleted text begin grain bins, fencing material, deleted text end communication equipment,
and other farm supplies;

(3) motor vehicles taxed under chapter 297B;

(4) snowmobiles or snow blowers;

(5) lawn mowers except those used in the production of sod for sale, or garden-type
tractors or garden tillers; or

(6) machinery, equipment, implements, accessories, and contrivances used directly in
the production of horses not raised for slaughter, fur-bearing animals, or research animals.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for sales made after June 30, 2007.
new text end