1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to animal health; prohibiting new registrations for farmed white-tailed 
1.3 	deer;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 35.155, subdivision 10.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 35.155, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 10.Mandatory registration. (a) A person may not possess live Cervidae in 
1.7 	Minnesota unless the person is registered with the Board of Animal Health and meets all 
1.8 	the requirements for farmed Cervidae under this section. Cervidae possessed in violation 
1.9 	of this subdivision may be seized and destroyed by the commissioner of natural resources.
1.10 	(b) A person whose registration is revoked by the board is ineligible for future registration 
1.11 	under this section unless the board determines that the person has undertaken measures that 
1.12 	make future escapes extremely unlikely.
1.13 	(c) The board must not approve a new registration under this subdivision for farmed 
1.14 	white-tailed deer.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.