as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 11/03/2020 02:55pm
A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Hmong American
Farmers Association purchase of farmland and facility construction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for
a grant to the Hmong American Farmers Association to purchase approximately 155 acres
in Dakota County that the association has leased since 2011. The purchase includes all
buildings and improvements on the property. The grant is also to predesign, design, construct,
furnish, and equip a food processing and storage facility on the property in which to safely
rinse, wash, and store farm products. This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of management and budget determines that an amount sufficient to complete
the project, estimated to be $1,300,000, has been committed from other sources. This
appropriation is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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