The bill adds rare plants and invertebrates to the species that may
be studied and conserved under the current Nongame, Endangered, or Threatened Species Conservation Act, which is renamed the Nongame, Endangered, or Threatened Wildlife and Rare Plant Conservation Act. The general assembly is required to make a general fund appropriation to study invertebrates. Imperiled or potentially imperiled plants are added to the species
conservation trust fund, and this addition allows the money in the fund to be spent for conservation of these plants.
