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MN HF2516
Bill
Status
3/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Brian Daniels
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AI Summary
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Commissioner of agriculture must solicit nonstate funds and award cost-share grants to Minnesota farmers retrofitting tractors with rollover protective structures, covering up to 70 percent of documented costs with a farmer cap of $500 per tractor.
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Eligible rollover protective structures must meet or exceed SAE International standard J2194, and eligible tractors must have been built before 1987.
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Commissioner may spend up to 20 percent of total program dollars annually on promotion and must minimize administrative costs by cooperating with the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health.
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All nonstate funds received are appropriated to the commissioner for program purposes.
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Program expires on June 30, 2019.
Legislative Description
Tractor rollover protection pilot grant program established, and nonstate money received by the agriculture commissioner appropriated.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture Policy
3/8/2016