1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for grants to local units of government 
1.3 	for noxious weed programs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; NOXIOUS WEED GRANT PROGRAM.
 1.6 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund for transfer to the noxious weed and invasive plant species assistance account 
1.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 18.89. The commissioner of agriculture must use the 
1.9 	money appropriated under this section to implement the noxious weed grant program under 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 18.90, with preference given to local units of government 
1.11 	responding to Palmer amaranth or other weeds on the eradicate list.