HF 514

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/06/2015 08:20am

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; appropriating money for wolf and elk depredation
payments.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin DEPREDATION PAYMENTS; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 and $....... is appropriated in fiscal year
2017 from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for compensation payments
under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737, for livestock destroyed or crippled by wolves. If
the amount in the first year is insufficient, the amount in the second year is available in
the first year.
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new text begin (b) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 and $....... is appropriated in fiscal year
2017 from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for compensation payments
under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.7371, for crop or fence damage caused by elk. If
the amount in the first year is insufficient, the amount in the second year is available in
the first year.
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new text begin (c) If the commissioner determines that claims made under Minnesota Statutes,
section 3.737 or 3.7371, are unusually high, the commissioner may transfer amounts
appropriated for either program to the appropriation for the other program.
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new text begin (d) Amounts appropriated in this section are for valid claims submitted during fiscal
year 2016 or 2017, as well as any valid claims that were submitted during fiscal year 2014
or 2015 but were not paid by the commissioner due to a shortage of funding.
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