1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; defining animal feedlots;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.3 	2024, section 116.06, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.6 	to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4b.Animal feedlot. (a) "Animal feedlot" means a lot or building or combination 
1.8 	of lots and buildings intended for the confined feeding, breeding, raising, or holding of 
1.9 	animals:
1.10 	(1) that is specifically designed as a confinement area in which manure may accumulate; 
1.11 	or
1.12 	(2) where the concentration of animals is such that a vegetative cover cannot be 
1.13 	maintained within the enclosure.
1.14 	(b) Animal feedlot includes open lots used for feeding and rearing poultry, except that 
1.15 	a lot with 12 or fewer chickens is not an animal feedlot. Animal feedlot does not include a 
1.16 	pasture.