1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for environmental, 
  1.4             natural resource, and agricultural purposes; providing 
  1.5             for regulation of certain activities and practices; 
  1.6             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.073, 
  1.7             subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, 
  1.8             section 84.8205; Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 3; 
  1.9             Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 7, subdivisions 3 and 
  1.10            4. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12  Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.13     The sums in the columns headed "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.14  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.15  the agencies and for the purposes specified to be available for 
  1.16  the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
  1.17                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.18                                            1998         1999
  1.19  General Fund                      $    1,600,000 $    4,500,000
  1.20                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.21                                         Available for the Year 
  1.22                                             Ending June 30 
  1.23                                            1998         1999 
  1.24  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL
  1.25  AGENCY                                     -0-          550,000
  1.26  $50,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  1.27  1999 to conduct a scoping study for a 
  1.28  cost-benefit model to analyze the costs 
  1.29  of water quality standards.  This is a 
  1.30  one-time appropriation. 
  1.31  $500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  1.32  1999 to continue investigation of 
  1.33  malformed frogs in Minnesota.  This is 
  2.1   a one-time appropriation. 
  2.2   Sec. 3.  NATURAL RESOURCES                 -0-          300,000
  2.3   $300,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  2.4   1999 to provide staffing in the waters 
  2.5   division for flood-related activities.  
  2.6   This is a one-time appropriation. 
  2.7   Sec. 4.  AGRICULTURE                     100,000      3,650,000
  2.8   $75,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  2.9   1998 and $250,000 is appropriated in 
  2.10  fiscal year 1999 to expand the efforts 
  2.11  to prevent the establishment and spread 
  2.12  of gypsy moths in Minnesota. 
  2.13  $25,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  2.14  1998 and $325,000 is appropriated in 
  2.15  fiscal year 1999 to implement a state 
  2.16  meat inspection program. 
  2.17  $75,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  2.18  1999 to provide additional matching 
  2.19  funds for the WIC coupon program. 
  2.20  $3,000,000 is appropriated for ethanol 
  2.21  producer payments to an ethanol 
  2.22  facility in the seven-county 
  2.23  metropolitan area and approved for new 
  2.24  production capacity by the commissioner 
  2.25  of agriculture pursuant to Minnesota 
  2.26  Statutes, section 41A.09, subdivision 
  2.27  3a, paragraph (h).  This appropriation 
  2.28  is in addition to the $34,000,000 
  2.29  payment limit in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.30  section 41A.09, subdivision 3a, 
  2.31  paragraph (d), and the $8,500,000 
  2.32  payment limit in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.33  section 41A.09, subdivision 3a, 
  2.34  paragraph (f).  Production reported 
  2.35  under this appropriation shall not be 
  2.36  included in the 55,000,000 gallon limit 
  2.37  provided for in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.38  section 41A.09, subdivision 3a, 
  2.39  paragraph (f). 
  2.40  Sec. 5.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD              1,500,000          -0-
  2.41  $1,500,000 is appropriated for zoo 
  2.42  operations.  This is intended to be a 
  2.43  one-time supplemental appropriation.  
  2.44  By September 1, 1998, the board shall 
  2.45  report to the governor on 
  2.46  recommendations to internally manage 
  2.47  the effects of lowered attendance 
  2.48  projections and methods for improving 
  2.49  attendance forecasting. 
  2.50     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  2.51  84.8205, is amended to read: 
  2.52     84.8205 [~~SNOWMOBILE~~ NONRESIDENT STATE TRAIL ~~PERMIT~~ 
  2.53  STICKER.] 
  2.54     Subdivision 1.  [STICKER REQUIRED.] Section 84.82, 
  2.55  subdivision 6, clauses (2) and (3), notwithstanding, a 
  3.1   snowmobile that is not registered in this state may not be 
  3.2   operated on a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless the 
  3.3   snowmobile ~~operator has in possession a snowmobile~~ displays a 
  3.4   nonresident state trail ~~permit~~ sticker.  
  3.5      Subd. 2.  [ISSUANCE.] Application for a nonresident state 
  3.6   trail sticker shall be made to the commissioner of natural 
  3.7   resources ~~shall issue a permit~~, the commissioner of public 
  3.8   safety, or an authorized deputy registrar of motor vehicles in 
  3.9   such form as the commissioner of natural resources prescribes.  
