All Plants, Seeds, and Nurseries Legislation - Minnesota
SF1580 - Minnesota turf seed council native plants research appropriation
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for annual grants to the Minnesota turf seed council for native plants research (rt) Comment on Bill Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Withdrawn and returned to author Bill Text Requiring the designation of buckthorn as a primary noxious weed (me) SF2419 - Buckthorn eradication ordinances municipal authority authorization
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Withdrawn and returned to author Bill Text Allowing municipalities to adopt buckthorn eradication (noxious weeds) ordinances for public and private property within geographic boundaries (rt) SF2208 - Ginseng designation as endangered species report requirement
Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) from designated ginseng as endangered, threatened or a special of special concern until the commissioner submits a report to the legislature on the necessity of the designation; requiring the report by a certain date (ra) SF1079 - University of Minnesota Midwest bioenergy research center appropriation
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to establish a bioenergy research center for conducting fundamental research on plants and microbes for genomics based solutions for renewable energy sources, federal match requirement (rt) Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Industrial Hemp Development Act"; providing for state economy and agricultural industry promotion of industrial hemp by permitting regulated industrial hemp industry development; authorizing industrial hemp as an agricultural product; placing enforcement under the commissioner of agriculture; authorizing regulated and lawful industrial hemp agriculture and commercial sales; requiring licensure for cultivation; specifying licensee requirements, compliance and notification requirements; requiring the commissioner to promulgate certain rules; requiring fee credit to the industrial hemp account and establishing the account in the agricultural fund; establishing an affirmative defense for possession of marijuana; exempting industrial hemp from the marijuana and wild hemp definitions (rt) Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to establish a pilot project for Eurasian water milfoil control on Green lake in Kandiyohi county; appropriating money to the commissioner for the pilot project (me) Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to prepare by a certain date a native wild rice management plan, specifying plan inclusion and commmissioner consultation requirements (rt) SF2103 - Genetically engineered wild rice environmental quality board requirements and wild rice study
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 2E Requiring the environmental quality board (EQB) to notify interested parties of permits to release genetically engineered wild rice in the United States, requiring board rules adoption to include an environmental impact statement (EIS), clarifying the exemption for certain genetically engineered organisms; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to prepare by a certain date a wild rice study, specifying study requirements (je) Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the noxious weed law; making it permissive for county boards to appoint county agricultural inspectors and for general weed notices to be published, requiring county boards to specify county agricultural inspector responsibilities and modifying responsibilities, allowing weed notice web site publication, removing the requirement for county board of commissioner appointment of appeal committee and modifying appeal filing, modifying reimbursable expenses and allowing liens, clarifying appeal of costs to district court; repealing commissioner of agriculture meetings, reports and prescribed forms duties and appeal to the county board under the noxious weed law (rt) Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Author added Sheran Bill Text Relating to natural resources; modifying certain provisions relating to permits to harvest or destroy aquatic plants; restricting commissioner of natural resources (DNR) rule adoption authority (ra) SF1087 - Fishing license and waterfowl stamp aquatic plant material removal requirement
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying fishing license and waterfowl stamp requirements to include certain language and a recipient check box relating to aquatic plant material removal (rt) SF1589 - Pesticide application regulations, rulemaking and appropriation
Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - Author stricken Koering Bill Text Regulating certain pesticide applications; requiring railroad companies to file annually by a certain date a schedule of the pesticide application plan with the commissioner of agriculture, requiring right of way plan conformance, permitting certain plan exemptions, requiring employee information on pesticides and effects and prohibiting railroad companies from requiring employees to work in pesticide treated areas within a certain amount of time after application, requiring railroads to furnish employees with protective equipment; authorizing commissioner rulemaking; requiring a commissioner cost recovery plan; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture (rt) SF1622 - Invasive species emergency management authorization and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to contract for services for emergency invasive species prevention work, requiring commissioner of agriculture cooperation; appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources for the terrestrial invasive plant management program and emergency management of invasive species (rt) SF3517 - Solid waste construction and demolition materials recycling; product stewardship; solid waste characterization study; recycling and composting 2020 task force
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to solid waste; requiring the department of administration to require state building construction and demolition contracts to divert a certain percentage of waste from landfill deposit and require a certain percentage to be recycled; removing source separated compostable materials from mixed municipal solid waste inclusion and requiring composting or transfer to a composting facility; defining reuse and including food products in the definition; providing a product stewardship standard for resource conservation, public health protection, waste prevention and toxicity reduction purposes and requiring pollution control agency (PCA) commissioner recommendations and requiring a periodic PCA solid waste characterization study; requiring certain incinerator resource recovery facilities to recover ferrous (iron) and nonferrous metals for reuse after a certain date; prescribing metropolitan area contractor construction [...] show full description SF1612 - Railroad prairie right-of-way best management practices provision modification
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying certain duties of the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) relating to best management practices for preserving prairie lands within the rights of way of railroad companies; requiring railroad companies to register with the commissioner a management practices schedule; requiring the commissioner to adopt rules for implementation of the prairie preservation plan; appropriating money to the commissioner for the plans and compliance issues (je) SF0138 - Plant hazards to livestock and consumers evaluation and report to legislature required.
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Division action, to pass as amended and return to Finance Bill Text Plant hazards to livestock and consumers evaluation and report to legislature required. SF1312 - Omnibus environment and natural resources policy bill modifying programs and policies, and appropriating money.
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Rules and Legislative Administration Bill Text Omnibus environment and natural resources policy bill modifying programs and policies, and appropriating money. Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to natural resources; modifying certain watercraft launching prohibitions relating to invasive species; modifying a certain enforcement exception for trailers with aquatic macrophytes; imposing penalties for owners or lessees of watercraft, trailers or plant harvesting equipment for certain violations; modifying certain enforcement requirements relating to macrophytes and zebra mussels and certain civil penalties requirements (je) SF3028 - Cocoa bean shell mulch retail sellers warning sign posting requirement
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Business, Industry and Jobs Bill Text Requiring cocoa bean shell mulch retail sellers to post visible pet toxicity (poison) warning notices (rt) Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to natural resources; modifying provisions relating to the harvest and destruction of aquatic plants; defining riparian access; modifying permit standards; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to deny, approve or modify a permit within a certain period of time of receiving an application; placing certain restrictions on the pesticide application and the use of mechanical devices to control the growth of aquatic plants in public waters; requiring the commissioner of natural resources to amend certain rules (me) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the property tax exemption for native prairies (rt) HF0255 - Plant hazards to livestock and consumers evaluation and report required.
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Pelowski Bill Text Plant hazards to livestock and consumers evaluation and report required. HF1759 - Agronomic research on native plants grant provided, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Finance Bill Text Agronomic research on native plants grant provided, and money appropriated. SF0642 - Ditch buffers requirements modified; annual drainage authority reports required and drainage repair and inspection requirements modified.
Latest Action: 04/20/2007 - Referred by Chair to Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division Bill Text Ditch buffers requirements modified; annual drainage authority reports required and drainage repair and inspection requirements modified. HF0769 - Native plant agronomic research funding provided, technical advisory committee established, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Referred by Chair to Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division Bill Text Native plant agronomic research funding provided, technical advisory committee established, and money appropriated. |
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