Bill > S1151

This bill amends existing law to revise the conditions and requirements associated with the payment of certain damages caused by depredation. The key provisions include: 1. Establishing a non-expendable Big Game Depredation Fund and an expendable Big Game Depredation Fund, with the interest from the non-expendable fund going to the expendable fund. 2. Limiting the total payment amount to any person for approved claims in a fiscal year to 10% of the original expendable fund appropriation, including payments to any pass-through entity or household member. 3. Requiring a $750 deductible for each damage claim, with the deductible waived for subsequent claims in the same location if the department failed to prevent the initial loss. 4. Allowing the director to order immediate payment of up to half the approved claim amount, with the remaining balance paid proportionally if the fund is insufficient to cover all claims. 5. Limiting the total amount of claims for damages to forage that can be paid from the expendable fund to 50% of the interest earned on the fund's investments in a given fiscal year.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Justice

State Affairs Committee (Senate)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1151/