<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>areas; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>97A.045, subdivision 11, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Supplement, section 35.244; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>Statutes, chapter 35.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Section 1. <b>[35.086] BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS MANAGEMENT ZONE; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><b>RESTRICTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>section.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>    (b) "Bovine tuberculosis management zone" means the area within the ten-mile <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>radius around the five presumptive tuberculosis-positive deer sampled during the fall <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>2006 hunter-harvested surveillance effort.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>    (c) "Located within" means that the herd was kept in the area for at least a part of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>calendar year 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Cattle herd buyout.</b> (a) The board shall offer a herd buyout payment <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>to cattle owners with existing cattle that are located within the bovine tuberculosis <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>management zone. The payment shall be $500 per bovine animal. By July 15, 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>the cattle owner must accept or decline the offer for herd buyout payments under this <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivision. A cattle owner receiving payment under this subdivision must sign a contract <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>with the board that provides:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    (1) all cattle that are at least one year old and located within the bovine tuberculosis <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>management zone will be slaughtered by January 31, 2009;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (2) all cattle that are less than one year old, are either slaughtered or moved out of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>bovine tuberculosis management zone, as provided in paragraph (b), by January 31, 2009;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>    (3) the landowner and cattle owner will not have or allow any livestock to be <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>located on land in the board's proposed modified accredited zone, unless authorized by <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>the board; and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>    (4) a landowner or cattle owner who violates a condition under this subdivision must <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>repay all payments received under this section and is subject to penalties for violations <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>under this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>    (b) Cattle that are less than one year old, may be moved out of the bovine <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>tuberculosis management zone to comply with paragraph (a), clause (2), only when:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>    (1) they are from a herd that received a whole herd tuberculosis test within the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>previous 12 months;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>    (2) they are not sexually intact; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    (3) they have had a tuberculosis test within 60 days of being moved out of the zone.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>    (c) After the effective date of this section, livestock shall not be moved into the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>bovine tuberculosis management zone unless authorized by the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    (d) Before the board issues payment to a cattle owner under this subdivision, the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>board shall verify all cattle owned by that cattle owner and located within the bovine <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>tuberculosis management zone have been slaughtered.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    (e) A cattle owner who signs a contract under paragraph (a) or who depopulated an <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>infected herd and signs a contract containing the provisions of paragraph (a), clauses (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>to (3), shall receive an annual payment of $75 for each bovine animal slaughtered. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>board shall make the first annual payment by June 30, 2009, and make annual payments <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>by June 30 each year thereafter until the area receives a bovine tuberculosis-free status and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>the owner is authorized by the board to have cattle located within the bovine tuberculosis <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>management zone.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Cattle herds remaining in the zone.</b> The board shall conduct a risk <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>assessment for cattle that remain located within the bovine tuberculosis management zone. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>If the board determines that cattle herds within the bovine tuberculosis management <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>zone present a risk of interaction between cattle and deer or elk, the board shall require <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>the owner of the cattle to keep all cattle in a manner that does not allow cattle and deer <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>or elk interface. The board may also require that any person who stores forage crops <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>within the bovine tuberculosis management zone, including but not limited to a person <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>who participates in the herd buyout in subdivision 2, must keep stored forage crops in a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>manner that does not allow deer or elk access. The board shall offer cost-share assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>for fencing under subdivision 4 to a person who is required to:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    (1) keep cattle in a manner that does not allow cattle and deer or elk interface; or<br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>    (2) keep stored forage crops in a manner that does not allow deer or elk access.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Cost-share assistance for fencing.</b> (a) The board shall provide cost-share <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>assistance to persons required to fence stored forage crops or fence cattle in areas <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>where the board determines that there is an unacceptable risk of transmitting bovine <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>tuberculosis to deer or elk. The cost-share payments shall be 90 percent of the cost of an <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>approved fence up to a maximum cost-share payment of $75,000. The payments under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>this subdivision shall be on a reimbursement basis and paid by the board after the board <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>determines that the fence is built to the specifications required by the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>    (b) The board shall establish specifications for fences that qualify for cost-share <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>assistance under this subdivision and provide cattle owners or those who store forage <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>crops with a list of approved fencing contractors. The fencing must be constructed and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>maintained by an approved fencing contractor, the landowner, or the tenant.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>    (c) The board shall periodically inspect fences for which cost-share assistance has <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>been received under this subdivision. If the board determines that a fence for which <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>cost-share assistance has been received is not being maintained or used properly, the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>board may:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>    (1) order that the fence be repaired or used properly; or<br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>    (2) require repayment of any cost-share assistance received by the person and, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>fence was intended to keep cattle in a manner that does not allow cattle and deer or elk <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>interface, the board may place the herd under quarantine.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 35.244, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var><b>35.244 </b><b>RULES FOR</b><b> CONTROL OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Designation of zones.</b> The board has the authority to control <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>tuberculosis and the movement of cattle, bison, goats, and farmed cervidae within and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>between tuberculosis zones in the state. Zones within the state may be designated <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>as accreditation preparatory, modified accredited, modified accredited advanced, or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>accredited free as those terms are defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 9, part 77. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>The board may designate bovine tuberculosis control zones that contain not more than <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>325 herds.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Control within modified accredited zone.