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MN HF2678

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2010

Primary Sponsor

Tim Faust

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Origin

House of Representatives

86th Legislature 2009-2010

AI Summary

HF2678 Summary

  • Industrial Hemp Development: Authorizes Minnesota to permit commercial production and sale of industrial hemp containing no more than three-tenths of one percent tetrahydrocannabinol, with licensing requirements and background checks for growers.

  • Livestock Compensation: Modifies gray wolf predation compensation procedures by changing who conducts investigations and clarifying fair market value determinations for destroyed livestock.

  • Pesticide Dealer Licensing: Updates application fees to $150 (non-refundable) with an additional 50 percent fee for late renewal applications.

  • Veterans Benefits and Services: Expands veterans preference protections, requires planning for three new state veterans cemeteries, strengthens qualifications and training requirements for county veterans service officers, and provides educational assistance to eligible veterans' spouses and children.

  • Agriculture Appropriations: Allocates multi-million dollar funding for dairy development programs, livestock research grants, food bank milk purchases, fertilizer research, and various agricultural education and industry support initiatives.

Legislative Description

Agriculture and veteran affairs provisions and programs changed, development and use of industrialized hemp authorized and regulated, terms and procedures clarified, record keeping provisions changed, planning for additional veteran cemeteries required, and money appropriated.

Last Action

House: HF indefinitely postponed

4/26/2010

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means4/12/2010

Full Bill Text

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