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Panel backs making small cities eligible for agriculture infrastructure grants
Summary
The Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee gave House Bill 12-35 a favorable recommendation to allow cities of 1,500 residents or fewer to be eligible for the state's agriculture infrastructure grant program, expanding access to so-called "last-mile" road and utility funding.
The Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee gave House Bill 12-35 a favorable recommendation on a due-pass motion after a hearing where bill sponsor Representative Jim Greenach (District 28) and agricultural stakeholders described the change as a modest expansion to the Ag Infrastructure Grant Program.
Representative Jim Greenach, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure clarifies that cities with populations of 1,500 or fewer are eligible for grant funding and said he worked with "Commissioner Gehring" and the Department of Agriculture to set the population cap. "1,500 happened to be that, that magic number or the sweet…
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