1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1717, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 32, after line 24, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 344.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4    Subdivision 1. Adjoining owners. If all or a part of adjoining Minnesota land is improved
1.5and used, (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), if two adjoining lands are both used in
1.6whole or in part to produce or maintain livestock for agricultural or commercial purposes
1.7and one or both of the owners of the land desires the land to be partly or totally fenced, the
1.8land owners or occupants shall build and maintain a partition fence between their lands in
1.9equal shares.
1.10(b) The requirement in this section and the procedures in this chapter apply to the
1.11Department of Natural Resources when it owns land adjoining privately owned land subject
1.12to this section and chapter and the landowner desires the land permanently fenced for the
1.13purpose of restraining livestock.
1.14(c) For purposes of this section, "livestock" means beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, poultry,
1.15goats, donkeys, hinnies, mules, farmed Cervidae, Ratitae, bison, sheep, horses, alpacas, and
1.16llamas.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
1.18applies to partition fences built pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 344, on or after that
1.19date."
1.20Page 39, line 27, before "and" insert "383C.809;"
1.21Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.22Amend the title accordingly