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SENATE BILL NO. 87

INTRODUCED BY K. HANSEN

 

AN ACT REMOVING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS UNDER THE VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION 80-7-1102, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

     Section 1.  Section 80-7-1102, MCA, is amended to read:

     "80-7-1102.  Expenditures authorized. The department may make expenditures to:

     (1)  purchase equipment, materials, supplies, and personal services which that are necessary to execute the functions imposed on it by this part;

     (2)  obtain data on vertebrate pesticide registration and research information on alternative vertebrate pest management techniques;

     (3)  conduct research or evaluation studies;

     (4)  make grants to or enter contracts with individuals, universities, other states, state or federal agencies, or other entities it considers appropriate to conduct vertebrate pest management projects;

     (5)  maintain and support registration of current rodenticides such as compound 1080, strychnine, and zinc phosphide;

     (6)  seek registration of alternative rodenticides;

     (7)  develop and implement new vertebrate pest management methods and crop damage assessment techniques;

     (8)  support vertebrate pest management research and evaluation projects;

     (9)  educate the agricultural community regarding vertebrate pest management problems and needs;

     (10) educate the general public regarding vertebrate pest concerns and the need for vertebrate pest management; and

     (11) perform any other related activities."

 

     Section 2.  Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

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