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22-5301
TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 53 IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD 22-5301. board created. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 25-2612A , Idaho Code, there is hereby created the Idaho wolf depredation control board in the office of the governor for the purpose of directing and managing funds as provided for in this chapter for wolf depredation control within the state of Idaho. The board shall be composed of five (5) members, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the governor. A majority of the members present at any meeting shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of the quorum at any meeting shall constitute an official act of the board. The membership of the board shall consist at all times of members representing the following executive agencies and interests: (a) The director of the department of agriculture; (b) The director of the department of fish and game; (c) A member representative of sportsmen’s interests; (d) A member representative of the livestock industry; and (e) A member of the public at large, not to exclude any person who may have sportsmen or livestock interests. Members of the board not representing an executive agency will be appointed by the governor. (2) Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of the state of Idaho. During a term of office, a member must continue to possess all of the qualifications necessary for appointment. Failure to maintain such qualifications shall be cause for removal from office. The governor may remove any appointed board member at will. (3) On July 1, 2014, the governor shall appoint each member who is not an executive agency director to an initial term as follows: the member representative of sportsmen’s interests shall serve an initial appointment of two (2) years; the member representative of the livestock industry shall serve an initial appointment of two (2) years and the member of the public at large shall serve an initial appointment of three (3) years. All subsequent terms of appointment of all appointed board members shall be two (2) years. Vacancies shall be filled as terms expire. Each of such board members shall hold office until his successor has been appointed. The term of office shall commence on July 1 of the year of appointment and expire on June 30 of the last year of the term of office. (4) Vacancies in any unexpired term shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. The member appointed to fill a vacancy shall represent the same interest as the member whose office has become vacant. History: [22-5301, added 2014, ch. 188, sec. 2, p. 500.]
22-5302
TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 53 IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD 22-5302. officers — meetings — expenses. (1) The board shall be cochaired by the director of the department of agriculture and the director of the department of fish and game. A vice chairman and a secretary-treasurer shall be annually elected from among the appointed board members. The board shall meet annually and at such other times as called by a cochairman or when requested by two (2) or more members of the board. (2) In the performance of official duties, each appointed board member shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509 (b), Idaho Code. (3) No funds raised pursuant to section 22-5306 , Idaho Code, shall be used for travel or expenses outside the state of Idaho. (4) Reimbursement of actual expenses incurred by appointed board members shall be paid from the state wolf control fund. (5) The department of agriculture and the department of fish and game shall bear the cost of administering the meetings of the board. History: [22-5302, added 2014, ch. 188, sec. 2, p. 501.]
22-5303
TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 53 IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD 22-5303. definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) Board means the Idaho wolf depredation control board; (2) Brand board means the state brand board; (3) Director means either the director of the department of agriculture or the director of the department of fish and game, as so designated; (4) Wolf means the Canis lupus species. History: [22-5303, added 2014, ch. 188, sec. 2, p. 501.]
22-5304
TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 53 IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD 22-5304. powers and duties. (1) It is hereby made the duty of the board to administer the wolf control fund, including setting the procedures and standards for payment from the fund. In carrying out these duties, the board may cooperate with federal, state, county, city and private agencies, organizations and individuals. (2) The board has the authority to enter into agreements, including contracts, memoranda of understanding or memoranda of agreement with any federal agency, state agency, private contractor, political subdivision of the state of Idaho, or agency of another state in order to implement the provisions of this act. (3) The control of wolves under this chapter includes the payment of compensation for damages. To determine compensation, the board shall use historic livestock loss prior to the 1995 wolf reintroduction as a base in each wolf depredation unit as determined by Idaho state department of agriculture data. Livestock producers shall report their actual losses to the board each year by December 31. The board shall determine the comparable loss for payment based on available funding. Control activities funded by the board shall be consistent with the provisions of section 36-1107 (c) and (d), Idaho Code. (4) The board may contract with the director of the Idaho state department of agriculture for legal and fiscal services as required under this act. History: [22-5304, added 2014, ch. 188, sec. 2, p. 501; am. 2021, ch. 307, sec. 1, p. 914; am. 2024, ch. 203, sec. 1, p. 721.]
22-5305
TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 53 IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD 22-5305. wolf control fund. (1) The wolf control fund is hereby created and established in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be divided into three (3) subaccounts identified as follows: (a) The livestock subaccount which shall consist of all assessments collected by the state brand inspector and the Idaho sheep and goat health board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (b) The fish and game fund transfer subaccount which shall consist of all moneys transferred to the fund from the fish and game fund pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; and (c) The other money subaccount which shall consist of any moneys other than moneys identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection that are deposited in the fund. The state treasurer shall invest the idle moneys of each subaccount and the interest earned on such investments shall be retained by each subaccount. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to be used solely for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (2) The wolf control secondary fund, hereinafter referred to as the secondary fund, is hereby created and established in the state treasury. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, at any time moneys in the livestock subaccount of the wolf control fund exceed one hundred ten thousand dollars (110,000) shall be deposited in the secondary fund. The state treasurer shall invest the idle moneys of the secondary fund, and the interest earned on such investments shall be retained by the secondary fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to be used solely for meeting the livestock assessment deposit requirements of section 22-5306 (1), Idaho Code. In the event collected assessments do not meet the minimum deposit requirements, an amount from the secondary fund as is necessary to meet the minimum deposit requirements in combination with collected assessments may be transferred to the livestock subaccount of the wolf control fund at the end of each fiscal year. History: [22-5305, added 2014, ch. 188, sec. 2, p. 501.]
22-5306
TITLE 22 AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE CHAPTER 53 IDAHO WOLF DEPREDATION CONTROL BOARD 22-5306. wolf control assessments — use of funds — fish and game fund transfer. In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the following shall occur: (1) Wolf control assessments collected from the livestock industry, by and through the state brand inspector and the Idaho sheep and goat health board, shall be combined for purposes of deposit into the livestock subaccount of the wolf control fund and, beginning in fiscal year 2015, shall total one hundred ten thousand dollars (300,000) from the fish and game fund to the fish and game fund transfer subaccount of the wolf control fund. The fish and game commission, on or before July 1 of each year, is authorized to direct the wolf depredation control board as to the use of such funds and the wolf depredation control board shall comply with the direction of the commission. (4) In no event shall the wolf control assessments deposited into the livestock subaccount exceed one hundred ten thousand dollars (110,000), and available moneys in the secondary fund are insufficient to bring the total to one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000), the livestock industry shall only be required to deposit the moneys so collected and available from the secondary fund into the livestock subaccount of the wolf control fund, and the state controller shall transfer the full amount transferred from the fish and game fund