Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: HF1266

hf1266 THIRD ENGROSSMENT Omnibus agriculture and rural development finance bill
appropriating money for the department of agriculture, the board of animal
health, the horticultural society, and the agricultural utilization research
institute. Section 1: Agriculture money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 2:
Individual fund appropriations summaries provided including dairy development
and profitability enhancement program, potato disease research fund, various
agriculture marketing and development funds, and various administration and
financial assistance funds. Sec. 3: Board of animal health appropriations
summaries provided. Sec. 4: Minnesota Horticultural Society money appropriated.
Sec. 5: Agricultural utilization research institute money appropriated. Sec. 6:
ACCRA Fee Balance money appropriated. Sec. 7: Fee for non-residents receiving
Minnesota agricultural promotional publications allowed. Sec. 8: Minnesota Grown
logo late fees eliminated. Sec. 9: Minnesota certification program report no
longer required, certification process detailed, intellectual property rights
provided, criminal penalties provided, and Minnesota certified account fees
provided. Sec. 10: Agriculture best management practices loan
program:Subdivision 1: Purpose established.Sub. 2: Authority defined.Sub. 3:
Money appropriated. Sub. 4: Various terms defined.Sub. 5: Fund usage detailed,
agricultural and environmental revolving accounts established.Sub. 6: Program
application regulations and procedures provided, application review procedures
provided, allocation amounts detailed.Sub. 7: Payments made from the
commissioner to the local lender regulated.Sub. 8: Allocation agreement
provided.Sub. 9: Allocation recision procedures provided and regulations
established, responsibilities of local government units clarified, and lender
agreements provided.Sub. 10: Local lender responsibilities provided.Sub. 11:
Loan approval procedures detailed.Sub. 12: Data privacy information
provided.Sub. 13: Agriculture best management practices account established by
public facilities authority.Sub. 14: Origination fees eliminated.Sub. 15: Report
format and purposes provided. Sec. 11: Feedlot permit specialist program purpose
provided and specialist duties established. Sec. 12: Laboratory services account
purpose provided. Sec. 13: Waste pesticide collection account appropriation
provided. Sec. 14: Corrective action cost payment criteria expanded. Sec. 15:
Reimbursement payment amounts increased. Sec. 16: Hearing for person unhappy
with reimbursement payment provided. Sec. 17: Food handler license date of
issuance clause provided. Sec. 18: Farm bulk milk pick-up tankers clarified.
Sec. 19: Pro rata distribution conditions and amounts modified. Sec. 18: Seed
purity and identification test expense recovery procedures provided. Sec. 19:
License penalty and fee appropriations provided. Sec. 20: Definitions provided.
Sec. 21: Minnesota ethanol development program history and goals provided. Sec.
22: Feedlot activities reimbursement procedure provided. Sec. 23: Animal lot
permit application processing procedure provided. Sec. 24: Board of directors of
the agricultural utilization research institute purpose and format provided.
Sec. 25: Owner or lessee of milk transportation vehicle violations penalties
clarified. Sec. 26: Milk transportation record keeping regulations established.
Sec. 27: Dairy fine refund procedure provided. Sec. 28: Repealer.AE