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

1.5 	Section 1. COVID-19 CRISIS; COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Food security. $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the 
1.8 	federal coronavirus relief fund to the commissioner of agriculture for community food 
1.9 	security grants to Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color producers for grassroots 
1.10 	efforts to address food access and community resilience in spite of the challenges posed by 
1.11 	COVID-19.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Eligible expenditures; availability. (a) Money appropriated in subdivision 1 
1.13 	may not be spent until the commissioner of management and budget determines that the 
1.14 	expenditure is an eligible use of the federal coronavirus relief fund.
1.15 	(b) The appropriation in subdivision 1 is available until December 30, 2020.

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