1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money to purchase product from certain 
1.3 	producers negatively impacted by COVID-19.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COVID-19 CRISIS; PRODUCT PURCHASES; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Food purchases. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from 
1.7 	the federal coronavirus relief fund to the commissioner of agriculture to contract with food 
1.8 	hubs, meal organizations, and distributors and to purchase product directly from Minnesota 
1.9 	producers who sell in local and regional markets and were negatively impacted by 
1.10 	COVID-19.
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.