2004 Minnesota Statutes

     17.109 Minnesota grown matching account. 

    Subdivision 1.    Establishment.  The Minnesota grown 
 matching account is established as a separate account in the 
 agricultural fund.  The account shall be administered by the 
 commissioner of agriculture as provided in this section. 

    Subd. 2.    Funding sources.  The Minnesota grown 
 matching account shall consist of contributions from private 
 sources and appropriations. 

    Subd. 3.    Appropriations must be matched by private 
 funds.  Appropriations to the Minnesota grown matching account 
 may be expended only to the extent that they are matched with 
 contributions to the account from private sources on a basis of 
 $4 of the appropriation to each $1 of private contributions.  
 Matching funds are not available after the appropriation is 
 encumbered.  For the purposes of this subdivision, "private 
 contributions" includes, but is not limited to, advertising 
 revenue, listing fees, and revenues from the development and 
 sale of promotional materials. 

    Subd. 4.    Expenditures.  The amount in the Minnesota 
 grown matching account that is matched by private contributions 
 and the private contributions are appropriated to the 
 commissioner of agriculture for promotion of products using the 
 Minnesota grown logo and labeling. 

    HIST: 1987 c 396 art 6 s 2; 1991 c 254 art 3 s 29; 1999 c 231 
 s 25; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 22