Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2356

Relating to agriculture; providing for seed availability and +competition;
requiring and providing for farmers planting patented seed on owned +or leased
land and seeking to retain seed from the harvest for replanting the +following
season to register with the department of agriculture; imposing a fee+ per
bushel retained, requiring a large portion of the fee to be paid by +the
department to patent holders, authorizing use of the rest of the fee +for the
cost of administering the registration system; creating the +genetically
engineered seed fund for deposit of portions of the fee not used for
administrative costs, appropriating money from the fund to the +university of
Minnesota for agricultural research and development; limiting the +liability of
farmers planting registered seed for health, safety and environmental+ impacts;
imposing a penalty for violation of the requirements and authorizing +other
remedies (ja)