SF 3037

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/11/2022 09:08am

A bill for an act
relating to animal health; modifying requirements for certain owners of farmed
Cervidae; requiring live-animal testing for chronic wasting disease; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 35.155, subdivision
11.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 35.155, subdivision 11, is amended
to read:

Subd. 11.

Mandatory surveillance for chronic wasting disease; depopulation.

(a)
An inventory for each farmed Cervidae herd must be verified by an accredited veterinarian
and filed with the Board of Animal Health every 12 months.

(b) Movement of farmed Cervidae from any premises to another location must be reported
to the Board of Animal Health within 14 days of the movement on forms approved by the
Board of Animal Health.

(c) All animals from farmed Cervidae herds that are over 12 months of age that die or
are slaughtered must be tested for chronic wasting disease.

(d) The owner of a premises where chronic wasting disease is detected must:

(1) depopulate the premises of Cervidae after the federal indemnification process has
been completed or, if an indemnification application is not submitted, within a reasonable
time determined by the board in consultation with the commissioner of natural resources;

(2) maintain the fencing required under subdivision 4 on the premises for five years after
the date of detection; deleted text begin and
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(3) post the fencing on the premises with biohazard signs as directed by the board deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ;
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new text begin (4) prior to any sale or transfer of the premises, test the soil for evidence of chronic
wasting disease using a method approved by the board and report the results to the board;
and
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new text begin (5) record with the county recorder or registrar of titles a notice, in the form required by
the board, that includes the location and legal description of the premises, the date of
detection, the date of depopulation, the landowner requirements under this paragraph, and
any other information required by the board.
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Sec. 2. new text begin WHITE-TAILED DEER TESTING REQUIRED; CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Live-animal testing. new text end

new text begin No later than October 1, 2022, an owner of farmed
white-tailed deer registered with the Board of Animal Health under Minnesota Statutes,
section 35.155, must have each farmed white-tailed deer tested for chronic wasting disease
using a real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) test and report the results to the
Board of Animal Health in the form required by the board. If a white-tailed deer tests
positive, the owner must have the animal tested a second time using an RT-QuIC test.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Postmortem testing. new text end

new text begin If a farmed white-tailed deer tests positive twice under
subdivision 1, the owner must have the animal destroyed and tested for chronic wasting
disease using a postmortem test approved by the Board of Animal Health.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Herd depopulation. new text end

new text begin If a farmed white-tailed deer tests positive for chronic
wasting disease under subdivision 2, the owner must depopulate the premises of farmed
Cervidae as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 35.155.
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Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $250,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Animal
Health for purposes of this act. The board must enter into an agreement with the University
of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and compensate the laboratory for the
RT-QuIC testing required under this act. This is a onetime appropriation.
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