Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1082
(Agriculture Committee)
(At the request of the Agriculture Commissioner)
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 36-25-01 of North Dakota Century Code, relating to the
definition of farmed elk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 36-25-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
reenacted as follows:
36-25-01. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1."Board" means the state board of animal health.
2."Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner.
3."Farmed elk" means mammals of the elk family (cervus elaphus), except red deer,North
American elk genus and species (cervus canadensis) confined in a manmade enclosure
designed to prevent escape and:
a.Raised for fiber, meat, or animal byproducts;
b.Raised for breeding, exhibition, or harvest; or
c.Maintained for any other purpose.
4."Owner" means a person who owns or is responsible for the raising of farmed elk. H. B. NO. 1082 - PAGE 2
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Speaker of the House President of the Senate
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Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1082.
House Vote: Yeas 93 Nays 0 Absent 1
Senate Vote:Yeas 47 Nays 0 Absent 0
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Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
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Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
at ________ o’clock ________M.
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Secretary of State