Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 310-H.F.No. 1108 
           An act relating to agriculture; changing a provision 
          that allows averaging of certain multiple loads of 
          grain; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 
          17B.048. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 17B.048, is 
amended to read:  
    17B.048 [SELLER OPTION TO AVERAGE LOADS MAY BE AVERAGED.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [LOADS AVERAGED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT.] A 
purchaser and a seller of corn, soybeans, or wheat must allow a 
seller who delivers the grain in multiple loads within a period 
of two consecutive calendar days, at the option of the seller, 
to may, by mutual agreement, average the measurements from the 
multiple loads of acceptable quality grain with respect to test 
weight, moisture content, and protein analysis.  All loads 
allowed to be averaged under this section must be of a quality 
acceptable to the purchaser those factors used to determine 
price. 
    Subd. 2.  [NOTICE TO BE POSTED.] A business licensed to buy 
or receive grain must post the following notice in a conspicuous 
place.  The notice must be at least 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size 
with letters at least one-half inch in size stating:  "UNDER 
MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 17B.048, A PURCHASER AND A SELLER OF 
GRAIN MAY, BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT, AVERAGE THE MEASUREMENTS FROM 
MULTIPLE LOADS OF ACCEPTABLE QUALITY GRAIN WITH RESPECT TO THOSE 
FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE PRICE."  The commissioner shall 
provide copies of the notice to each business licensed to buy or 
receive grain. 
    Presented to the governor May 30, 1989 
    Signed by the governor June 2, 1989, 12:17 p.m.