SB 142 — Expanding Coyote Control Program through voluntary assessment on breeding cows

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 142 By Senators Sypolt, Hamilton, Jeffries, and Lindsay, Pitsenbarger,original andsponsors Romano[Originating [Introducedin Januarythe 8,Committee 2020;on Agricultural and Rural Development;

referredreported on January 23, 2020]     A BILL to amend and reenact §7-7-6e of the CommitteeCode onof AgricultureWest andVirginia, Rural1931, Development;as amended, relating to Coyote Control Program;

andproviding thenfor tovoluntary theassessment Committee on Finance]breeding-age Acows BILL to amendparticipate andin reenact §7-7-6e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating  to expanding the Coyote Control ProgramProgram; by providing for an assessment on breeding  cows;

providingdeleting anlanguage optionregarding expenditures for ownersfiscal ofyear breedingending cowsJune not30, to2006; participate in the program;  requiring notice;

andrequiring settingnotice forthby acertain purpose.cow owners participating in program;

and making technical changes.

assessment on breedingbreeding-age age sheep, coats,goats, and cows:cows;

After June 30, 2005, it shall be the duty of the (a) CoyotesThe county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within the state, at the time they are amaking continuingassessments threatof tothe ownerspersonal property within such county, shall assess and collect an assessment of livestock$1 throughouton Westall Virginia.breeding-age sheep, and $1 on all breeding-age goats, and $1 on all breeding-age cows:

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WithExpenditures coyotesfrom nowthe occupyingfund everyshall countybe infor the state,purposes itset isforth necessaryin this section and are not authorized from collections but are to expandbe made only in accordance with appropriation by the CoyoteLegislature Controland Programin statewideaccordance towith includethe breedingprovisions ageof cows.§12-3-1 et seq.

After June 30, 2005, it shall be the duty of (b) In order to fund our ability to better protect  the state’s livestock the county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within the state, at the time they are making assessments of the personal property within such county, to assess and collect an assessment of $1 on all breeding age sheep and $1 on all breeding age goats, and $1 on all breeding age cows:

Provided, That payment of the assessment on breeding age cows is voluntary at the option of the cow owner:

Provided, however, That a cow owner who chooses not to pay the assessment is not eligible to participate in the Coyote Control Program.

(c) The assessor collecting the assessment on breeding age sheep and goats shall be allowed a commission of ten percent upon all such taxes moneys collected and shall send the Commissioner of Agriculture 90 percent of such taxes so the assessment collected, who shall deposit the same in a special account in the state Treasury to be known as the “Integrated Predation Management Fund.” Expenditures from the Fund shall be for the purposes set forth in this section and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of §12-3-1 et seq.

Provided, That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, expenditures are authorized from collections rather than pursuant to an appropriation by the LegislatureLegislature. (d) The money in the Fund shall be used by the Commissioner solely to enter into a cooperative service agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Wildlife Services (WS) to expand the Coyote Control Program statewide.

Any(c) personThe whomoneys doesin notthe payfund thisshall assessmentbe isused notby eligiblethe forCommissioner theof servicesAgriculture providedsolely byto thisenter into a cooperative agreement.service agreement agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Wildlife Services to expand the Coyote Control Program statewide.

(e)(d) WithinAny 30person dayswho ofdoes anot cowpay owner’sthis electionassessment tois participatenot ineligible thefor Coyote Control Program, and prior to the placementservices ofprovided anyby controlthis method on the land,cooperative theagreement participatingagreements. cow owner must provide written notice of his or her participation in the program to:

(1)(e) AnyWithin 30 days of a cow owner’s election to participate in the Coyote Control Program, and prior to the placement of any control method on the land, the participating cow owner must provide written notice of his or her participation in the program to any landowner from whom the cow owner leases property to graze cattle and whose property may be affected by the cow owner’s participation in the program;program.

andNOTE: (2) Any landowner of property adjacent to the property on which the Coyote Control Program will be implemented.

 The NOTE:purpose of this bill is to expand the Coyote Control Program by providing for a voluntary assessment on breeding-age cows to participate in the program.

The purpose of this bill is to expand the Coyote Control Program by providing for an assessment on breeding cows.

The bill provides an option for owners of breeding cows not to participate in the program.

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