TITLE 58

PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 15

RANGELAND IMPROVEMENT ACT

58-1505.  Rangeland Improvement Account distributions. (1) The department shall distribute rangeland improvement account moneys as provided in this section.

(a)  After the director of the department approves a request from the grazing board central committee, the department shall distribute moneys received by the state under section 58-1504, Idaho Code, from fees based on the amount of revenue generated from the imposition of fees. The grazing board central committee shall expend moneys received in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

(b)  The department shall distribute or expend moneys received by the state under section 58-1504, Idaho Code, from grants or appropriations from the state or federal government and grants from private foundations for the purposes outlined in subsection (2) of this section. The department may require entities seeking funding from grants or appropriations from the state or federal government and grants from private foundations to provide matching funds.

(2)  The department shall ensure that account distributions or expenditures under subsection (1) of this section are used for:

(a)  Rangeland improvement and maintenance;

(b)  The control of predatory and depredating animals;

(c)  The control, management, or extermination of invading species, rangeland damaging organisms, and poisonous or noxious weeds;

(d)  Any other management tool that benefits a grazing district;

(e)  Watershed protection, development, distribution, and improvement;

(f)  The general welfare of livestock grazing within a grazing district; and

(g)  Subject to subsection (3) of this section, costs to monitor rangeland improvement projects.

(3)  Annual account distributions or expenditures for costs to monitor rangeland improvement projects may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual receipts of the account.

History:

[58-1505, added 2024, ch. 47, sec. 1, p. 255.]