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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to the operation of state government; making certain changes in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>agriculture, fuel, and veterans policy; establishing or changing certain programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>requirements, and procedures; regulating certain activities; establishing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>planning group and a working group; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>Statutes 2006, sections 13.785, by adding a subdivision; 18B.065, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>2, 7; 18B.07, subdivision 2; 18D.305, subdivision 2; 18E.04, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>28A.03, by adding a subdivision; 28A.08; 28A.082, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>28A.09, subdivision 1; 29.23; 31.05; 31.171; 41D.01, subdivision 4; 97A.028, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision 3; 148.01, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 192.20; 192.32, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>by adding a subdivision; 196.021; 196.03; 197.236; 198.32, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>239.051, subdivision 15; 239.77, as amended; 239.7911, subdivision 2; 296A.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 2; 349.12, subdivision 3a; 609.115, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 18B.065, subdivisions 1, 2a; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>18B.26, subdivision 3; 31.175; 35.244; 41A.105, subdivision 2; 197.791, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 239.761, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 296A.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivisions 8a, 25; Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivisions 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>4, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 17; 32; 148; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>192; 196; 197; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 190.17; 197.236, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivisions 7, 10; 198.001, subdivisions 6, 9; 198.002, subdivisions 1, 3, 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>198.003, subdivisions 5, 6; 198.004, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2007 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>Supplement, sections 41A.105, subdivision 5; 198.002, subdivision 2; 198.004, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, part 9050.0040, subpart 15.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var><b>AGRICULTURE POLICY</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[17.118] LIVESTOCK INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> The commissioner may award a livestock investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>grant to a person who raises livestock in this state equal to ten percent of the first $500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>of qualifying expenditures, provided the person makes qualifying expenditures of at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>$4,000. The commissioner may award multiple livestock investment grants to a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>over the life of the program as long as the cumulative amount does not exceed $50,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>subdivision have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Livestock" means beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, poultry, goats, mules, farmed <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>cervidae, ratitae, bison, sheep, horses, and llamas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Qualifying expenditures" means the amount spent for: <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the acquisition, construction, or improvement of buildings or facilities for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>production of livestock or livestock products; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the development of pasture for use by livestock including, but not limited to, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>acquisition, development, or improvement of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) lanes used by livestock returning from pasture to a central location; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) watering systems for livestock on pasture including water lines and booster <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>pumps well installations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) livestock stream crossing stabilization; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) fences; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the acquisition of equipment for livestock housing, confinement, feeding, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>waste management including, but not limited to, the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) freestall barns;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) watering facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) feed storage and handling equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) milking parlors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) robotic equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) scales;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) milk storage and cooling facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) bulk tanks;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) computer hardware and software and associated equipment used to monitor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>the productivity and feeding of livestock;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) manure pumping and storage facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) swine farrowing facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii) swine and cattle finishing barns;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiii) calving facilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiv) digesters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xv) equipment used to produce energy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xvi) on-farm processing facilities equipment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xvii) fences; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xviii) livestock pens and corrals and sorting, restraining, and loading chutes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for qualifying pasture development expenditures under clause (2), qualifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>expenditures only include amounts that are allowed to be capitalized and deducted under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>either section 167 or 179 of the Internal Revenue Code in computing federal taxable <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>income. Qualifying expenditures do not include an amount paid to refinance existing debt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Qualifying period" means, for a grant awarded during a fiscal year, that full <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>calendar year of which the first six months precede the first day of the current fiscal year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>For example, an eligible person who makes qualifying expenditures during calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>year 2008 is eligible to receive a livestock investment grant between July 1, 2008, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Eligibility.</b> (a) To be eligible for a livestock investment grant, a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>must: <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) be a resident of Minnesota or an entity authorized to farm in this state under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>section 500.24, subdivision 3;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) be the principal operator of the farm;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) hold an appropriate feedlot registration; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) apply to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner including a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>statement of the qualifying expenditures made during the qualifying period along with any <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>proof or other documentation the commissioner may require.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The $50,000 maximum grant applies at the entity level for partnerships, S <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>corporations, C corporations, trusts, and estates as well as at the individual level. In the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>case of married individuals, the grant is limited to $50,000 for a married couple.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Process.</b> The commissioner shall review completed applications and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>award grants to eligible applicants in the order in which applications were received by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>the commissioner. The commissioner shall certify eligible applications up to the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>appropriated for a fiscal year. The commissioner must place any additional eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>applications on a waiting list and, notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (c), give <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>them priority during the next fiscal year. The commissioner shall notify in writing any <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>applicant who applies for a grant and is ineligible under the provisions of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>as well as any applicant whose application is received or reviewed after the fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>funding limit has been reached. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 18B.065, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Collection and disposal.</b> The commissioner of agriculture shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>establish and operate a program to collect and dispose of waste pesticides. The program <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>must be made available to agriculture agricultural and residential pesticide end users <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>whose waste generating activity occurs in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008, and applies to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>cooperative agreements entered into by the commissioner of agriculture and local units of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>government for waste pesticide collection and disposal after that date.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18B.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Implementation.</b> (a) The commissioner may obtain a United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>Environmental Protection Agency hazardous waste identification number to manage the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>waste pesticides collected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may not limit the type and quantity of waste pesticides <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>accepted for collection and may not assess pesticide end users for portions of the costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>incurred.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 18B.065, subdivision 2a, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Disposal site requirement.</b> (a) For agricultural waste pesticides, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>commissioner must designate a place in each county of the state that is available at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>every other year for persons to dispose of unused portions of agricultural pesticides <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>in accordance with subdivision 1. The commissioner shall consult with the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>responsible for solid waste management and disposal in each county to determine an <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>appropriate location and to advertise each collection event.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For residential waste pesticides, the commissioner must provide periodic <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>disposal opportunities each year in each county. As provided under subdivision 7, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>commissioner may enter into agreements with county or regional solid waste management <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>entities to provide these collections and shall provide these entities with funding for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>costs incurred including, but not limited to, related supplies, transportation, advertising, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>and disposal costs as well as reasonable overhead costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The person responsible for waste pesticide collections under paragraphs (a) and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(b) shall record information on each waste pesticide product collected including, but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>limited to, the product name, active ingredient or ingredients, and the quantity. The person <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>must submit this information to the commissioner at least annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008, and applies to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>cooperative agreements entered into by the commissioner of agriculture and local units of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>government for waste pesticide collection and disposal after that date.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18B.065, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Cooperative agreements.</b> The commissioner may enter into cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>agreements with state agencies and local units of government for administration of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>waste pesticide collection program. The commissioner shall ensure that the program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>carried out in all counties. If the commissioner cannot contract with another party to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>administer the program in a county, the commissioner shall perform collections according <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>to the provisions of this section.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18B.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Prohibited pesticide use.</b> (a) A person may not use, store, handle, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>distribute, or dispose of a pesticide, rinsate, pesticide container, or pesticide application <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>equipment in a manner:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that is inconsistent with a label or labeling as defined by FIFRA;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that endangers humans, damages agricultural products, food, livestock, fish, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>or wildlife; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that will cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person may not direct a pesticide onto property beyond the boundaries of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>target site. A pesticide application resulting in pesticide drift beyond the boundaries of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>the target site, whether intentional or not, is illegal. A person may not apply a pesticide <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>resulting in damage to adjacent property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A person may not directly apply a pesticide on a human by overspray or target <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>site spray, except when:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the pesticide is intended for use on a human;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the pesticide application is for mosquito control operations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the pesticide application is for control of gypsy moth, forest tent caterpillar, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>or other pest species, as determined by the commissioner, and the pesticide used is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>biological agent; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the pesticide application is for a public health risk, as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>commissioner of health, and the commissioner of health, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>commissioner of agriculture, determines that the application is warranted based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>the commissioner's balancing of the public health risk with the risk that the pesticide <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>application poses to the health of the general population, with special attention to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>health of children.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) For pesticide applications under paragraph (c), clause (2), the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>conditions apply:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) no practicable and effective alternative method of control exists;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the pesticide is among the least toxic available for control of the target pest; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) notification to residents in the area to be treated is provided at least 24 hours <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>before application through direct notification, posting daily on the treating organization's <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>Web site, if any, and by sending a broadcast e-mail to those persons who request <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>notification of such, of those areas to be treated by adult mosquito control techniques <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>during the next calendar day. For control operations related to human disease, notice under <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>this paragraph may be given less than 24 hours in advance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) For pesticide applications under paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4), the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>conditions apply:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) no practicable and effective alternative method of control exists;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the pesticide is among the least toxic available for control of the target pest; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) notification of residents in the area to be treated is provided by direct notification <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>and through publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) For purposes of this subdivision, "direct notification" may include mailings, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>public meetings, posted placards, neighborhood newsletters, or other means of contact <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>designed to reach as many residents as possible. Public meetings held to meet this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>requirement for adult mosquito control, under paragraph (d), must be held within each <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>city or town where the pesticide treatments are to be made, at a time and location that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>convenient for residents of the area where the treatments will occur.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) A person may not apply a pesticide in a manner so as to expose a worker in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>immediately adjacent, open field.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Except for public health purposes, it is a violation of this chapter to apply for hire <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>a pesticide to the incorrect site or to a site where an application has not been requested, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>ordered, or contracted for by the property owner or lawful manager or property manager <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>of the site, notwithstanding that the application is done in a manner consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>label or labeling.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Except for a pesticide application performed by a unit of government or its agent <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>for maintenance purposes, it is illegal to apply a pesticide to a public right-of-way or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>apply a pesticide on nearby property in a manner that results in the pesticide drifting onto <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>a public right-of-way, whether the drift is intentional or not.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 18B.26, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Application fee.</b> (a) A registrant shall pay an annual application fee for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>each pesticide to be registered, and this fee is set at 0.4 percent of annual gross sales <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>within the state and annual gross sales of pesticides used in the state, with a minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>nonrefundable fee of $250. The registrant shall determine when and which pesticides <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>are sold or used in this state. The registrant shall secure sufficient sales information of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>pesticides distributed into this state from distributors and dealers, regardless of distributor <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>location, to make a determination. Sales of pesticides in this state and sales of pesticides <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>for use in this state by out-of-state distributors are not exempt and must be included in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>registrant's annual report, as required under paragraph (c), and fees shall be paid by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>registrant based upon those reported sales. Sales of pesticides in the state for use outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>of the state are exempt from the application fee in this paragraph if the registrant properly <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>documents the sale location and distributors. A registrant paying more than the minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>fee shall pay the balance due by March 1 based on the gross sales of the pesticide by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>registrant for the preceding calendar year. The fee for disinfectants and sanitizers shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>the minimum. The minimum fee is due by December 31 preceding the year for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>the application for registration is made. The commissioner shall spend at least $400,000, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>not including the commissioner's administrative costs, per fiscal year from the pesticide <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>regulatory account for the purposes of the waste pesticide collection program. In each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>fiscal year, the commissioner shall allocate from the pesticide regulatory account a sum <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>sufficient to collect and dispose of waste pesticides under section 18B.065. However, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>notwithstanding section 18B.065, if at the end of any fiscal year the balance in the pesticide <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>regulatory account is less than $1,000,000, the commissioner may suspend waste pesticide <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>collections or provide partial payment to a person for waste pesticide collection. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>commissioner must notify as soon as possible and no later than August 1 a person under <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>contract to collect waste pesticides of an anticipated suspension or payment reduction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An additional fee of $100 must be paid by the applicant for each pesticide to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>registered if the application is a renewal application that is submitted after December 31.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A registrant must annually report to the commissioner the amount and type of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>each registered pesticide sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed in the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>report shall be filed by March 1 for the previous year's registration. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>shall specify the form of the report and require additional information deemed necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>to determine the amount and type of pesticides annually distributed in the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>information required shall include the brand name, amount, and formulation of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>pesticide sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed in the state, but the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>collected, if made public, shall be reported in a manner which does not identify a specific <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>brand name in the report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A registrant who is required to pay more than the minimum fee for any pesticide <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>under paragraph (a) must pay a late fee penalty of $100 for each pesticide application fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>paid after March 1 in the year for which the license is to be issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008, and applies to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>cooperative agreements entered into by the commissioner of agriculture and local units of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>government for waste pesticide collection and disposal after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18D.305, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Revocation and suspension.</b> (a) The commissioner may, after written <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>notice and hearing, revoke, suspend, or refuse to grant or renew a registration, permit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>license, or certification if a person violates a provision of this chapter or has a history <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>within the last three years of violations of this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may refuse to accept an application for a registration, permit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>license, or certification, and may revoke or suspend a previously issued registration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>permit, license, or certification of a person from another state if that person has:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) had a registration, permit, license, or certification denied, revoked, or suspended <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>by another state for an offense reasonably related to the requirements, qualifications, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>duties of a registration, permit, license, or certification issued under chapter 18B or 18C; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) been convicted of a violation, had a history of violations, or been subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>final order imposing civil penalties authorized under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18E.