Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                        CHAPTER 208-H.F.No. 961 
           An act relating to agriculture; extending the 
          agricultural data collection task force and the 
          farmer-lender mediation act; appropriating money; 
          amending Laws 1985, chapter 19, section 6, subdivision 
          6, as amended; and Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 1, 
          section 18, as amended. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Laws 1985, chapter 19, section 6, subdivision 
6, as amended by Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 11, section 4, 
Laws 1987, chapter 396, article 5, section 3, and Laws 1989, 
chapter 350, article 3, section 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [EXPIRATION.] The agricultural data collection 
task force expires April 15, 1991, or 15 days after reporting to 
the legislature, whichever date comes later, but in no 
circumstance later than June 1 30, 1991 1993. 
    Sec. 2.  Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 1, section 18, as 
amended by Laws 1987, chapter 292, section 37, Laws 1989, 
chapter 350, article 16, section 8, and Laws 1990, chapter 525, 
section 1, is amended to read: 
    Sec. 18.  [REPEALER.] 
    Sections 1 to 17 and Minnesota Statutes, section 336.9-501, 
subsections (6) and (7), and sections 583.284, 583.285, 583.286, 
and 583.305, are repealed on July 1, 1992 1993. 
    Sec. 3.  [AGRICULTURAL DATA COLLECTION TASK FORCE; 
APPROPRIATION.] 
    $15,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
commissioner of agriculture to fund the activities of the 
agricultural data collection task force.  This appropriation is 
available for the biennium ending June 30, 1993. * (This section 
was vetoed by the governor.) 
    Sec. 4.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
    $200,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
Minnesota extension service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1992, for operation of the farmer-lender mediation program. 
    This appropriation may be used only for mediation related 
to adjusting farm indebtedness under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
583. 
    Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 2 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 23, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 27, 1991, 9:48 p.m.