1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; providing requirements for cattle herds within certain 
1.3 	areas; appropriating money to the Board of Animal Health for the buyout of 
1.4 	cattle herds in certain areas;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 35.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [35.086] BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS MANAGEMENT ZONE; 
1.8 	RESTRICTIONS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
1.10 	section.
1.11 	(b) "Bovine tuberculosis management zone" means the area within the ten-mile 
1.12 	radius around the five presumptive tuberculosis-positive deer sampled during the fall 
1.13 	2006 hunter-harvested surveillance effort.
1.14 	(c) "Located within" means that the herd is kept in the area for at least a part of 
1.15 	the year.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Requirements. (a) Cattle owners with herds located within the bovine 
1.17 	tuberculosis management zone must:
1.18 	(1) apply to the board for indemnity to euthanize the herd; or
1.19 	(2) demonstrate that the cattle herd is kept in a manner that does not allow cattle 
1.20 	and deer interface.
1.21 	(b) All cattle herds located within the bovine tuberculosis management zone must 
1.22 	have fences around winter feeding areas and stored forage crops.

1.23 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS MANAGEMENT ZONE 
1.24 	HERD BUYOUT.
 2.1 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the general fund to the Board of 
2.2 	Animal Health for the indemnity to cattle owners who euthanize cattle herds that are 
2.3 	located within the bovine tuberculosis management zone, as defined in Minnesota 
2.4 	Statutes, section 35.086.