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Payment of corrective action costs.</b> (a) On request by an eligible person, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>the board may pay the eligible person for the reasonable and necessary cash disbursements <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>for corrective action costs incurred by the eligible person as provided under subdivision 4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>if the board determines:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the eligible person pays the first $1,000 of the corrective action costs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the eligible person provides the board with a sworn affidavit and other convincing <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>evidence that the eligible person is unable to pay additional corrective action costs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the eligible person continues to assume responsibility for carrying out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>requirements of corrective action orders issued to the eligible person or that are in effect;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the incident was reported as required in chapters 18B, 18C, and 18D; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the eligible person submits an application for payment or reimbursement to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>department, along with associated invoices, within three years of (i) incurring eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>corrective action costs performance of the eligible work, or (ii) approval of a the related <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>corrective action design or plan for that work, whichever is later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The eligible person must submit an application for payment or reimbursement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>eligible cost incurred prior to July 1, 2001, no later than June 1, 2004.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) An eligible person is not eligible for payment or reimbursement and must refund <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>amounts paid or reimbursed by the board if false statements or misrepresentations are <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>made in the affidavit or other evidence submitted to the commissioner to show an inability <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>to pay corrective action costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The board may pay the eligible person and one or more designees by multiparty <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>check.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 28A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Vending machine.</b> "Vending machine" means a self-service device that, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>upon insertion of a coin, paper currency, token, card, or key, dispenses unit servings of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>food in bulk or in packages without the necessity of replenishing the device between <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>each vending operation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 28A.08, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var><b>28A.08 LICENSE FEES; PENALTIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>General.</b> License fees, penalties for late renewal of licenses, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>penalties for not obtaining a license before conducting business in food handling that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>set in this section apply to the sections named except as provided under section 
         <statute_ref>28A.09</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>Except as specified herein, bonds and assessments based on number of units operated or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>volume handled or processed which are provided for in said laws shall not be affected, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>nor shall any penalties for late payment of said assessments, nor shall inspection fees, be <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>affected by this chapter. The penalties may be waived by the commissioner. Fees for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>new licenses must be based on the anticipated future gross annual food sales. If a firm is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>found to be operating for multiple years without paying license fees, the state may collect <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>the appropriate fees and penalties for each year of operation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Fees effective July 1, 2003.</b><br />
         		 
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="31.5"></col>
            <col width="1"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom">Penalties<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Type of food handler<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">License Fee <br />
                  		Effective <br />
                  		July 1, 2003<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">Late <br />
                  		Renewal<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">No License<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">1.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Retail food handler<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Having gross sales of only <br />
                  		prepackaged nonperishable food of <br />
                  		less than $15,000 for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year and filing a <br />
                  		statement with the commissioner<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 50<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 17<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 33<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Having under $15,000 gross sales <br />
                  		or service including food preparation or <br />
                  		having $15,000 to $50,000 gross sales <br />
                  		or service for the immediately previous <br />
                  		license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 77<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 25<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 51<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(c) Having $50,001 to $250,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$155<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 51<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$102<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(d) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$276<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 91<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 182<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(e) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$799<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$264<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$527<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(f) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,162<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$383<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$767<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(g) Having $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,376<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$454<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$908<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(h) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,607<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$530<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,061<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(i) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,847<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$610<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,219<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(j) Having over $25,000,001 gross sales <br />
                  		or service for the immediately previous <br />
                  		license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$2,001<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$660<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,321<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">2.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Wholesale food handler<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Having gross sales or service of <br />
                  		less than $25,000 for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 57<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 19<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 38<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Having $25,001 to $250,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$284<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 94<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$187<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.37"></a><var>10.37</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.38"></a><var>10.38</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.39"></a><var>10.39</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.40"></a><var>10.40</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.41"></a><var>10.41</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service from a mobile unit <br />
                  		without a separate food facility for the <br />
                  		immediately previous license or fiscal <br />
                  		year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$444<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$147<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$293<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.42"></a><var>10.42</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.43"></a><var>10.43</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.44"></a><var>10.44</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.45"></a><var>10.45</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(d) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service not covered <br />
                  		under paragraph (c) for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$590<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$195<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$389<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.46"></a><var>10.46</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.47"></a><var>10.47</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.48"></a><var>10.48</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(e) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$769<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$254<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$508<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.49"></a><var>10.49</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.50"></a><var>10.50</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.51"></a><var>10.51</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(f) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$920<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$304<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$607<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(g) Having $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$990<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$327<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$653<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(h) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,156<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$381<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$763<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(i) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,329<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$439<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$877<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(j) Having over $25,000,001 or more <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,502<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$496<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$991<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">3.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Food broker<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$150<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 50<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 99<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">4.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Wholesale food processor or manufacturer<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Having gross sales or service of <br />
                  		less than $125,000 for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$169<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 56<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$112<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Having $125,001 to $250,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$392<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$129<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$259<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$590<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$195<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$389<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(d) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$769<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$254<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$508<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(e) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$920<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$304<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$607<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(f) Having $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,377<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$454<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$909<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(g) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,608<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$531<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,061<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.36"></a><var>11.36</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.37"></a><var>11.37</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.38"></a><var>11.38</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(h) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,849<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$610<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,220<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.39"></a><var>11.39</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.40"></a><var>11.40</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.41"></a><var>11.41</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(i) Having $25,000,001 to $50,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$2,090<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$690<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,379<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.42"></a><var>11.42</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.43"></a><var>11.43</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.44"></a><var>11.44</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(j) Having $50,000,001 to $100,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$2,330<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$769<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,538<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.45"></a><var>11.45</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.46"></a><var>11.46</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.47"></a><var>11.47</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(k) Having $100,000,000 or more gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$2,571<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$848<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,697<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.48"></a><var>11.48</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.49"></a><var>11.49</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.50"></a><var>11.50</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">5.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Wholesale food processor of meat or <br />
                  		poultry products under supervision of the <br />
                  		U.S. Department of Agriculture<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Having gross sales or service of <br />
                  		less than $125,000 for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$112<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 37<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 74<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Having $125,001 to $250,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$214<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 71<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$141<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$333<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$110<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$220<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(d) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$425<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$140<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$281<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(e) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$521<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$172<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$344<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(f) Having over $10,000,001 gross sales <br />
                  		or service for the immediately previous <br />
                  		license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$765<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$252<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$505<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(g) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$893<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$295<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$589<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(h) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,027<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$339<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$678<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(i) Having $25,000,001 to $50,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,161<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$383<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$766<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(j) Having $50,000,001 to $100,000,000 <br />
                  		gross sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,295<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$427<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$855<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">(k) Having $100,000,001 or more gross <br />
                  		sales or service for the immediately <br />
                  		previous license or fiscal year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$1,428<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$471<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$942<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">6.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Wholesale food processor or manufacturer <br />
                  		operating only at the State Fair<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$125<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 40<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 50<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.36"></a><var>12.36</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.37"></a><var>12.37</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.38"></a><var>12.38</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">7.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Wholesale food manufacturer having the <br />
                  		permission of the commissioner to use the <br />
                  		name Minnesota Farmstead cheese<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 30<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 10<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 15<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.39"></a><var>12.39</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">8.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Nonresident frozen dairy manufacturer<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$200<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 50<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 75<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.40"></a><var>12.40</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.41"></a><var>12.41</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.42"></a><var>12.42</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">9.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Wholesale food manufacturer processing <br />
                  		less than 700,000 pounds per year of raw <br />
                  		milk<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 30<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 10<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 15<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.43"></a><var>12.43</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.44"></a><var>12.44</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.45"></a><var>12.45</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.46"></a><var>12.46</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.47"></a><var>12.47</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="top">10.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">A milk marketing organization without <br />
                  		facilities for processing or manufacturing <br />
                  		that purchases milk from milk producers <br />
                  		for delivery to a licensed wholesale food <br />
                  		processor or manufacturer<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 50<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 15<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 25<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.12.48"></a><var>12.48</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 28A.082, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.49"></a><var>12.49</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Disaster areas.</b> If the governor declares a disaster in an area of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>state, the commissioner of agriculture may waive the plan review fee and direct agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>personnel to expedite the plan review process.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 28A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Annual fee; exceptions.</b> Every coin-operated food vending machine <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>is subject to an annual state inspection fee of $25 for each nonexempt machine except <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>nut vending machines which are subject to an annual state inspection fee of $10 for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>machine, provided that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Food vending machines may be inspected by either a home rule charter or <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>statutory city, or a county, but not both, and if inspected by a home rule charter or statutory <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>city, or a county they shall not be subject to the state inspection fee, but the home rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>charter or statutory city, or the county may impose an inspection or license fee of no more <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>than the state inspection fee. A home rule charter or statutory city or county that does <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>not inspect food vending machines shall not impose a food vending machine inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>or license fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Vending machines dispensing only gum balls, hard candy, unsorted candy, or ice <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>manufactured and packaged by another shall be, and water dispensing machines serviced <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>by a cashier, are  exempt from the state inspection fee, but may be inspected by the state. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>home rule charter or statutory city may impose by ordinance an inspection or license fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>of no more than the state inspection fee for nonexempt machines on the vending machines <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>and water dispensing machines described in this paragraph. A county may impose <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>by ordinance an inspection or license fee of no more than the state inspection fee for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>nonexempt machines on the vending machines and water dispensing machines described <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>in this paragraph which are not located in a home rule charter or statutory city.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Vending machines dispensing only bottled or canned soft drinks are exempt from <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>the state, home rule charter or statutory city, and county inspection fees, but may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>inspected by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 29.23, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var><b>29.23 GRADING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Grades, weight classes and standards for quality.</b> All eggs <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>purchased on the basis of grade by the first licensed buyer shall be graded in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>with grade and weight classes established by the commissioner. The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>establish, by rule, and from time to time, may amend or revise, grades, weight classes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>and standards for quality. When grades, weight classes, and standards for quality have <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>been fixed by the secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, they <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>may must be accepted and published by the commissioner as definitions or standards for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>eggs in interstate and intrastate commerce.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Equipment.</b> The commissioner shall also by rule provide for minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>plant and equipment requirements for candling, grading, handling and storing eggs, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>shall define candling. Equipment in use by a wholesale food handler before July 1, 1991, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>that does not meet the design and fabrication requirements of this chapter may remain in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>use if it is in good repair, capable of being maintained in a sanitary condition, and capable <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>of maintaining a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Egg temperature.</b> Eggs must be held at a temperature not to exceed 45 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) after being received by the egg handler except for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>cleaning, sanitizing, grading, and further processing when they must immediately be <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>placed under refrigeration that is maintained at 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>or below. Eggs offered for retail sale by a retail food handler must be held at a temperature <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>not to exceed 45 41 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius). Equipment in use prior to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>August 1, 1991, is not subject to this requirement. Shell eggs that have been frozen must <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>not be offered for sale except as approved by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Vehicle temperature.</b> A vehicle used for the transportation of to transport <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>shell eggs from a warehouse, retail store, candling and grading facility, or egg holding <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>facility must have an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>or below.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 31.05, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var><b>31.05 EMBARGOES AND CONDEMNATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> As used in this section, "animals" means cattle; swine; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>sheep; goats; poultry; farmed cervidae, as defined in section 35.153, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>llamas, as defined in section 17.455, subdivision 2; ratitae, as defined in section 17.453, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>subdivision 3; equines; and other large domesticated animals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Tag or notice.</b> A duly authorized agent of the commissioner who finds or <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>has probable cause to believe that any food, animal, or consumer commodity is adulterated <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, or is in violation of section 
