1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for livestock and crop depredation 
1.3 	payments.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; LIVESTOCK AND CROP DEPREDATION 
1.6 	PAYMENTS.
 1.7 	$50,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009, $150,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
1.8 	2010, and $150,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the general fund to the 
1.9 	commissioner of agriculture for compensation payments for crop damage caused by elk 
1.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.7371, and compensation payments for livestock 
1.11 	destroyed or crippled by gray wolves under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737. The 
1.12 	appropriations for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are added to the base.