1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; requiring a report; appropriating money for deer abatement 
1.3 	and crop damage report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DEER ABATEMENT AND CROP DAMAGE REPORT; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of agriculture to convene a working group of interested parties, including representatives 
1.9 	from the Department of Natural Resources, to investigate and recommend options for 
1.10 	addressing crop destruction due to white-tailed deer. No later than February 1, 2024, the 
1.11 	commissioner must submit the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.12 	agriculture policy and finance. This is a onetime appropriation.