1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to animal health; establishing an interagency coordinator for bovine 
1.3 	tuberculosis control and eradication;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 35.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [35.241] BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS RESPONSE COORDINATOR.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Coordinator. The governor shall designate a person to coordinate 
1.8 	the interagency response to bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota. The person 
1.9 	shall coordinate the efforts of the Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the 
1.10 	Board of Animal Health, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other 
1.11 	agency involved in efforts to control and eradicate bovine tuberculosis. Beginning on 
1.12 	January 15, 2009, and every year thereafter, the coordinator shall report to the chairs of 
1.13 	the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and natural resources 
1.14 	policy and finance an interagency plan to control and eradicate bovine tuberculosis, 
1.15 	progress made to date, and any additional resources required to fully eradicate bovine 
1.16 	tuberculosis in this state.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Expiration. This section expires 30 days after the United States 
1.18 	Department of Agriculture publishes notice in the Federal Register that the entire state has 
1.19 	achieved a bovine tuberculosis status of accredited free.