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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 353
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act gives money to the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund.
The Act says that the money must be used to move wolves that have preyed on livestock to certain
counties. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.1).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for deposit
in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund.
Provides that the moneys must be used for relocating wolves that have preyed on livestock to
public lands in Hood River County, Multnomah County and Washington County.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to wolf predation of livestock; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the State Department of Agriculture, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out
of the General Fund, the amount of $2,000,000 for deposit in the Wolf Management Compen-
sation and Proactive Trust Fund established under ORS 610.155 for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of section 2 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 2. The State Department of Agriculture shall:
(1) In consultation with the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, use moneys deposited
in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund under section 1 of this 2025
Act for relocating wolves that have preyed on livestock to public lands in Hood River County,
Multnomah County and Washington County.
(2) In consultation with the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, adopt rules that
govern the relocation.
(3) Ensure that a wolf that has preyed on livestock is relocated as described in subsection
(1) of this section before the wolf is lethally deterred.
SECTION 3.(1) Section 2 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2028.
(2) Any moneys deposited in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust
Fund under section 1 of this 2025 Act that are unexpended and unobligated on the date of the
repeal shall revert to the General Fund.
SECTION 4.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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