2005 Idaho Code - 25-2612A — DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE STATE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL BOARD

                                  TITLE  25
                                   ANIMALS
                                  CHAPTER 26
                        EXTERMINATION OF WILD ANIMALS
                            AND PESTS IN COUNTIES
    25-2612A.  DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE STATE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL BOARD. (1)
There is hereby created a state animal damage control board. The chairman of
the board of sheep commissioners shall be a voting member and serve as the
chairman of the state animal damage control board which shall have such duties
and powers relating to the prevention and control of damage caused by
predatory animals and other vertebrate pests, including threatened or
endangered wildlife, within the state of Idaho as are established by federal
or state law, federal or state rule or regulation, or county ordinance. It is
hereby made the duty of the state animal damage control board to coordinate
and give general direction to programs to prevent and control damage or
conflicts on federal, state, or other public or private lands caused by
predatory animals, rodents, or birds injurious to animal husbandry,
agriculture, horticulture, forestry, wildlife and human health or safety; and
also to facilitate, coordinate or conduct such investigations, experiments or
tests as deemed necessary to determine, demonstrate and promulgate the best
methods of predatory animals and other vertebrate pest control. In carrying
out these duties, the board may cooperate with federal, state, county, city
and private agencies, organizations or individuals; provided, however, that
the authority of this board is not to supersede the state fish and game
department or the responsible federal agency in the utilization of the funds
of those two (2) agencies in their conduct of similar work within the state of
Idaho, but the board shall cooperate and work with these two (2) agencies.
Prevention and control of predatory animals and other vertebrate pests does
not include the payment of compensation for damages.
    (2)  In addition to the chairman, the state animal damage control board
shall consist of a member appointed by the president of the Idaho cattle
association, the director of the state department of agriculture, the director
of the state department of fish and game, and the chairman of the board of
directors of each of the five (5) animal damage control districts.
    (3)  The state animal damage control board shall have as its primary
duties the coordination of the control efforts of the five (5) animal damage
control districts; the establishment of general policies for the control
programs; the establishment of annual priorities for control efforts; and the
assignment or distribution of moneys made available to the board from any
source. All contracts or agreements for providing prevention and control
services which involve an expenditure of moneys from the state animal damage
control board shall be in writing and shall be maintained as a part of the
official records of the board.
    (4)  The state board of sheep commissioners shall provide staff,
administrative and fiscal services for the animal damage control board.