HF 1517
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/21/2025 01:43 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Minnesota Black Farmers
Association to purchase advanced 21st century farming equipment for use by a
cooperative of Black veteran farmers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin ADVANCED 21ST CENTURY FARMING EQUIPMENT FOR BLACK
VETERAN FARMERS.
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The commissioner of agriculture must award a grant to the Minnesota Black Farmers
Association to purchase advanced 21st century farming equipment, including skid steers
and John Deere tractors with attachments, for use by members of a cooperative of Black
veteran farmers.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$2,500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of agriculture for a grant to the Minnesota Black Farmers Association to purchase advanced
21st century farming equipment for use by members of a cooperative of Black veteran
farmers.
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