SF 1647

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/21/2025 02:08 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; appropriating money for depredation compensation
payments.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; DEPREDATION COMPENSATION.
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new text begin (a) $125,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of agriculture for compensation for destroyed or crippled livestock under Minnesota Statutes,
section 3.737. The commissioner may use up to $5,000 to reimburse expenses incurred by
university extension educators to provide fair market values of destroyed or crippled
livestock. If the commissioner receives federal funding to pay claims for destroyed or
crippled livestock, an equivalent amount of this appropriation may be used to reimburse
nonlethal prevention methods performed by federal wildlife services staff. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.
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new text begin (b) $125,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of agriculture for compensation for crop damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.7371.
The commissioner may use up to $10,000 of the appropriation to reimburse expenses incurred
by the commissioner or the commissioner's approved agent to investigate and resolve claims,
as well as for costs associated with training for approved agents. The commissioner may
use up to $40,000 of the appropriation to make grants to producers for measures to protect
stored crops from elk damage. If the commissioner determines that claims made under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737 or 3.7371, are unusually high, amounts appropriated for
either program may be transferred to the appropriation for the other program. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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