Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture

Section 31.08 — Additional Powers And Authority; Food In Transit. - The commissioner or any of the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, agents,...

Section 31.09 — Commissioner To Render Certain Food Unsalable. - The commissioner and the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, agents, and employees,...

Section 31.095 — Denaturing And Labeling. - All food originally designated as food for human consumption which...

Section 31.10 — Standards, Definitions; Promulgation. - For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the...

Section 31.101 — Rules; Hearings; Uniformity With Federal Law. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may promulgate and amend rules...

Section 31.102 — Definitions, Standards Of Identity; Temporary Permits. - Subdivision 1. Identity, quantity, and fill of container rules. Federal...

Section 31.103 — Fair Packaging And Labeling Provisions. - Subdivision 1. Consumer commodities labeling rules. All labels of consumer...

Section 31.104 — Food Labeling Exemption Rules. - The commissioner shall promulgate rules exempting from any labeling requirement...

Section 31.11 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Food laws. For the purpose of preventing fraud...

Section 31.115 — Lawful To Produce Beverages In Basements Or Other Subgrade Areas, Use Buildings For Other Purposes. - For the purposes of inspection, licensing, permitting, and registration by...

Section 31.12 — Labeling. - For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the...

Section 31.121 — Food Adulteration. - A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it...

Section 31.122 — Food; Tolerances For Added Poisonous Ingredients. - Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, any food additive, any...

Section 31.123 — Food Misbranding. - A food is misbranded if it is covered by section...

Section 31.124 — False Advertising. - An advertisement of a food shall be deemed to be...

Section 31.13 — Analysis; Evidence. - It shall be the duty of the laboratory director, managers,...

Section 31.131 — Emergency Permit Control. - Subdivision 1. Temporary conditional permits. Whenever the commissioner finds after...

Section 31.132 — Publicity. - Subdivision 1. Reports. The commissioner may cause to be published...

Section 31.15 — Disposal Of Receipts. - In all prosecutions under section 34A.04, save as therein specifically...

Section 31.161 — Food; Insanitary Conditions Prohibited. - No person, firm, or corporation shall operate any bakery, confectionery,...

Section 31.165 — Removal Of Insanitary Conditions. - If, in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner's...

Section 31.171 — Employment Of Diseased Person. - It shall be unlawful for any person to work in...

Section 31.175 — Water, Plumbing, And Sewage. - A person who is required by statutes administered by the...

Section 31.31 — Commercial Canneries, Regulation. - All commercial canneries shall be under the supervision and regulation...

Section 31.311 — Inspection Under Supervision Of Commissioner. - The inspection of commercial canneries shall be under the supervision...

Section 31.32 — Reports; Information Furnished. - The commissioner shall issue public bulletins of information, report and...

Section 31.36 — Rules For Canneries. - The commissioner, in the manner provided by law, may prescribe...

Section 31.37 — Notice Of Intention To Operate. - Any person owning or operating a canning factory shall, by...

Section 31.38 — Certificate Of Inspection, Commercial Canneries; Labels, Brands. - The commissioner shall furnish to each commercial cannery that shall...

Section 31.39 — Assessments; Inspection Services; Commercial Canneries Account. - Subdivision 1. Assessments. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed...

Section 31.392 — Canning In Dwelling Or Basement. - No commercial canning of any food products shall be permitted...

Section 31.495 — Regulation Of Food Salvage Operations. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...

Section 31.51 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 31.51 to...

Section 31.53 — Inspections; Corrective Orders. - The commissioner shall at such times as the commissioner deems...

Section 31.54 — Rules. - The commissioner may, in order to supplement federal regulation and...

Section 31.56 — Limitation. - Subdivision 1. Farmer's own animals. Sections 31.51 to 31.56 do...

Section 31.59 — Humane Slaughter Of Livestock; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 31.59 to...

Section 31.591 — Slaughter Must Be Humane. - After July 1, 1961, no slaughterer may slaughter livestock or...

Section 31.60 — Meat Industry Division. - Subdivision 1. Division duties; director; personnel. A Meat Industry Division...

Section 31.601 — Protection Of Meat. - Every dealer in meats, fish, fowl, or game for human...

Section 31.602 — Sale Of Unwholesome Poultry Or Game. - Every person who shall offer or expose for sale at...

Section 31.611 — Veal. - No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or...

Section 31.621 — Sale Of Horse Meat For Human Consumption. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person...

Section 31.631 — Horse Meat Intended For Other Than Human Consumption. - Subdivision 1. Preparation. It shall be unlawful for any person...

Section 31.632 — Minnesota Approved Meats And Poultry; Use Of Label. - The commissioner may authorize, pursuant to rules promulgated in the...

Section 31.633 — Meat Or Poultry Substitutes; Indication On Menu; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Menu requirement. Any restaurant, eating place, or other...

