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

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 
1.6 	DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.
 1.7 	$280,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 and $280,000 is appropriated in fiscal 
1.8 	year 2015 from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for grants to farmers 
1.9 	for sustainable agriculture demonstration projects under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.10 	17.116. Of the amount appropriated each year, the commissioner of agriculture may use up 
1.11 	to $20,000 to disseminate information about the demonstration projects. Notwithstanding 
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the appropriations encumbered under contract on or 
1.13 	before June 30, 2015, are available until June 30, 2017.