  3.10  Upon application and payment of a $15 sticker fee and a $2 
  3.11  issuance fee, the commissioner or deputy registrar shall issue a 
  3.12  sticker.  The ~~permit~~ sticker is valid from November 1 through 
  3.13  April 30.  
  3.14     Subd. 3.  [DISPOSITION OF FEES.] Sticker fees collected 
  3.15  under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
  3.16  credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the 
  3.17  natural resources fund.  The $2 issuance fee shall be disposed 
  3.18  of according to section 84.82, subdivision 2, paragraph (d). 
  3.19     Subd. 4.  [EXEMPTIONS.] A sticker is not required under 
  3.20  this section for:  
  3.21     (1) a snowmobile owned and used by the United States, 
  3.22  another state, or a political subdivision thereof; or 
  3.23     (2) a snowmobile used exclusively in organized track racing 
  3.24  events. 
  3.25     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.073, 
  3.26  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.27     Subd. 2.  [PENALTY AMOUNT.] The citation must impose the 
  3.28  following penalty amounts: 
  3.29     (1) $100 per major appliance, as defined in section 
  3.30  115A.03, subdivision 17a, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
  3.31     (2) $25 per waste tire, as defined in section 115A.90, 
  3.32  subdivision 11, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
  3.33     (3) $25 per lead acid battery governed by section 115A.915, 
  3.34  up to a maximum of $2,000; 
  3.35     (4) $1 per pound of other solid waste or $20 per cubic foot 
  3.36  up to a maximum of $2,000; ~~and~~ 
  4.1      (5) up to $200 for any amount of waste that escapes from a 
  4.2   vehicle used for the transportation of solid waste if, after 
  4.3   receiving actual notice that waste has escaped the vehicle, the 
  4.4   person or company transporting the waste fails to immediately 
  4.5   collect the waste~~.~~; 
  4.6      (6) $50 per violation of Minnesota Rules, parts 7150.0100 
  4.7   to 7150.0120, relating to underground storage tank system 
  4.8   design, construction, installation, and notification, up to a 
  4.9   maximum of $2,000; 
  4.10     (7) $100 per violation of Minnesota Rules, parts 7150.0200 
  4.11  to 7150.0240, relating to underground storage tank system 
  4.12  general operating requirements, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
  4.13     (8) $250 per violation of Minnesota Rules, parts 7150.0300 
  4.14  to 7150.0350, relating to underground storage tank system 
  4.15  release detection requirements, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
  4.16     (9) $50 per violation of Minnesota Rules, parts 7150.0400 
  4.17  to 7150.0500, relating to out-of-service underground storage 
  4.18  tank systems and closure, up to a maximum of $2,000; and 
  4.19     (10) $50 per violation of sections 116.48 to 116.491 
  4.20  relating to underground storage tank system notification, 
  4.21  monitoring, environmental protection, and tank installers 
  4.22  training and certification requirements, up to a maximum of 
  4.23  $2,000. 
  4.24     Sec. 8.  Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 3, is amended to 
  4.25  read: 
  4.26  Sec. 3.  NATURAL RESOURCES             2,693,000      802,000
  4.27                Summary by Fund
  4.28  General                 593,000     1,052,000
  4.29  Natural Resources     1,350,000       -0-  
  4.30  Taconite Environmental
  4.31  Protection              750,000       -0-
  4.32  Permanent University      -0-        (250,000)                
  4.33  $20,000 in fiscal year 1997 is for 
  4.34  posting of state forest land boundaries 
  4.35  in the Richard J. Dorer Memorial 
  4.36  Hardwood state forest.  This 
  4.37  appropriation is to supplement, and not 
  4.38  supplant, existing posting activities. 
  4.39  $250,000 in fiscal year 1996 is for 
  5.1   grants to the counties of Aitkin, 
  5.2   Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, and St. 
  5.3   Louis for reforestation, timber stand 
  5.4   improvements, forest road 
  5.5   reconstruction and maintenance, aerial 
  5.6   photography, and new forest inventories 
  5.7   in areas damaged by windstorms in July 
  5.8   1995.  Of this amount, $4,200 is for 
  5.9   Aitkin county, $113,300 is for Becker 
  5.10  county, $83,800 is for Clearwater 
  5.11  county, $7,000 is for Hubbard county, 
  5.12  and $41,700 is for St. Louis county. 
