1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for county and district agricultural 
1.3 	societies and associations.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COUNTY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$465,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $465,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for payments to county and 
1.9 	district agricultural societies and associations under Minnesota Statutes, section 38.02, 
1.10 	subdivision 1. Aid payments to county and district agricultural societies and associations 
1.11 	shall be disbursed not later than July 15 of each year. These payments are the amount of 
1.12 	aid owed by the state for an annual fair held in the previous calendar year.