2018 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 13 - 13C — DATA PRACTICES
Chapter 13 — GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES
Section 13.6435 — AGRICULTURAL DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.

Universal Citation: MN Stat § 13.6435 (2018)
13.6435 AGRICULTURAL DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.

Subdivision 1. Scope. The sections referred to in subdivisions 2 to 13 are codified outside this chapter. Those sections classify agricultural data as other than public, place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data sharing.

Subd. 2. Department of agriculture. (a) Agriculture best management practices loan program. Data collected by the commissioner on applicants or borrowers for the agriculture best management practices loan program are governed by section 17.117.

(b) Aquaculture data. Data on aquatic farming held by the Pollution Control Agency are classified under section 17.498.

(c) Aquatic farm license. Data, kept by licensees, on the operation of an aquatic farm are governed by section 17.4984, subdivision 7.

(d) Agricultural Commodities Promotion Council. Financial information on producers of agricultural commodities that is provided to the Agricultural Commodities Promotion Council is governed by section 17.62.

(e) Agricultural producer association and commodity handlers. Access to data filed with the commissioner of agriculture by agricultural producer associations and agricultural commodity handlers is governed by section 17.694, subdivision 1.

Subd. 3. Pesticide control. (a) Registration. Disclosure of data relating to pesticide registration is governed by section 18B.26, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

(b) Dealer and applicator records. Records of pesticide dealers and applicators inspected or copied by the commissioner of agriculture are classified under sections 18B.37, subdivision 5, and 18B.38.

Subd. 4. Agricultural applications; protection of trade secrets. Treatment of data submitted to the commissioner of agriculture for the purpose of substantiating claims made by a product under section 18C.401 is governed by section 18C.405.

Subd. 4a. Industrial hemp background check data. Criminal history records provided to the commissioner by a first-time applicant for a license to grow industrial hemp for commercial purposes are classified under section 18K.04, subdivision 2.

Subd. 5. Wholesale produce dealers. Financial data submitted by a license applicant are classified under section 27.04, subdivision 2.

Subd. 6. Meat inspection data. Access to information obtained by the commissioner of agriculture under the meat inspection law is governed by section 31A.27, subdivision 3.

Subd. 7. [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 2 s 162]

Subd. 8. Dairy products. Financial and production information obtained by the commissioner of agriculture to administer chapter 32D are classified under section 32D.25, subdivision 2.

Subd. 9. [Repealed, 2010 c 382 s 87]

Subd. 10. Rural Finance Authority. Certain data received or prepared by the Rural Finance Authority are classified pursuant to section 41B.211.

Subd. 11. Farm products; grain buyer licensee data. Financial data submitted to the commissioner by grain buyer's license applicants are classified under section 223.17, subdivision 6.

Subd. 12. Farmer-lender mediation. Data on debtors and creditors under the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act are classified under section 583.29.

Subd. 13. Ethanol producer payments. Audited financial statements and notes and disclosure statements submitted to the commissioner of agriculture regarding ethanol producer payments pursuant to section 41A.09 are governed by section 41A.09, subdivision 3a.

Subd. 14. Agricultural water quality certification program. Data collected under the Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program are classified under section 17.9899.

History: 1991 c 106 s 6; 1992 c 511 art 7 s 1; 1992 c 569 s 4; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 12; 1993 c 65 s 1; 1993 c 177 s 1; 1993 c 240 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 345 art 3 s 18; 1993 c 351 s 20-22; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 589 s 1; 1994 c 616 s 1; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 17; art 2 s 9-64; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 10; art 3 s 17; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 4; 1995 c 142 s 1; 1995 c 155 s 1,2; 1995 c 186 s 8; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1995 c 229 art 4 s 3; 1995 c 234 art 5 s 1; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 27; art 4 s 4; art 5 s 1-51; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 3-5; 1996 c 334 s 1; 1996 c 408 art 9 s 1; 1996 c 415 s 1; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 18; art 2 s 1-14; 1996 c 471 art 7 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 3; 1997 c 22 art 2 s 1,8; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 15; 1997 c 193 s 1; 1997 c 199 s 14; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 63; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 2; 1997 c 215 s 1; 1997 c 218 s 1; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 1; 1Sp1997 c 3 s 8-18; 1998 c 273 s 1; 1998 c 361 s 1; 1998 c 367 art 11 s 2; 1998 c 371 s 6,7; 1998 c 373 s 1; 1998 c 382 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 99 s 23; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 70; 1999 c 227 s 22; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 1,2; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 17; 2012 c 290 s 42; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 1; 2016 c 158 art 4 s 4; 2017 c 88 art 3 s 1

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