Am.
H.B. 352
127th General Assembly
(As Reported by S. Agriculture)
Reps. Patton, Schlichter, Gibbs, Aslanides, Sayre, Okey, Luckie, Domenick, Batchelder, Chandler, Collier, Dyer, Evans, Fessler, Flowers, J. Hagan, Hite, Hughes, Letson, Mallory, J. McGregor, Schindel, Setzer, Stebelton, Webster, Widowfield, Yates
BILL SUMMARY
· Includes alpacas and llamas, by inclusion in definitions, in the laws governing financial assistance for livestock exhibitions at the state fairgrounds, livestock exhibitions, concentrated animal feeding facilities, licensure of livestock dealers, and registration of livestock brands.
CONTENT AND OPERATION
The bill includes alpacas and llamas in the definitions of "species," "livestock," "agricultural animal," and "animals" in the laws that are summarized below.
|
Law |
Term |
Animals included in current law |
|
Financial assistance for
livestock exhibitions at the state fairgrounds |
"Species" |
Dairy cattle, beef cattle,
swine, rabbits, poultry, and sheep |
|
Requirements governing
livestock exhibitions |
"Livestock" |
Any animal generally used
in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry,
swine, and any other animal included in rules adopted by the Director of
Agriculture |
|
Regulation of concentrated
animal feeding facilities |
"Agricultural
animal" |
Any animal generally used
for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats,
rabbits, poultry, and swine; horses; and any other animal included by the
Director by rule |
|
Licensure requirements
governing livestock dealers |
"Animals" or
"livestock" |
Horses, mules, and other
equidae, cattle, sheep, and goats and other bovidae, swine and other suidae |
|
Registration requirements
governing livestock brands |
"Livestock" |
Cattle, sheep, goats, and
other animals of the family bovidae, swine and other animals of the family
suidae, and horses, mules, burros, asses, and other animals of the family
equidae |
(Secs. 901.41(H), 901.70(B), 903.01(A), 943.01(A), and 947.01(B).)
HISTORY
|
ACTION |
DATE |
|
|
|
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Introduced |
10-16-07 |
|
Reported, H. Agriculture & Natural Resources |
01-23-08 |
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Passed House (89-0) |
01-30-08 |
|
Reported, S. Agriculture |
04-10-08 |
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