40-36-11. County appropriations to animal damage control fund--Certification of amounts--State matching funds

Each county shall annually appropriate a sum equal to an assessment on all cattle and sheep based on the most current United States Department of Commerce census of agriculture, and the money shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the state animal damage control fund.

Each county shall be assessed at a rate of twenty-five cents per head for all sheep and six cents per head for all cattle.

The Department of Game, Fish and Parks shall certify, to each county auditor, the amount to be appropriated. The state animal damage control fund shall be matched two dollars for every one dollar of county appropriation by funds of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to carry out the provisions of this chapter.