1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; agriculture; appropriating money for productive 
1.3 	conservation on working lands.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$2,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture 
1.7 	for productive conservation on working lands. The resource conservation and development 
1.8 	program in Minnesota and the Department of Agriculture will develop and deliver an 
1.9 	alternative agricultural program including infrastructure needed to secure private and 
1.10 	federal funding. This initiative will provide defined economic, environmental, and social 
1.11 	benefits to Minnesota and the nation through crop establishment payments, market 
1.12 	development, on-farm research, technical assistance, and outreach for nontraditional 
1.13 	conservation and renewable energy crops.

1.14 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.15 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.