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HF 3903

1st Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/21/2022 03:40pm

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underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - 1st Engrossment

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A bill for an act
relating to animal health; appropriating money to compensate certain white-tailed
deer farmers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; DEER FARMING COMPENSATION.
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new text begin $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of agriculture to reimburse feed, veterinary, and other expenses incurred, and offset revenue
lost, by owners of farmed white-tailed deer registered under Minnesota Statutes, section
35.155, due to movement bans imposed by the commissioner of natural resources in
emergency rules between December 2019 and December 2021 and the restrictions and
requirements imposed by the Board of Animal Health within chronic wasting disease endemic
areas. The commissioner may issue payments of up to $10,000 on a first-come, first-served,
noncompetitive basis. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2024.
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