1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; reducing noncommercial pesticide applicator license fee 
1.3 	for certain persons;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 18B.34, subdivision 
1.4 	5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 18B.34, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Fees. (a) A person initially applying for or renewing a noncommercial applicator 
1.8 	license must pay a nonrefundable application fee of $50, except an applicant who is uses 
1.9 	pesticides in the course of performing official duties as: (1) a government employee; (2) a 
1.10 	contractor providing rest area custodial services for the commissioner of transportation; or 
1.11 	(3) a Conservation Corps Minnesota employee who uses pesticides in the course of 
1.12 	performing official duties must pay a nonrefundable application fee of $10.
1.13 	(b) A license renewal application received after March 1 in the year for which the license 
1.14 	is to be issued is subject to a penalty fee of 50 percent of the application fee. The penalty 
1.15 	fee must be paid before the renewal license may be issued.
1.16 	(c) An application for a duplicate noncommercial applicator license must be accompanied 
1.17 	by a nonrefundable application fee of $10.