1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to protect raptors from lead 
1.3 	poisoning.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. WORKSHOPS AND OUTREACH TO PROTECT RAPTORS FROM 
1.6 	LEAD POISONING; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$133,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the environment and natural resources 
1.8 	trust fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Raptor Center, in 
1.9 	cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources and other conservation partners, to 
1.10 	provide hunters with outreach and workshops on alternatives to lead ammunition for hunting, 
1.11 	including copper ammunition as an alternative, and to promote voluntary selection of 
1.12 	nontoxic ammunition to protect raptors and other wildlife in Minnesota from accidental 
1.13 	lead poisoning caused by ingesting ammunition fragments. This is a onetime appropriation 
1.14 	and is available until June 30, 2022.