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ND SB2331

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joshua Boschee

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Origin

Senate

69th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a Theodore Roosevelt National Park working group chaired by a legislator with 9 members representing the legislature, parks and recreation, Medora commerce/tourism, state tourism division, agriculture commissioner, NDUS equine studies, a horse protection nonprofit, National Park Service, and Indian affairs commission

  • Directs the working group to recommend management strategies to maintain the wild horse population above 200 horses, identify support opportunities, promote tourism, and assist with public education

  • Requires quarterly meetings and an annual report to legislative management by July 1 each year detailing the implementation plan

  • Permits recommendations for birth control, removals, and permanent placement of horses, with all management activities required to be humane and nonlethal unless a horse's health or safety is compromised

  • Appropriates $49,500 from the general fund to the Department of Commerce for administering the working group for the 2025-2027 biennium

Legislative Description

The Theodore Roosevelt national park working group; to provide a report; and to provide an appropriation.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 14 nays 33

2/12/2025

Committee Referrals

State and Local Government1/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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