H.B. 410 Summary

• Establishes an agricultural deer propagating license issued by the Director of Agriculture for $300 annually, allowing licensees to breed and sell captive deer from authorized 8-foot enclosed fences and slaughter them for food under meat inspection regulations.

• Creates an agricultural deer hunting preserve license for $300 annually, requiring minimum 80-acre properties where licensed agricultural deer can be hunted without seasonal or bag limit restrictions.

• Requires agricultural deer licensees to maintain records, tag individual animals, submit 10% of deceased deer for chronic wasting disease testing, report escaped deer within 24 hours, and purchase only from monitored herds or other licensed propagators.

• Establishes enforcement authority allowing the Director of Agriculture to inspect facilities, assess civil penalties for violations (with separate violations measured every 7 days), and suspend or revoke licenses for continued noncompliance.

• Creates the agricultural deer fund from license fees and civil penalties to administer the agricultural deer program in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources.