1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1717, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 39, after line 19, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 71. STUDY UPDATE REQUIRED; NUISANCE LIABILITY TEMPORARILY
1.4MODIFIED.
1.5The commissioner of agriculture must update the livestock industry study submitted to
1.6the legislature under Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 83. The
1.7commissioner must update data and causes of relative growth in the number of head of
1.8livestock and poultry produced in Minnesota and neighboring states, including but not
1.9limited to the impact of nuisance lawsuits filed against livestock or poultry farms. No later
1.10than February 1, 2022, the commissioner must submit the updated study to the legislative
1.11committees with jurisdiction over agriculture policy. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
1.12section 561.19, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), clause (1), until February 1, 2022, the nuisance
1.13liability protections afforded to animal feedlot facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section
1.14561.19, apply regardless of swine or cattle capacity."
1.15Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.16Amend the title accordingly