HF 199

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/10/2025 03:09pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rural Finance Authority;
authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin RURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $50,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Rural Finance Authority for the purposes set forth in the Minnesota Constitution,
article XI, section 5, paragraph (h), to purchase participation interests in or to make direct
agricultural loans to farmers under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B. This appropriation is
from the bond proceeds account in the rural finance administration fund and is for the
beginning farmer program under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.039; the loan restructuring
program under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.04; the seller-sponsored program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042; the agricultural improvement loan program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.043; and the livestock expansion and modernization loan
program under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.045. All debt service on bond proceeds
used to finance this appropriation must be repaid by the Rural Finance Authority under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643. Loan participations must be priced to provide full
interest and principal coverage and a reserve for potential losses. Priority for loans must be
given first to basic beginning farmer loans, second to seller-sponsored loans, and third to
agricultural improvement loans.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale expenses. new text end

new text begin $50,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
the commissioner of management and budget for bond sale expenses under Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 8.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $50,050,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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