1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Hmong American 
1.3 	Farmers Association purchase of farmland and facility construction.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
 1.6 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for 
1.7 	a grant to the Hmong American Farmers Association to purchase approximately 155 acres 
1.8 	in Dakota County that the association has leased since 2011. The purchase includes all 
1.9 	buildings and improvements on the property. The grant is also to predesign, design, construct, 
1.10 	furnish, and equip a food processing and storage facility on the property in which to safely 
1.11 	rinse, wash, and store farm products. This appropriation is not available until the 
1.12 	commissioner of management and budget determines that an amount sufficient to complete 
1.13 	the project, estimated to be $1,300,000, has been committed from other sources. This 
1.14 	appropriation is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.