1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to animal health; requiring a study of COVID-19 in farmed deer; 
1.3 	appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STUDY REQUIRED; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Animal 
1.7 	Health to study COVID-19 in farmed deer registered with the board under Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, section 35.155. No later than February 1, 2023, the board must report study results 
1.9 	to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and natural resources. This 
1.10 	is a onetime appropriation.