1.1A bill for an act1.2relating to agriculture; appropriating money for agronomic research on native 1.3plants; providing for a technical advisory committee.1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:1.5    Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NATIVE PLANT RESEARCH.1.6    Subdivision 1.Appropriation.$1,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from 1.7the general fund to the regents of the University of Minnesota to fund a program of basic 1.8agronomic research on native plants, including plant-breeding, nutrient management, pest 1.9management, yield, viability, and distiller grains and other biofuel production co-products.1.10    Subd. 2.Technical advisory committee.To ensure that public benefits are 1.11secured from the research funded in subdivision 1, the University of Minnesota shall 1.12establish a technical advisory committee consisting of representatives of the Department 1.13of Agriculture and other appropriate public and private stakeholders to develop research 1.14guidelines.