HF 2052

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/20/2025 03:49pm

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; modifying food certificate payment provisions; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 28A.081, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 28A.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Fee.

A fee of $125 for each certificate shall be charged to any person
who requests a certificate issued by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to facilitate
the movement of Minnesota processed and manufactured foods destined for export from
the state of Minnesota. Certificates include, but are not limited to, a certificate of free sale,
certificate of export, certificate of sanitation, sanitary certificate, certificate of origin and/or
free sale, certificate of health and/or free sale, sanitation, and purity, certificate of free trade,
certificate of free sale, sanitation, purity, and origin, certificate of health, sanitation, purity,
and free sale, and letter of plant certification.

The commissioner shall new text begin receive payment with the request or new text end bill the requesting person
within seven days after issuing a certificate to the person. The requesting person must submit
payment for a certificate new text begin at the time of receiving the request or new text end within ten days of the billing
date. If a certificate fee payment is not received within 15 days of the billing date, the
commissioner may not issue any future certificates to the requesting person until previous
fees due are paid in full. Fees paid under this section must be deposited in the food certificate
account established under subdivision 2 or another account in the agricultural fund if the
expenses for the certificate will be paid from that other account.