Minnesota § 21.1196 - RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 21.1196 — RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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 portion of Red Lake County that lies east of United States Highway No. 59 and north of Minnesota Highway No. 92; the portion of Polk County that lies north of Minnesota Highway No. 92; and the portion of Beltrami County that lies north of Beltrami County Highway No. 32 and west of Minnesota Highway No. 72.
(b) "Historic certified seed potato area" means the portion of Marshall County included in the towns of Augsburg and Nelson Park that are north of Marshall County Highway No. 5.
Subd. 2.Restriction.
(a) The seed potato certification requirements under sections 21.111 to 21.122 apply to potatoes grown in plots of ten acres or more in the restricted seed potato growing area. Qualifying potatoes grown in the restricted seed potato growing area must be certified as seed potatoes.
(b) The commissioner may enter and inspect plots subject to paragraph (a) during the growing season.
Subd. 3.Penalty.
A potato grower who violates subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is subject to a penalty of $100 per acre of potatoes grown and not certified.
History:
1990 c 479 s 1; 1992 c 397 s 1; 1994 c 422 s 1
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
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Section 21.1196 ("RESTRICTED SEED POTATO GROWING AREA") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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