  5.13  $240,000 in fiscal year 1996 is for 
  5.14  unanticipated costs the department 
  5.15  incurred for the assessment of timber 
  5.16  damage, cleanup, reconstruction, 
  5.17  replacement of damaged natural 
  5.18  resources, facilities, and roads, 
  5.19  removal of damaged trees and other 
  5.20  storm debris, and the cleanup and 
  5.21  repair of state park facilities related 
  5.22  to July 1995 storm damage. 
  5.23  $250,000 in fiscal year 1997 is for 
  5.24  minerals resources management.  This 
  5.25  appropriation is added to the 
  5.26  appropriation in Laws 1995, chapter 
  5.27  220, section 5, subdivision 2. 
  5.28  $350,000 in fiscal year 1997 is for 
  5.29  parks and recreation management.  The 
  5.30  department shall implement an 
  5.31  electronic state park permit tracking 
  5.32  system in fiscal year 1997 in 
  5.33  accordance with the plan prepared under 
  5.34  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 5, 
  5.35  subdivision 5.  The legislature intends 
  5.36  that the state park permit fee 
  5.37  increases in section 38 and increased 
  5.38  camping fees will raise $325,000 by 
  5.39  June 30, 1997. 
  5.40  $75,000 in fiscal year 1996 is for a 
  5.41  grant to Morrison county to address the 
  5.42  problem of water flow along the 
  5.43  easterly shoreline of the Mississippi 
  5.44  river near Highway 10 in Morrison 
  5.45  county.  This funding is to be utilized 
  5.46  by the St. Anthony Falls laboratory of 
  5.47  the University of Minnesota to conduct 
  5.48  a comprehensive analysis of what is 
  5.49  causing the accelerated sedimentation 
  5.50  in the river, and how the problem can 
  5.51  best be resolved. 
  5.52  $28,000 in fiscal year 1996 is for a 
  5.53  grant to the city of Warren in Marshall 
  5.54  county to construct two dams on the 
  5.55  Snake river within the city of Warren 
  5.56  in Marshall county. 
  5.57  $150,000 in fiscal year 1997 is for 
  5.58  maintenance of state trails. 
  5.59  The commissioner of natural resources 
  5.60  must complete a long range plan, to the 
  5.61  year 2025, that identifies trail 
  5.62  maintenance needs and proposed costs 
  5.63  for the statewide trail system under 
  5.64  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015. 
  6.1   $1,350,000 in fiscal year 1996 is from 
  6.2   the all-terrain vehicle account in the 
  6.3   natural resources fund to plan, 
  6.4   acquire, develop, and operate the Iron 
  6.5   Range off-highway vehicle recreation 
  6.6   area and to conduct the feasibility 
  6.7   study, to be available until June 30, 
  6.8   ~~1998~~ 2000.  This appropriation is 
  6.9   contingent on the city of Gilbert 
  6.10  entering into an agreement to lease the 
  6.11  city-owned land within the Iron Range 
  6.12  off-highway vehicle recreation area to 
  6.13  the state for $1 per year.  The lease 
  6.14  term must be at least ten years, and 
  6.15  notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.16  section 16B.24, subdivision 6, 
  6.17  paragraph (a), may be up to 20 years. 
  6.18  The commissioner of finance shall 
  6.19  transfer $675,000 from the off-road 
  6.20  vehicle account in the natural 
  6.21  resources fund to the all-terrain 
  6.22  vehicle account in the natural 
  6.23  resources fund, in one or more 
  6.24  installments, before July 1, 1998.  
  6.25  The commissioner of finance shall 
  6.26  transfer $135,000 from the off-highway 
  6.27  motorcycle account in the natural 
  6.28  resources fund to the all-terrain 
  6.29  vehicle account in the natural 
  6.30  resources fund, in one or more 
  6.31  installments, before July 1, 1998. 
  6.32  $750,000 in fiscal year 1996 is from 
  6.33  the taconite environmental protection 
  6.34  fund to acquire and develop the Iron 
  6.35  Range off-highway vehicle recreation 
  6.36  area. 
