HB 1295 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
12Mar2014… 0629h
04/17/14 1181s
2014 SESSION
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1295
AN ACT relative to the definition of livestock.
SPONSORS: Rep. Haefner, Hills 37
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 RSA 21:34-a, II(a)(4) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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 RSA 427:2, XVIII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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.