1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for predesign of a poultry 
1.3 	processing plant and associated industrial park in Northfield; authorizing the sale 
1.4 	and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. NORTHFIELD; POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT AND INDUSTRIAL 
1.7 	PARK.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $250,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the commissioner of agriculture for a grant to the Northfield Economic Development 
1.10 	Authority for predesign of a poultry processing plant and an associated industrial park aimed 
1.11 	at creating new, value-added economic opportunities for local farmers in southeastern 
1.12 	Minnesota, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. The Regenerative Agriculture 
1.13 	Alliance may partner with the commissioner of agriculture in developing the predesign for 
1.14 	the industrial park.
1.15 	(b) By March 1, 2022, the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, in collaboration with the 
1.16 	commissioner of agriculture, must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members 
1.17 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance on the progress, 
1.18 	development, and implementation of the poultry processing plant and industrial park design 
1.19 	and their potential to open new market opportunities for local and emerging farmers.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.21 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
1.22 	the state in an amount up to $250,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
2.1 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
2.2 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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