1997 Minnesota Statutes

     17.07 Approval of expenditures. 

    No expenditure of money for any purpose shall be made from 
 any state appropriation to any agricultural, horticultural, 
 florist, dairy farmer's crop improvement, poultry, livestock, or 
 livestock breeders' association, society, or corporation, or to 
 any other association, society, or corporation of a similar 
 nature not a part of or connected with the state government, 
 except upon the written approval of the commissioner.  The 
 association or society shall reimburse the commissioner of 
 agriculture for all expenses of the commissioner incurred in 
 examining the records and accounts of such association or 
 society.  This section shall not apply to the state agricultural 
 society or to county agricultural associations or other 
 societies or associations whose books and records are required 
 by law to be audited by any state official as a prerequisite to 
 such payment. 

    HIST: (53-27) 1925 c 426 art 7 s 2; 1977 c 121 s 1; 1986 c 444