1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agriculture; providing an appropriation 
  1.3             for livestock odor research; appropriating money. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.] 
  1.6      (a) $400,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.7   University of Minnesota for research and development of: 
  1.8      (1) an odor rating system that compares odor levels of 
  1.9   livestock production facilities based on the species of 
  1.10  livestock, livestock housing, manure management systems, and 
  1.11  other factors that contribute to odor levels; 
  1.12     (2) information tools to be provided to local units of 
  1.13  government to create setback requirements for livestock 
  1.14  production facilities based on the odor rating system developed 
  1.15  in clause (1); 
  1.16     (3) best management practices to control livestock odor 
  1.17  with priority on the development of practices that control odor 
  1.18  as much as economically feasible during seasonal and other 
  1.19  periods of peak odor levels; and 
  1.20     (4) provisions for rating the efficacy of new 
  1.21  odor-reduction technologies.  Applicants for a rating under this 
  1.22  clause must pay for the research necessary to provide the rating 
  1.23  to be used in marketing their new technology. 
  1.24     (b) This appropriation is available until June 30, 1999.