Bill No.:                     HB0012                                 Drafter:  JDA

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0060                         Effective Date:  7/1/2013

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0002

Chapter No.:            CH0012

Prime Sponsor:       Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:              Contagious and infectious diseases among livestock.

Subject:                     Contagious and infectious diseases among livestock and other animals.

Summary/Major Elements:

· This bill makes general revisions throughout Title 11, Chapter 19 of the statutes dealing with contagious and infectious diseases among livestock and other animals in order to update and clarify certain provisions.

· The bill revises certain penalty provisions related to contagious and infectious diseases among livestock and other animals in order to provide for a uniform penalty consistent with other violations related to livestock.

· The bill increases the compensation of members of a board of arbitration from five dollars to one hundred dollars for each day.

· Under existing law, the regulation of importation of animals applied only to livestock.  This bill makes the provisions applicable to other infected animals for the protection of livestock and domestic animals.

· The bill revises the definition of “dairy animal” to include sheep and goats in addition to cows.

· For testing purposes, the bill now applies to all livestock instead of only applying to cattle.  For certain provisions related to tuberculosis, the bill makes those provisions applicable to cattle and bison instead of only applying to cattle.