</b> In a modified accredited <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>zone, the board has the authority to:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>    (1) require owners of cattle, bison, goats, or farmed cervidae to report personal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>contact information and location of livestock to the board;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    (2) require a permit or movement certificates for all cattle, bison, goats, and farmed <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>cervidae moving between premises within the zone or leaving or entering the zone;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>    (3) require official identification of all cattle, bison, goats, and farmed cervidae <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>within the zone or leaving or entering the zone;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>    (4) require a whole-herd tuberculosis test on each herd of cattle, bison, goats, or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>farmed cervidae when any of the animals in the herd is kept on a premises within the zone;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    (5) require a negative tuberculosis test within 60 days prior to movement for any <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>individual cattle, bison, goat, or farmed cervidae moved from a premises in the zone to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>another location in Minnesota, with the exception of cattle moving under permit directly <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>to a slaughter facility under state or federal inspection;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>    (6) require a whole-herd tuberculosis test within 12 months prior to moving <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>cattle, bison, goats, or farmed cervidae from premises in the zone to another location <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>in Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    (7) require annual herd inventories on all cattle, bison, goat, or farmed cervidae <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>herds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>    (8) require that a risk assessment be performed to evaluate the interaction of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>free-ranging deer and elk with cattle, bison, goat, and farmed cervidae herds and require <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>the owner to implement the recommendations of the risk assessment.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Authority to adopt rules.</b> The board may adopt rules to provide for the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>control of tuberculosis in cattle. The rules may include provisions for quarantine, tests, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>and such other measures as the board deems appropriate. Federal regulations, as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>by Code of Federal Regulations, title 9, part 77, and the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>Uniform Methods and Rules, are incorporated as part of the rules in this state.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Power to prevent or control wildlife disease.</b> (a) If the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>determines that action is necessary to prevent or control a wildlife disease, the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>commissioner may prevent or control wildlife disease in a species of wild animal in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>addition to the protection provided by the game and fish laws by further limiting, closing, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>expanding, or opening seasons or areas of the state; by reducing or increasing limits in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>areas of the state; by establishing disease management zones; by authorizing free licenses; <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>by allowing shooting from motor vehicles by persons designated by the commissioner; <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>by issuing replacement licenses for sick animals; by requiring sample collection from <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>hunter-harvested animals; by limiting wild animal possession, transportation, and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>disposition; and by restricting wildlife feeding.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    (b) The commissioner shall restrict wildlife feeding within a 15-mile radius of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>a cattle herd that is infected with bovine tuberculosis the modified accredited bovine <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>tuberculosis zone proposed by the Board of Animal Health. In addition to any other <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>penalties provided by law, a person who violates wildlife feeding restrictions required <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>under this paragraph may not obtain a hunting license to take a wild animal for two years <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>after the date of conviction. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    (c) The commissioner may prevent or control wildlife disease in a species of wild <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>animal in the state by emergency rule adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, subdivision 13</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Collection of deer and elk in a bovine tuberculosis zone.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the Board of Animal Health, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>shall remove, upon request, deceased deer and elk within the modified accredited bovine <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>tuberculosis zone proposed by the Board of Animal Health. The commissioner shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>a good faith effort to inform the state's residents of this requirement and how a person <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>may make a deer or elk removal request. The commissioner is not required to continue <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>these collections once the split state zone is upgraded by the United States Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>Agriculture to a bovine tuberculosis status of modified accredited advanced or better.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>    Sec. 5. <b>BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL ASSESSMENT; TEMPORARY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var><b>ASSESSMENT; APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>    (a) From January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, a person who purchases a beef <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>cow, heifer, or steer in this state shall collect a bovine tuberculosis control assessment of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>$1 per head from the seller and shall submit all assessments collected to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>of agriculture at least once every 30 days. For the purposes of this section, "a person who <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>purchases a beef cow, heifer, or steer in this state" includes the first purchaser, as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 17.53, subdivision 8, paragraph (a), and any subsequent <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>purchaser of the living animal.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>    (b) Money collected under this section shall be deposited in an account in the special <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>revenue fund and is appropriated to the Board of Animal Health for bovine tuberculosis <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>control activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person may not collect a bovine tuberculosis <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>control assessment from a person whose cattle operation is located within a modified <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>accredited zone established under Minnesota Statutes, section 35.244, unless the cattle <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>owner voluntarily pays the assessment. The commissioner of agriculture shall publish and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>make available a list of cattle producers exempt under this paragraph.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>    Sec. 6. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>    (a) $472,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $2,172,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>from the general fund to the Board of Animal Health for monitoring, testing, eradication, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>education, outreach, and other activities the board is required to undertake to comply with <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>federal regulations concerning cattle, bison, goats, and farmed cervidae under a United <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>States Department of Agriculture modified accredited status. The appropriation for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>year 2009 is added to the base.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>    (b) $80,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the general fund to the Board of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>Regents of the University of Minnesota for a study at the North Central Research Center <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>at Grand Rapids of the best management practices for control of bovine tuberculosis in <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>pasture. This appropriation is added to the base.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>    (c) $3,350,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>Board of Animal Health for cattle herd buyout payments, annual payments, and fencing <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>cost-share assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section 35.086. This is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>appropriation and is available until spent.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>    (d) $150,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the Board <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>of Animal Health for a grant to the North Central Research Center at Grand Rapids for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>a study of the best management practices for control of bovine tuberculosis in pasture. <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>This is a onetime appropriation and is available until spent.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>    (e) If an appropriation for the same purpose is enacted in 2008 H.F. No. 1812, the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>comparable appropriation in that act is void.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>    Sec. 7. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>    Sections 1 to 6 are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>