The proposed bill aims to appropriate $1,500,000 from the state general fund to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant program. This funding is designated for grants to county agriculture fair associations to support the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects. The bill specifies that the funding period will begin with the effective date of the Act and end on June 30, 2027. Additionally, the agriculture commissioner is authorized to create guidelines for distributing the grant funding, which will include a requirement for grant recipients to provide matching funds from nonstate sources, with the possibility of these funds being in cash or in-kind contributions.

The bill also includes a declaration of emergency, indicating the urgency of the funding and program implementation. Notably, the original proposed funding amount was $3,000,000, but it has been reduced to $1,500,000. The previous requirement for grant recipients to match funds dollar-for-dollar has been modified to allow for a maximum of two dollars of grant funding for each dollar of matching funds provided.