Section 17.66 — Permitted Activities.
17.66 PERMITTED ACTIVITIES. No activity, including meetings, undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of sections 17.51 to 17.69 and intended to benefit the producers, handlers and processors of such agricultural commodity shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade. History: 1969 c 1021 s 16
Section 17.67 — Penalty For Violations.
17.67 PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS. Any person who violates any provision of sections 17.51 to 17.69 or any rule of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to sections 17.51 to 17.69 is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any first handler who fails to make collections or to file a return or to pay any assessment within the time required […]
Section 17.69 — Nonliability Of State.
17.69 NONLIABILITY OF STATE. No liability shall be imposed upon the state of Minnesota for any acts or omissions of the commissioner or any council established pursuant to sections 17.51 to 17.69. History: 1969 c 1021 s 19; 1976 c 149 s 62 subd 2
Section 17.59 — Fees To Defray Expenses.
17.59 FEES TO DEFRAY EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. Checkoff fees. For the purpose of providing funds to defray the necessary expenses incurred by the commissioner and the council in formulating, submitting to referendum, issuing, administering and enforcing a promotional order, the promotional order shall provide for checkoff fees in amounts sufficient to defray such expenses, and […]
Section 17.60 — Compensation And Expenses.
17.60 COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. Each member of a council, except the commissioner, shall be entitled to a reasonable per diem, not exceeding the same rate of compensation per day as is authorized for payment to members of advisory councils and committees pursuant to section 15.059, subdivision 3, while engaged in the performance of duties, and […]
Section 17.61 — Legal Counsel.
17.61 LEGAL COUNSEL. The council may appoint an attorney who shall act for the council and the commissioner when required. The council shall fix the compensation and terms of employment of such attorney. The provisions of chapter 8 shall not apply to this attorney. History: 1969 c 1021 s 11; 1976 c 149 s 62 […]
Section 17.62 — Council Records.
17.62 COUNCIL RECORDS. All of the records of a council, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be open to the public and shall be available for inspection by any person for any lawful purpose, provided, however, that the council shall be empowered to make reasonable rules concerning the inspection of the records, the […]
Section 17.63 — Refund Of Fees.
17.63 REFUND OF FEES. (a) Any producer, except a producer of potatoes in area number one, as listed in section 17.54, subdivision 9, a producer of wheat or barley, a producer of canola, or a producer of cultivated wild rice, may, by the use of forms to be provided by the commissioner and upon presentation […]
Section 17.64 — Termination Of Order.
17.64 TERMINATION OF ORDER. Subdivision 1. By council. The council after consultation with the commissioner and by a majority vote shall suspend or terminate a promotional order whenever it finds, after a public hearing, that an order is contrary to or does not effectuate the purposes or provisions of sections 17.51 to 17.69, provided that […]
Section 17.50 — Policy.
17.50 POLICY. The state must explore alternative uses for agricultural products to enable the state’s agricultural economy to reach its full potential. The state must promote and encourage cooperative efforts between public and private interests in conducting basic research and disseminating the results on agricultural commodity utilization. History: 1987 c 396 art 8 s 2