  6.37  The legislature hereby approves the 
  6.38  final plan for the integrated resource 
  6.39  management pilot project required in 
  6.40  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 5, 
  6.41  subdivision 10. 
  6.42  $262,000 in fiscal year 1997 is to 
  6.43  partially restore a program reduction 
  6.44  made to the administrative, regional, 
  6.45  and support functions of the department.
  6.46  This appropriation is added to the 
  6.47  appropriation in Laws 1995, chapter 
  6.48  220, section 5, subdivision 9. 
  6.49  $20,000 in fiscal year 1997 is for 
  6.50  preparation of recommendations on the 
  6.51  reorganization of state and local 
  6.52  entities that protect and manage state 
  6.53  water resources. 
  6.54     Sec. 9.  Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 7, subdivision 3, 
  6.55  is amended to read: 
  6.56  Subd. 3.  Agricultural Marketing and Development
  6.57       3,475,000      3,210,000
  6.58                 Summary by Fund
  6.59  General              3,219,000    3,069,000
  7.1   Special Revenue        256,000      141,000
  7.2   Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.3   section 41A.09, subdivision 3a, the 
  7.4   total payments from the ethanol 
  7.5   development account to all producers 
  7.6   may not exceed $49,651,000 for the 
  7.7   biennium ending June 30, 1999.  If the 
  7.8   total amount for which all producers 
  7.9   are eligible in a quarter exceeds the 
  7.10  amount available for payments, the 
  7.11  commissioner shall make the payments on 
  7.12  a pro rata basis.  In fiscal year 1998, 
  7.13  the commissioner shall first reimburse 
  7.14  producers for eligible unpaid claims 
  7.15  accumulated through June 30, 1997.  
  7.16  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  7.17  the second year are for ethanol 
  7.18  promotion and public education. 
  7.19  $71,000 the first year and $71,000 the 
  7.20  second year are for transfer to the 
  7.21  Minnesota grown matching account and 
  7.22  may be used as grants for Minnesota 
  7.23  grown promotion under Minnesota 
  7.24  Statutes, section 17.109. 
  7.25  $141,000 the first year and $141,000 
  7.26  the second year are from the 
  7.27  commodities research and promotion 
  7.28  account in the special revenue fund. 
  7.29  $115,000 is from the Minnesota 
  7.30  conservation fund, established in 
  7.31  Minnesota Statutes, section 40A.151, to 
  7.32  the commissioner of agriculture to 
  7.33  provide a match to the $100,000 
  7.34  appropriation from the future resources 
  7.35  fund to evaluate the effectiveness of 
  7.36  Minnesota's agricultural land 
  7.37  preservation programs, make 
  7.38  recommendations for statutory and 
  7.39  programmatic improvements, and identify 
  7.40  and quantify fiscal impacts of urban 
  7.41  sprawl. 
  7.42  $76,000 the first year and $77,000 the 
  7.43  second year are for development and 
  7.44  promotion of integrated pest management 
  7.45  in an urban environment.  The urban 
  7.46  integrated pest management development 
  7.47  and promotion program must be 
  7.48  coordinated with Metropolitan State 
  7.49  University. 
  7.50  $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
  7.51  second year are for grants to farmers 
  7.52  for demonstration projects involving 
  7.53  sustainable agriculture.  If a project 
  7.54  cost is more than $25,000, the amount 
  7.55  above $25,000 must be cost-shared at a 
  7.56  state-applicant ratio of one to one.  
  7.57  Priorities must be given for projects 
  7.58  involving multiple parties.  Up to 
  7.59  $20,000 each year may be used for 
  7.60  dissemination of information about the 
  7.61  demonstration grant projects.  If the 
  7.62  appropriation for either year is 
  7.63  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  7.64  other is available. 
  8.1   $200,000 is for grants under Minnesota 
  8.2   Statutes, section 17.101, subdivision 
  8.3   5.  This appropriation remains 
  8.4   available until June 30, 1999. 
  8.5      Sec. 10.  Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 7, subdivision 4, 
  8.6   is amended to read: 
  8.7   Subd. 4.  Administration and 
  8.8   Financial Assistance 
  8.9        7,683,000      4,746,000
  8.10  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  8.11  the second year must be spent for the 
  8.12  WIC coupon program. 
  8.13  $115,000 the first year and $99,000 the 
  8.14  second year are for family farm 
  8.15  security interest payment adjustments.  
