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HOUSE BILL NO. 424

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H0424........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                 Requested by: Department of Fish and Game
BIG GAME - WINTER FEEDING - Adds to existing law to provide for regulation
of winter feeding of big game, to provide legislative intent and to set
application fees for winter feeding permits.

01/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/12    Rpt prt - to Res/Con

Bill Text

H0424

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 424

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
                        Requested by: Department of Fish and Game

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING CHAPTER 15, TITLE 36, IDAHO CODE,  BY  THE
 3        ADDITION  OF  A NEW SECTION 36-1512, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATION
 4        OF WINTER FEEDING OF BIG GAME, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE INTENT,  TO  REQUIRE
 5        PERMITS  FOR  WINTER  FEEDING,  TO  SET  THE PERMIT APPLICATION FEE AND TO
 6        AUTHORIZE RULEMAKING.

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 15, Title 36, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 9    hereby  amended  by  the addition thereto of a  NEW SECTION , to be
10    known and designated as Section 36-1512, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

11        36-1512.  REGULATION OF BIG GAME WINTER FEEDING -- INTENT  --  PERMITS  --
12    PROHIBITION  --  RULEMAKING.  (1)  The  legislature  finds that big game is an
13    invaluable asset of the state of Idaho and should be maintained under  natural
14    conditions  with  naturally  available  forage.  Winter feeding of big game by
15    humans should be undertaken only to protect public health, safety and welfare,
16    to prevent transmission of disease to livestock and wildlife, to prevent  dam-
17    age  to  private property, to minimize depredation, and to prevent excess mor-
18    tality of big game in areas where the mortality would jeopardize the  recovery
19    of  the herd. The legislature has made the department responsible for big game
20    winter feeding under the provisions of section 36-111(1)(d), Idaho Code,  with
21    the  advice  of  the  winter  feeding  advisory committees provided in section
22    36-123, Idaho Code. Therefore, it is the intent of the  legislature  that  all
23    winter  feeding  of big game should be regulated by the department of fish and
24    game.
25        (2)  No person other than the department shall intentionally feed big game
26    in this state unless the person has been issued a permit by  the  director  or
27    his  designee.  The  permit  application  fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00),
28    which shall be deposited in the winter feeding account established in  section
29    36-111(1)(c), Idaho Code.
30        (3)  The  commission  is  authorized  and  directed to promulgate rules to
31    establish the criteria for issuance of winter feeding permits and the require-
32    ments of the permits. The criteria and requirements shall include, but are not
33    limited to, the financial responsibility of  the  person  to  maintain  winter
34    feeding, the location of the proposed feeding  and its proximity to livestock,
35    public  roads and private property, the management plan for the big game to be
36    fed, and the necessity for winter feeding.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
    RS0731 1
    
    
    This legislation will regulate the winter feeding of big game animals other than by the 
    Department of Fish and Game. Winter feeding concentrates animals raising public safety 
    and animal health concerns. Winter feeding activity needs to be regulated to: (1 ) protect 
    public health, safety, and welfare; (2) minimize the potential for transmission of disease to 
    livestock and wildlife; (3) maintain normal movement of big game animals to winter ranges. 
    A permit would be required for any person other than the Department to intentionally feed 
    big game. The legislation provides for a fifty ($50) dollar application fee to be deposited in 
    the winter feeding account. The Fish and Game Commission is authorized and directed to 
    promulgate rules to establish the criteria for issuance and requirements of winter feeding 
    permits.
    
                               FISCAL IMPACT
    
    The application fee will provide some funds to the winter feeding account established by 
    Section 36-1 11(1)(c), Idaho Code. The exact amount is unknown, but it is estimated there 
    will be approximately private winter feeding sites during the winter of 1996-97.
    
    CONTACT
    Name: Pat Cudmore
    Agency: Department of Fish and Game
    Phone: 334-2657
    Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact
    
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