Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

21.115 FEES; SEED POTATO INSPECTION ACCOUNT. The commissioner shall fix the fees for all inspections and certifications in such amounts as from time to time may be found necessary to pay the expenses of carrying out and enforcing the purposes of sections 21.111 to 21.122, with a …

21.116 EXPENSES. All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122 and the compensation of officers, inspectors, and employees appointed, designated, or employed by the commissioner, as provided in such sections, together with their neces…

21.117 APPLICATIONS FOR INSPECTIONS; WITHDRAWALS. (a) Any person may make application to the commissioner for inspection or certification of seed potatoes growing or to be grown. Upon receiving such application and the required fee and such other information as may be required, t…

21.118 RULES. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to promulgate reasonable rules for carrying out the purposes and enforcing the provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122. History: 1951 c 465 s 9; 1985 c 248 s 70

21.119 USE OF CERTAIN TERMS FORBIDDEN; EXCEPTIONS. It shall be unlawful to use or employ the term "certified" or the term "inspected," or any term or terms conveying a meaning substantially equivalent to the meaning of either of these terms, either orally or in writing, printing,…

21.1195 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PLANTING. Seed potatoes may not be planted in the state in lots of ten or more acres unless the seed meets the minimum disease standards prescribed by the commissioner. Seed potatoes may meet the standards by being certified in accordance with this c…

21.1196 RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA. § Subdivision 1.Definition. (a) "Restricted seed potato growing area" means Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, and Roseau Counties; the portions of Marshall and Pennington Counties that lie east of United States Highway No. 59; the port…

21.121 VIOLATIONS; REPORTS, PROSECUTIONS. It shall be the duty of every prosecuting officer, to whom the commissioner shall report any violation of sections 21.111 to 21.122, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts without delay for th…

21.122 PENALTIES. Any person violating any provision of sections 21.111 to 21.121 or any rule promulgated by the commissioner thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction for a first offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000…

21.71 CITATION, MINNESOTA SCREENINGS ACT. Sections 21.71 to 21.78 may be cited as the "Minnesota Screenings Act." History: 1959 c 172 s 1

21.72 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 21.73 to 21.78, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] § Subd. 3.Vendor. "Vendor" means any person who sells any weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and …

21.73 PROHIBITED ACTS. § Subdivision 1.Infested feed grain; screenings. It is unlawful for any person to feed or to sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale, or transport, to the consumer, for feeding purposes, any weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, …

21.74 EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of section 21.73 shall not apply to: (1) agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, not intended for feeding purposes; (2) weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, being transported upon any public highway to or from a c…

21.75 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Enforcement; rulemaking. The commissioner must enforce sections 21.71 to 21.78. The commissioner must: (1) sample, inspect, make analysis of, and test weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, transpo…

21.76 INJUNCTION; BOND. When in the performance of duties the commissioner applies to any court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of sections 21.71 to 21.78, or any rules thereunder, said i…

21.77 SEIZURE. Any lot or amount of weed-seed infested agricultural seeds and grains, or screenings, not in compliance with the provisions of sections 21.71 to 21.78, is subject to seizure on complaint of the commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the locality in wh…

21.78 VIOLATIONS; ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Misdemeanor. Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 21.71 to 21.78, or any of the rules promulgated by the commissioner thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor. § Subd. 2.Duty to prosecute. It is the duty of every pros…

21.80 MINNESOTA SEED LAW. Sections 21.80 to 21.92 may be cited as the "Minnesota Seed Law." History: 1983 c 293 s 39

21.81 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 21.80 to 21.92 have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 1a.Address. "Address" means the complete primary mailing address of the labeler or the person or firm selling seed. A complete address include…

21.82 LABEL REQUIREMENTS; AGRICULTURAL, VEGETABLE, FLOWER, OR WILDFLOWER SEEDS. § Subdivision 1.Form. Each container of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or wildflower seed which is offered for sale for sowing purposes must bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly wr…

21.83 LABEL REQUIREMENTS; TREE OR SHRUB SEEDS. § Subdivision 1.Form. Each container of tree or shrub seed which is offered for sale for sowing purposes shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language giving the …

21.84 RECORDS. (a) A labeler must keep (1) for three years complete records of each seed lot sold in this state, and (2) for one year a file sample of each seed lot after disposition of the lot. (b) The labeler must retain the following information as part of the complete record …

21.85 COMMISSIONER'S POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 8 s 22] § Subd. 2.Seed laboratory. (a) The commissioner must establish and maintain a seed laboratory for seed testing, employing necessary agents and assistants to administer and enforce sections …

21.851 ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MEMBERSHIP. § Subdivision 1.Duties. The commissioner must consult with the Seed Program Advisory Committee to advise the commissioner concerning responsibilities under the seed regulatory program. The committee must evaluate species for invasiveness, di…

21.86 UNLAWFUL ACTS. § Subdivision 1.Prohibitions. A person may not advertise or sell any agricultural, vegetable, flower, wildflower, tree, or shrub seed if: (a) a test to determine the percentage of germination required by sections 21.82 and 21.83 has not been completed within …

21.87 EXEMPTION. (a) Sections 21.82 and 21.83 do not apply to: (1) seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes; (2) seed in storage in or being transported or consigned to a conditioning establishment for conditioning, provided that the invoice or label accompanying any shipme…

21.88 PENALTIES NOT TO APPLY. A person is not subject to penalties for having sold seeds which were incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, species, subspecies, if appropriate, variety, type, origin and year, elevation or place of collection if required, if the seeds canno…

21.89 SEED FEE PERMITS. § Subdivision 1.Seed fee. In order to pay for administering and enforcing sections 21.80 to 21.92, the commissioner shall establish the fees charged for various seeds and shall collect the fees on all seeds covered by sections 21.82 to 21.92. § Subd. 2.Per…

21.891 FEES. § Subdivision 1.Sampling export seed. In accordance with section 21.85, subdivision 13, the commissioner may, if requested, sample seed destined for export to other countries. The fee for sampling export seed is an hourly rate published annually by the commissioner a…

21.901 BRAND NAME REGISTRATION. The owner or originator of a variety of nonhybrid seed that is to be sold in this state must annually register the variety with the commissioner if the variety is to be sold only under a brand name. The registration must include the brand name and …

21.91 SEED CERTIFICATION AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Minnesota. The official seed certification agency for Minnesota shall be determined by the commissioner of agriculture and the director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. § Subd. 2.Other jurisdictions. The official…

21.915 PESTICIDE-TREATED SEED USE AND DISPOSAL; CONSUMER GUIDANCE REQUIRED. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, must develop and maintain consumer guidance regarding the proper use and disposal of seed treated with pesticid…

21.92 SEED INSPECTION ACCOUNT. There is established in the agricultural fund an account known as the seed inspection account. Fees and penalties collected by the commissioner under sections 21.80 to 21.92 and interest attributable to money in the account shall be deposited into t…