Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Office of Invasive Species Policy and to provide for its duties; to revise definitions; to revise the duties of the director of the Department of Agriculture with regard to invasive species; to encourage collaborative efforts with other agencies; and to provide a penalty for a person who fails to stop at a check station.
INVASIVE SPECIES -- Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Office of Invasive Species Policy and to provide for its duties; to revise definitions; to revise the duties of the director of the Department of Agriculture with regard to invasive species; to encourage collaborative efforts with other agencies; and to provide a penalty for a person who fails to stop at a check station.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This bill amends the Idaho Invasive Species Act by the addition of an Office of Invasive Species Policy within the Office of Species Conservation. This legislation sets-up the duties and reporting requirements of the policy administrator of that office and lays out the coordination efforts between State agencies.
LATEST ACTION
Reported Printed; referred to Agricultural Affairs
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2017
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Feb 9, 2017