1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for livestock processing.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; LIVESTOCK PROCESSING.
 1.5 	(a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.6 	commissioner of agriculture for grants to facilitate the start-up, modernization, or expansion 
1.7 	of meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing facilities under the agricultural growth, research, 
1.8 	and innovation program in Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.12. This is a onetime 
1.9 	appropriation.
1.10 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, any unencumbered balance 
1.11 	remaining from the first-year appropriation under paragraph (a) does not cancel and is 
1.12 	available for the second year, and appropriations encumbered under contract on or before 
1.13 	June 30, 2023, for agricultural growth, research, and innovation grants under paragraph (a) 
1.14 	are available until June 30, 2026.