Bill > H0731

This bill appropriates an additional $225,000 to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2025 to address livestock depredation. * The Department of Agriculture's Animal Industries Program will receive $75,000 for operating expenditures and $150,000 for trustee and benefit payments, totaling $225,000. This funding comes from the Depredation of Livestock and Prevention Fund. * The General Fund will transfer $225,000 to the Depredation of Livestock and Prevention Fund to cover compensation for livestock depredation by grizzly bears and wolves. * The appropriations are for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. * The bill declares an emergency and takes effect on July 1, 2024.