1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for grants for meat and poultry 
1.3 	processor training.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSOR TRAINING GRANTS; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of agriculture for grants or other forms of technical assistance to meat and poultry processors 
1.9 	to reimburse the cost of attending courses or training and receiving technical assistance in 
1.10 	fiscal year 2024 that supports developing sanitation standard operating procedures, hazard 
1.11 	analysis and critical control points plans, or business plans. A meat processor with 50 
1.12 	full-time equivalent employees or fewer is eligible for grant money under this section. This 
1.13 	is a onetime appropriation.