1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to zoos; appropriating money for the Minnesota Zoological Garden.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN; APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.5 	(a) $1,595,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota 
1.6 	Zoological Board to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2019, First Special Session 
1.7 	chapter 4, article 1, section 7. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 
1.8 	2023.
1.9 	(b) $15,749,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $13,769,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated 
1.10 	from the general fund to the Minnesota Zoological Board. The general fund current law 
1.11 	base for the Minnesota Zoological Board is $9,809,000 each year in fiscal years 2024 and 
1.12 	2025.
1.13 	(c) $190,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $190,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from 
1.14 	the natural resources fund to the Minnesota Zoological Board from the revenue deposited 
1.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), clause (5).

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.