SF 2464

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/11/2016 08:53am

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; appropriating money to study the presence of
neonicotinoid pesticides in wild deer.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; WILD DEER PESTICIDE STUDY.
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new text begin (a) The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the commissioners
of agriculture and health, the University of Minnesota and other relevant land grant
universities, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall determine whether and to
what extent neonicotinoid pesticides are present in the tissue of wild deer in Minnesota. No
later than February 15, 2017, the commissioner of natural resources shall report findings to
the legislative committees with jurisdiction over natural resources, agriculture, and health.
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new text begin (b) $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the
commissioner of natural resources for purposes of paragraph (a).
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new text begin (c) $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the pesticide regulatory account
in the agricultural fund to the commissioner of agriculture for purposes of the laboratory
work required under paragraph (a).
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