1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to state government;
amending description of wild rice as state grain;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 1.148.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 1.148, is amended to read:
1.6 1.148 STATE GRAIN.
1.7 Subdivision
1.Wild rice. Zizania aquatica or zizania palustris, commonly
known as
1.8 wild rice, psÃÅ‹, or manomin
manoomin, is the official state grain of the state of Minnesota.
1.9 It is the policy of
this state to recognize the inherent right of uncultivated wild rice to exist
1.10 and thrive in Minnesota.
1.11 Subd. 2.Photograph.
A photograph of zizania aquatica or zizania palustris, commonly
1.12 known as wild rice, psÃÅ‹,
or manomin manoomin, may be displayed in the Office of the
1.13 Secretary of State.