         <statute_ref>31.131</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>shall affix to such article or animal a tag or other appropriate marking giving notice that <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>such article or animal is, or is suspected of being, adulterated or misbranded and has <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>article or animal by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>such agent or the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>detained or embargoed article or animal by sale or otherwise without such permission. <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Action for condemnation.</b> When an article or animal detained or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>embargoed under subdivision 1 has been found by such agent to be adulterated, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>misbranded, the agent shall petition the district court in the county in which the article or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>animal is detained or embargoed for an order and decree for the condemnation of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>article or animal. Any such agent who has found that an article or animal so detained or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>embargoed is not adulterated or misbranded, shall remove the tag or other marking.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Remedies.</b> If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article or animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>is adulterated or misbranded, such article or animal shall, after entry of the decree, be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>destroyed at the expense of the claimant thereof, under the supervision of such agent, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>all court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be taxed against <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>the claimant of such article or animal or the claimant's agent; provided, that when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the article <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>or animal, the court, after entry of the decree and after such costs, fees, and expenses have <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that such article or animal shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>so labeled or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that such article or animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>be delivered to claimant thereof for such labeling or processing under the supervision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>an agent of the commissioner. The expense of such supervision shall be paid by claimant. <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>The article or animal shall be returned to the claimant and the bond shall be discharged on <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>the representation to the court by the commissioner that the article or animal is no longer <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>in violation and that the expenses of such supervision have been paid.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Duties of commissioner.</b> Whenever the commissioner or any of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>commissioner's authorized agents shall find in any room, building, vehicle of transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>or other structure, any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable articles <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>of food which are unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or that <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, the same being hereby <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>declared to be a nuisance, the commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized agent, shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>forthwith condemn or destroy the same, or in any other manner render the same unsalable <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>as human food, and no one shall have any cause of action against the commissioner or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>commissioner's authorized agent on account of such action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Emergency response.</b> In the event of an emergency declared by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>governor's order under section 
         <statute_ref>12.31</statute_ref>, if the commissioner finds or has probable cause to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>believe that a livestock, food, or a consumer commodity within a specific area is likely <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>to be adulterated because of the emergency or so misbranded as to be dangerous or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.36"></a><var>15.36</var>fraudulent, or is in violation of section 
         <statute_ref>31.131, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>embargo a geographic area that is included in the declared emergency. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>shall provide notice to the public and to those with custody of the product in as thorough a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>manner as is practical under the emergency circumstances. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 31.171, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var><b>31.171 EMPLOYMENT OF DISEASED PERSON.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It shall be unlawful for any person to work in or about any place where any fruit <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>or any food products are manufactured, packed, stored, deposited, collected, prepared, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>produced or sold, whose condition is such that disease may be spread to associates direct, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>or through the medium of milk, cream, butter, other food or food products, likely to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>eaten without being cooked after handling, whether such condition be due to a contagious, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>or infectious, or venereal disease, in its active or convalescent stage, or to the presence of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>disease germs, whether accompanied by, or without, any symptoms of the disease itself.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It shall be the duty of the commissioner, or the commissioner's assistant, inspector, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>agent, to report to the state commissioner of health for investigation, any person suspected <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>to be dangerous to the public health, as provided for in this section, and immediately to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>exclude such person from such employment pending investigation and during the period <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>of infectiousness, if such person is certified by the state commissioner of health, or an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>authorized agent, to be dangerous to the public health.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 31.175, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var><b>31.175 WATER, PLUMBING, AND SEWAGE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person who is required by statutes administered by the Department of Agriculture, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>or by rules adopted pursuant to those statutes, to provide a suitable water supply, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>or plumbing or sewage disposal system, may shall not engage in the business of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>manufacturing, processing, selling, handling, or storing food at wholesale or retail <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>unless the person's water supply is satisfactory under plumbing codes pursuant to rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>adopted by the Department of Health, the person's plumbing is satisfactory pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>rules adopted by the Department of Labor and Industry, and the person's sewage disposal <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>system satisfies the rules of the Pollution Control Agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. <b>[32.416] SOMATIC CELL COUNT, GOAT MILK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding any federal standard incorporated by reference in this chapter, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>maximum allowable somatic cell count for raw goat milk is 1,500,000 cells per milliliter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 35.244, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var><b>35.244 </b><b>RULES FOR</b><b> CONTROL OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Designation of zones.</b> The board has the authority to control <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>tuberculosis and the movement of cattle, bison, goats, and farmed cervidae within and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>between tuberculosis zones in the state. Zones within the state may be designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>as accreditation preparatory, modified accredited, modified accredited advanced, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>accredited free as those terms are defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 9, part 77.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Control within modified accredited zone.</b> In a modified accredited <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>zone, the board has the authority to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) require owners of cattle, bison, goats, or farmed cervidae to report personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>contact information and location of livestock to the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) require a permit or movement certificates for all cattle, bison, goats, and farmed <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>cervidae moving between premises within the zone or leaving or entering the zone;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) require official identification of all cattle, bison, goats, and farmed cervidae <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>within the zone or leaving or entering the zone;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) require a negative tuberculosis test within 60 days prior to movement for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>individual cattle, bison, goats, or farmed cervidae leaving the zone with the exception of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>cattle moving under permit directly to a slaughter facility under state or federal inspection;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) require a whole-herd tuberculosis test within 12 months prior to moving breeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>cattle out of the zone;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) require annual herd inventories on all cattle, bison, goat, or farmed cervidae <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>herds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) require that a risk assessment be performed to evaluate the interaction of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>free-ranging deer with cattle, bison, goat, and farmed cervidae herds and require the owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>to implement the recommendations of the risk assessment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) provide financial assistance to a person who fences a cattle feeding area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Authority to adopt rules.</b> The board may adopt rules to provide for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>control of tuberculosis in cattle. The rules may include provisions for quarantine, tests, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>and such other measures as the board deems appropriate. Federal regulations, as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>by Code of Federal Regulations, title 9, part 77, and the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>Uniform Methods and Rules, are incorporated as part of the rules in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 41A.105, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>NextGen Energy Board.</b> There is created a NextGen Energy Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>consisting of the commissioners of agriculture, commerce, natural resources, the Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>Control Agency, and employment and economic development; the chairs of the house and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over energy finance; the chairs of the house and senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance; one member of the second largest <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>political party in the house, as appointed by the chairs of the house committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance and energy finance; one member of the second largest <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>political party in the senate, as appointed by the chairs of the senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance and energy finance; and the executive director of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>Agricultural Utilization Research Institute. In addition, the governor shall appoint seven <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>eight members: two representing statewide agriculture organizations; two representing <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>statewide environment and natural resource conservation organizations; one representing <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>the University of Minnesota; one representing the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>Agriculture; and one representing the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>and one representing the forest products industry. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 41D.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Expiration.</b> This section expires on June 30, 2008 2013.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.028, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Emergency deterrent materials assistance.</b> (a) For the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>subdivision, "cooperative damage management agreement" means an agreement between <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>a landowner or tenant and the commissioner that establishes a program for addressing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>problem of destruction of the landowner's or tenant's specialty crops or stored forage crops <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>by wild animals, or destruction of agricultural crops by flightless Canada geese.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A landowner or tenant may apply to the commissioner for emergency deterrent <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>materials assistance in controlling destruction of the landowner's or tenant's specialty <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>crops or stored forage crops by wild animals, or destruction of agricultural crops by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>flightless Canada geese. Subject to the availability of money appropriated for this purpose, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>the commissioner shall provide suitable deterrent materials when the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>determines that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) immediate action is necessary to prevent significant damage from continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>or to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a cooperative damage management agreement cannot be implemented <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>immediately.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A person may receive emergency deterrent materials assistance under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>subdivision more than once, but the cumulative total value of deterrent materials provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>to a person, or for use on a parcel, may not exceed $3,000 for specialty crops, $5,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>measures to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis within a five-mile radius of a cattle <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>herd that is infected with bovine tuberculosis as determined by the Board of Animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>Health, $750 for protecting stored forage crops, or $500 for agricultural crops damaged by <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>flightless Canada geese. If a person is a co-owner or cotenant with respect to the specialty <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>crops for which the deterrent materials are provided, the deterrent materials are deemed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>be "provided" to the person for the purposes of this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) As a condition of receiving emergency deterrent materials assistance under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>subdivision, a landowner or tenant shall enter into a cooperative damage management <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>agreement with the commissioner. Deterrent materials provided by the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>include repellents, fencing materials, or other materials recommended in the agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>to alleviate the damage problem. If requested by a landowner or tenant, any fencing <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>materials provided must be capable of providing long-term protection of specialty crops. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>A landowner or tenant who receives emergency deterrent materials assistance under <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>this subdivision shall comply with the terms of the cooperative damage management <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>agreement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of sections 
         <statute_ref>148.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>148.10</statute_ref>,:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)  "chiropractic" is defined as the science of adjusting any abnormal articulations of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>the human body, especially those of the spinal column, for the purpose of giving freedom <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>of action to impinged nerves that may cause pain or deranged function; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" means treatment that includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>identifying and resolving vertebral subluxation complexes, spinal manipulation, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>manipulation of the extremity articulations of nonhuman vertebrates. Animal chiropractic <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>diagnosis and treatment does not include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) performing surgery;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) dispensing or administering of medications; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) performing traditional veterinary care and diagnosis. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Animal chiropractic practice.</b> A licensed chiropractor may engage in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment if registered to do so by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>board, and the animal has been referred to the chiropractor by a veterinarian.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Scope of practice; animal chiropractic.</b> Criteria for registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>to engage in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment must be set <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>by the board, and must include, but are not limited to: active chiropractic license; <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>education and training in the field of animal chiropractic from an American Veterinary <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>Chiropractic Association, International Veterinary Chiropractic Association, or higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>institution-approved course consisting of no less than 210 hours, meeting continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>education requirements; and other conditions and rules set by the board. The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>shall consult with the State Board of Veterinary Medicine in preparing proposed rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>on animal chiropractic.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1c. <b>Titles.</b> Notwithstanding the limitations established in section 156.12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>subdivision 4, a doctor of chiropractic properly registered to provide chiropractic care to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>animals in accordance with this chapter and rules of the board may use the title "animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>chiropractor."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1d. <b>Provisional interim statute.</b> Upon approval by the board, a licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>chiropractor who has already taken and passed the education and training requirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>set forth in subdivision 1b may engage in the practice of animal chiropractic during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>time that the rules are being promulgated by the board. Enforcement actions may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>be taken against persons who have completed the approved program of study by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>American Veterinary Chiropractic Association or the International Veterinary Chiropractic <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>Association until the rules have been adopted by the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. <b>[148.032] EDUCATIONAL CRITERIA FOR LICENSURE IN ANIMAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var><b>CHIROPRACTIC DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; RECORDS; TREATMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var><b>NOTES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The following educational criteria must be applied to any licensed chiropractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>who requests registration in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment. The criteria must <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>include education and training in the following subjects:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) anatomy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) anatomy laboratory;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) biomechanics and gait;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) chiropractic educational basics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) animal chiropractic diversified adjusting technique, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) lecture cervical;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) thoracic;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) lumbosacral;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) pelvic; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) extremity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) animal chiropractic diversified adjusting technique, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) laboratory cervical;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) thoracic;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) lumbosacral;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) pelvic; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) extremity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) case management and case studies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) chiropractic philosophy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) ethics and legalities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) neurology, neuroanatomy, and neurological conditions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) pathology; <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) radiology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) research in current chiropractic and veterinary topics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) rehabilitation, current topics, evaluation, and assessment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) normal foot anatomy and normal foot care;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) saddle fit and evaluation, lecture, and laboratory;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) veterinary educational basics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) vertebral subluxation complex; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) zoonotic diseases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A licensed chiropractor requesting registration in animal chiropractic diagnosis <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>and treatment must have completed and passed a course of study from an American <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>Veterinary Chiropractic Association, International Veterinary Chiropractic Association, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>higher institution-approved program, consisting of no less than 210 hours of education <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>and training as set forth in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A licensed chiropractor engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>and treatment must maintain complete and accurate records and patient files in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>chiropractor's office for at least three years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A licensed chiropractor engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>and treatment must make treatment notes and records available to the patient's owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>upon request and must communicate their findings and treatment plan with the referring <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>veterinarian if requested by the patient's owner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A licensed chiropractor who treats both animal and human patients in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>facility must post a conspicuous sign in the reception area of that facility informing <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>customers that nonhuman patients are treated on the premises.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. <b>[148.033] ANIMAL CHIROPRACTIC CONTINUING EDUCATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var><b>HOURS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any chiropractor engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>treatment applying for renewal of a registration related to animal chiropractic diagnosis <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>and treatment must have completed a minimum of six hours annually of continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>education in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment, in addition to the required 20 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>hours annually of continuing education in human chiropractic under this chapter. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>continuing education course attended for purposes of complying with this section must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>approved by the board prior to attendance by the chiropractor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. <b>[148.035] SEPARATE TREATMENT ROOM REQUIRED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A licensed chiropractor who provides animal chiropractic treatment in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>facility where human patients are treated, shall maintain a separate noncarpeted room for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>the purpose of adjusting animals. The table and equipment used for animals shall not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>used for human patients.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3. <b>Agricultural Marketing and </b><br />
