1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing Minnesota Zoo certain wild animal 
1.3 	exemptions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85A.02, subdivision 10.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85A.02, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 10.Wild animal exemption. (a) The board shall not be subject to the 
1.7 	provisions of chapters 17, 19, 97, 98, 99, 100, and 101 35, and 97A, and section 343.21, 
1.8 	subdivision 8, relating to purchase, barter, sale, possession, breeding, or transporting wild 
1.9 	animals, but must comply with paragraph (b).
1.10 	(b) The board must request a permit from the Board of Animal Health for any 
1.11 	exemption from the provisions of chapter 35 or rules adopted thereunder and from the 
1.12 	Department of Natural Resources for any exemption from the provisions of chapter 97A 
1.13 	or rules adopted thereunder. The Board of Animal Health and the Department of Natural 
1.14 	Resources must issue a permit requested according to this paragraph.