1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for humanitarian relief aid for 
1.3 	Ukraine; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINNESOTA FARMS AND PRODUCTS; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF 
1.6 	AID FOR UKRAINE DEMOCRACY.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the commissioner of administration to purchase products produced or 
1.9 	grown in Minnesota to be distributed as humanitarian aid as quickly as possible to the 
1.10 	democratically elected president of Ukraine or to leaders of neighboring democratic countries 
1.11 	for the humanitarian benefit of the people of Ukraine. The commissioner of administration 
1.12 	must consult with the commissioner of employment and economic development and the 
1.13 	commissioner of agriculture to identify products produced and grown in Minnesota. This 
1.14 	is a onetime appropriation.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Gifts and grants. The commissioner of administration is authorized to accept 
1.16 	gifts and grants to augment the state's humanitarian aid under subdivision 1.
1.17 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner of administration must report monthly to the chairs 
1.18 	and ranking minority members of the committee in the senate with jurisdiction over finance 
1.19 	and the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over ways and means 
1.20 	on the use of the funds appropriated in subdivision 1 and the gifts and grants received under 
1.21 	subdivision 2.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.