                  		<b>Development</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,547,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,157,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>$186,000 the first year and $186,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>second year are for transfer to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>grown account and may be used as grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>for Minnesota grown promotion under <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>17.102</statute_ref>. Grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>may be made for one year. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>16A.28</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>appropriations encumbered under contract on <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>or before June 30, 2009, for Minnesota grown <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>grants in this paragraph are available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>June 30, 2011. $50,000 of the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>in each year is for efforts that identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>and promote Minnesota grown products <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>in retail food establishments including but <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>not limited to restaurants, grocery stores, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>and convenience stores. The balance in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>Minnesota grown matching account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>agricultural fund is canceled to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>grown account in the agricultural fund and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>the Minnesota grown matching account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>abolished. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>$160,000 the first year and $160,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>second year are for grants to farmers for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>demonstration projects involving sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>agriculture as authorized in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>17.116</statute_ref>. Of the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>for grants, up to $20,000 may be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>dissemination of information about the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>demonstration projects. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>16A.28</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>appropriations encumbered under contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>on or before June 30, 2009, for sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>agriculture grants in this paragraph are <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>available until June 30, 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>the second year are to provide training <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>and technical assistance to county and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>town officials relating to livestock siting <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>issues and local zoning and land use <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.36"></a><var>23.36</var>planning, including a checklist template that <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>would clarify the federal, state, and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>government requirements for consideration <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>of an animal agriculture modernization <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>or expansion project. In developing <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>the training and technical assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>program, the commissioner shall seek <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>guidance, advice, and support of livestock <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>producer organizations, general agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>organizations, local government associations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>academic institutions, other government <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>agencies, and others with expertise in land <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>use and agriculture. <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>$103,000 the first year and $106,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>second year are for additional integrated pest <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>management activities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>$2,500,000 the first year is for the agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>best management practices loan program. At <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>least $2,000,000 is available for pass-through <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>to local governments and lenders for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>low-interest loans. Any unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>year and is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>$1,000,000 the first year is for the agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>best management practices loan program for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>capital equipment loans for persons using <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>native, perennial cropping systems for energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>or seed production. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>available until spent. * (The preceding text <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>beginning "$1,000,000 the first year" was <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>indicated as vetoed by the governor.) <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>second year are for annual cost-share <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>payments to resident farmers or persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>who sell, process, or package agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>products in this state for the costs of organic <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>certification. Annual cost-share payments <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>per farmer must be two-thirds of the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>of the certification or $350, whichever is <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>less. In any year that a resident farmer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>person who sells, processes, or packages <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>agricultural products in this state receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>a federal organic certification cost-share <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>payment, that resident farmer or person is <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>not eligible for state cost-share payments. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>A certified farmer is eligible to receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>annual certification cost-share payments for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>up to five years. $15,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>organic market and program development. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>The commissioner may allocate any excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>appropriation in either fiscal year for organic <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>producer education efforts, assistance for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>persons transitioning from conventional <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>to organic agriculture, or sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>agriculture demonstration grants authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>17.116</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>and pertaining to organic research or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>demonstration. Any unencumbered balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>does not cancel at the end of the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>and is available for the second year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4. <b>Bioenergy and Value-Added </b><br />
                  		<b>Agricultural Products</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">19,918,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,168,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>$15,168,000 the first year and $15,168,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>the second year are for ethanol producer <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>payments under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>41A.09
         </statute_ref>. If the total amount for which all <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>producers are eligible in a quarter exceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>the amount available for payments, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>commissioner shall make payments on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>pro rata basis. If the appropriation exceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>the total amount for which all producers <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>are eligible in a fiscal year for scheduled <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>payments and for deficiencies in payments <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>during previous fiscal years, the balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>in the appropriation is available to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>commissioner for value-added agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>programs including the value-added <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>agricultural product processing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>marketing grant program under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>17.101, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>appropriation remains available until spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>$3,000,000 the first year is for grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>bioenergy projects. The NextGen Energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>Board shall make recommendations to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>the commissioner on grants for owners of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>Minnesota facilities producing bioenergy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>organizations that provide for on-station, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>on-farm field scale research and outreach to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>develop and test the agronomic and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>requirements of diverse stands of prairie <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>plants and other perennials for bioenergy <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>systems, or certain nongovernmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>entities. For the purposes of this paragraph, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>"bioenergy" includes transportation fuels <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>derived from cellulosic material as well as <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>the generation of energy for commercial heat, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>industrial process heat, or electrical power <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>from cellulosic material via gasification <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>or other processes. The board must give <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>priority to a bioenergy facility that is at <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>least 60 percent owned and controlled by <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>farmers, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>section 
         <statute_ref>500.24, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>(n), or natural persons residing in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.36"></a><var>26.36</var>county or counties contiguous to where the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>facility is located. Grants are limited to 50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>percent of the cost of research, technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>assistance, or equipment related to bioenergy <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>production or $500,000, whichever is less. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>Grants to nongovernmental entities for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>development of business plans and structures <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>related to community ownership of eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>bioenergy facilities together may not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>$150,000. The board shall make a good <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>faith effort to select projects that have <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>merit and when taken together represent a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>variety of bioenergy technologies, biomass <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>feedstocks, and geographic regions of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>state. Projects must have a qualified engineer <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>certification on the technology and fuel <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>source. Grantees shall provide reports at <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>the request of the commissioner and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>actively participate in the Agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>Energy Roundtable. No later than February <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>1, 2009, the commissioner shall report on <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>the projects funded under this appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>to the house and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>commissioner's costs in administering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>program may be paid from the appropriation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>Any unencumbered balance does not cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>at the end of the first year and is available in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>$350,000 the first year is for grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>Agriculture at the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>to provide funds for on-station and on-farm <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>field scale research and outreach to develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>and test the agronomic and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.36"></a><var>27.36</var>requirements of diverse stands of prairie <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>plants and other perennials for bioenergy <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>systems including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>multiple species selection and establishment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>ecological management between planting <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>and harvest, harvest technologies, financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>and agronomic risk management, farmer <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>goal setting and adoption of technologies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>integration of wildlife habitat into <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>management approaches, evaluation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>carbon and other benefits, and robust policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>needed to induce farmer conversion on <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>marginal lands. * (The preceding text <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>beginning "$350,000 the first year" was <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>indicated as vetoed by the governor.) <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>Minnesota Turf Seed Council for basic <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>and applied agronomic research on native <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>plants, including plant breeding, nutrient <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>management, pest management, disease <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>management, yield, and viability. The grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>recipient may subcontract with a qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>third party for some or all of the basic <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>or applied research. The grant recipient <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>must actively participate in the Agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>Energy Roundtable and no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>February 1, 2009, must report to the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>over agriculture finance. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>appropriation and is available until spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to a joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>venture combined heat and power energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>facility located in Scott or LeSueur County <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>for the creation of a centrally located biomass <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>fuel supply depot with the capability of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.36"></a><var>28.36</var>unloading, processing, testing, scaling, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>storing renewable biomass fuels. The grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>must be matched by at least $3 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>funds for every $1 of state funds. The grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>recipient must actively participate in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>Agricultural Utilization Research Institute's <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>Renewable Energy Roundtable and no <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>later than February 1, 2009, must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>to the house and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>a onetime appropriation and is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>$300,000 the first year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>Bois Forte Band of Chippewa for a feasibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>study of a renewable energy biofuels <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>demonstration facility on the Bois Forte <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>Reservation in St. Louis and Koochiching <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>Counties. The grant shall be used by the Bois <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>Forte Band to conduct a detailed feasibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>study of the economic and technical viability <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>of developing a multistream renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>energy biofuels demonstration facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>on Bois Forte Reservation land to utilize <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>existing forest resources, woody biomass, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>and cellulosic material to produce biofuels or <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>bioenergy. The grant recipient must actively <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>participate in the Agricultural Utilization <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>Research Institute's Renewable Energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>Roundtable and no later than February 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>2009, must report to the house and senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>committees with jurisdiction over agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>finance. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>is available until spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>$300,000 the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>the White Earth Band of Chippewa for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>feasibility study of a renewable energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>biofuels production, research, and production <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>facility on the White Earth Reservation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>Mahnomen County. The grant must be used <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>by the White Earth Band and the University <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>of Minnesota to conduct a detailed feasibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>study of the economic and technical viability <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>of (1) developing a multistream renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>energy biofuels demonstration facility on <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>White Earth Reservation land to utilize <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>existing forest resources, woody biomass, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>and cellulosic material to produce biofuels or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>bioenergy, and (2) developing, harvesting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>and marketing native prairie plants and seeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>for bioenergy production. The grant recipient <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>must actively participate in the Agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>Utilization Research Institute's Renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>Energy Roundtable and no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>February 1, 2009, must report to the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>over agriculture finance. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>appropriation and is available until spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to the Elk <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>River Economic Development Authority for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>upfront engineering and a feasibility study <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>of the Elk River renewable fuels facility. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>The facility must use a plasma gasification <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>process to convert primarily cellulosic <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>material, but may also use plastics and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>components from municipal solid waste, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>feedstock for the production of methanol <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>for use in biodiesel production facilities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>Any unencumbered balance in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>2008 does not cancel but is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>fiscal year 2009. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>16A.285</statute_ref>, the agency must <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>not transfer this appropriation. The grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.36"></a><var>30.36</var>recipient must actively participate in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>Agricultural Utilization Research Institute's <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>Renewable Energy Roundtable and no <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>later than February 1, 2009, must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>to the house and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>a onetime appropriation and is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>$200,000 the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>Chisago County to conduct a detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>feasibility study of the economic and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>technical viability of developing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>multistream renewable energy biofuels <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>demonstration facility in Chisago, Isanti, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>or Pine County to utilize existing forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>material to produce biofuels or bioenergy. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>Chisago County may expend funds to Isanti <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>and Pine Counties and the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>Minnesota for any costs incurred as part <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>of the study. The feasibility study must <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>consider the capacity of: (1) the seed bank <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>at Wild River State Park to expand the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>existing prairie grass, woody biomass, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>cellulosic material resources in Chisago, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>Isanti, and Pine Counties; (2) willing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>interested landowners in Chisago, Isanti, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>Pine Counties to grow cellulosic materials; <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>and (3) the Minnesota Conservation Corps, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>the sentence to serve program, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>existing workforce programs in east central <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>Minnesota to contribute labor to these efforts. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>The grant recipient must actively participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>in the Agricultural Utilization Research <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>Institute's Renewable Energy Roundtable and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>no later than February 1, 2009, must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.36"></a><var>31.36</var>to the house and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>jurisdiction over agriculture finance. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>a onetime appropriation and is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5. <b>Administration and Financial </b><br />
