Arizona Laws 17-492. Powers and duties; definition
A. The livestock loss board shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 17-492
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Department: means the Arizona game and fish department. See Arizona Laws 17-101
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Wildlife: means all wild mammals, wild birds and the nests or eggs thereof, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and fish, including their eggs or spawn. See Arizona Laws 17-101
1. Establish and implement procedures to compensate landowners, lessees or livestock operators for wolf depredation on livestock.
2. Establish requirements for landowners, lessees and livestock operators to report and demonstrate wolf depredation on livestock.
3. Establish eligibility and application requirements to receive compensation for wolf depredation on livestock.
4. Determine the compensation rate for each livestock animal depredated by wolves.
5. Research and develop measures to prevent wolf depredation on livestock.
6. Establish procedures for landowners, lessees or livestock operators to appeal decisions of the livestock loss board.
B. The livestock loss board may:
1. Compensate landowners, lessees or livestock operators for wolf depredation on livestock.
2. Compensate landowners, lessees or livestock operators for implementing avoidance measures to prevent wolf depredation on livestock.
3. Implement a pay-for-presence program that provides compensation for the landowners, lessees and livestock operators who allow wolves to be present on private property owned or leased by the landowner, lessee or livestock operator and accept potential wolf depredation on livestock. A pay-for-presence program may not provide compensation for the presence of wolves on public lands.
4. Coordinate with the department in an investigation of wolf depredation on livestock and any corrective measures taken pursuant to section 17-239.
5. Coordinate with state and federal wildlife agencies to verify wolf depredation on livestock.
6. Collaborate with federal farm services agencies in this state to promote livestock compensation programs.
7. Adopt rules pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6 as necessary to administer and enforce this section.
C. For the purposes of this section, "avoidance measures" means nonlethal actions taken or education provided by livestock owners to reduce the likelihood of livestock depredation.