1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to address wildlife disease.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. WILDLIFE DISEASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE 
1.5 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	(a) $2,060,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $1,460,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for planning for and 
1.8 	emergency response to disease outbreaks in wildlife. Of this amount:
1.9 	(1) $50,000 in fiscal year 2020 is to establish a chronic wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster 
1.10 	program;
1.11 	(2) $50,000 in fiscal year 2020 is to develop guidelines for handling, transporting, 
1.12 	processing, and disposing of deer carcasses; and
1.13 	(3) $500,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the University 
1.14 	of Minnesota for the Chronic Wasting Disease Response, Research, and Policy Program.
1.15 	The commissioner and board must each submit quarterly reports on the activities funded 
1.16 	under this paragraph to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
1.17 	and divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources and agriculture. Base 
1.18 	funding for this activity is $1,100,000 in fiscal year 2022 and thereafter.
1.19 	(b) If the appropriations in this section are enacted more than once in the 2019 regular 
1.20 	legislative session, the appropriations must be given effect only once.