1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; establishing a tractor rollover protection pilot grant 
1.3 	program; appropriating nonstate money received by the commissioner of 
1.4 	agriculture;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [17.119] TRACTOR ROLLOVER PROTECTION PILOT GRANT 
1.7 	PROGRAM.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Grants; eligibility. (a) The commissioner must solicit funds from 
1.9 	nonstate sources and award cost-share grants to Minnesota farmers who retrofit eligible 
1.10 	tractors with eligible rollover protective structures. Grants are limited to 70 percent of 
1.11 	the farmer's documented cost to purchase, ship, and install an eligible rollover protective 
1.12 	structure. The commissioner must increase the grant amount over the 70 percent grant 
1.13 	limitation requirement if necessary to limit a farmer's cost per tractor to no more than $500.
1.14 	(b) A rollover protective structure is eligible if it meets or exceeds SAE International 
1.15 	standard J2194.
1.16 	(c) A tractor is eligible if the tractor was built before 1987.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Promotion; administration. The commissioner may spend up to 20 
1.18 	percent of total program dollars each fiscal year to promote the program to Minnesota 
1.19 	farmers. The commissioner must minimize administrative costs by cooperating with the 
1.20 	New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health to administer the grant program.
1.21 		Subd. 3.Nonstate funds; appropriation. The commissioner must solicit 
1.22 	contributions from nonstate sources for this program. Funds received under this 
1.23 	subdivision are appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of this section.
1.24 		Subd. 4.Expiration. This section expires on June 30, 2019.