2023 Minnesota Statutes

223.27 PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT ACTION; COSTS AND EXPENSES.

(a) In addition to any other penalty or remedy provided by law, a person who knowingly or intentionally commits any of the following is subject to civil penalties under section 18J.10:

(1) refusing or failing to collect any grain indemnity premiums as required under section 223.25;

(2) refusing or failing to pay to the commissioner any grain indemnity premiums collected under section 223.25;

(3) making a false statement, representation, or certification, or knowingly failing to make a required statement, representation, or certification in a record, report, or other document required under this chapter or filed with the commissioner; or

(4) resisting, preventing, impeding, or interfering with the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's duties under this chapter.

(b) In addition to the civil penalty described in paragraph (a), the commissioner in an enforcement action for a violation described in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), must order the grain buyer to pay into the grain indemnity account any grain indemnity premiums collected by the grain buyer that the grain buyer owes to the grain indemnity account and may order the grain buyer to pay interest on the amount that the grain buyer owes to the grain indemnity account.

History:

2023 c 43 art 2 s 134