Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF3949: Depredation compensation payments appropriation
Status: In committee, April 7, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for depredation compensation payments. new text begin [ADDED: (a) $125,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for compensation for livestock destroyed or crippled by a wolf under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737. The commissioner may use up to $5,000 to reimburse expenses incurred by university extension educators to provide fair market values of destroyed or crippled livestock. If the commissioner receives federal funding to pay claims for destroyed or crippled livestock.
From the introduced text, February 25, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for depredation compensation payments. new text begin [ADDED: (a) $125,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for compensation for livestock destroyed or crippled by a wolf under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737. The commissioner may use up to $5,000 to reimburse expenses incurred by university extension educators to provide fair market values of destroyed or crippled livestock. If the commissioner receives federal funding to pay claims for destroyed or crippled livestock, an equivalent amount of this appropriation may be used to reimburse nonlethal prevention methods performed by federal wildlife services staff. If the commissioner determines that claims made under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.737 or 3.7371, are unusually high, amounts appropriated for either program may be transferred to the appropriation for the other program. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) $125,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for compensation for crop or fence damage caused by elk under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.7371. The commissioner may use up to $10,000 of the appropriation to reimburse expenses incurred by the commissioner or the commissioner's approved agent to investigate and resolve claims, as …