Section 31.651 — Kosher Products, Unlawful Sale. - Subdivision 1. Kosher requirements. No person shall sell or expose...

Section 31.658 — Halal Products. - Subdivision 1. Halal food requirements. A person must not: (1)...

Section 31.661 — Marks, Stamps, Tags, Brands, Or Labels. - No person shall: (1) willfully mark, stamp, tag, brand, label,...

Section 31.671 — Rules. - The commissioner of agriculture shall have the power to promulgate...

Section 31.74 — Sale Of Imitation Honey. - Subdivision 1. Honey defined. As used in this section "honey"...

Section 31.75 — Artificial Sweetening Products. - Subdivision 1. Labeling. It is lawful for any person, firm,...

Section 31.76 — Confections Containing Alcohol. - Subdivision 1. Definition. "Confection containing alcohol" is a confection that...

Section 31.77 — Sanitation And Products Standards. - No city or other lawful authority may require sanitary requirements...

Section 31.781 — Declaration Of Policy. - The legislature recognizes the entire food industry in the nation...

Section 31.782 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 31.781 to 31.789,...

Section 31.783 — Rules, Scope. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the...

Section 31.784 — Expiration Of Quality Assurance Date. - Nothing contained in sections 31.781 to 31.789 or any rule...

Section 31.785 — Regulations Of Other States And The Federal Government. - If any other state, or the federal government, adopts an...

Section 31.786 — Local Ordinances Preempted. - No subordinate unit of government may adopt or enforce any...

Section 31.787 — Enforcement. - In enforcing the provisions of sections 31.781 to 31.789, the...

Section 31.788 — Penalties. - Any person injured by a violation of sections 31.781 to...

Section 31.789 — Exemption. - Nothing in sections 31.781 to 31.789 shall apply to any...

Section 31.80 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 31.80 to...

Section 31.81 — Scope. - Sections 31.80 to 31.875 apply to persons required to be...

Section 31.82 — Labeling. - Bulk food product modules must be conspicuously labeled with the...

Section 31.83 — Protection. - Subdivision 1. Containers and display. Bulk food and product modules...

Section 31.84 — Dispensing. - Subdivision 1. Dispensing devices. Bulk food may be dispensed by:...

Section 31.85 — Construction; Materials. - Subdivision 1. Product modules and utensils. Product modules and utensils...

Section 31.86 — Cleaning Frequency. - Except in municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, or in...

Section 31.87 — Sign. - A sign must be posted conspicuously within the immediate display...

Section 31.874 — Disease Control. - If the commissioner of agriculture finds that a disease or...

Section 31.875 — Local Standards. - A local unit of government may not adopt standards governing...

Section 31.903 — Evidence Of Intent; Act Of Agent That Of Principal. - No person who shall commit or assist in committing any...

Section 31.92 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 31.92 to 31.94,...

Section 31.925 — Uniformity With Federal Law. - The federal law specified in section 31.92, subdivision 2b, is...

Section 31.94 — Organic Agriculture; Commissioner Duties. - (a) In order to promote opportunities for organic agriculture in...

Section 31.96 — Food Handler Certification. - The commissioner may require certification of retail food handlers in...

Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection

Section 31A.01 — Policy. - Meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products are...

Section 31A.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 31A.03 — Inspection Of Live Animals; Disposition Of Defective Animals. - To prevent the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat,...

Section 31A.04 — Inspection Of Carcasses And Parts; Marking; Disposition Of Condemned Carcasses. - Inspectors appointed by the commissioner for that purpose shall make...

Section 31A.05 — Application Of Inspection Provisions. - Sections 31A.03 and 31A.04 apply to carcasses or parts of...

Section 31A.06 — Inspectors' Duties. - The commissioner shall appoint inspectors to examine and inspect poultry...

Section 31A.07 — Marking Or Labeling Of Inspected Articles. - Subdivision 1. Labeling; packing. When poultry, poultry food products, meat,...

Section 31A.08 — Sanitation. - The commissioner shall have experts in sanitation or other competent...

Section 31A.09 — Nighttime Inspections. - Inspections under section 31A.08 must be made at night as...

Section 31A.10 — Prohibitions. - No person may, with respect to an animal, carcass, part...

Section 31A.11 — Forging Of Official Marks Or Certificates. - Subdivision 1. Unauthorized marks or certificates. No brand manufacturer, printer,...

Section 31A.12 — Horse Meat. - No person may sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation,...

Section 31A.13 — Inspectors. - The commissioner shall appoint inspectors to inspect animals, whole or...

Section 31A.14 — Bribery. - A person who gives or receives anything of value in...

Section 31A.15 — Exemptions. - Subdivision 1. Inspection. The provisions of sections 31A.01 to 31A.16...

