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Committee advances bill to replenish depredation compensation for elk and wolf damage with $250,000 appropriation
Summary
House File 601, advanced by the House Ways and Means Committee on April 1, would appropriate $250,000 in fiscal year 2025 to pay depredation claims for crop and fence damage from elk and for livestock killed or injured by wolves; the bill was placed on the general register.
The Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee on April 1 moved House File 601 to the general register after the author described it as a $250,000 fiscal-year 2025 appropriation to catch up depredation claims for farmers and livestock producers.
Author Representative Burkel said HF601 "is an appropriation for fiscal year '25" to address depleted current funding for depredation claims, explaining the bill would provide $250,000 this year. He described how the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) administers depredation compensation, saying an authorized agent investigates and estimates value of…
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