                  		<b>Assistance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,338,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,751,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>$1,005,000 the first year and $1,005,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>the second year are for continuation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>the dairy development and profitability <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>enhancement and dairy business planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>grant programs established under Laws 1997, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>chapter 216, section 7, subdivision 2, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>section 9, subdivision 2 . The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>may allocate the available sums among <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>permissible activities, including efforts to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>improve the quality of milk produced in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>state in the proportions that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>deems most beneficial to Minnesota's dairy <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>farmers. The commissioner must submit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>work plan detailing plans for expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>under this program to the chairs of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>house and senate committees dealing with <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>agricultural policy and budget on or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>the start of each fiscal year. If significant <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>changes are made to the plans in the course <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>of the year, the commissioner must notify the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>chairs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>second year are for the Northern Crops <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>Institute. These appropriations may be spent <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>to purchase equipment. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>second year are for a grant to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>Livestock Breeders Association. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>second year are for grants to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>Agricultural Education Leadership Council <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>for programs of the council under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>Statutes, chapter 41D. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>$600,000 the first year is for grants for <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>fertilizer research as awarded by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>Minnesota Agricultural Fertilizer Research <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>and Education Council under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>18C.71</statute_ref>. No later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>February 1, 2009, The amount available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>the commissioner pursuant to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>Statutes, section 18C.70, subdivision 2, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>administration of this activity is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>until February 1, 2009, by which time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>commissioner shall report to the house and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>agriculture finance. The report must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>the progress and outcome of funded projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>as well as the sentiment of the council <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>concerning the need for additional research <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>funded through an industry checkoff fee. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>$465,000 the first year and $465,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>second year are for payments to county and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>district agricultural societies and associations <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>38.02, <br />
            		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. Aid payments to county and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>district agricultural societies and associations <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>shall be disbursed not later than July 15 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>each year. These payments are the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>aid owed by the state for an annual fair held <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>in the previous calendar year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>year are for annual grants to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>Turf Seed Council for basic and applied <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>research on the improved production of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>forage and turf seed related to new and <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>improved varieties. The grant recipient may <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>subcontract with a qualified third party for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>some or all of the basic and applied research. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>second year are for grants to Second Harvest <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>Heartland on behalf of Minnesota's six <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>Second Harvest food banks for the purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>of milk for distribution to Minnesota's food <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>shelves and other charitable organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>that are eligible to receive food from the food <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>banks. Milk purchased under the grants must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>be acquired from Minnesota milk processors <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>and based on low-cost bids. The milk must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>allocated to each Second Harvest food bank <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>serving Minnesota according to the formula <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>used in the distribution of United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>Department of Agriculture commodities <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>under The Emergency Food Assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>Program (TEFAP). Second Harvest <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>Heartland must submit quarterly reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>to the commissioner on forms prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>by the commissioner. The reports must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>include, but are not limited to, information <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>on the expenditure of funds, the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>of milk purchased, and the organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>to which the milk was distributed. Second <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>Harvest Heartland may enter into contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>or agreements with food banks for shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>funding or reimbursement of the direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>purchase of milk. Each food bank receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>money from this appropriation may use up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>two percent of the grant for administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>expenses. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>second year are for transfer to the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>Universities for mental health counseling <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>support to farm families and business <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>operators through farm business management <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>programs at Central Lakes College and <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>Ridgewater College. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>$18,000 the first year and $18,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>second year are for grants to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>Horticultural Society. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>$50,000 is for a grant to the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>Minnesota, Department of Horticultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>Science, Enology Laboratory, to upgrade <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>and purchase instrumentation to allow <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>rapid and accurate measurement of enology <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>components. This is a onetime appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>and is available until expended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. <b>2008 FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION EVENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the 2008 Family Motor Coach Association event held on the State Fair grounds, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>the fee the State Agricultural Society must obtain for expansion of the recreational <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>camping area license, as required in Minnesota Statutes, section 327.15, shall be 50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>percent of the primary license fee prescribed in Minnesota Rules, part 4630.2000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. <b>INDUSTRIAL HEMP DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>commissioner of agriculture shall create a detailed proposal for establishing industrial <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>hemp as a cash crop option for Minnesota's agricultural producers. Commercial industrial <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>hemp production would not be allowed and the commissioner would not promulgate any <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>administrative rules until the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>Administration, authorizes a person to commercially grow industrial hemp in the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>States, at which time the commissioner shall evaluate industrial hemp laws in other states <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>and propose a system of licensure and regulation that does not interfere with the strict <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>regulation of controlled substances in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) No later than January 15, 2009, the commissioner shall present the proposal in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>paragraph (a) to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>public safety policy and finance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA TESTING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioners of agriculture, health, and natural resources shall form a work <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>group and develop a plan for detecting and responding to the presence of the fish virus <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) in Minnesota. The plan must cover how the joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>laboratory facility at the Departments of Agriculture and Health may be used to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>testing needed to diagnose and respond to VHS. No later than January 5, 2009, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>commissioners shall present the plan to the chairs of the house and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>jurisdiction over agriculture, health, and natural resources policy and finance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 41A.105, subdivision 5, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var><b>BIODIESEL FUEL CONTENT</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.77, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>62, sections 3 and 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var><b>239.77 BIODIESEL CONTENT MANDATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Biodiesel fuel.</b> "Biodiesel fuel" means a renewable, biodegradable, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel that is derived from agricultural or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>plant oils or animal fats and; that meets American Society For Testing and Materials <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>specification D6751-07 for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels; <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>and that is manufactured by a person certified by the BQ-9000 National Biodiesel <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>Accreditation Program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Minimum content.</b>  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in Minnesota for use in internal combustion engines <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>must contain at least 2.0 percent the stated percentage of biodiesel fuel oil by volume <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>on and after the following dates:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">(1)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">September 29, 2005<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2 percent<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">(2)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">May 1, 2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5 percent<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">(3)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">May 1, 2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10 percent<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">(4)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">May 1, 2015<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">20 percent<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The minimum content levels in clauses (3) and (4) are effective during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>months of April, May, June, July, August, September, and October only. The minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>content for the remainder of the year is five percent. However, if the commissioners of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>agriculture, commerce, and the Pollution Control Agency determine, after consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>with the Biodiesel Task Force and other technical experts, that an American Society for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>Testing and Materials specification or equivalent federal standard exists for the specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>biodiesel blend level in those clauses that adequately addresses technical issues associated <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>with Minnesota's cold weather and publish a notice in the State Register to that effect, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>the commissioners may allow the specified biodiesel blend level in those clauses to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>effective year round.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The minimum content levels in paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), become <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>effective on the date specified only if the commissioners of agriculture, commerce, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>Pollution Control Agency publish notice in the State Register and provide written notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>to the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>agriculture, commerce, and transportation policy and finance, at least 270 days prior to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>date of each scheduled increase, that all of the following conditions have been met and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>state is prepared to move to the next scheduled minimum content level:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) an American Society for Testing and Materials specification or equivalent federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>standard exists for the next minimum diesel-biodiesel blend;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a sufficient supply of biodiesel is available and the amount of biodiesel produced <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>in this state is equal to at least 50 percent of anticipated demand at the next minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>content level; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) adequate blending infrastructure and regulatory protocol are in place in order to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>promote biodiesel quality and avoid any potential economic disruption.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioners of agriculture, commerce, and the Pollution Control Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>must consult with the Biodiesel Task Force when assessing and certifying conditions in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>paragraph (b), and in general must seek the guidance of the Biodiesel Task Force regarding <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>biodiesel labeling, enforcement, and other related issues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) During a period of biodiesel fuel shortage or a problem with biodiesel quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>that negatively affects the availability of biodiesel fuel, the commissioner of commerce <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>may temporarily suspend the minimum content requirements in this subdivision until there <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>is sufficient biodiesel fuel, as defined in subdivision 1, available to fulfill the minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>content requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) By February 1, 2012, and periodically thereafter, the commissioner of commerce <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>shall determine the wholesale diesel price at various pipeline and refinery terminals in <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>the region, and the biodiesel price at biodiesel plants in the region after any applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>per gallon federal tax credit is subtracted. The commissioner shall report wholesale price <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>differences to the governor who, after consultation with the commissioners of commerce <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>and agriculture, may by executive order adjust the biodiesel mandate if a price disparity <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>reported by the commissioner will cause economic hardship to retailers of diesel fuel <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>in this state. Any adjustment must be for a specified period of time, after which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>percentage of biodiesel fuel to be blended into diesel fuel returns to the amount required in <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>this subdivision. The biodiesel mandate must not be adjusted to less than five percent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) The minimum content requirement requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>subdivision 2 does do not apply to fuel used in the following equipment:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) motors located at an electric generating plant regulated by the Nuclear <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>Regulatory Commission;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) railroad locomotives; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) off-road taconite and copper mining equipment and machinery;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) off-road logging equipment and machinery; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) vehicles and equipment used exclusively on an aircraft landing field.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The exemption in paragraph (a), clause (1), expires 30 days after the Nuclear <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>Regulatory Commission has approved the use of biodiesel fuel in motors at electric <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>generating plants under its regulation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) This subdivision expires on May 1, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Disclosure.</b> A refinery or terminal shall provide, at the time diesel fuel <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>is sold or transferred from the refinery or terminal, a bill of lading or shipping manifest <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>to the person who receives the fuel. For biodiesel-blended products, the bill of lading or <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>shipping manifest must disclose biodiesel content, stating volume percentage, gallons of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>biodiesel per gallons of petroleum diesel base-stock, or an ASTM "Bxx" designation <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>where "xx" denotes the volume percent biodiesel included in the blended product. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>subdivision does not apply to sales or transfers of biodiesel blend stock between refineries, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>between terminals, or between a refinery and a terminal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Annual report.</b> Beginning in 2009, the commissioner of agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>must report by January 15 of each year to the chairs and ranking minority members of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture policy and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>finance regarding the implementation of the minimum content requirements in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>2, including information about the price and supply of biodiesel fuel. The report must <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>include any written comments received from members of the Biodiesel Fuel Task Force <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>by January 1 of that year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 296A.01, subdivision 8a, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8a. <b>Biodiesel fuel.</b> "Biodiesel fuel" means a renewable, biodegradable, mono <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils or animal fats <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>and that meets American Society for Testing and Materials specification D6751-07 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels has the meaning given in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>239.77, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>PROPOSAL; PETROLEUM INSPECTION FEE REVENUE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioners of finance, commerce, and the Pollution Control Agency must <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>develop and submit to the legislature as part of their next biennial budget request a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>proposal for eliminating, to the extent feasible, redundant fuel inspections and dedicating, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>to the extent feasible, all revenue from the petroleum inspection fee levied on petroleum <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>products under Minnesota Statutes, section 239.101, subdivision 3, to the Weights and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>Measures Division of the Department of Commerce. All additional funding appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>to the Weights and Measures Division under this proposal must be used for increased and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>enhanced fuel quality assurance enforcement activities and equipment and for educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>activities focused on the handling, distribution, and use of biodiesel fuel.