Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: HF1122

HF1122

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Agriculture and veterans affairs omnibus
bill.

Article 1: Agriculture appropriations provided.

Sec. 1:
Appropriations summary provided.

Sec. 2: Agriculture appropriations provided
from the general fund for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 3: Department of
Agriculture appropriation provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation
provided.
Subd 2: Protection services appropriation provided.
Subd 3:
Agricultural marketing and development appropriation provided.
Subd 4:
Bioenergy and value-added agriculture appropriation provided, ethanol producer
payments funding included.
Subd 5: Administration and financial assistance
appropriation provided.

Sec. 4: Board of Animal Health appropriation
provided.

Sec. 5: Agricultural utilization research institute appropriation
provided.

Sec. 6: Gray wolf destruction of livestock compensation requirement
language modified.

Sec. 7: Elk crop damage compensation requirement language
modified.

Sec. 8: Department of Agriculture data classification guidelines
provided.

Sec. 9: Shared savings loan program criteria language
modified.

Sec. 10: Horses classified as livestock, raising horses included as
agricultural production, and property tax law nonapplicability provision
provided.

Sec. 11: Noxious weeds control provision language modified.

Sec.
12: Statutes referred to as the Minnesota Noxious Weed Law expanded.

Sec. 13:
Minnesota Noxious Weed Law scope extended.

Sec. 14: Certified noxious weed
free definition provided.

Sec. 15: Commissioner definition provided.

Sec.
16: Control definition language added.

Sec. 17: County-designated employee
definition provided.

Sec. 18: Growing crop definition language added.

Sec.
19: Inspector definition provided.

Sec. 20: Noxious weed management plan
definition provided.

Sec. 21: Weed management area definition
provided.

Sec. 22: General noxious weed control and eradication provision
language modified.

Sec. 23: Cooperative weed control agreements
authorized.

Sec. 24: Commissioner of Agriculture duties language
modified.

Sec. 25: County agricultural inspectors and county-designated
employees provision language modified.

Sec. 26: County agricultural
inspectors and county-designated employees duties provided.

Sec. 27: County
agricultural inspectors additional responsibilities required in the annual work
plan, responsibilities provided.

Sec. 28: Weed inspector nonperformance and
expenses reimbursement provision language modified.

Sec. 29: Permit provision
for transport of noxious weed material language modified.

Sec. 30: Permit
duration and revocation language modified.

Sec. 31: Noxious weed control
notice, control or eradication, and expenses provision language
modified.

Sec. 32: Counties and municipalities liability provision language
modified.

Sec. 33: Appeal of cost of noxious weed control to county board
provision language modified.

Sec. 34: Appeal of cost to district court
language modified.

Sec. 35: Unlawful acts provided, language
modified.

Sec. 36: Penalty language modified.

Sec. 37: Noxious weed
program funding language modified.

Sec. 38: Noxious weed and invasive plant
species assistance fund established in the state treasury.

Sec. 39: Noxious
weed control grant program established.

Sec. 40: Noxious Weed Advisory
Committee duties and membership guidelines provided.

Sec. 41: Agricultural
pesticide definition provided.

Sec. 42: Agricultural pesticide dealer
definition provided.

Sec. 43: Distribute definition language added.

Sec.
44: Nonagricultural pesticide definition provided.

Sec. 45: Pesticide
collection and disposal provision language modified.

Sec. 46: Pesticide
collection and disposal program implementation language modified.

Sec. 47:
Pesticide disposal site requirement language modified.

Sec. 48: Waste
pesticide informational and education materials required, language
added.

Sec. 49: Waste pesticide program cooperative agreements authorized,
language added.

Sec. 50: Waste pesticide program surcharge required.

Sec.
51: Waste pesticide cooperative agreement account established in the
agricultural fund.

Sec. 52: Pesticide registration requirement language
added.

Sec. 53: Agricultural pesticide registration application and gross
sales fee provision language modified.

Sec. 54: Pesticide dealer license
provision language modified.

Sec. 55: Pesticide dealer license application
provision language added.

Sec. 56: Agricultural pesticide dealer license
requirements and reporting procedure provided.

Sec. 57: Pesticide application
on common carrier railroad property guidelines provided, reporting
required.

Sec. 58: Pesticide dealer records provision language
modified.

Sec. 59: License effective period provision language
stricken.

Sec. 60: Annual tonnage report requirement language
modified.

Sec. 61: Late application fee provision language modified.

Sec.
62: Inspection fee payment provision language modified.

Sec. 63: Expenditures
from the agricultural chemical response and reimbursement program language
modified.

Sec. 64: Response and reimbursement fee provision language
modified.

Sec. 65: Agricultural Chemical Response Compensation Board report
requirement language added.

Sec. 66: Dormant definition provided, language
modified.

