1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for noxious weed control.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$....... in fiscal year 2020 and $....... in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the general 
1.6 	fund to the commissioner of agriculture for transfer to the noxious weed and invasive plant 
1.7 	species assistance account in the agricultural fund to award grants to local units of 
1.8 	government under Minnesota Statutes, section 18.90, with preference given to local units 
1.9 	of government responding to Palmer amaranth or other weeds on the eradicate list. These 
1.10 	are onetime transfers. The commissioner may use up to 4.5 percent of this appropriation 
1.11 	for costs incurred to administer the grant program.