HB1295 (2014) Detail

Relative to the definition of livestock.


HB 1295 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

12Mar2014… 0629h

04/17/14 1181s

2014 SESSION

14-2406

08/04

HOUSE BILL 1295

AN ACT relative to the definition of livestock.

SPONSORS: Rep. Haefner, Hills 37

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill makes additions to the definition of livestock.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2014… 0629h

04/17/14 1181s

14-2406

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to the definition of livestock.

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

1 Livestock; Definition. Amend RSA 427:38, III to read as follows:

III. “Livestock” shall [mean all] include beef and dairy cattle, steer, oxen, goats, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or other equidae, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison, llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, poultry, rabbits, yaks, elk (Cervus [elephus] canadensis), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elephus), and reindeer (Rangifer [taradus] tarandus).

2 Livestock; Definition. RSA 21:34-a, II(a)(4) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(4) The raising and sale of livestock which shall include but not be limited to all beef and dairy cattle, steer, oxen, goats, sheep, swine, horses, mules or other equidae, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison, llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, poultry, rabbits, yaks, elk (Cervus canadensis), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elephus), and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus).

3 Livestock; Definition. RSA 427:2, XVIII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

XVIII. “Livestock” shall include but not be limited to all beef and dairy cattle, steer, oxen, goats, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or other equidae, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison, llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, rabbits, yaks, elk (Cervus canadensis), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elephus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), and poultry.

4 Livestock; Definition. Amend RSA 427:33, II to read as follows:

II. The term “livestock” shall include but not be limited to cattle, steer, oxen, horses, swine, sheep, goats, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison, llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, yaks, elk (Cervus [elephus] canadensis), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elephus), reindeer (Rangifer [taradus] tarandus), poultry, rabbits, and other species of animals susceptible of use in the production of meat and meat products;

5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.