Section 31A.16 — Storing And Handling Conditions. - The commissioner may adopt rules prescribing conditions under which carcasses,...

Section 31A.17 — Articles Not Intended As Human Food. - Inspection must not be provided under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16...

Section 31A.18 — Records. - Subdivision 1. Who must keep. The following classes of persons...

Section 31A.19 — Registration Of Businesses. - No person may engage in intrastate business as: (1) a...

Section 31A.20 — Dead, Dying, Disabled, Or Diseased Animals; Rules. - This section covers dead, dying, or disabled animals and the...

Section 31A.21 — Cooperation With Federal Government. - Subdivision 1. Designation. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is the...

Section 31A.22 — Refusal Or Withdrawal Of Inspection. - The commissioner may, for a length of time the commissioner...

Section 31A.23 — Detention Of Animals Or Products. - This section applies to a carcass, part of a carcass,...

Section 31A.25 — Access By Inspectors. - To get information about suspected violations of law, the commissioner...

Section 31A.27 — Powers Of Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Gathering information. The commissioner may, for the purposes...

Section 31A.29 — Cost Of Administration; Overtime Work. - The cost of administering this chapter, including the cost of...

Section 31A.31 — Citation. - This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Meat and...

Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards

Section 31B.01 — Citation. - This chapter is known and may be cited as the...

Section 31B.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 31B.03 — Reporting Requirements. - A packer, stockyard owner, market agency, and dealer and grain...

Section 31B.04 — Prompt Payment For Purchase Of Livestock. - Subdivision 1. Kind of payment; time required. A packer, market...

Section 31B.05 — Unfulfilled Contract To Buy Livestock. - A packer who has committed either orally or in writing...

Section 31B.06 — Packer And Processor Accounting Requirements. - Hog, cattle, sheep, and dairy processors with annual sales greater...

Chapter 32D — Dairy Law

Section 32D.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 32D.02 — Inspection And Enforcement; Authority And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Enforcement. The commissioner is charged with the enforcement...

Section 32D.03 — Bulk Milk Hauler And Sampler License. - Subdivision 1. License requirement. A person collecting milk from a...

Section 32D.04 — Milk Tank Trucks. - All farm bulk milk pickup tankers, milk transports, and tankers...

Section 32D.05 — Grade A Dairy Farm Permitting; Water Well Distance Requirement. - (a) No milk producer may sell or distribute milk from...

Section 32D.06 — Grade A Dairy Farm Inspection; Fees. - (a) As provided in section 32D.02, the commissioner shall provide...

Section 32D.07 — Manufacturing Grade Dairy Farm Certification. - A producer who wishes to sell milk for manufacturing purposes...

Section 32D.08 — Manufacturing Grade Dairy Farm Inspection; Fees. - (a) A producer selling milk for manufacturing purposes must be...

Section 32D.09 — Dairy Plant Licensing And Permitting. - Subdivision 1. Licensing. A dairy plant must obtain a license...

Section 32D.10 — Inspections. - (a) Inspections of Grade A plants must be completed at...

Section 32D.11 — Procurement Fee. - A dairy plant operator in this state must pay to...

Section 32D.12 — Selected Products Fee. - (a) A manufacturer must pay to the commissioner a fee...

Section 32D.13 — Milk Quality Standards. - Subdivision 1. Visible adulteration or odors. Milk shall not be...

Section 32D.14 — Official Producer Samples. - (a) An official producer sample for each producer must be...

Section 32D.15 — Monthly Reporting. - (a) In at least four out of every six months,...

Section 32D.16 — Enforcement. - The commissioner shall suspend a producer's permit or certification if...

Section 32D.17 — Laboratory Certification. - (a) A laboratory and its methods are required to be...

Section 32D.18 — Milk Bought By Weight; Testing Methods. - Subdivision 1. Milk fat, protein, and solids not fat bases...

Section 32D.19 — Adulterated Dairy Products. - Subdivision 1. Purchase and sale prohibition. A person may not...

Section 32D.20 — Limitation On Sale. - Subdivision 1. Pasteurization. No milk or fluid milk products shall...

Section 32D.21 — Cooling After Pasteurization. - Immediately following pasteurization, all milk and fluid milk products shall...

Section 32D.22 — Manufacture Of Cheese; Requirements In Process. - (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall manufacture, transport, sell,...

Section 32D.23 — Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone Labeling. - Subdivision 1. Labeling. Products offered for wholesale or retail sale...

Section 32D.24 — Dairy Trade Practices; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 32D.25 — Duties And Powers Of Commissioner; Data Privacy. - Subdivision 1. Duties; rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules to...

Section 32D.26 — Sales Below Cost Prohibited; Exceptions. - Subdivision 1. Policy; processors; wholesalers; retailers. (a) It is the...

Section 32D.27 — Redress For Injury Or Threatened Injury. - A person injured by a violation of sections 32D.24 to...

