1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a
1.3 	grant to Second Harvest food banks for the purchase of
1.4 	milk.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; GRANT FOR FOOD BANK MILK
1.7 	PURCHASES.
 1.8 	(a) $1,250,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.9 	commissioner of agriculture for the fiscal biennium ending June
1.10 	30, 2007, for a grant to Second Harvest Heartland on behalf of
1.11 	Minnesota's six Second Harvest food banks for the purchase of
1.12 	milk for distribution to Minnesota's food shelves and other
1.13 	charitable organizations that are eligible to receive food from
1.14 	the food banks.  This appropriation becomes base-level funding.
1.15 	(b) Milk purchased under the grants in paragraph (a) must
1.16 	be acquired from Minnesota milk processors and based on low-cost
1.17 	bids.  The milk must be allocated to each Second Harvest food
1.18 	bank serving Minnesota according to the formula used in the
1.19 	distribution of United States Department of Agriculture
1.20 	commodities under The Emergency Food Assistance Program
1.21 	(TEFAP).  Second Harvest Heartland must submit quarterly reports
1.22 	to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner.
1.23 	The reports must include, but are not limited to, information on
1.24 	the expenditure of funds, the amount of milk purchased, and the
1.25 	organizations to which the milk was distributed.  Second Harvest
2.1 	Heartland may enter into contracts or agreements with food banks
2.2 	for shared funding or reimbursement of the direct purchase of
2.3 	milk.  Each food bank receiving money from this appropriation
2.4 	may use up to two percent of the grant for administrative
2.5 	expenses.