1.1.................... moves to amend S. F. No. 4942, the third engrossment, as amended, as
1.2follows:
1.3Page 93, delete section 23 and insert:

1.4    "Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 18C.425, subdivision 6, is amended
1.5to read:
1.6    Subd. 6. Payment of inspection fee. (a) The person who registers and distributes in the
1.7state a specialty fertilizer, soil amendment, or plant amendment under section 18C.411 shall
1.8pay the inspection fee to the commissioner.
1.9(b) The person licensed under section 18C.415 who distributes a fertilizer to a person
1.10not required to be so licensed shall pay the inspection fee to the commissioner, except as
1.11exempted under section 18C.421, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
1.12(c) The person responsible for payment of the inspection fees for fertilizers, soil
1.13amendments, or plant amendments sold and used in this state must pay the inspection fee
1.14set under paragraph (e), and until June 30, 2024 2034, an additional 40 cents per ton, of
1.15fertilizer, soil amendment, and plant amendment sold or distributed in this state, with a
1.16minimum of $10 on all tonnage reports. Notwithstanding section 18C.131, the commissioner
1.17must deposit all revenue from the additional 40 cents per ton fee in the agricultural fertilizer
1.18research and education account in section 18C.80. Products sold or distributed to
1.19manufacturers or exchanged between them are exempt from the inspection fee imposed by
1.20this subdivision if the products are used exclusively for manufacturing purposes.
1.21(d) A registrant or licensee must retain invoices showing proof of fertilizer, plant
1.22amendment, or soil amendment distribution amounts and inspection fees paid for a period
1.23of three years.
2.1(e) By commissioner's order, the commissioner must set the inspection fee at no less
2.2than 39 cents per ton and no more than 70 cents per ton. The commissioner must hold a
2.3public meeting before increasing the fee by more than five cents per ton."
2.4Page 94, lines 6, 8, and 10, delete "2026" and insert "2035"