Sec. 902. The funds appropriated in part 1 for local conservation districts - pilot project shall be used for the development of a conservation district natural resources assessment model. The assessment model shall be designed for the purposes of assisting the department and conservation districts in creating a standardized report that would provide a description of each of the conservation districts in the state, identify, at a minimum, the top 5 natural resources needs for each conservation district, and provide a business plan on how each conservation district will implement programs and services necessary to meet the top 5 resources needs in a district. A status update on the progress toward completion of a conservation district natural resources assessment model shall be presented to the department and the subcommittees no later than May 1, 2020, with a final completion deadline of no later than September 9, 2020.
Third: That the House and Senate agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:
A bill to make appropriations for the department of agriculture and rural development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
Greg VanWoerkom
Ann M. Bollin
Sheryl Y. Kennedy
Conferees for the House
Roger Victory
Jim Stamas
Conferees for the Senate
The question being on the adoption of the conference report,
The conference report was then adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: