S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 12.6 of S.L. 2017-57 creates the Beehive Grant Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The program, funded for the 2017-2018 fiscal year by a $25,000 allocation from the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, would provide up to $200 per hive up to a maximum of 12 hives per grant recipient to support the purchase of a new beehive or materials for the construction of a new beehive.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.