Bill HF1024, SF0514

1.1          A bill for an act
1.2          relating to environment; defining animal feedlots;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.3          2024, section 116.06, by adding a subdivision.
1.4          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5          Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.6          to read:
1.7                          Subd. 4b.Animal feedlot. (a) "Animal feedlot" means a lot or building or combination
1.8          of lots and buildings intended for the confined feeding, breeding, raising, or holding of
1.9          animals:
1.10       (1) that is specifically designed as a confinement area in which manure may accumulate;
1.11       or
1.12       (2) where the concentration of animals is such that a vegetative cover cannot be
1.13       maintained within the enclosure.
1.14       (b) Animal feedlot includes open lots used for feeding and rearing poultry, except that
1.15       a lot with 12 or fewer chickens is not an animal feedlot. Animal feedlot does not include a
1.16       pasture.