California Assembly Bill AB1319 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1319INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eggman FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend Section 9164 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to diseased animals. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1319, as introduced, Eggman. Diseased animals and poultry. Existing law provides for the regulation of animals and pests for the prevention and control of disease. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person that does not have a written permit issued by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to remove livestock from slaughterhouse pens, yards, corrals, or similar holding places where livestock is held for immediate slaughter, except as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 9164 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read: 9164. In order to prevent the spread of any livestock disease, it is unlawful for any person  , that   who  does not have a written permit issued by the  director,   secretary  to remove, or cause to be removed, any livestock from slaughterhouse pens, yards, corrals, or similar holding places where livestock is held for the purpose of immediate slaughter, except directly into the slaughterhouse that controls  such   the  pens, yards, corrals, or similar holding places.