1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to animal health; modifying qualifications for certain board members;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 35.02, subdivision 2, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 35.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Terms; compensation; removal; vacancies. Except as provided in subdivision 
1.8 	3, the membership terms, compensation, removal of members, and filling of vacancies on 
1.9 	the board are governed by section 15.0575.

1.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 35.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.11 	read:
1.12 		Subd. 3.Livestock producer board members. For purposes of this section, "producer 
1.13 	of livestock" and "livestock producer" mean a person who earned at least $78,000 of the 
1.14 	person's annual gross sales from the sale of livestock during the previous calendar year. If 
1.15 	a person who is a sitting livestock producer board member no longer meets the definition 
1.16 	of livestock producer, liquidates the person's livestock herd or poultry flock, or reduces the 
1.17 	person's herd or flock size such that earning $78,000 of annual gross sales is no longer 
1.18 	achievable, the person is immediately ineligible to finish the person's term as a board member 
1.19 	and the resulting vacancy must be filled as provided under this section.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.21 	applies both to sitting board members at the time of enactment and board members appointed 
1.22 	on or after that date.