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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the soil health financial assistance | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 program. | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SOIL HEALTH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6PROGRAM. | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7 $....... in fiscal year 2026 and $....... in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from the general | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8fund to the commissioner of agriculture for the soil health financial assistance program | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 17.134. The commissioner may award no more than | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10$50,000 of the appropriation each year to a single recipient. The commissioner may use up | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11to 6.5 percent of this appropriation for costs incurred to administer the program. | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, any unencumbered balance at the end | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13of fiscal year 2026 does not cancel and is available in fiscal year 2027. Appropriations | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14encumbered under contract on or before June 30, 2027, for soil health financial assistance | |
| 15 | 15 | 1.15grants are available until June 30, 2029. | |
| 16 | 16 | 1Section 1. | |
| 17 | 17 | REVISOR BD/DG 25-0160312/20/24 | |
| 18 | 18 | State of Minnesota | |
| 19 | 19 | This Document can be made available | |
| 20 | 20 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 21 | 21 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 22 | 22 | H. F. No. 985 | |
| 23 | 23 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 24 | 24 | Authored by Nelson, Vang, Harder, Frederick, Anderson, P. H., and others02/17/2025 | |
| 25 | 25 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy |