Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2019/cite/17.101
Timestamp: 2019-11-21 04:29:43
Document Index: 139004664

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 13', 'art 1', 'art 10', 'art 2', 'art 13', 'art 1']

﻿ Sec. 17.101 MN Statutes
Section 17.101
17.10 17.1015
2014 Subd. 5 Amended 2014 c 181 s 2
2007 Subd. 2 Amended 2007 c 45 art 1 s 9
2003 Subd. 1 Amended 2003 c 128 art 13 s 2
2002 Subd. 6 New 2002 c 373 s 1
2001 Subd. 5 Amended 2001 c 2 s 19
2000 Subd. 1 Amended 2000 c 260 s 9
2000 Subd. 5 Amended 2000 c 477 s 1
1998 Subd. 5 Amended 1998 c 401 s 14
1997 17.101 Amended 1997 c 216 s 19
17.101 PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.
Subdivision 1.Departmental duties.
For the purposes of expanding, improving, and developing production and marketing of products of Minnesota agriculture, the commissioner shall encourage and promote the production and marketing of these products by means of:
(a) advertising Minnesota agricultural products;
(b) assisting state agricultural commodity organizations;
(c) developing methods to increase processing and marketing of agricultural commodities including commodities not being produced in Minnesota on a commercial scale, but which may have economic potential in national and international markets;
(d) investigating and identifying new marketing technology and methods to enhance the competitive position of Minnesota agricultural products;
(e) evaluating livestock marketing opportunities;
(f) assessing and developing national and international markets for Minnesota agricultural products;
(g) studying the conversion of raw agricultural products to manufactured products including ethanol;
(h) hosting the visits of foreign trade teams to Minnesota and defraying the teams' expenses;
(i) assisting Minnesota agricultural businesses desiring to sell their products;
(j) conducting research to eliminate or reduce specific production or technological barriers to market development and trade; and
(k) other activities the commissioner deems appropriate to promote Minnesota agricultural products, provided that the activities do not duplicate programs or services provided by the Minnesota Trade Division.
Subd. 2.Agricultural development grants and contracts.
Contracts entered into by the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the project supported by the commissioner's grant. In any year, no organization shall receive more than $70,000 in grants from the commissioner.
The books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of any organization receiving a grant or contract from the commissioner under the provisions of subdivision 2 shall be subject to examination by the department. The commissioner may prescribe uniform methods of accounting to be used by grant or contract recipients.
Subd. 4.Advisory group.
The commissioner may establish an ad hoc advisory group to assist in evaluating grant requests made under subdivision 2.
(1) "agricultural commodity" means a material produced for use in or as food, feed, seed, or fiber and includes crops for fiber, food, oilseeds, seeds, livestock, livestock products, dairy, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, and other products or by-products of the farm produced for the same or similar use, except ethanol; and
(2) "agricultural product processing facility" means land, buildings, structures, fixtures, and improvements located or to be located in Minnesota and used or operated primarily for the processing or production of marketable products from agricultural commodities produced in Minnesota.
Subd. 6.Livestock development.
The commissioner shall establish a process, including criteria and standards, to recognize and assist efforts by counties to maintain or expand their livestock sector.
A county that meets the criteria may apply to the commissioner to be designated a "livestock friendly" county.
1963 c 486 s 1; 1983 c 293 s 29; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 12; 1987 c 396 art 10 s 2; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56; 1997 c 216 s 19; 1998 c 401 s 14; 2000 c 260 s 9; 2000 c 477 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 19; 2002 c 373 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 13 s 2; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 9; 2014 c 181 s 2