Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 477-S.F.No. 2012 
           An act relating to agriculture; providing that 
          checkoff fees from certain potato producers are not 
          refundable; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 
          17.63.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:  
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 17.63, is 
amended to read:  
    17.63 [REFUND OF FEES.] 
    Any producer, except a producer of potatoes in area number 
one, as listed in section 17.54, subdivision 9, may, by the use 
of forms to be provided by the commissioner and upon 
presentation of such proof as the commissioner requires, have 
the checkoff fee paid pursuant to sections 17.51 to 17.69 
refunded, provided the checkoff fee was remitted on a timely 
basis.  The request for refund must be received in the office of 
the commissioner within the time specified in the promotion 
order following the payment of the checkoff fee.  In no event 
shall these requests for refund be accepted more often than 12 
times per year.  Refund shall be made by the commissioner and 
council within 30 days of the request for refund provided that 
the checkoff fee sought to be refunded has been received.  Rules 
governing the refund of checkoff fees for all commodities shall 
be formulated by the commissioner, shall be fully outlined in 
the promotion order, and shall be available for the information 
of all producers concerned with the referendum.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective July 1, 1990, and applies to all 
checkoff fees from potato producers received by the commissioner 
or a potato council on or after that date. 
    Presented to the governor April 19, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 20, 1990, 11:17 a.m.