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>BIO-BASED DIESEL ALTERNATIVES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) By January 1, 2011, the commissioners of agriculture, commerce, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>the Pollution Control Agency shall jointly review the technology, economics, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>operational characteristics associated with bio-based diesel alternatives and shall make <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>recommendations concerning their use in Minnesota to the governor and the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>and energy finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For the purposes of this section, "bio-based diesel alternatives" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>alternatives to petroleum diesel fuel that are warrantied for use in a standard diesel engine <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>without modification and derived from a biological resource.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>TECHNICAL COLD WEATHER ISSUES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioners of agriculture and commerce shall convene technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>stakeholders who are experts in cold weather biodiesel and petroleum diesel issues to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>consider and make recommendations regarding improvements in the production, blending, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>handling, and distribution of biodiesel blends to further ensure the performance of these <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>fuels in cold weather. The commissioners shall issue a report on these issues by January <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>15, 2009, to the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>jurisdiction over agriculture and commerce policy and finance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var><b>VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.785, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Deceased veterans data.</b> Data relating to veterans deceased as a result of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>service-connected causes are classified under section 197.225.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[192.056] PROTECTION OF RESERVIST-OWNED BUSINESS DURING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var><b>ACTIVE SERVICE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Business" means a business wholly owned by a qualified service member, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>jointly by the member and the member's spouse, irrespective of whether the business <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>is a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>partnership, or other type of business entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Qualified service member" means a Minnesota resident who is serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>honorably as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or any other military reserve <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>unit of the United States armed forces who has been ordered into active service for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>period of 60 days or longer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Protection provided.</b> (a) Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>contrary, the business of a qualified service member may be exempted from civil court <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>proceedings for part or all of the period of the member's active military service and for up <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>to 60 days thereafter, as provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the business of a qualified service member is a defendant in a civil action, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>court may, on its own motion, grant a stay in the proceedings for a minimum of 60 days. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>The court, on its own motion, may renew the stay as the court considers appropriate. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>qualified service member petitions the court in any manner for a stay, the court must grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>a stay for a minimum of 60 days, provided that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the service member submits to the court a letter or other communication setting <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>forth facts stating the manner in which current military duty requirements materially affect <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>the service member's ability to appear or otherwise participate in the proceedings, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>stating a date when the service member will be available to appear or otherwise participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>in the proceedings; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the service member submits a letter or other communication from the service <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>member's commanding officer stating that the service member's current military duty <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>prevents appearance and that military leave is not authorized for the service member <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>at the time of the letter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A service member's communication with the court requesting a stay does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>constitute an appearance for jurisdictional purposes and does not constitute a waiver of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>any substantive or procedural defense, including a defense relating to lack of personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>jurisdiction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A qualified service member who is granted a stay in the action or proceedings <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>against the member's business may in any manner request from the court an additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>stay, which the court may grant if the service member can show to the satisfaction of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>the court that the member's military requirements affect the member's ability to appear. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>However, the court is not obligated to grant the additional stay. If the court refuses to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>grant an additional stay, the court must provide the service member with information <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>enabling the service member to acquire qualified legal counsel, at the service member's <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>discretion, for defending the action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) If a default judgment is entered in a civil action against the business of a qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>service member during the service member's period of active military service, or within 60 <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>days following termination of or release from the active military service, the court entering <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>the judgment must, upon application by or on behalf of the service member, reopen the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>judgment for the purpose of allowing the member to defend the action if it appears that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the service member was materially affected by reason of that military service in <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>making a defense to the action; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the service member has a meritorious or legal defense to the action or some <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>part of it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008, and applies to civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>court actions pending or initiated on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 192.20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var><b>192.20 BREVET RANK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Personnel eligible for brevet promotion.</b> (a) Officers, warrant <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>officers, and enlisted persons of the National Guard who have, after ten years active <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>service, resigned or retired for physical disability or otherwise, may in the discretion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>commander-in-chief, on the recommendation of the adjutant general, be commissioned <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>by brevet, in the next higher grade than that held by them at the time of their resignation <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>or retirement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Officers, warrant officers, or enlisted persons of the National Guard who die <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>while in state or federal active service, as defined in section 190.05, or former officers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>warrant officers, or enlisted persons of the National Guard who die as a result of injuries <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>or other conditions incurred or aggravated while in such service may, in the discretion of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>the commander-in-chief, on the recommendation of the adjutant general, be commissioned <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>by brevet, in the next higher grade than that held by them at the time of their death.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Effect of brevet rank.</b> Brevet rank shall be considered strictly honorary <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>and shall confer no privilege of precedence or command, nor pay any emoluments. Brevet <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons may wear the uniform of their brevet grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>on occasions of ceremony.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 192.32, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Family of service member.</b> It shall be unlawful for any employer to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) discharge from employment or take adverse employment action against any <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>employee because of the membership of that employee's spouse, parent, or child in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>military forces of the United States, of this state, or any other state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) discharge from employment, take adverse employment action against, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>otherwise hinder an employee from attending the following kinds of events relating to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>military service of the employee's spouse, parent, or child and to which the employee is <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>invited or otherwise called upon to attend by proper military authorities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) departure or return ceremonies for deploying or returning military personnel <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>or units;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) family training or readiness events sponsored or conducted by the military; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) events held as part of official military reintegration programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The employee must provide reasonable notice to the employer when requesting <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>time off, and the employer must provide a reasonable amount of nonpaid time off for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>employee, for the purposes enumerated in items (i) to (iii), not to exceed two consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>days or six days in a calendar year. The employer must not compel the employee to use <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>accumulated but unused vacation for these events.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>employer actions occurring on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 196.021, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var><b>196.021 DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS; DUTIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Appointment.</b> The commissioner shall appoint a deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>commissioner for veteran services as provided in subdivision 2, and the board of directors <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>of the Minnesota Veterans Homes may appoint a deputy commissioner for veteran health <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>care as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>198.004</statute_ref>. Both deputy commissioners serve in the unclassified <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>service, the deputy for veteran services at the pleasure of the commissioner and the deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>for veteran health care at the pleasure of the board. Both deputies shall must be residents <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>of Minnesota, citizens of the United States, and veterans as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Deputy for veteran services;</b><b> Powers and duties.</b> The deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>commissioner for veteran services has and the deputy commissioner for veteran health <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>care have those powers delegated by the commissioner that have not otherwise been <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>delegated to the deputy commissioner for veteran health care by the commissioner or <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>assigned to that deputy commissioner by law. A delegation must be in writing, signed <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>by the commissioner, and filed with the secretary of state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 196.03, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var><b>196.03 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as provided in chapter 198, All officers and employees of the department <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>shall be appointed by the commissioner and they shall perform such duties as may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>assigned to them by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[196.30] VETERANS HEALTH CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The Veterans Health Care Advisory Council is established <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with advice and recommendations on <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>providing veterans with quality long-term care and the anticipated future needs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>Minnesota veterans. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b>  (a) The council consists of nine public members appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>by the governor. The council members are: <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) seven members with extensive expertise in health care delivery, long-term care, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>and veterans services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) one licensed clinician who may be either a physician, physician's assistant, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>a nurse practitioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) one additional member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The governor shall designate a member to serve as the chair.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner of veterans affairs, or the commissioner's designee, is an ex <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>officio member of the council and shall provide necessary and appropriate administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>and technical support to the council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Membership terms, removal of members, and the filling of vacancies are as <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>provided in section 15.059, subdivisions 2 and 4. Members shall not receive compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>or per diem payments, but may receive reimbursement for expenses pursuant to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>15.059, subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Duties.</b>  The council is an advisory group with the responsibility of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>providing the commissioner of veterans affairs with information and professional expertise <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>on the delivery of quality long-term care to veterans. The council's duties include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) developing a new vision and strategic plan for the veterans homes that <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>complements the Department of Veterans Affairs overall veterans service programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) providing recommendations and advice on matters including clinical <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>performance, systemwide quality improvement efforts, culture and working environment <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>of the veterans homes, and other operational and organizational functions of the veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>homes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) studying and reviewing current issues and trends in the long-term care industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>and the veterans community;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) providing recommendations to the commissioner on alternative options for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>delivery of long-term care to veterans so that veterans and their families can determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>appropriate services under models similar to those available in the community;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) establishing, as appropriate, subcommittees or ad hoc task forces of council <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>members, stakeholders, and other individuals with expertise or experience to address <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>specific issues; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) reviewing and providing advice on any other matter at the request of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Continuation.</b> To ensure continued accountability and the active <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>involvement of healthcare experts and stakeholders in the governance structure of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>veterans homes, the governor may appoint a panel of experts to review the continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.36"></a><var>44.36</var>effectiveness of the council. The commissioner may disband the council at any time.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>[197.225] LIST OF DECEASED MILITARY PERSONNEL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall collect and maintain data about <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>Minnesota residents who have died of service-connected causes while serving in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>United States armed forces. The data may include deceased service members who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>the immediate family members of Minnesota residents, but who themselves were not <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>Minnesota residents at the time of death. The commissioner shall collect the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>data: the individual's full name, military rank, branch of service, age at the time of death, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>and Minnesota hometown or if not a Minnesota resident at the time of death, the service <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>member's home state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Data collected pursuant to this section are nonpublic data, but may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>disseminated to the individual's next of kin, and for ceremonial or honorary purposes to <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>veterans' organizations, civic organizations, the news media, and researchers. No other <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>use or dissemination of the data is permitted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The next of kin of a veteran whose data is collected may request that the data <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>not be disseminated for any purpose. Upon receiving such a request, the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>Veterans Affairs must exclude the deceased veteran's data from any data disseminated for <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>ceremonial or honorary purposes as permitted by paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Data collected pursuant to this section shall not be indicative of any person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>status with regard to qualification for veterans benefits or other benefits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 197.236, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var><b>197.236 </b><b>VETERANS CEMETERY</b><b> STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Operation and maintenance.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>supervise and control the veterans cemetery cemeteries established under this section. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>cemeteries are to be maintained and operated in accordance with the operational standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>and measures of the National Cemetery Administration. The commissioner may contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>for the maintenance and operation of the cemetery cemeteries. All personnel, equipment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>and support necessary for maintenance and operation of the cemetery cemeteries must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>included in the department's budget.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Rules.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs may adopt rules regarding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>operation of the cemetery cemeteries. If practicable, The commissioner shall require that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>upright granite markers supplied by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs be <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>used to mark all gravesites.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Permanent development and maintenance account.</b> A veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>cemetery development and maintenance account is established in the special revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>fund of the state treasury. Receipts for burial fees, earnings from the veterans cemetery <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>trust account plot or interment allowance claims, designated appropriations, and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>other cemetery receipts must be deposited into this account. The money in the account, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>including interest earned, is appropriated to the commissioner to be used for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>development, operation, maintenance, and improvement of the cemetery cemeteries. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>To the extent practicable, the commissioner of veterans affairs must apply for available <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>federal grants for the development and operation of the cemetery to establish, expand, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>improve the cemeteries.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Permanent trust account.</b> A veterans cemetery trust account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>established in the special revenue fund of the state treasury. All designated appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>and monetary donations to the cemetery must be placed in this account. The principal of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>this account must be invested by the State Board of Investment and may not be spent. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>income from this account must be transferred as directed by the account manager to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>veterans cemetery development and maintenance account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Eligibility.</b> Any person who is eligible for burial in a national veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>cemetery is eligible for burial in the State Veterans Cemetery Cemeteries must be operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>solely for the burial of service members who die on active duty, eligible veterans, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>their spouses and dependent children, as defined in United States Code, title 38, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>101, paragraph (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Burial fees.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish a fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>schedule, which may be adjusted from time to time, for the interment of eligible family <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>members spouses and dependent children. The fees shall cover as nearly as practicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>the actual costs of interment, excluding the value of the plot. The department may accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>the Social Security burial allowance, if any, of the eligible family members in an amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>not to exceed the actual cost of the interment. The commissioner may waive the fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>in the case of an indigent eligible person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No plot or interment fees may be charged for the burial of eligible veterans, members <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>of the National Guard, or military reservists, except that funds available from the Social <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>Security or veterans burial allowances, if any, must be paid to the commissioner in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>amount not to exceed the actual cost of the interment, excluding the value of the plot <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>service members who die on active duty or eligible veterans, as defined in United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>Code, title 38, section 101, paragraph (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prior to the interment of an eligible person, the commissioner shall request the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>cooperation of the eligible person's next of kin in applying to the appropriate federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>agencies for payment to the cemetery of any allowable interment allowance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Allocation of plots.