HF 3591

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/20/2020 01:17pm

A bill for an act
relating to clean water; appropriating money for study of chronic wasting disease
and water.

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

Section 1. new text begin CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE PRIONS AND WATER;
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $2,700,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the Board
of Regents of the University of Minnesota to study water's role in transporting chronic
wasting disease prions, including:
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new text begin (1) identifying mechanisms for the accumulation, persistence, and spread of chronic
wasting disease prions through waterways;
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new text begin (2) characterizing chronic wasting disease prion abundance in waterways immediately
downstream of regions known to be positive for chronic wasting disease;
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new text begin (3) modeling and forecasting chronic wasting disease contamination and spread based
on landscape ecology and hydrology; and
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new text begin (4) developing and evaluating remediation strategies for prion-contaminated waterways.
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new text begin (b) The Board of Regents must submit a report with the results of the study to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and
divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources and the clean water fund
no later than January 15, 2022. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June
30, 2022.
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