Appropriations amendment to S.60 would create Farm and Forest Operations Security Fund but tie implementation to future appropriations
House Appropriations staff explained amendments to S.60 that remove "climate" language, rename and renumber statutory sections, require applicants to list recent state grants, and make the program implementable only if the Legislature appropriates funds in a later fiscal year.
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Michael Grady, counsel with the Office of Legislative Council, briefed the committee on the House Appropriations Committee amendment to Senate bill S.60, which would establish a Farm and Forest Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions. Grady said the amendment contains five types of edits: technical renumbering, removal of references to climate, incorporation of an information‑disclosure amendment, adjustments to administrative authority, and a contingency clause tied to appropriations.
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