Section 32D.28 — Annual Suspension Of Dairy Trade Practices Act. - The provisions of section 32D.26 are suspended during the month...

Section 32D.30 — Dairy Development And Profitability Enhancement. - Subdivision 1. Program. The commissioner must implement a dairy development...

Chapter 34 — Nonalcoholic Beverages

Section 34.001 — Definition. - Subdivision 1. Scope. Except where the context otherwise indicates, for...

Section 34.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Terms. Unless the language or context clearly indicates...

Section 34.02 — Licenses; Exceptions. - No person may manufacture, mix, or compound any soft drinks...

Section 34.03 — Soft Drinks Inspected; Registration. - Soft drinks or other nonalcoholic beverages, that are mixed, compounded,...

Section 34.07 — Beverage Inspection Account; Appropriation. - A beverage inspection account is created in the agricultural fund....

Section 34.09 — Sanitation; Rules. - The commissioner shall promulgate rules covering those persons licensed under...

Section 34.11 — Restrictions On Use Of Trade Names. - No person shall label or represent soft drinks or nonalcoholic...

Section 34.112 — Enforcement. - The commissioner, and the commissioner's inspectors, assistants, and employees, shall...

Chapter 34A — Food Law; Inspection And Enforcement

Section 34A.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section and chapters...

Section 34A.012 — Exclusions. - The following items are not perishable food, readily perishable food,...

Section 34A.02 — Adulteration. - Food is adulterated if: (1) it bears or contains any...

Section 34A.03 — Misbranding. - (a) Food is misbranded if: (1) its labeling is false...

Section 34A.04 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Enforcement required. (a) The commissioner shall enforce this...

Section 34A.05 — False Statement Or Record. - A person must not knowingly make or offer a false...

Section 34A.06 — Administrative Actions. - Subdivision 1. Administrative enforcement. (a) The commissioner may enforce this...

Section 34A.07 — Administrative Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Assessment. (a) In determining the amount of the...

Section 34A.08 — Appeal Of Administrative Action Or Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Notice of appeal. (a) After service of a...

Section 34A.09 — Civil Penalties. - Subdivision 1. General penalty. A person who violates this chapter...

Section 34A.10 — Criminal Penalties. - Subdivision 1. General violation. Except as provided in subdivisions 2...

Section 34A.11 — Embargo, Seizure, And Condemnation. - Subdivision 1. Tag, notice, or withdrawal from distribution. If the...

Section 34A.12 — Powers Of The Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Gathering information. The commissioner may, for the purposes...

Chapter 35 — Animal Health

Section 35.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. Unless the language or context clearly indicates...

Section 35.02 — Board Of Animal Health. - Subdivision 1. Members; officers. The board has six members appointed...

Section 35.03 — Powers, Duties, And Reports. - The board shall protect the health of Minnesota domestic animals...

Section 35.05 — Authority Of State Board. - (a) The state board may quarantine or kill any domestic...

Section 35.051 — Ephedrine And Pseudoephedrine Products. - Subdivision 1. Prescription required. Drugs and products for any species...

Section 35.06 — Reporting Disease; Compelling Testimony. - A person who knows or reasonably suspects that a contagious...

Section 35.063 — Quarantine Maintained. - The board may establish and maintain, at the owner's expense,...

Section 35.065 — May Not Break Quarantine. - It is unlawful for the owner or the person having...

Section 35.0661 — Temporary Emergency Restrictions On Movement Of People, Livestock, Machinery, And Other Personal Property. - Subdivision 1. Disastrous animal disease outbreaks; declaration of emergency. (a)...

Section 35.0662 — Temporary Emergency Restrictions Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Grounds. If the board determines that a person...

Section 35.085 — Indemnity For Destroyed Cattle. - (a) The board may pay indemnity to cattle owners who...

Section 35.086 — Bovine Tuberculosis Management Zone; Restrictions. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...

Section 35.13 — Entry To Premises Forbidden. - During the prevalence among domestic animals of any of the...

Section 35.15 — Transportation Of Livestock; Compliance With Rules. - Subdivision 1. Importation of animals and poultry. Animals or poultry...

Section 35.153 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 35.155 — Farmed Cervidae. - Subdivision 1. Running at large prohibited. (a) An owner may...

Section 35.156 — Chronic Wasting Disease. - Subdivision 1. Oversight. The legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction...

Section 35.16 — Transportation Companies To Hold Livestock And Poultry. - If rules of the board have not been complied with,...

Section 35.165 — Liability For Illegally Transporting Livestock. - A transportation company or corporation or its agent, the owner...

Section 35.244 — Control Of Bovine Tuberculosis. - Subdivision 1. Designation of zones. The board may establish zones...

Section 35.67 — Rabies Investigation. - If the executive director of the Board of Animal Health,...

Section 35.68 — Rabies Proclamation. - If a community health board as defined in section 145A.02,...

Section 35.69 — Unmuzzled Dogs Not Permitted At Large. - The owner or custodian of a dog may not permit...

Section 35.73 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of sections 35.73 to...

Section 35.74 — Exceptions. - Sections 35.73 to 35.80 do not apply to a person...

Section 35.75 — Licenses. - Subdivision 1. Requirement, renewal. No person shall feed garbage to...

Section 35.751 — Exempt Materials Permit. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. If it is considered by the...

Section 35.76 — Garbage, Treatment. - No person may feed garbage to livestock or poultry until...

Section 35.77 — Quarantine, Permit For Removal Of Livestock Or Poultry. - All premises on which garbage is fed to livestock or...

Section 35.78 — Inspection And Investigation Of Premises, Records. - An authorized representative of the board may enter any property...

Section 35.79 — Enforcement. - The board shall administer and enforce sections 35.73 to 35.80...

Section 35.80 — Violations. - A person violates sections 35.73 to 35.80, who fails to...

Section 35.81 — Transportation Of Animals And Poultry, Rules. - The board may make reasonable rules for the cleaning and...

Section 35.815 — Livestock Mortalities. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the executive director of the...

Section 35.82 — Rendering Plant Permits; Disposition Of Carcasses. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. No person may engage in the...

Section 35.821 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, for...

Section 35.822 — Registration Of Marks Or Brands With Board. - The board shall approve marks or brands for registration, issue...

Section 35.824 — Application For Registration; Penalties, Duplicate Brands. - The board shall prepare standard forms and supply the forms...

Section 35.825 — Checking Of Applications; Conflicts. - Marks or brands received by the board must be held...

Section 35.826 — State Brand Books; Reregistration Of Marks, Brands. - All approved mark or brand applications must be sorted in...

Section 35.827 — Sale Of Brand Books. - The state brand book and all supplements for the ten-year...

Section 35.828 — Evidence. - Marks or brands which appear in the state brand book...

Section 35.829 — Transfer Of Brands. - Only brands registered with the board or appearing in the...

Section 35.830 — Sale Of Branded Livestock; Written Bill Of Sale. - Persons selling animals marked or branded with their mark or...

Section 35.831 — Rules. - The board may make rules it considers necessary to carry...

Section 35.90 — General Inspection Authority. - Subdivision 1. Access and entry. Except as otherwise specifically provided,...

Section 35.91 — Violation Of Rules And Orders. - Violation of a rule adopted under this chapter or an...

Section 35.92 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Enforcement required. (a) The Board of Animal Health...

Section 35.93 — Administrative Action. - Subdivision 1. Administrative remedies. The Board of Animal Health may...

Section 35.94 — Damages Against State For Administrative Action Without Cause. - If the Board of Animal Health did not have probable...

Section 35.95 — Civil Penalties. - Subdivision 1. General penalty. Except as provided in subdivisions 2...

Section 35.96 — Criminal Penalties. - Subdivision 1. General violation. Except as provided in subdivisions 2...

Chapter 37 — State Agricultural Society; State Fair

Section 37.01 — Public Corporation. - The State Agricultural Society is a public corporation. The conveyance...

Section 37.02 — Budget; Building Restrictions; Exemptions. - The State Agricultural Society is subject to and has all...

Section 37.03 — Membership. - Subdivision 1. Members. (a) Members of the State Agricultural Society...

Section 37.04 — Board Of Managers. - Subdivision 1. Membership; quorum. A board of managers shall manage...

Section 37.05 — Officers; Compensation; Expenses. - The annual honorarium of the president of the board of...

Section 37.06 — Secretary; Legislative Auditor; Duties; Report. - The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings...

Section 37.07 — Monthly Statements By Secretary; Purchases, Expenditures. - The secretary of the State Agricultural Society shall prepare a...

Section 37.13 — Ownership Of Money And Property; Capital Improvements. - Subdivision 1. Use of money. The state owns all money...

Section 37.14 — Management Of Property; General Offices. - The custody, management, and control of the fairgrounds and all...

Section 37.15 — Exhibitions. - The society shall hold upon the fairgrounds an annual fair...

Section 37.16 — Rules; Violation. - The society may make all bylaws, ordinances, and rules consistent...

Section 37.17 — Shows, Exhibitions, Performances, Privileges. - Subdivision 1. License, regulation. The society may license and regulate...

Section 37.18 — Unlicensed Or Improper Exhibition. - A person who engages in a play, game, concert, or...

Section 37.19 — Contracts. - The society may contract in its own name and through...

Section 37.20 — Special Peace Officers. - The secretary or the president of the society may appoint,...

Section 37.21 — Sale Of Liquors. - Subdivision 1. Liquor prohibited. Except as provided in subdivision 2,...

Section 37.22 — Lockup; Seizure Of Liquors. - The society may provide and maintain a watchhouse or lockup...

Section 37.24 — Unlawful Admissions. - Any person who steals or unlawfully obtains a ticket, paper,...

Section 37.25 — Misdemeanors. - In addition to other misdemeanors specified by statute, during the...

Section 37.27 — Fair Foundation. - 37.27 MS 1981 Supp [Repealed, 1982 c 625 s 16]...

Section 37.31 — Issuance Of Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Bonding authority. The society may issue negotiable bonds...

Section 37.32 — Tender Option. - An obligation may be issued giving its owner the right...

Section 37.33 — Bond Fund. - Subdivision 1. Creation and contents. The society may establish a...

Section 37.34 — Money Of The Society. - The society may contract with the holders of any of...

Section 37.35 — Nonliability. - Subdivision 1. Nonliability of individuals. No member of the society...

Section 37.36 — Purchase And Cancellation By Society. - Subject to agreements with bondholders that may then exist, the...

Section 37.37 — State Pledge Against Impairment Of Contracts. - The state pledges and agrees with the holders of bonds...

Chapter 38 — County Agricultural Societies, Fairs, Extension Service

Section 38.01 — County Agricultural Societies; Formation, Powers. - (a) An agricultural society or association may be incorporated by...

Section 38.013 — Tort Liability. - Subdivision 1. General. Except as provided in subdivision 2, the...

Section 38.02 — Aid, Distribution. - Subdivision 1. Pro rata distribution; conditions. (a) Money appropriated to...

Section 38.03 — Lease Of County Lands. - The county board of any county may lease to agricultural...

Section 38.04 — Annual Meetings; Reports. - Every county agricultural society shall hold an annual meeting for...

Section 38.05 — Power Of Eminent Domain. - Every county agricultural society may acquire, by power of eminent...

Section 38.12 — Appropriations By Municipalities. - The council of any city and the board of supervisors...

Section 38.14 — Appropriations For County Fairs. - Subdivision 1. Conditions, procedures, bond. A county board may annually...

Section 38.15 — Sites And Buildings. - The county board in any county may appropriate money for...

Section 38.16 — Exemption From Zoning Ordinances. - When lands lying within the corporate limits of towns or...

Section 38.18 — County Fairgrounds; Improvement Aided. - Each town, statutory city, or school district in this state,...

Section 38.19 — Expenditure Of Appropriations. - The county board owning any such fairground may expend the...

Section 38.20 — Supplemental To Existing Laws. - Sections 38.18 to 38.20 shall be supplemental to any existing...

Section 38.27 — County Agricultural Societies. - Subdivision 1. Tax levy; powers. All counties may annually levy...

Section 38.33 — Coordination To Maintain County Extension Work. - Sections 38.33 to 38.38 coordinate the work of the federal,...

Section 38.331 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. In sections 38.33 to 38.38, the definitions...

Section 38.34 — County Board May Pay For Extension Work. - A board of county commissioners may incur expenses and spend...

Section 38.345 — Appropriations By Municipalities. - The council of any city and the board of supervisors...

Section 38.35 — State Appropriations; How Spent. - Money appropriated by the state to maintain and pay expenses...

Section 38.36 — County Extension Committee. - Subdivision 1. Committee composition. A county must have an extension...

Section 38.37 — County Extension Committee; Program, County Agents. - The county extension committee shall, annually, plan a program of...

Section 38.38 — Extension Committee; Duty, Officers, Pay. - The county extension committee shall encourage all individuals and organizations...

Chapter 40A — Agricultural Land Preservation Program

Section 40A.01 — State Agricultural Land Preservation Policy. - Subdivision 1. Goals. The goals of this chapter are to:...

Section 40A.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the...

Section 40A.04 — Statewide Agricultural Land Preservation. - Subdivision 1. Counties. A county located outside of the metropolitan...

Section 40A.05 — Elements Of Plan And Official Controls. - Subdivision 1. General. The plans and official controls prepared under...

Section 40A.06 — Contested Case Hearings; Judicial Review. - If a county or a municipality in the county disputes...

Section 40A.07 — Municipal Agricultural Land Preservation. - Subdivision 1. Failure by county to plan. As of January...

Section 40A.071 — Amended Plan And Controls. - A county or municipality that has adopted a plan and...

Section 40A.09 — Agricultural Preserve; Eligibility. - An owner or owners of land that has been designated...

Section 40A.10 — Application For Creation Of Agricultural Preserve. - Subdivision 1. Contents. An eligible person may apply to the...

Section 40A.11 — Duration Of Agricultural Preserve. - Subdivision 1. General. An agricultural preserve continues in existence until...

Section 40A.12 — Protection For Normal Agricultural Practices. - Local governments may not enact ordinances or regulations that may...