</b> A person, or survivor of a person, eligible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>interment in the State Veterans Cemetery may apply for a burial plot for the eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>person by submitting a request to the commissioner of veterans affairs on a form supplied <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>by the department. The department shall allot plots on a first-come, first-served basis. To <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>the extent that it is practical, plots must be allocated in a manner permitting the burial of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>eligible family members above, below, or adjacent to the eligible veteran, member of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>the National Guard, or military reservist.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Plot allowance claims.</b> The commissioner of veterans affairs must apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>to the Veterans Benefits Administration for a plot or interment allowance payable to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>state for expenses incurred by the state in the burial of eligible veterans in cemeteries <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>owned and operated by the state if the burial is performed at no cost to the veteran's <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>next of kin.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>No staff.</b> No staff may be hired for or allocated to any new veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>cemetery without explicit legislative approval.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 197.791, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b>  (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of veterans affairs, unless otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>specified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Cost of attendance" for both graduate and undergraduate students has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.121, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, multiplied by a factor of 1.1 1.2. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>The Cost of attendance for graduate students has the meaning given in section 136A.121, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>subdivision 6, multiplied by a factor of 1.2, using the tuition and fee maximum established <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>by law for four-year programs shall be used to calculate the tuition and fee maximum <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.121, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, for a graduate student. For purposes of calculating <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>the cost of attendance for graduate students, full time is eight credits or more per term or <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>the equivalent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Child" means a natural or adopted child of a person described in subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>paragraph (a), clause (1), item (i) or (ii).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary institution under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>subdivision 4, or a graduate school licensed or registered with the state of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>serving only graduate students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Program" means the Minnesota GI Bill program established in this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>unless otherwise specified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) "Time of hostilities" means any action by the armed forces of the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>that is recognized by the issuance of a presidential proclamation or a presidential executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>order in which the armed forces expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>are awarded according to presidential executive order, and any additional period or place <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>that the commissioner determines and designates, after consultation with the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>Department of Defense, to be a period or place where the United States is in a conflict that <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>places persons at such a risk that service in a foreign country during that period or in that <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>place should be considered to be included.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) "Veteran" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>. Veteran also includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>a service member who has received an honorable discharge after leaving each period of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>federal active duty service and has: <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) served 90 days or more of federal active duty in a foreign country during a time <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>of hostilities in that country; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>(2) been awarded any of the following medals:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Kosovo Campaign Medal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) Afghanistan Campaign Medal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Iraq Campaign Medal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) any other campaign medal authorized for service after September 11, 2001; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) (3)  received a service-related medical discharge from any period of service in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>foreign country during a time of hostilities in that country.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>A service member who has fulfilled the requirements for being a veteran under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>paragraph but is still serving actively in the United States armed forces is also a veteran <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>for the purposes of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 197.791, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Eligibility.</b> (a) A person is eligible for educational assistance under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>section if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the person is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a veteran who is serving or has served honorably in any branch or unit of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>United States armed forces at any time on or after September 11, 2001;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) a nonveteran who has served honorably for a total of five years or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>cumulatively as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or any other active or reserve <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>component of the United States armed forces, and any part of that service occurred on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>after September 11, 2001;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the surviving spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>time on or after September 11, 2001, and who has died as a direct result of that military <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>service; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any time on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>after September 11, 2001, and who has a total and permanent service-connected disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>as rated by the United States Veterans Administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the person providing the military service described in clause (1), items (i) to (iv), <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>was a Minnesota resident within six months of the time of the person's initial enlistment or <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>any reenlistment in the United States armed forces;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (2) the person receiving the educational assistance is a Minnesota resident, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>136A.101, subdivision 8</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (3) the person receiving the educational assistance: <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) is an undergraduate or graduate student at an eligible institution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) is maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by the institution for <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>students participating in federal Title IV programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) is enrolled in an education program leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>at an eligible institution; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) has applied for educational assistance under this section prior to the end of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>academic term for which the assistance is being requested;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) is in compliance with child support payment requirements under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>136A.121, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, clause (5); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) if an undergraduate student, has applied for the federal Pell Grant and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>Minnesota State Grant has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>(FAFSA).<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person's eligibility terminates when the person becomes eligible for benefits <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>135A.52</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) To determine eligibility, the commissioner may require official documentation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>including the person's federal form DD-214 or other official military discharge papers; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>correspondence from the United States Veterans Administration; birth certificate; marriage <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.36"></a><var>49.36</var>certificate; proof of enrollment at an eligible institution; signed affidavits; proof of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>residency; proof of identity; or any other official documentation the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>considers necessary to determine eligibility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner may deny eligibility or terminate benefits under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>to any person who has not provided sufficient documentation to determine eligibility for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>the program. An applicant may appeal the commissioner's eligibility determination or <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>termination of benefits in writing to the commissioner at any time. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>must rule on any application or appeal within 30 days of receipt of all documentation that <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>the commissioner requires. The decision of the commissioner regarding an appeal is final. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>However, an applicant whose appeal of an eligibility determination has been rejected by <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>the commissioner may submit an additional appeal of that determination in writing to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>commissioner at any time that the applicant is able to provide substantively significant <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>additional information regarding the applicant's eligibility for the program. An approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>of an applicant's eligibility by the commissioner following an appeal by the applicant is <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>not retroactively effective for more than one year or the semester of the person's original <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>application, whichever is later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Upon receiving an application with insufficient documentation to determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>eligibility, the commissioner must notify the applicant within 30 days of receipt of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>application that the application is being suspended pending receipt by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>sufficient documentation from the applicant to determine eligibility.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 197.791, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Benefit amount.</b> (a) On approval by the commissioner of eligibility for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>the program, the applicant shall be awarded, on a funds-available basis, the educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>assistance under the program for use at any time according to program rules at any <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>eligible institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The amount of educational assistance in any semester or term for an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>person must be determined by subtracting from the eligible person's cost of attendance the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>amount the person received or was eligible to receive in that semester or term from:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the federal Pell Grant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the state grant program under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.121</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) any federal military or veterans educational benefits including but not limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>to the Montgomery GI Bill, GI Bill Kicker, the federal tuition assistance program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>vocational rehabilitation benefits, and any other federal benefits associated with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>person's status as a veteran, except veterans disability payments from the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>Veterans Administration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The amount of educational assistance for any eligible person who is a full-time <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>student must not exceed the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $1,000 per semester or term of enrollment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $2,000 $3,000 per state fiscal year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $10,000 in a lifetime.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>For a part-time student, the amount of educational assistance must not exceed $500 <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>per semester or term of enrollment. For the purpose of this paragraph, a part-time <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>undergraduate student is a student taking fewer than 12 credits or the equivalent for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>semester or term of enrollment and a part-time graduate student is a student considered <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>part time by the eligible institution the graduate student is attending. The minimum award <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>for undergraduate and graduate students is $50 per term.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 198.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Resident's rights.</b> A resident of a Minnesota veterans home has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>right to complain and otherwise exercise freedom of expression and assembly which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>guaranteed by amendment I of the United States Constitution. The administrator of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>home shall inform each resident in writing at the time of admission of the right to complain <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>to the administrator about home accommodations and services. A notice of the right to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>complain shall be posted in the home. The administrator shall also inform each resident of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>the right to complain to the board or to the commissioner of veterans affairs. Each resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>of a home shall be encouraged and assisted, throughout the period of stay in the home, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>understand and exercise the rights of freedom of expression and assembly as a resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>and as a citizen, and, to this end, the resident may voice grievances and recommend <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>changes in policies and services to home staff, other residents, and outside representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>of the resident's choice, free from restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>reprisal, including retaliatory eviction.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 349.12, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Allowable expense.</b> "Allowable expense" means the percentage of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>total cost incurred by the organization in the purchase of any good, service, or other item <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>which corresponds to the proportion of the total actual use of the good, service, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>item that is directly related to conduct of lawful gambling. Allowable expense includes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>advertising of the conduct of lawful gambling, provided that the amount expended does <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>not exceed five percent of the annual gross profits of the organization or $5,000 per year <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>per organization, whichever is less. The cost of a newsletter of a veterans organization is <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>an allowable expense if any portion of the newsletter is used to promote lawful gambling <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>in Minnesota. The board may adopt rules to regulate the content of the advertising to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>ensure that the content is consistent with the public welfare.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.115, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Veterans mental health status.</b> If a defendant convicted of a crime is <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>currently serving in the military or is a veteran and has been diagnosed by a qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>psychiatrist or clinical psychologist or physician with a mental illness, the court may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) order that the officer preparing the report under subdivision 1 consult with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>or another agency or person with suitable knowledge or experience, for the purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>of providing the court with information regarding treatment options available to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>defendant including federal, state, and local programming; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) consider the treatment recommendations of any diagnosing or treating mental <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>health professionals together with the treatment options available to the defendant in <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>imposing sentence.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. <b>RULES TRANSFER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minnesota Rules, chapter 9050, is transferred from the Veterans Homes Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>Directors to the commissioner of veterans affairs. The commissioner shall administer and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>enforce those rules and may amend or repeal them.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. <b>APPOINTMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 196.30, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>the governor may make the initial appointments to the Veterans Health Care Advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>Council under Executive Order 07-20 without complying with the appointment process in <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 15.0597.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. <b>PARTNERING IN DELIVERY OF VETERANS SERVICES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner must seek input from a broad range of experienced <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>nongovernmental social service and health care providers, including both secular and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>faith-based service organizations, from throughout the state regarding the feasibility of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>public-private collaboration in providing services to Minnesota Veterans.  The services <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>may include home health care, psychological counseling, life-skills rehabilitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>counseling, home hospice care, respite care, and other types of home-based health <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>care as judged necessary by the commissioner to enable veterans to recover from <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>service-connected injuries, illnesses, and disabilities.  The commissioner must report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>the legislature by January 15, 2009, on its findings and recommendations for establishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>such service-delivery partnerships.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. <b>VETERANS HOMES STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> An intergovernmental and veterans study group shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>appointed for the purpose of conducting strategic planning for existing and future state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>veterans homes, including in-depth strategic planning for the Minneapolis veterans home. <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>This group is designated the "Veterans Homes Strategic Planning Group." The Veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>Homes Strategic Planning Group shall consist of  the following members:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)  three senators, including two members of the majority party and one member <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>of the minority party, at least one of whom represents a Minneapolis legislative district <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>and one of whom represents a greater-Minnesota legislative district, appointed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>senate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) three members of the house of representatives, including two members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>majority party and one member of the minority party, at least one of whom represents <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>a Minneapolis legislative district and one of whom represents a greater-Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>legislative district, appointed by the speaker of the house;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the commissioner and two deputy commissioners of the Minnesota Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>of Veterans Affairs (MDVA), or the commissioner's designees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the president and legislative chair person of the Minnesota Association of County <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>Veteran Service Officers (CVSOs), or the president's designees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the chair of the Commanders Task Force of Minnesota's congressionally-chartered <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>veterans service organizations, or the chair's designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) two members each from the Minnesota departments of the American Legion, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Veterans, as appointed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>respective state commander of each organization, provided that of each organization's <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>appointees, at least one be a resident of rural Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the mayor of Minneapolis, or the mayor's designee, and one Minneapolis city <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>planner designated by the mayor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the chair of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, or the chair's designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) one person from the Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA), as designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>by the association board; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) one person from the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC), as designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>by the Association board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> (a) The Veterans Homes Strategic Planning Group must meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>periodically to conduct strategic planning for the state veterans homes, both existing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>future, and with special focus on the current Minnesota veterans home in Minneapolis. