SB1083 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 17-492 and 17-493 to expand the livestock loss board's authority regarding wolf depredation compensation.

• Adds authority for the board to compensate landowners, lessees, and livestock operators for implementing avoidance measures to prevent wolf depredation on livestock.

• Establishes a pay-for-presence program allowing the board to compensate private property owners and lessees who permit wolves on their land and accept potential livestock losses, excluding compensation for wolves on public lands.

• Creates three eligible uses for the livestock compensation fund: wolf depredation losses, pay-for-presence program participation, and implementation of avoidance measures.

• Defines "avoidance measures" as nonlethal actions taken or education provided by livestock owners to reduce likelihood of livestock depredation.