1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for veterinary diagnostic laboratory 
1.3 	equipment.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY.
 1.6 	(a) $283,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of agriculture for a grant to the Board of Regents of the University of 
1.8 	Minnesota to maintain and increase animal disease testing capacity through the purchase 
1.9 	of veterinary diagnostic laboratory equipment, as follows:
1.10 	(1) $21,000 for a liquid handler that prepares reagents;
1.11 	(2) $120,000 for two magnetic extraction systems;
1.12 	(3) $13,000 for a freezer that stores samples and reagents;
1.13 	(4) $30,000 for two biosafety cabinets; and
1.14 	(5) $99,000 for two thermal cyclers.
1.15 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.