Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 209-H.F.No. 608 
           An act relating to agriculture; exempting certain 
          nonprofit organizations from the requirement for a 
          nursery stock dealer certificate; proposing coding for 
          new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [18.525] [EXEMPT SALES.] 
    An organization does not need to obtain a nursery stock 
dealer certificate before offering certified nursery stock for 
sale or distribution if the organization: 
    (1) is a nonprofit charitable, educational, or religious 
organization; 
    (2) conducts sales or distributions of certified nursery 
stock on 14 or fewer days in a calendar year; and 
    (3) uses the proceeds from its nursery stock sales or 
distributions for charitable, educational, or religious purposes.
     The organization must notify the commissioner, prior to any 
sales or distributions of certified nursery stock and must 
demonstrate to the commissioner, if requested, that such sales 
or distributions will be conducted on 14 or fewer days in the 
calendar year, as provided in clause (2). 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 12, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 14, 1993, 10:01 p.m.