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1515.3100 DEFINITIONS.
Subpart 1.
Applicability.
For purposes of parts 1515.3000 to 1515.3800, the following definitions shall apply.
Subp. 2.
Claim form.
"Claim form" means the form provided by the commissioner to be completed by the investigator containing information upon which payment for a loss shall be based.
Subp. 3.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's authorized agent.
Subp. 5a.
Fair market value.
"Fair market value" means the value received for livestock at the first point of sale the livestock owner typically uses for livestock.
Subp. 5b.
Investigator.
"Investigator" means a person who meets the qualifications listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), who has received training provided by the Department of Agriculture for investigating wolf depredation of livestock.
Subp. 7.
Livestock.
"Livestock" means cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, horses, donkeys, mules, goats, and farmed Cervidae, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 35.153, subdivision 3; llamas, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 17.455, subdivision 2; Ratitae, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 17.453, subdivision 3; and bison.
Subp. 8.
Livestock owner.
"Livestock owner" means any individual, firm, corporation, copartnership, or association with an interest in livestock destroyed by, or crippled by, a wolf so that it must be destroyed.
Subp. 9.
Loss.
"Loss" means livestock destroyed by, or crippled by, a wolf so that it must be destroyed.
Statutory Authority:
MS s 3.737
History:
17 SR 1279; 29 SR 655; L 2005 1Sp1 art 1 s 97; 36 SR 179; L 2012 c 277 art 1 s 90
Published Electronically:
August 10, 2017
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