1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the Agricultural Utilization 
1.3 	Research Institute to increase capacity for rural economic development.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH 
1.6 	INSTITUTE.
 1.7 	$1,110,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $1,260,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute to increase the 
1.9 	institute's capacity for rural economic development, including building an ag-bioscience 
1.10 	strategy, increasing engineering services, developing new dairy beverages, and developing 
1.11 	increased capacity for initiatives and entrepreneurial opportunities. This is a onetime 
1.12 	appropriation and is in addition to the institute's base appropriation.