1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; establishing foundations for 4-H and Future Farmers of 
1.3 	America; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 41D.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [41D.10] MINNESOTA 4-H FOUNDATION.
1.7 	There is created a Minnesota 4-H Foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to 
1.8 	provide sustainable funding for 4-H activities that empower Minnesota youth to reach 
1.9 	their full potential. The foundation is a nonprofit organization and may accept, in trust 
1.10 	or otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise and hold, manage, invest, and dispose of 
1.11 	them and the proceeds and income of them according to the terms and conditions of the 
1.12 	gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its acceptance.

1.13 	Sec. 2. [41D.20] MINNESOTA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 
1.14 	FOUNDATION.
1.15 	There is created the Minnesota Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation. The 
1.16 	purpose of the foundation is to provide sustainable funding for FFA activities that develop 
1.17 	the next generation of agricultural leaders and professionals. The foundation is a nonprofit 
1.18 	organization and may accept, in trust or otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise and 
1.19 	hold, manage, invest, and dispose of them and the proceeds and income of them according 
1.20 	to the terms and conditions of the gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its acceptance.

1.21 	Sec. 3. FOUNDATION FUNDING; APPROPRIATION.
 2.1 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2013 from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.2 	of agriculture for a startup grant of $....... to the Minnesota 4-H Foundation established in 
2.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 41D.10, and a startup grant of $....... to the Minnesota Future 
2.4 	Farmers of America Foundation established in Minnesota Statutes, section 41D.20.