HB172 (2008) Detail

(New Title) relative to state meat inspection.


CHAPTER 57

HB 172-FN – FINAL VERSION

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2008 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 172-FN

AN ACT relative to state meat inspection.

SPONSORS: Rep. Owen, Merr 4

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows the state meat inspection program to operate when the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state or otherwise allows the state meat inspection program to proceed.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Jan2008… 2591h

07-0060

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to state meat inspection.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

57:1 State Meat Inspector. Amend RSA 427:1-a to read as follows:

427:1-a Applicability. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply or be in effect unless and until such time as the Food Safety and Inspection Service Division of the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state or unless and until such time as such agency allows the interstate sale of meat under the provisions of RSA 427:1 through RSA 427:37.

57:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 21, 2008

Effective Date: July 20, 2008