  8.16  If the appropriation for either year is 
  8.17  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  8.18  other year is available for it.  No new 
  8.19  loans may be approved in fiscal year 
  8.20  1998 or 1999.  
  8.21  $201,000 the first year and $202,000 
  8.22  the second year are for the family farm 
  8.23  advocacy program. 
  8.24  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
  8.25  second year are for the northern crops 
  8.26  institute.  These appropriations may be 
  8.27  spent to purchase equipment and are 
  8.28  available until spent.  
  8.29  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
  8.30  the second year are for grants to 
  8.31  agriculture information centers.  The 
  8.32  grants are only available on a match 
  8.33  basis.  The funds may be released at 
  8.34  the rate of $4 of state money for each 
  8.35  $1 of matching nonstate money that is 
  8.36  raised.  
  8.37  $100,000 is for a grant to the 
  8.38  University of Minnesota for a farm 
  8.39  safety outreach program.  The program 
  8.40  must be designed to provide specialized 
  8.41  health and safety information and 
  8.42  training to targeted at-risk 
  8.43  individuals and groups. 
  8.44  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
  8.45  the second year are for the Seaway Port 
  8.46  Authority of Duluth. 
  8.47  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
  8.48  second year are for a grant to the 
  8.49  Minnesota Livestock Breeders' 
  8.50  Association. 
  8.51  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
  8.52  second year are for the Passing on the 
  8.53  Farm Center under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.54  section 17.985.  This appropriation is 
  8.55  available only to the extent matched 
  8.56  with nonstate money. 
  8.57  $50,000 in each year is for beaver 
  9.1   damage control grants for the purposes 
  9.2   of Minnesota Statutes, section 17.110.  
  9.3   Any unencumbered balance in the first 
  9.4   year is available for grants in the 
  9.5   second year. 
  9.6   $70,000 the first year is for the 
  9.7   construction costs of a greenhouse to 
  9.8   produce biological control agents. 
  9.9   $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
  9.10  second year are for funding ~~litigation~~ 
  9.11  to accomplish reform of the federal 
  9.12  milk market order system and for legal 
  9.13  actions opposing the Northeast Dairy 
  9.14  Compact.  If the appropriation for 
  9.15  either year is insufficient, the 
  9.16  appropriation for the other year is 
  9.17  available. 
  9.18  $100,000 the first year is for transfer 
  9.19  to the public utilities commission for 
  9.20  costs related to the duties of the 
  9.21  commission and the team of science 
  9.22  advisors established under Laws 1994, 
  9.23  chapter 573, as amended.  This 
  9.24  appropriation remains available until 
  9.25  June 30, 1999. 
  9.26  $525,000 the first year is for 
  9.27  livestock odor research.  Of this 
  9.28  amount, $400,000 is for a grant to the 
  9.29  University of Minnesota department of 
  9.30  biosystems and agricultural engineering 
  9.31  for research and development of:  (1) 
  9.32  an odor rating system that compares 
  9.33  odor levels of livestock production 
  9.34  facilities based on the species of 
  9.35  livestock, livestock housing, manure 
  9.36  management systems, and other factors 
  9.37  that contribute to odor levels, with 
  9.38  the odor rating to be determined using 
  9.39  olfactometry; (2) information tools to 
  9.40  be provided to local units of 
  9.41  government to create setback 
  9.42  requirements for livestock production 
  9.43  facilities based on the odor rating 
  9.44  system developed in clause (1); (3) 
  9.45  best management practices to control 
  9.46  livestock odor with priority on the 
  9.47  development of practices that control 
  9.48  odor as much as economically feasible 
  9.49  during seasonal and other periods of 
  9.50  peak odor levels; and (4) provisions 
  9.51  for rating the efficacy of new 
  9.52  odor-reduction technologies and 
  9.53  additives.  Applicants for a rating 
  9.54  under this clause must pay for the 
  9.55  research necessary to provide the 
  9.56  rating to be used in marketing their 
  9.57  new technology.  $125,000 is for a 
  9.58  grant to the Minnesota institute for 
  9.59  sustainable agriculture for research, 
  9.60  development, and promotion of 
  9.61  low-emission and low-energy alternative 
  9.62  hog production systems and promotion of 
  9.63  developed systems, including hoop 
  9.64  houses, the Swedish model 
  9.65  (Vastgotamodellen) for farrowing and 
  9.66  feeder pig production, and pasture 
  9.67  grazing and farrowing. 
