0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PROMOTION, MARKETING ASSISTANCE AND
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0003| DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO LOCAL FARMERS' MARKETS STATEWIDE;
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0004| DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0006| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0007|      Section 1.  APPROPRIATION--REPORTS.--
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0008|           A.  Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is appropriated
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0009| from the general fund to the cooperative extension service for
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0010| expenditure in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for the purpose of promoting
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0011| local farmers' markets throughout the state and to disseminate
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0012| educational, nutritional and food-safety information to local farmers'
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0013| markets.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0014| fiscal year 1997 shall revert to the general fund.
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0015|           B.  In providing marketing, promotional and farm-direct
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0016| marketing assistance to local farmers' markets, the cooperative
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0017| extension service shall require an annual report from each farmers'
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0018| market organization.  The report shall demonstrate the extent to which
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0019| the market provides information to nutritionally at-risk families and
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0020| how the market's efforts have increased consumer awareness of farmers'
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0021| markets and farm-direct marketing possibilities.
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0022|      Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace,
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0023| health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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