<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>plants; providing for a technical advisory committee.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>APPROPRIATION; NATIVE PLANT RESEARCH.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Appropriation.</b> $1,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>the general fund to the regents of the University of Minnesota to fund a program of basic <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>agronomic research on native plants, including plant-breeding, nutrient management, pest <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>management, yield, viability, and distiller grains and other biofuel production co-products.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Technical advisory committee.</b> To ensure that public benefits are <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>secured from the research funded in subdivision 1, the University of Minnesota shall <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>establish a technical advisory committee consisting of representatives of the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>of Agriculture and other appropriate public and private stakeholders to develop research <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>guidelines.<br/>