Section 40A.121 — Annexation Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Annexation prohibited. Land within an agricultural preserve that...

Section 40A.122 — Eminent Domain Actions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. An agency of the state, a public...

Section 40A.123 — Limitation On Certain Public Projects. - Subdivision 1. Projects and assessments prohibited; exception. Notwithstanding any other...

Section 40A.13 — Soil Conservation Practices. - Subdivision 1. Conservation practices to prevent soil loss required. An...

Section 40A.14 — Agricultural Land Preservation And Conservation Awareness Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment and administration. An agricultural land preservation and...

Section 40A.15 — Agricultural Land Preservation And Conservation Assistance Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment and administration. An agricultural land preservation and...

Section 40A.151 — Minnesota Conservation Fund. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota conservation fund is established as...

Section 40A.152 — County Conservation Fee; Account. - Subdivision 1. Fee. A county that is a metropolitan county...

Section 40A.16 — Interagency Cooperation. - The board, districts, the agency, and the Department of Natural...

Section 40A.17 — Report. - The commissioner shall report to the legislature on March 1...

Section 40A.18 — Land Use. - Subdivision 1. Agricultural production. Land within an agricultural preserve must...

Section 40A.19 — Transfer From Agricultural Property Tax Law Treatment. - When land which has been receiving the special agricultural valuation...

Chapter 41A — Agricultural Development

Section 41A.01 — Purpose. - Sections 41A.01 to 41A.08 provide for agricultural and economic development...

Section 41A.02 — Definitions; Actions By The State. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definition of each term given in...

Section 41A.021 — Successor Status. - The board is the legal successor in all respects of...

Section 41A.022 — Minnesota Energy And Economic Development Authority; Successor Status. - The board is the legal successor in all respects of...

Section 41A.023 — Powers. - In addition to other powers granted by this chapter, the...

Section 41A.0235 — Board Meetings By Telephone Or Other Electronic Means. - (a) If compliance with section 13D.02 is impractical, the Minnesota...

Section 41A.03 — Loan Guaranties. - Subdivision 1. Authority for and limitation of guaranty. Subject to...

Section 41A.035 — Agricultural Resources Loan Participation. - The board may participate in loans made to finance agricultural...

Section 41A.036 — Small Business Development Loans. - Subdivision 1. Loans; limitations. (a) The board may make, purchase,...

Section 41A.04 — Application And Approval. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) Any applicant may file a written...

Section 41A.05 — Minnesota Agricultural And Economic Development Account And Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Establishment of account. The Minnesota agricultural and economic...

Section 41A.06 — Project Taxes And Other Charges. - Subdivision 1. Appropriation. The payments, taxes, and governmental charges described...

Section 41A.08 — Staff. - Subdivision 1. Employees. Subject to all other applicable laws governing...

Section 41A.09 — Ethanol Development. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 3 s 47]...

Section 41A.11 — Twenty-five By Twenty-five Goal. - It is the goal of the state that no later...

Section 41A.12 — Agricultural Growth, Research, And Innovation Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The agricultural growth, research, and innovation program...

Section 41A.14 — Agriculture Research, Education, Extension, And Technology Transfer Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Duties; grants. The agriculture research, education, extension, and...

Section 41A.15 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 41A.15 to...

Section 41A.16 — Advanced Biofuel Production Incentive. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility for participants on or before April 1,...

Section 41A.17 — Renewable Chemical Production Incentive. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility for participants on or before April 1,...

Section 41A.18 — Biomass Thermal Production Incentive. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility for participants on or before April 1,...

Section 41A.19 — Report; Incentive Programs. - By January 15 each year, the commissioner shall report on...

Section 41A.20 — Siding Production Incentive. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...

Section 41A.21 — Oriented Strand Board Production Incentive. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...

Chapter 41B — Rural Finance Authority

Section 41B.01 — Citation; Purpose. - Subdivision 1. Citation. Sections 41B.01 to 41B.23 shall be known...

Section 41B.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 41B.01 to...

Section 41B.025 — Rural Finance Authority. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. There is created a public body corporate...

Section 41B.026 — Telephone Or Electronic Meeting. - (a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01, the Rural Finance Authority may conduct...

Section 41B.03 — Borrower Eligibility Criteria. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility generally. To be eligible for a program...

Section 41B.036 — General Powers Of The Authority. - For the purpose of exercising the specific powers granted in...

Section 41B.037 — Homestead Redemption Program. - The authority may establish and implement a homestead redemption program...

Section 41B.038 — Programs For Commitments To Other Entities. - The authority may establish programs to make or purchase and...

Section 41B.039 — Beginning Farmer Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority may establish, develop criteria, and...

Section 41B.0391 — Beginning Farmer Program; Tax Credits. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...

Section 41B.04 — Loan Restructuring Program. - Subdivision 1. Restructuring authority. The authority may enter into agreements...

Section 41B.042 — Seller-sponsored Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority must, within 120 days after...

Section 41B.043 — Agricultural Improvement Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority may establish, adopt rules for,...

Section 41B.044 — Ethanol Development Program. - Subdivision 1. Ethanol production facility loan program. The authority may...

Section 41B.045 — Livestock Expansion And Modernization Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority may establish, adopt rules for,...

Section 41B.046 — Value-added Agricultural Product Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) "Agricultural...

Section 41B.047 — Disaster Recovery Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority shall establish and implement a...

Section 41B.048 — Agroforestry Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of the agroforestry loan program...

Section 41B.049 — Methane Digester Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority shall establish and implement a...

Section 41B.055 — Livestock Equipment Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority must establish and implement a...

Section 41B.056 — Pilot Agricultural Microloan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority shall establish and implement a...

Section 41B.057 — Farm Opportunity Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The authority shall establish a farm opportunity...

Section 41B.06 — Rural Finance Authority Revolving Loan Account. - There is established in the rural finance administration fund a...

Section 41B.07 — Rules. - The authority may adopt rules for the efficient administration of...

Section 41B.08 — Revenue Bonds; Purposes, Terms, Approval. - Subdivision 1. Bonds for program. The authority from time to...

Section 41B.09 — Revenue Bonds; Resolutions Authorizing, Additional Terms, Sale. - The bonds of the authority must be authorized by a...

Section 41B.10 — Revenue Bonds; Optional Resolution And Contract Provisions. - Any resolution authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds...

Section 41B.11 — Pledges. - Any pledge made by the authority is valid and binding...

Section 41B.12 — Revenue Bonds; Nonliability Of Individuals. - The members of the authority and its staff and any...

Section 41B.13 — Revenue Bonds; Purchase And Cancellation By Authority. - The authority, subject to agreements with bondholders which may then...

Section 41B.14 — Revenue Bonds; Nonliability Of State. - The state of Minnesota is not liable on bonds of...

Section 41B.15 — State Pledge Against Impairment Of Contracts. - The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any...

Section 41B.16 — Security Account. - Upon determining that a default may occur in the payment...

Section 41B.17 — Powers And Duties Of Trustee. - Subdivision 1. General. The trustee designated in any indenture or...

Section 41B.18 — Revenue Bond Fund; Reports. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The authority may create and establish a...

Section 41B.19 — General Obligation Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. For the purpose of developing the state's...

Section 41B.195 — Additional Use Of General Obligation Bonds. - If the Rural Finance Authority determines to issue revenue bonds...

Section 41B.20 — Exemption From Taxes. - The property of the authority and its income and operation...

Section 41B.21 — Certain Actions. - Any action brought by any person with respect to the...

Section 41B.211 — Data Privacy. - Subdivision 1. Data on individuals. Financial information, including credit reports,...

Section 41B.22 — Construction. - Sections 41B.01 to 41B.23 are necessary for the welfare of...

Section 41B.23 — Severability; Actions. - Each of the provisions of sections 41B.01 to 41B.23, and...

Chapter 41C — Agricultural Development

Section 41C.01 — Short Title. - This chapter shall be called and may be cited as...

Section 41C.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 41C.03 — Guiding Principles. - (a) In the performance of its duties, implementation of its...

Section 41C.04 — Combination Programs. - Programs authorized in this chapter may be combined with any...

Section 41C.05 — Agricultural Development Bond Beginning Farmer And Agricultural Business Enterprise Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Development of program. The authority shall develop an...

Section 41C.06 — Loan Allocation. - Not more than 25 percent of the total bond allocation...

Section 41C.07 — Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The authority may issue its negotiable bonds...

Section 41C.08 — Reserve Funds And Appropriations. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The authority may create and establish one...

Section 41C.09 — Remedies Of Bondholders. - Subdivision 1. Default. If the authority defaults in the payment...

Section 41C.10 — Bonds As Legal Investments. - Bonds are securities in which public officers, state departments and...

Section 41C.11 — Conflicts Of Interest. - Subdivision 1. Disclosure; prohibitions. If a member or employee of...

Section 41C.12 — Application And Origination Fee. - The authority may impose a reasonable application and origination fee...

Section 41C.13 — Rules. - The authority may adopt rules for the efficient administration of...

Chapter 41D — Agricultural Education Leadership Council

Section 41D.01 — Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council. - Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership. (a) The Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership...

Section 41D.02 — Agricultural Education Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council shall...

Section 41D.03 — Minnesota Center For Agricultural Education. - Subdivision 1. Governance. The Minnesota Center for Agricultural Education is...

Section 41D.04 — Resource, Magnet, And Outreach Programs. - Subdivision 1. Resource and outreach. The center shall offer resource...

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