Sec. 67: Etiolated growth definition provided.

Sec. 68:
Individual definition provided.

Sec. 69: Packaged stock definition
provided

Sec. 70: Nursery stock grower certificate fee provision language
modified.

Sec. 71: Nursery stock dealer certificate fee provision language
modified.

Sec. 72: Nursery stock certification requirements modified to
include nursery stock dealers, language added.

Sec. 73: Nursery stock storage
provision language added.

Sec. 74: Food handler violations and prohibited
acts language modified.

Sec. 75: Food Safety and Defense Task Force duties
language added.

Sec. 76: Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture duties
language modified.

Sec. 77: Feeding Minnesota Task Force established,
membership outlined.

Sec. 78: Grade A inspection fees language
modified.

Sec. 79: Rural economic infrastructure language stricken.

Sec.
80: Ethanol producer payments language modified.

Sec. 81: 21st century
agricultural reinvestment program established, activities authorized, and
oversight provided.

Sec. 82: State participation in new real estate loans
language modified.

Sec. 83: State participation in restructured loans
language modified.

Sec. 84: Seller-sponsored loan participation limit
language modified.

Sec. 85: Agricultural improvement loan participation
authorization language modified.

Sec. 86: Livestock expansion loan
participation authorization language modified.

Sec. 87: General commissioner
duties provided, language added authorizing capture or control of nonnative or
domestic animals causing damage or posing a threat.

Sec. 88: Gasoline minimum
ethanol content requirement language added.

Sec. 89: Gasoline minimum ethanol
content requirement language added.

Sec. 90: Rights after default provision
provided, mediation notice language modified.

Sec. 91: Property acquisition
for the prevention of cruelty to animals provision language stricken.

Sec.
92: Judgment debtor mediation notice content provision
language
modified.

Sec. 93: Contract for deed purchaser mediation notice
provision language modified.

Sec. 94: Record owner mediation notice provision
language modified.

Sec. 95: Expiration date modified.

Sec. 96: Human
resources provision provided, agricultural fund use prohibited for paying for
the services of staff in the Office of the Governor.

Sec. 97: Bovine
tuberculosis control assessment and appropriation provided.

Sec. 98: Biofuel
study and report focusing on the feasibility of producing ethanol from whey
required.

Sec. 99: Green jobs food production study and report
required.

Sec. 100: Farm-to-school or farm-to-home pilot projects and report
required.

Sec. 101: Commissioner of agriculture required to apply for federal
stimulus funding.

Sec. 102: Report required on Minnesota processed foods
labeling.

Sec. 103: Feral swine report required.

Sec. 104: Commissioner
appointments deadline provided.

Sec. 105: Appropriation modification
provided, onetime grants to bovine tuberculosis herd buyout participants
authorized.

Sec. 106: Utilization of Freeman Building unused office space
required.

Sec. 107: Repealer.


Article 2: Rural Finance Authority
appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Rural Finance Authority appropriation
provided, and bond sale authorized.


Article 3: Veterans affairs
appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Veterans affairs appropriations provided
from the general fund for
fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 2: Veterans
affairs appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd
2: Veterans services appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Veterans homes
appropriation provided.

Sec. 3: Veteran ranking provision language
added.

Sec. 4: General benefit plan provision language modified to include
military service as a condition for claiming dependent status.

Sec. 5:
Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional license, or
driver's license application content provision language modified.

Sec. 6:
Veteran designation on a Minnesota driver's license or identification card
authorized.

Sec. 7: Computer record or veteran designations required.

Sec.
8: Veteran preference application provision language modified.

Sec. 9:
Veterans preference act language modified.

Sec. 10: Commissioner of Veteran's
Affairs authorized to apply and accept federal funding.

Sec. 11: Maximum use
of Medicare Part D for pharmacy costs required.

Sec. 12: Kandiyohi County;
Veterans mental health facility established, funding procedure provided.

Sec.
13: Eligibility provision for reciprocity examination based on relevant military
experience language modified.

Sec. 14: Administrative and working group
provision language modified.

Sec. 15: Kandiyohi County veterans mental health
facility operation date provided.

Sec. 16: Commissioner of finance reporting
required.

Sec. 17: Allied soldiers of the Vietnam War data collection and
benefit eligibility estimate required.

Sec. 18: Interagency staff provision
provided, Department of Veterans Affairs fund use prohibited for paying for the
services of staff in the Office of the Governor.


Article 4: Military
affairs appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Military appropriations provided
from the general fund for the fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 2: Military
affairs appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd
2: Maintenance of training facilities appropriation provided.
Subd 3: General
support appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Enlistment incentives appropriation
provided.

Sec. 3: National Guard postdeployment health and wellness
assessments program required.

ERS, 4/28/09