House Bill 611 defined the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Extension Service’s role with the Master Settlement Agreement regarding leaders and funds. This agent has worked to facilitate the actions of the Phase I County Agriculture Council and any legal entity that has administered funds. As a result, county leaders have volunteered their time to determine how the county funds would be utilized.   County Agricultural Investment Program (CAIP) has been administered by the Muhlenberg County Cattlemen’s Association since 2013. Members of the Association have been involved in every aspect of the proposal process. Since the amount of funding for Muhlenberg County ranged from a high of $67,938.69 in 2013 to a low of $32,357.95 in 2018, leaders from the Association wanted to insure that all approved CAIP participants received cost share. One leader suggested that all funds be pro - rated. That system was adopted and has been utilized for the past seven years to help all approved participants receive the same percentage of cost share funds. Whether an individual spent one thousand or ten thousand dollars, the cost share percentage was the same. This agent obtained information from the administrator of the Association to ascertain the amount of money that CAIP participants have expended and received since 2013.  Producers participating in the County Agriculture Investment Program have expended $1,373,656.81 and have received $327, 949.89 in cost share funds in the seven year period. Essentially, the producers have spent four dollars for every dollar they have received in cost share. Warren Beeler, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy was recently in attendance at the Muhlenberg County Agricultural Development Council meeting and heard a local leader give a report on these numbers. At the conclusion of the report, Mr. Beeler said “that is exactly how seed money is supposed to work.”