1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to study muskellunge stocking 
1.3 	in Otter Tail County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; STUDY OF STOCKING MUSKELLUNGE IN 
1.6 	OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 1.7 	$50,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Regents 
1.8 	of the University of Minnesota to study the effect of muskellunge stocking on the 
1.9 	environment, waters, and native fish of Otter Tail County. The study must be conducted 
1.10 	independently of the Department of Natural Resources. The board of regents must report 
1.11 	the results of the study to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.12 	environment and natural resources finance no later than March 1, 2020.