CHAPTER 13

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATION

§351.__Agricultural Water Management and Irrigation Fund

1.__Fund; established.__The Agricultural Water Management and Irrigation Fund, referred to in this chapter as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.__The commissioner may accept money for the fund from any public or private source and make expenditures from the fund for the purpose of improving the use of irrigation in agriculture and the use of water resources in animal agriculture.

2.__Administration.__The commissioner shall administer the fund.

3.__Rulemaking.__The commissioner shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

4.__Report.__The commissioner shall submit an annual report on March 1st to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agricultural matters.__The report must include a summary of money available in the fund, the use of the fund and the status of agricultural irrigation in the State.

Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

Division of Marketing and Production Development 0833

Initiative: Provides an initial allocation for the newly established Agricultural Water Management and Irrigation Fund.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $500 $500

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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $500 $500

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.