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>The planning process must encompass a 25-year future time span, and must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) current and projected figures for the number of Minnesota veterans within broad <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>age categories, by gender and geographic region of the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) current and projected needs of Minnesota veterans for skilled nursing care, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>domiciliary care and outpatient services, as being currently provided by the state veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>homes, and as may be needed in the future; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) current and projected capital expenditure, plant maintenance, and operational <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>costs for each existing Minnesota veterans home, both per-facility and per-veteran-served, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>with discussion of factors determining cost differences among the homes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) identification and discussion of the feasibility of alternative methods for meeting <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>at least some of the various future needs of veterans, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the possibility of partnering for home-based services for veterans with <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>nongovernmental nonprofit or faith-based social service and healthcare delivery <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>organizations, as a means of reducing some of the future needs of veterans for domiciliary <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>or skilled nursing care in veterans homes; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) reliance on private, veterans-only nursing homes for handling part or all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>future growth in veterans skilled nursing or domiciliary needs, possibly supplemented by <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>some state-provided veterans services not currently available in private nursing homes;  or<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) any other feasible alternative service delivery methods;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) current and projected capital expenditure, plant maintenance, and operational <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>costs for meeting future veterans needs under:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the veterans-homes-only model; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the combined veterans-homes and home-based partnering model (or any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>feasible service delivery model that the group identifies); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) discussion and recommendations regarding:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the types and levels of veterans home care judged feasible for the state to attempt <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>to provide in the near-term and long-term future; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the optimal locations and timing for construction of any future state veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>homes and other service delivery facilities in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition to the duties described in paragraph (a), the Veterans Homes <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>Strategic Planning Group must provide specific addition analysis of the projected capital, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>maintenance, and operating costs of the current Minnesota veterans home in Minneapolis, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.36"></a><var>54.36</var>and must assess the feasibility of alternative operational models at that home or at locations <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>within the seven-county metropolitan area. Discussion must include the feasibility, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>estimation of any cost-savings from the razing or remodeling and converting of some of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>infrastructure of the current campus for alternative uses and other pertinent items, such as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) construction of rental housing for veterans and family members of veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>receiving medical care at the nearby US/VA Medical Center or other nearby medical <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>institutions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) conducting a land use study including a highest and best use analysis for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>existing site and all improvements; <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) investigating opportunities for public/private partnerships in strategic land <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>use; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) any other purpose judged feasible by the strategic planning group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Report required.</b> (a) By January 15, 2009, the Veterans Homes Strategic <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>Planning Group must report its proposed recommendations to the chairs of the senate and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>house committees with jurisdiction over veterans affairs, state governmental operations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>and local government affairs.  The strategic planning group may suggest draft legislation <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>for legislative consideration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The strategic planning group may continue its strategic planning activities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>by January 15, 2010, may issue a second report to the same legislative chairs containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>follow-up recommendations for legislative consideration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Administrative provisions.</b> (a) The commissioner of veterans affairs, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>the commissioner's designee, must convene the initial meeting of the Veterans Homes <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>Strategic Planning Group. Upon request of the group, the commissioner must provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>meeting space and administrative services for the group. The members of the group must <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>elect a chair or co-chairs from the legislative members of the group at the initial meeting. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>Each subsequent meeting of the group is at the call of the chair or co-chairs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Public members of the strategic planning group serve without special <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>compensation or special payment of expenses from the group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The strategic planning group expires on June 30, 2010, unless an extension is <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>authorized by law by that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) In accordance with completed predesign documents, veterans population surveys, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>and department construction project priority listing, the commissioner shall continue to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>plan, develop, and pursue federal funding and other resources for the construction of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>veterans long-term and domiciliary mental health facility in Kandiyohi County. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>planning must include possible options for traumatic brain injury treatment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Deadline for appointments and designations.</b> The appointments and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>designations authorized by this section must be completed by August 1, 2008.  The <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>strategic planning group must convene its initial meeting no later than September 1, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES WORKING GROUP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The County Veteran Services Working Group shall consist <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>of  the following 13 members:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two senators, including one member from the majority party and one member <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>from the minority party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>on Rules and Administration of the senate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) two members of the house of representatives, one member from the majority <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>party and one member from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the commissioner and two deputy commissioners of the Minnesota Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>of Veterans Affairs (MDVA), or the commissioner's designees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the president, vice president, and legislative chair person of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>Association of County Veteran Service Officers (CVSOs);<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the chair of the Commanders Task Force of Minnesota's congressionally-chartered <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>veterans service organizations, or the chair's designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) one person from the Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA), as designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>by the association board; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) one person from the  Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC), as designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>by the association board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> The working group must meet periodically to review the findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>and recommendations of the 2008 report of the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>on Minnesota's county veterans service offices, and make written recommendations to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>legislature regarding whether and how each of that report's recommendations should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>implemented.  The working group may also provide additional recommendations on how <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>to enhance the current services provided by the county veteran service offices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The working group may suggest draft legislation for legislative consideration. By <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>January 15, 2009, the working group must report its proposed recommendations to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>chairs of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over veterans affairs, state <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>governmental operations, and local government affairs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Administrative provisions.</b> (a) The commissioner of veterans affairs, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>the commissioner's designee, must convene the initial meeting of the working group. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>Upon request of the working group, the commissioner must provide meeting space and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>administrative services for the group.  The members of the working group must elect a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>chair or co-chairs from the legislative members of the working group at the initial meeting. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>Each subsequent meeting is at the call of the chair or co-chairs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Public members of the working group serve without special compensation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>special payment of expenses from the working group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The working group expires on June 30, 2009, unless an extension is authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>by law by that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Deadline for appointments and designations.</b> The appointments and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>designations authorized by this section must be completed by August 1, 2008.  The <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>working group must convene its initial meeting no later than September 1, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>STUDY OF VETERANS EMPLOYMENT IN STATE GOVERNMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) By October 1, 2008, each appointing authority in the executive branch of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>government, including the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, must report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>commissioner of finance on the incidence of employment, recruitment, retention, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>retirement of veterans in their nonelected workforce for fiscal year 2008. The report <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>must be made in a manner approved by the commissioner, and for each separate hiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>unit must include tabulation by age category and length of state employment in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>executive branch, including the state college and university system. Each executive branch <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>appointing authority must also report specific veteran employment data requested by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>commissioner as of June 30, 2008, June 30, 2001, and an earlier date if judged feasible <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>by the commissioner. By January 15, 2009, the commissioner must submit a report on <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>the employment of veterans in the executive branch to the chairs of the house and senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>policy and finance committees having jurisdiction over veterans affairs. The report must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>present and analyze the data obtained in this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) By October 1, 2008, the judicial branch of state government must report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>the chairs of the house and senate policy and finance committees having jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>over veterans affairs the number of veterans employed in the judicial branch nonelective <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>workforce on June 30, 2008, based on self-reporting of veteran status. For each separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>hiring unit, the data must include tabulation by age category and length of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>employment in the judicial branch.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) By October 1, 2008, the house of representatives, the senate, and the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>Coordinating Commission on behalf of joint legislative offices and commissions, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>report to the chairs of the house and senate policy and finance committees having <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>jurisdiction over veterans affairs the number of veterans employed in their nonelective <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>workforce on June 30, 2008, based on self-reporting of veteran status. For each separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>hiring unit, the data must include tabulation by age category and length of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>employment in the legislative branch.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) For purposes of this section, "veteran" has the meaning given in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>Statutes, section 197.447.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The revisor shall change "board," "board of directors," or "Veterans Homes <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>Board of Directors" to "commissioner" wherever it is used in Minnesota Statutes, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>198.003; 198.005; 198.006; 198.007; 198.022; 198.03; 198.05; 198.065; 198.066; 198.16; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>198.23; 198.261; 198.265; 198.266; 198.31; 198.33; 198.34; 198.35; 198.36; and 198.37; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>and shall change "board rules" to "rules adopted under this chapter" wherever it appears in <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 198.007 and 198.022.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In Minnesota Rules, chapter 9050, the revisor shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) change the terms "executive director," "executive director of the board," <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>"executive director of the Veterans Homes Board," "Minnesota Veterans Homes Board," <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>and "board" to "commissioner of veterans affairs" except where the term "board" is used <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>with a different meaning in Minnesota Rules, part 9050.0040, subpart 16;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) change the term "board-operated facility" to "facility operated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>commissioner of veterans affairs" and change the term "non-board-operated facility" to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>"facility not operated by the commissioner of veterans affairs";<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) change the term "board-approved" to "approved by the commissioner of veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>affairs"; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) eliminate the term "board" where it is used in the third paragraph of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>Rules, part 9050.1070, subpart 9.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The revisor shall change any of the terms in paragraph (a) or (b) to "commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>of veterans affairs" if they are used to refer to the Veterans Homes Board of Directors or <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>its executive director anywhere else in Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 190.17; 197.236, subdivisions 7 and 10; 198.001, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>subdivisions 6 and 9; 198.002, subdivisions 1, 3, and 6; 198.003, subdivisions 5 and 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>and 198.004, subdivision 2, and Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 198.002, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>subdivision 2; and 198.004, subdivision 1, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>(b) Minnesota Rules, part 9050.0040, subpart 15, is repealed.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var><b>ETHANOL BLENDING POLICY</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.051, subdivision 15, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Ethanol blender.</b> "Ethanol blender" means a person who blends and <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>distributes, transports, sells, or offers to sell gasoline containing ten percent ethanol by <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>volume.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 239.761, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Gasoline blended with ethanol</b><b>; general</b><b>.</b> (a) Gasoline may be blended <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>with up to ten percent, by volume, agriculturally derived, denatured ethanol that complies <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>with the requirements of subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A gasoline-ethanol blend must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) comply with the volatility requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>40, part 80;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) comply with ASTM specification D4814-06, or the gasoline base stock from <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>which a gasoline-ethanol blend was produced must comply with ASTM specification <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>D4814-06; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) not be blended with casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>gasoline, drip gasoline, or natural gasoline after the gasoline-ethanol blend has been sold, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 239.761, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Gasoline blended with ethanol; standard combustion engines.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gasoline combined with ethanol for use in standard combustion engines may be blended <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>with up to ten percent agriculturally derived, denatured ethanol, by volume, or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>percentage specifically authorized in a waiver granted by the United States Environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>Protection Agency under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>42, section 7545, subsection (f), paragraph (4). The gasoline-ethanol blend must comply <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>with the general provisions in subdivision 4.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 239.761, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4b. <b>Gasoline blended with ethanol; alternative fuel vehicles.</b> (a) Gasoline <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>blended for use in an alternative fuel vehicle, as defined in section 296A.01, subdivision 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>may contain any percentage of agriculturally derived, denatured ethanol, by volume, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>to exceed 85 percent. The gasoline-ethanol blend must comply with the general provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>in subdivision 4. The gasoline and ethanol may be blended by an ethanol blender or at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>point of retail sale in an ethanol-blending fuel dispenser clearly labeled "FLEX-FUEL <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>VEHICLES ONLY." If blended by an ethanol blender, the percentage of ethanol in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>resulting gasoline-ethanol blend must be clearly identified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If a person responsible for the product utilizes an ethanol-blending fuel dispenser <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>to dispense both gasoline blended with ethanol for use in alternative fuel vehicles and <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>gasoline blended with ethanol for use in standard combustion engines, the person must <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>ensure that the gasoline blended with ethanol for use in standard combustion engines is <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>dispensed from a fuel-dispensing hose and nozzle or other conveyance dedicated solely <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>to gasoline blended with ethanol for use in standard combustion engines and clearly <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>labeled as such.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A person responsible for the product who complies with the provisions in <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>paragraph (b) is not responsible for a self-service fueling action taken by that person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>retail fuel customer.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.7911, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Promotion of renewable liquid fuels.</b> (a) The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>agriculture, in consultation with the commissioners of commerce and the Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>Control Agency, shall identify and implement activities necessary for the widespread use <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>of renewable liquid fuels in the state. Beginning November 1, 2005, and continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>through 2015, the commissioners, or their designees, shall work with representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>from the renewable fuels industry, petroleum retailers, refiners, automakers, small engine <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>manufacturers, and other interested groups, to develop annual recommendations for <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>administrative and legislative action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The activities of the commissioners under this subdivision shall include, but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>be limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) developing recommendations for incentives for retailers to install equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>necessary for dispensing renewable liquid fuels to the public;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) expanding the renewable-fuel options available to Minnesota consumers by <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>obtaining federal approval for the use of E20 and additional blends that contain a greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>percentage of ethanol, including but not limited to E30 and E50, as gasoline;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) developing recommendations for ensuring that motor vehicles and small engine <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>equipment have access to an adequate supply of fuel;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) working with the owners and operators of large corporate automotive fleets in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>state to increase their use of renewable fuels; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) working to maintain an affordable retail price for liquid fuels.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Agricultural alcohol gasoline.</b> "Agricultural alcohol gasoline" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>gasoline-ethanol blend of up to ten percent agriculturally derived fermentation satisfying <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>the provisions of section 239.761, subdivision 4a or 4b, with ethanol derived from <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>agricultural products, such as potatoes, cereal, grains, cheese whey, sugar beets, forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>products, or other renewable resources, that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) meets the specifications in ASTM specification D4806-04a; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is denatured as specified in Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, parts 20 and 21.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 296A.01, subdivision 25, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 25. <b>Gasoline blended with ethanol.</b> "Gasoline blended with ethanol" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>gasoline blended with up to  20 percent, by volume, agriculturally derived, denatured <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>ethanol. The blend must comply with the volatility requirements in Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>Regulations, title 40, part 80. The blend must also comply with ASTM specification <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>D4814-06, or the gasoline base stock from which a gasoline-ethanol blend was produced <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>must comply with ASTM specification D4814-06; and the gasoline-ethanol blend must <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>not be blended with casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline, drip <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>gasoline, or natural gasoline after the gasoline-ethanol blend has been sold, transferred, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal. The blend need not comply with ASTM <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>specification D4814-06 if it is subjected to a standard distillation test. For a distillation <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>test, a gasoline-ethanol blend is not required to comply with the temperature specification <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>at the 50 percent liquid recovery point, if the gasoline from which the gasoline-ethanol <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>blend was produced complies with all of the distillation specifications a gasoline-ethanol <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>blend satisfying the provisions of section 239.761, subdivision 4a or 4b.<br />
         		
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