1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; modifying financial statement requirements for grain 
1.3 	buyers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 223.17, 
1.4 	subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 223.17, subdivision 6, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Financial statements. For the purpose of fixing or changing the amount of 
1.9 	a required bond or for any other proper reason, the commissioner shall require an annual 
1.10 	financial statement from a licensee which has been prepared in accordance with generally 
1.11 	accepted accounting principles and which meets the following requirements:
1.12 	(a) The financial statement shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) 
1.13 	a balance sheet; (2) a statement of income (profit and loss); (3) a statement of retained 
1.14 	earnings; (4) a statement of changes in financial position; and (5) a statement of the dollar 
1.15 	amount of grain purchased in the previous fiscal year of the grain buyer.
1.16 	(b) The financial statement shall be accompanied by a reviewed financial statement or 
1.17 	auditcompilation report of the financial statement that is prepared by a grain commission 
1.18 	firm or a management firm approved by the commissioner or by an independent public 
1.19 	accountant or a compilation report prepared by a grain commission firm approved by the 
1.20 	commissioner, in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of 
1.21 	Certified Public Accountants. Grain buyers purchasing less than 150,000 bushels of grain 
1.22 	per calendar year may submit a financial statement prepared by a public accountant who is 
1.23 	not an employee or a relative within the third degree of kindred according to civil law.
2.1 	(c) The financial statement shall be accompanied by a certification by the chief 
2.2 	executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee of the licensee, under penalty 
2.3 	of perjury, that the financial statement accurately reflects the financial condition of the 
2.4 	licensee for the period specified in the statement.
2.5 	Only one financial statement must be filed for a chain of warehouses owned or 
2.6 	operated as a single business entity, unless otherwise required by the commissioner. Any 
2.7 	grain buyer having a net worth in excess of $500,000,000 need not file the financial 
2.8 	statement required by this subdivision but must provide the commissioner with a certified 
2.9 	net worth statement. All financial statements filed with the commissioner are private or 
2.10 	nonpublic data as provided in section 13.02.

2.11 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.12 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.