 10.1   $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 10.2   the second year are to develop a 
 10.3   scientific data base on odor from 
 10.4   feedlots, conduct research on 
 10.5   biofilters as odor suppressants, and 
 10.6   evaluate composting and drainage 
 10.7   systems for effectiveness.  This is a 
 10.8   one-time appropriation. 
 10.9   $1,200,000 the first year is for an 
 10.10  electronic information management 
 10.11  system.  By January 15, 1998, the 
 10.12  commissioner shall report to the 
 10.13  legislature concerning the status of 
 10.14  the system and shall make a 
 10.15  recommendation concerning the remaining 
 10.16  needs for the system and costs of 
 10.17  funding those needs. 
 10.18  $1,000,000 is to create and administer 
 10.19  a "Minnesota grown" coupon program to 
 10.20  provide food coupons to adult or minor 
 10.21  legal noncitizens who are residing in 
 10.22  this state as of July 1, 1997, lost 
 10.23  their eligibility for the federal food 
 10.24  stamp program under the provisions of 
 10.25  Public Law Number 104-193, title IV, 
 10.26  are receiving general assistance or 
 10.27  supplemental security income, and 
 10.28  comply with the eligibility 
 10.29  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.30  section 256D.05, subdivision 8, 
 10.31  paragraph (b).  Coupons shall be issued 
 10.32  each month within the funds available 
 10.33  by the commissioner to noncitizens who 
 10.34  are residents of participating counties 
 10.35  and eligible for the supplement under 
 10.36  this paragraph.  The commissioner of 
 10.37  human services must provide to the 
 10.38  commissioner of agriculture the names 
 10.39  of the heads of households that contain 
 10.40  adult or minor legal noncitizens who 
 10.41  are eligible for the supplement under 
 10.42  this paragraph, their addresses, and 
 10.43  any other information necessary to 
 10.44  ensure the administrative efficiency of 
 10.45  the "Minnesota grown" coupon program.  
 10.46  The amount of the "Minnesota grown" 
 10.47  coupons must be excluded as income 
 10.48  under the AFDC, refugee cash 
 10.49  assistance, general assistance, MFIP, 
 10.50  MFIP-R, MFIP-S, food stamp programs, 
 10.51  state housing subsidy programs, 
 10.52  low-income energy assistance programs, 
 10.53  and other programs that do not count 
 10.54  food stamps as income.  Counties must 
 10.55  apply to the commissioner to 
 10.56  participate in the "Minnesota grown" 
 10.57  coupon program. 
 10.58  The coupons must be clearly labeled as 
 10.59  redeemable only for products licensed 
 10.60  to use the "Minnesota grown" logo or 
 10.61  labeling statement under Minnesota 
 10.62  Statutes, section 17.102.  Coupons may 
 10.63  be redeemed by farmers, custom meat 
 10.64  processors, community-supported 
 10.65  agriculture farms, grocery stores, and 
 10.66  retailers.  The person accepting the 
 10.67  coupon is responsible for its 
 10.68  redemption only on products licensed to 
 11.1   use the "Minnesota grown" logo or 
 11.2   labeling statement.  
 11.3   The commissioner may establish criteria 
 11.4   for vendor eligibility and may enforce 
 11.5   the "Minnesota grown" coupon program 
 11.6   according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.7   sections 17.982 to 17.984. 
 11.8   The commissioner shall report on the 
 11.9   "Minnesota grown" coupon program by 
 11.10  January 15, 1998, to the house of 
 11.11  representatives agriculture committee, 
 11.12  the senate agriculture and rural 
 11.13  development committee, the house 
 11.14  environment and natural resources 
 11.15  finance committee, and the senate 
 11.16  environment and agriculture budget 
 11.17  division. 
 11.18     Sec. 11.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 11.19     Sections 1 to 5 and 8 to 10 are effective on the day 
 11.20  following final enactment.  
 11.21     Section 7 is effective August 1, 1998, and applies to 
 11.22  violations occurring on or after that date.