HF 411

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:37am

A bill for an act
relating to animal health; modifying a prior appropriation to allow certain
payments.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION MODIFICATION.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 35.085, the Board of Animal Health
may make onetime grants to certain beef cattle producers participating in the bovine
tuberculosis herd buyout authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 35.086, from the
$100,000 appropriation for reimbursements in Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 4.
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new text begin (b) A buyout participant is eligible for payment under this section if the Board of
Animal Health quarantined the participant's herd and required the participant to sell young
cattle at slaughter rather than as feeder cattle.
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new text begin (c) For each head of cattle sold at slaughter under paragraph (b), the Board of
Animal Health must pay the difference between the fair market feeder cattle value at the
time of sale, as determined by the Board of Animal Health, and the documented slaughter
price received by the participant.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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