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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to environment; prohibiting plants treated with pollinator lethal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>insecticide from being labeled or advertised as beneficial to pollinators;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 18H.02, by adding a subdivision; 18H.14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18H.02, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 28a. <b>Pollinator lethal insecticide.</b> "Pollinator lethal insecticide" means an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>insecticide absorbed by a plant that makes the plant lethal to pollinators. Pollinator lethal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>insecticide includes, but is not limited to, the neonicotinoid class of insecticides that affect <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the central nervous system of pollinators and may cause pollinator paralysis or death.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 18H.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var><b>18H.14 LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF NURSERY STOCK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(a) Plants, plant materials, or nursery stock must not be labeled or advertised with <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>false or misleading information including, but not limited to, scientific name, variety, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>place of origin, hardiness zone as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>and growth habit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(b) All nonhardy nursery stock as designated by the commissioner must be labeled <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>"nonhardy" in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(c) A person may not offer for distribution plants, plant materials, or nursery stock, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>represented by some specific or special form of notation, including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>"free from" or "grown free of," unless the plants are produced under a specific program <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>approved by the commissioner to address the specific plant properties addressed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>special notation claim.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(d) Nursery stock collected from the wild state must be inspected and certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>prior to sale and at the time of sale must be labeled "Collected from the Wild." The label <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>must remain on each plant or clump of plants while it is offered for sale and during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>distribution process. The collected stock may be grown in nursery rows at least two years, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>after which the plants may be sold without the labeling required by this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(e) A person may not label or advertise an annual plant, bedding plant, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>plant, plant material, or nursery stock as beneficial to pollinators if the annual plant, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>bedding plant, plant material, or nursery stock has been treated with and has a detectable <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>level of systemic insecticide that: (1) has a pollinator protection box on the label; or (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>has a pollinator, bee, or honey bee precautionary statement in the environmental hazards <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>section of the insecticide product label. The commissioner shall enforce this paragraph as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>provided in chapter 18J.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2014.<br />
         		
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