SB 1002
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
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SB1002: livestock compensation; appropriation
Sponsor: Senator Kern, LD 27
Committee on Appropriations
Overview
Appropriates $250,000 from the state General Fund (GF) to the Livestock Compensation Fund in
FY 2024.
History
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program was
created in 2009 to provide grants to states and tribes to reimburse livestock producers for losses
from wolf depredation and to provide funding to these producers for nonlethal activities to reduce
the risk of this depredation (P.L. 111-11). This program receives a $1 million annual appropriation,
of which $100,000 is retained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for program administration.
The remaining monies are evenly split between depredation compensation and depredation
prevention measures. Arizona received $115,500 in depredation compensation grants and
$83,242 in depredation prevention grants from this program in FY 2022.
The Arizona Livestock Loss Board (Board), which was established in 2015, distributes these
grants from its fund to qualifying landowners, lessees or livestock operators for wolf depredation
or implementing avoidance measures to prevent this depredation. To that end, the Board sets
procedures and requirements for receiving this compensation and determines the compensation
rates for any confirmed depredation. The Board may also implement a pay-for-presence program
that compensates landowners, lessees and livestock operators who allow wolves to be present
on private property and accept potential depredation on livestock. Finally, the Board may
coordinate with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and other state and federal agencies
(such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services) to investigate and verify any
depredation (Laws 2015, Chapter 172 and A.R.S. §§ 17-492 and 17-493).
Provisions
1. Appropriates $250,000 from the state GF to the Livestock Compensation Fund in FY 2024.
(Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note