1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to animal health; providing for an official
1.3 	laboratory of the Board of Animal Health; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 35.02, subdivision
1.5 	1; 35.03; 35.05; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	section 35.0661, subdivision 4.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 35.02,
1.9 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Members; officers.  The board has five
1.11 	members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of
1.12 	the senate, three of whom are producers of livestock in the
1.13 	state, and two of whom are practicing veterinarians licensed in
1.14 	Minnesota.  The dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and
1.15 	the director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory of the
1.16 	University of Minnesota may serve as consultant consultants to
1.17 	the board without vote.  Appointments to fill unexpired terms
1.18 	must be made from the classes to which the retiring members
1.19 	belong.  The board shall elect a president and a vice-president
1.20 	from among its members and a veterinarian licensed in Minnesota
1.21 	who is not a member to be its executive director for a term of
1.22 	one year and until a successor qualifies.  The board shall set
1.23 	the duties of the director.

1.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 35.03, is amended
1.25 	to read:
1.26 	35.03 POWERS, DUTIES, AND REPORTS.
2.1 	The board shall protect the health of Minnesota domestic
2.2 	animals and carry out the provisions of this chapter.  The board
2.3 	shall make rules necessary to protect the health of domestic
2.4 	animals.  The board shall meet at least quarterly.  Officers
2.5 	must be elected each April.  On or before November 1 of each
2.6 	year the board shall publish an annual report. The University
2.7 	of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory is the official
2.8 	laboratory for the board.  At least quarterly, the director of
2.9 	the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory must report on the
2.10 	laboratory's activities.

2.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 35.05, is amended
2.12 	to read:
2.13 	35.05 AUTHORITY OF STATE BOARD.
2.14 	(a) The state board may quarantine or kill any domestic
2.15 	animal infected with, or which has been exposed to, a contagious
2.16 	or infectious dangerous disease if it is necessary to protect
2.17 	the health of the domestic animals of the state.
2.18 	(b) The board may regulate or prohibit the arrival in and
2.19 	departure from the state of infected or exposed animals and, in
2.20 	case of violation of any rule or prohibition, may detain any
2.21 	animal at its owner's expense.  The board may regulate or
2.22 	prohibit the importation of domestic animals which, in its
2.23 	opinion, may injure the health of Minnesota livestock.
2.24 	(c) When the governor declares an emergency under section
2.25 	35.0661,the board, through its executive director,may
2.26 	implement the United States Voluntary Johne's Disease Herd
2.27 	Status Program for Cattle assume control of resources within the
2.28 	University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory as
2.29 	necessary to effectively address the disease outbreak.  The
2.30 	director of the laboratory and other laboratory personnel must
2.31 	cooperate fully in performing necessary functions related to the
2.32 	outbreak or threatened outbreak.
2.33 	(d) Rules adopted by the board under authority of this
2.34 	chapter must be published in the State Register.

2.35 	Sec. 4. REPEALER.
 2.36 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 35.0661, subdivision 4, is
3.1 	repealed.

3.2 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.3 	Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final
3.4 	enactment.