1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for ethanol infrastructure in response 
1.3 	to COVID-19.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COVID-19 CRISIS; ETHANOL INFRASTRUCTURE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Ethanol infrastructure grants. $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 is 
1.7 	appropriated from the federal coronavirus relief fund to the commissioner of agriculture to 
1.8 	assist corn farmers and ethanol producers negatively impacted by COVID-19 by awarding 
1.9 	cost-share grants to owners of smaller filling stations that would otherwise be ineligible for 
1.10 	federal ethanol infrastructure assistance.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Eligible expenditures; availability. (a) Money appropriated in subdivision 1 
1.12 	may not be spent until the commissioner of management and budget determines that the 
1.13 	expenditure is an eligible use of the federal coronavirus relief fund.
1.14 	(b) The appropriation in subdivision 1 is available until December 30, 2020.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.