| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to agriculture; requiring additional information from bioincentive payment |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 recipients; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.19. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.19, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 41A.19 REPORT; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 By January 15 each year, the commissioner shall report on the incentive programs under |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8sections 41A.16, 41A.17, 41A.18, and 41A.20 to the legislative committees with jurisdiction |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9over environment policy and finance and agriculture policy and finance. The report shall |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10include information on production and incentive expenditures under the programs., as well |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11as the following information that the commissioner must require of each producer who |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12receives a payment during the reporting period: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (1) the producer's business structure; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (2) the name and address of the producer's parent company, if any; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (3) a cumulative list of all financial assistance received from all grantors for the project; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (4) goals for the number of jobs created and progress in achieving these goals, which |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17may include separate goals for the number of part-time or full-time jobs, or, in cases where |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18job loss is specific and demonstrable, goals for the number of jobs retained; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (5) equity hiring goals and progress in achieving these goals; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (6) wage goals and progress in achieving these goals for all jobs created or maintained |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21by the producer; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR BD/NS 25-0128512/11/24 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 858 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Vang; Lee, F.; Agbaje and Hansen, R.,02/17/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy 2.1 (7) board member and executive compensation; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2 (8) evidence of compliance with environmental permits; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 (9) the producer's intended and actual use of payments received from the commissioner; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5 (10) if applicable, the latest financial audit opinion statement produced by a certified |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6public accountant in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7Certified Public Accountants. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 39 | 39 | | REVISOR BD/NS 25-0128512/11/24 |
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