1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the continuation of the dairy 
1.3 	development and profitability enhancement and dairy business planning grant 
1.4 	programs.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL MARKETING 
1.7 	AND DEVELOPMENT.
 1.8 	$634,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $634,000 fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the 
1.9 	general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for continuation of the dairy development 
1.10 	and profitability enhancement and dairy business planning grant programs established under 
1.11 	Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 7, subdivision 2; and Laws 2001, First Special Session 
1.12 	chapter 2, section 9, subdivision 2. The commissioner may allocate the available sums 
1.13 	among permissible activities, including efforts to improve the quality of milk produced in 
1.14 	the state, in the proportions that the commissioner deems most beneficial to Minnesota's 
1.15 	dairy farmers. The commissioner must submit a detailed accomplishment report and a work 
1.16 	plan detailing future plans for, and anticipated accomplishments from, expenditures under 
1.17 	this program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and 
1.18 	divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture policy and finance on or before the start of each 
1.19 	fiscal year. If significant changes are made to the plans in the course of a year, the 
1.20 	commissioner must notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.21 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture policy and finance of the changes.