1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; exempting certain organizations from the Minnesota seed 
1.3 	law;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 21.87.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 21.87, is amended to read:
1.6 	21.87 EXEMPTION.
1.7 	Sections 21.82 and 21.83 do not apply:
1.8 	(a) to seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes;
1.9 	(b) to a religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational organization that 
1.10 	receives less than $5,000 in gross receipts in a calendar year from the sale of seeds at a 
1.11 	single location for use in the state;
1.12 	(c) to seed in storage in or being transported or consigned to a conditioning 
1.13 	establishment for conditioning, provided that the invoice or label accompanying any 
1.14 	shipment of the seeds bears the statement "seeds for conditioning," and provided that any 
1.15 	labeling or other representation which may be made with respect to the unconditioned 
1.16 	seed is subject to the provisions of sections 21.82 and 21.83; or
1.17 	~~(c)~~ (d) to any carrier with respect to seed transported or delivered for transportation 
1.18 	in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier, provided that the carrier is not engaged 
1.19 	in producing, conditioning, or marketing seeds subject to sections 21.82 and 21.83.