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House Ag committee hears bill to fund spay-and-neuter grants from existing environment and rangeland fund
Summary
Representative Anna Novak introduced HB1538 to create a one-time spay-and-neuter awareness grant program overseen by the Department of Agriculture; supporters—shelter directors and rescue volunteers—testified that the state’s shelters are overcapacity and that targeted vouchers or grants could reduce stray populations.
Representative Anna Novak presented House Bill 1538 to the House Agriculture Committee, proposing a one-time spay-and-neuter awareness grant program administered by the Department of Agriculture. The bill would make a $1 million appropriation from an existing Environment and Rangeland Protection Fund to provide 1:1 matching grants for shelters, foster programs and potentially individuals to pay for sterilization of companion animals.
Novak said she brought the bill at the request of citizens and after discussion with the Agriculture Commissioner; the sponsor emphasized that the program uses an existing fund rather than creating a new appropriation. "We have a real crisis on our hands right now with overpopulation of animals in North Dakota,"…
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