Minnesota SF 1225: Agricultural chemical response and reimbursement account maximum reimbursement payment increase

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to agriculture; increasing the maximum reimbursement allowed from the​
1.3 agricultural chemical response and reimbursement account; amending Minnesota​
1.4 Statutes 2020, section 18E.04, subdivision 4.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 18E.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 4.Reimbursement payments.(a) The board shall pay a person that is eligible​
1.8 for reimbursement or payment under subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 from the agricultural chemical​
1.9 response and reimbursement account for 80 percent of the total reasonable and necessary​
1.10 corrective action costs greater than $1,000 and less than or equal to $350,000 $600,000.​
1.11 (b) A reimbursement or payment may not be made until the board has determined that​
1.12 the costs are reasonable and are for a reimbursement of the costs that were actually incurred.​
1.13 (c) The board may make periodic payments or reimbursements as corrective action costs​
1.14 are incurred upon receipt of invoices for the corrective action costs.​
1.15 (d) Money in the agricultural chemical response and reimbursement account is​
1.16 appropriated to the commissioner to make payments and reimbursements directed by the​
1.17 board under this subdivision.​
1.18 (e) The board may not make reimbursement greater than the maximum allowed under​
1.19 paragraph (a) for all incidents on a single site which:​
1.20 (1) were not reported at the time of release but were discovered and reported after July​
1.21 1, 1989; and​
1.22 (2) may have occurred prior to July 1, 1989, as determined by the commissioner.​
1​Section 1.​
21-03077 as introduced​02/16/21 REVISOR JRM/EE​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1225​NINETY-SECOND SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: WESTROM and Eken)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​475​02/22/2021​
Referred to Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy​
Author added Eken​4998​02/14/2022​

2.1 (f) The board may only reimburse an eligible person for separate incidents within a​
2.2 single site if the commissioner determines that each incident is completely separate and​
2.3 distinct in respect of location within the single site or time of occurrence.​
2.4 (g) Except for an emergency incident, the board may not reimburse or pay for more than​
2.5 60 percent of the corrective action costs of an eligible person or for an incident within five​
2.6 years of a previous incident at a single site resulting from a site recontamination.​
2.7 (h) The deduction of $1,000 and 20 percent from the $350,000 $600,000 remuneration​
2.8 may be waived by the board if the incident took place on or after August 18, 2007, and was​
2.9 caused by flooding associated with Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster DR-1717.​
2​Section 1.​
21-03077 as introduced​02/16/21 REVISOR JRM/EE​