Description: Minnesota Statutes, Special Session 2005, Chapter 1, Article 1, Sec. 90 and 91 requires counties, cities and townships that adopt new or amended animal-related ordinances to submit a copy to the Commissioner of Agriculture. The law went into effect August 1, 2005. The reporting requirement also includes interim ordinances and moratoria. This layer provides information on local ordinances regulating animal agriculture in Minnesota's counties. This layer does not summarize the regulations or provide an assessment as to the effectiveness or appropriateness of the provisions within ordinances, nor does it assert that the most commonly occurring provisions are better than others.
Copyright Text: Minnesota Department of Agriculture