1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; modifying the classification of horses as livestock;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 17.459, subdivision 2; repealing 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 17.459, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 17.459, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Agricultural pursuit. Raising horses and other equines is agricultural 
1.8 	production and an agricultural pursuit. Horse breeding farms, horse training farms, horse 
1.9 	boarding farms, or farms combining those purposes, are an intensive agricultural use that 
1.10 	may be accomplished on limited acreage. These intensive agricultural uses are necessary 
1.11 	for horses in order to control the feeding, safety, and overall condition of the animals.

1.12 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 1.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 17.459, subdivision 3, is repealed.