1.1Senator Green moved to amend
H.F. No. 2446, as amended pursuant to Rule 45,
1.2adopted by the Senate April 28, 2025, as follows (...):
1.3(The text of the amended House File is identical to
S.F. No. 2458.)
1.4Page 2, line 17, delete "
53,083,000" and insert "
52,833,000"
1.5Page 2, line 20, delete "
52,684,000" and insert "
52,434,000"
1.6Page 5, line 7, delete "
21,126,000" and insert "
20,876,000"
1.7Page 6, line 3, delete "
$16,557,000" and insert "
$16,307,000"
1.8Page 9, line 26, delete the first "
$1,075,000" and insert "
$825,000"
1.9Correct the subdivision and section totals and the appropriations by fund
1.10Page 18, after line 18, insert:
1.11 "Sec. 6.
FISCAL YEAR 2025 APPROPRIATIONS.
1.12(a) $125,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.13of agriculture for compensation for livestock destroyed or crippled by a wolf under
Minnesota
1.14Statutes, section 3.737. The commissioner may use up to $5,000 to reimburse expenses
1.15incurred by university extension educators to provide fair market values of destroyed
or
1.16crippled livestock. If the commissioner receives federal funding to pay claims for
destroyed
1.17or crippled livestock, an equivalent amount of this appropriation may be used to reimburse
1.18nonlethal prevention methods performed by federal wildlife services staff. This is
a onetime
1.19appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.
1.20(b) $125,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.21of agriculture for compensation for crop or fence damage caused by elk under Minnesota
1.22Statutes, section 3.7371. The commissioner may use up to $10,000 of the appropriation
to
1.23reimburse expenses incurred by the commissioner or the commissioner's approved agent
1.24to investigate and resolve claims, as well as for costs associated with training for
approved
1.25agents. The commissioner may use up to $40,000 of the appropriation to make grants
to
1.26producers for measures to protect stored crops from elk damage. If the commissioner
1.27determines that claims made under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737 or 3.7371, are
unusually
1.28high, amounts appropriated for either program may be transferred to the appropriation
for
1.29the other program. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30,
2026.
1.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.31Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.1The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.