Organizations which perform community service or economic development activities are permitted to qualify as neighborhood organizations under the act by contributing to the construction of a building used to sell agricultural food products produced in Missouri by members of a new generation cooperative. The Department of Agriculture, for the use of the Marketing Division of the department, is to develop and implement rules and regulations, by product category, for all value-added agricultural products. The substitute also creates the Value-Added Agricultural Products Marketing Fund, for the use of the Marketing Division. The program is to be administered by the Marketing Division of the Department of Agriculture. The Marketing Division is to create an Internet web site for the purpose of fostering the marketing of value-added agricultural products.
Totals are subject to appropriation.
There was no opposition voiced to the committee. Britt This bill permits new generation cooperatives formed in Missouri to participate in the Neighborhood Assistance Act. Organizations which perform community service or economic development activities are permitted to qualify as neighborhood organizations under the act by contributing to the construction of a building used to sell agricultural food products produced in Missouri by members of a new generation cooperative. Under the act, business firms making contributions to neighborhood organizations receive tax credits.