Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program.
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Overview
This bill allocates funds from the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 to support research farms at public postsecondary educational institutions designated as Agricultural Experiment Stations or Agricultural Research Institutes. Specifically, it allows the State Department of Education to advance payments to the Department of Food and Agriculture for contracts related to developing these research farms, exempting those contracts from standard approval processes. The bill also clarifies what constitutes developing a research farm, including construction, maintenance, and improvement of existing facilities.
Key provisions
- Authorizes grants to Agricultural Experiment Stations and Agricultural Research Institutes.
- Provides $15 million to the State Department of Education for research farm development.
- Allows the State Department of Education to advance payments to the Department of Food and Agriculture.
- Exempts contracts related to research farm development from Director of General Services approval.
- Defines ‘developing a research farm’ to include construction, maintenance, and improvement of existing farms.
- Designates Agricultural Experiment Stations and Agricultural Research Institutes by the University of California and the California State University.
- Funds are derived from the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024.
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