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ID H0146
Bill
Status
2/12/2013
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Conservation Committee
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AI Summary
House Bill 146 - Summary
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Amends Idaho Code Section 36-111 to allow declaration of a feeding emergency when a property owner or lessee experiences loss of livestock feed due to depredation by antelope, elk, or deer.
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Establishes verification procedures requiring county extension agents (or county sheriffs or state agriculture department employees if no extension agent exists) to document either feed losses exceeding $500 in market value or presence of 10+ elk or 20+ antelope/deer on private property.
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Requires written, notarized determination or verification by the verifying official, which property owners must submit to the Department of Fish and Game.
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Mandates the department remove depredating wildlife and establish a winter feeding area removed from the depredation site within 48 hours of receiving verified proof.
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Requires the department to submit yearly reports to the legislature on how feeding account funds were expended during the prior fiscal year.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to fish and game to provide for the declaration of a feeding emergency under certain circumstances involving the loss of feed for livestock due to depredation; to provide a procedure for verification and determination of depredation; and to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a winter feeding area removed from the site of depredation.
FISH AND GAME
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
2/13/2013