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2004 SESSION

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SB 198 Bear damage stamp; established.

Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Bear damage stamp. Requires any person licensed to hunt bear to also obtain a $4 bear damage stamp. The moneys collected from the stamp will be deposited into the newly created Bear Damage Stamp Fund. The Fund will be used to compensate landowners for damages to their property caused by bears. Under a newly established Bear Damage Stamp program, a property owner will file a claim for damages with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The report will include three estimates of the damages. The Department's game wardens or wildlife biologists will investigate the claim and the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries will make the decision regarding whether the claim is valid and the amount of compensation that will be awarded to the property owner.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043848808  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043848808
• 01/14/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/26/04  Senate: Continued to 2005 in A. C. & N. R. (11-Y 4-N)