Bill Text: MN HF2970 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: 4-H and Future Farmers of America foundations established and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-27 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Agriculture and Rural Development Policy and Finance [HF2970 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2970-Introduced.html
1.2relating to agriculture; establishing foundations for 4-H and Future Farmers of
1.3America; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4Statutes, chapter 41D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [41D.10] MINNESOTA 4-H FOUNDATION.
1.7There is created a Minnesota 4-H Foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to
1.8provide sustainable funding for 4-H activities that empower Minnesota youth to reach
1.9their full potential. The foundation is a nonprofit organization and may accept, in trust
1.10or otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise and hold, manage, invest, and dispose of
1.11them and the proceeds and income of them according to the terms and conditions of the
1.12gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its acceptance.
1.13 Sec. 2. [41D.20] MINNESOTA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
1.14FOUNDATION.
1.15There is created the Minnesota Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation. The
1.16purpose of the foundation is to provide sustainable funding for FFA activities that develop
1.17the next generation of agricultural leaders and professionals. The foundation is a nonprofit
1.18organization and may accept, in trust or otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise and
1.19hold, manage, invest, and dispose of them and the proceeds and income of them according
1.20to the terms and conditions of the gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its acceptance.
1.21 Sec. 3. FOUNDATION FUNDING; APPROPRIATION.
2.1$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2013 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.2of agriculture for a startup grant of $....... to the Minnesota 4-H Foundation established in
2.3Minnesota Statutes, section 41D.10, and a startup grant of $....... to the Minnesota Future
2.4Farmers of America Foundation established in Minnesota Statutes, section 41D.20.
1.3America; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4Statutes, chapter 41D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [41D.10] MINNESOTA 4-H FOUNDATION.
1.7There is created a Minnesota 4-H Foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to
1.8provide sustainable funding for 4-H activities that empower Minnesota youth to reach
1.9their full potential. The foundation is a nonprofit organization and may accept, in trust
1.10or otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise and hold, manage, invest, and dispose of
1.11them and the proceeds and income of them according to the terms and conditions of the
1.12gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its acceptance.
1.13 Sec. 2. [41D.20] MINNESOTA FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
1.14FOUNDATION.
1.15There is created the Minnesota Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation. The
1.16purpose of the foundation is to provide sustainable funding for FFA activities that develop
1.17the next generation of agricultural leaders and professionals. The foundation is a nonprofit
1.18organization and may accept, in trust or otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise and
1.19hold, manage, invest, and dispose of them and the proceeds and income of them according
1.20to the terms and conditions of the gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its acceptance.
1.21 Sec. 3. FOUNDATION FUNDING; APPROPRIATION.
2.1$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2013 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.2of agriculture for a startup grant of $....... to the Minnesota 4-H Foundation established in
2.3Minnesota Statutes, section 41D.10, and a startup grant of $....... to the Minnesota Future
2.4Farmers of America Foundation established in Minnesota Statutes, section 41D.20.
