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| SPONSOR: | Lyons | DATE TYPED: | 02/28/01 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Regulations for Landlord Takings | SB | 527 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Dotson | ||||||
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| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Conflicts with HB 798
Relates to HB 797
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Game and Fish Department
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
SB 527 modifies regulations which provide for landowner takings of animals. The State Game Commission is provided with the authority to adopt a minimum number of interventions prior to implementing the killing provision. It also adds language that requires the landowner and department to establish a process for salvaging the game meat.
Significant Issues
According to Game and Fish Department, the new language would provide a mechanism for the landowner to implement interventions.
PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
The new language of this bill would allow department interventions the opportunity to work before being rejected by landowners. It would allow interventions to be taken seriously and increase the overall performance of the department's depredation management program.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
SB 527 requires the State Game Commission to formulate and adopt new regulations that set the minimum number of interventions. It would also require the Game and Fish Department and the landowner to establish a process for salvaging the meat.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Abuse could occur because "crop damage" is currently an undefine term.
According to the Game and Fish Department, some landowners demand additional licenses and threaten if the additional licenses were not awarded, game would be killed using the existing law. The proposed amendment would alleviate this type of situation and better address animal damage issues.
The Game and Fish Department suggests the following:
Page 3, line 2 insert:
…for good cause and in writing the interventions offered…
Page 3, line 4 insert:
… to demonstrate in writing that the property depredation is…
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1. Is pasture considered a crop?
2. Is BLM leased pasture considered a crop?
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