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18C.60

Statute ID: 9154

Statute Function ID: 21456

Phosphorous Turf Fertilizer Use Restrictions

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Statute Number:

18C.60

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 2004

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Phosphorous Turf Fertilizer Use Restrictions

Statute ID:

9154

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Phosphorous Turf Fertilizer Use Restrictions

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/18C/60.html

Legislative Session:

2005 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 1, 2006

Subdivision 1.  
For the purpose of this section, "turf" means noncrop land planted in closely mowed, managed grasses including, but not limited to, residential and commercial residential property, private golf courses, and property owned by federal, state, or local units of government, including parks, recreation areas, and public golf courses. Turf does not mean pasture, hayland, hay, turf grown on turf farms, or any other form of agricultural production.


Subd. 2.   
(a) A person may not apply a fertilizer containing the plant nutrient phosphorus to turf statewide, except under conditions listed in paragraph (b).
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply when:
(1) a tissue, soil, or other test by a laboratory or method approved by the commissioner and performed within the last three years indicates that the level of available phosphorus in the soil is insufficient to support healthy turf growth;
(2) the property owner or an agent of the property owner is first establishing turf via seed or sod procedures, and only during the first growing season; or
(3) the fertilizer containing the plant food phosphorus is used on a golf course under the direction of a person licensed, certified, or approved by an organization with an ongoing training program approved by the commissioner.
(c) Applications of phosphorous fertilizer authorized under paragraph (b) must not exceed rates recommended by the University of Minnesota and approved by the commissioner.