SB263 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

David SessionsSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Captive cervids, authorizing Dept. of Agriculture and Industries to pay indemnity for cervids destroyed to combat chronic wasting disease (CWD)

Description

Under current law, a federal program exists to pay for the indemnification of any captive cervids, such as deer, elk, and moose, destroyed in efforts to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease, or CWD.

This bill would authorize the Department of Agriculture and Industries to make payments for indemnity for the purchase and destruction of captive cervids that are infected with CWD or otherwise exposed to CWD, to augment the federal program.

This bill would authorize the department only to make payments: (1) for indemnity of animals where the federal program does not issue payment; or (2) when the federal program payments have been made but are insufficient, the state program would only distribute amounts sufficient to cover the difference between the federal payment and 95 percent of the appraised value of the animal.

This bill would create the Chronic Wasting Disease Indemnity Fund, within the state treasury to be used by the department to issue payments under this act.

This bill would also establish criteria for the submission of claims by an owner for indemnity for a destroyed captive cervid.

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Subjects

Captive Cervids