Amendment H-8248 to HF 2665
Relating to fur-bearing animals, including the establishment of a raccoon bounty program and fund and the assessment of fur dealer license fees, making appropriations, and providing penalties
Never voted on
Filed March 26, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment changes the focus of the bill from the raccoon trapping season to the fur harvester season and updates how the program fund is financed. It adds a rule that people can only get paid if they were the ones who actually harvested the raccoon and allows the department to stop pickup events if there is not enough money in the fund.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, line 4, by striking “raccoon trapping” and inserting “fur harvester”
- Page 1, by striking lines 8 through 10 and inserting “consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund from the general fund of the state, moneys deposited pursuant to subsection 6, and donations to the fund obtained from any private source.”
- Page 1, line 28, by striking “raccoon trapping” and inserting “fur harvester”
- Page 1, by striking lines 29 through 31 and inserting “season established by the commission by rule.”
- Page 1, line 34, by striking “raccoon trapping” and inserting “fur harvester”
- Page 2, by striking lines 3 through 6 and inserting: “b. A person may only receive compensation through the fur harvester program if the person harvested the raccoon.”
- Page 2, lines 8 and 9, by striking “raccoon trapping” and inserting “fur harvester”
- Page 2, line 12, by striking “raccoon trapping” and inserting “fur harvester”
- Page 2, line 14, by striking “raccoon” and inserting “fur harvester”
- Page 2, line 17, after “resides.” by inserting “The department may suspend pickup events if moneys are not sufficient in the raccoon bounty fund to satisfy further reimbursement to a person who relinquishes a raccoon tail.”
- Page 2, line 31, after “state,” by inserting “was harvested by a person other than the person relinquishing the raccoon tail,”
- Page 2, line 32, by striking “raccoon trapping” and inserting “fur harvester”