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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK.
	14	+	AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK AND
	15	+	CERTAIN RABBIT PROCESSING FACILITIES.
10	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
11	17		Assembly convened:
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13		-	Section 1. Section 22-278 of the general statutes is repealed and the
14		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
15		-	[For the purposes of this chapter "livestock" is defined as any camelid
16		-	or hooved animal raised for domestic or commercial use. The
17		-	Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized, subject to sections 4-168 to
18		-	4-174, inclusive, to make orders and regulations concerning the
19		-	importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, exhibiting,
20		-	examining, testing, identification, quarantining or disposing of livestock
21		-	to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among
22		-	livestock and to protect the public from such diseases as may be
23		-	transmissible to human beings, either directly or through the products
24		-	of such animals, and orders and regulations for the conservation of
25		-	livestock the products from which are used for food or clothing. The
26		-	commissioner shall give notice of any such order to any person named
27		-	therein by leaving a copy of such order with, or at the last-known place
28		-	of abode of, such person, if a resident of the state; if not a resident of the
29		-	state, by leaving a copy with, or at the last-known place of abode of, an
30		-	agent of such person, or the person having custody of the animals
31		-	described in such order, if within the state, or by forwarding a copy of Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	19	+	Section 1. Section 22-278 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	20	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
	21	+	[For the purposes of this chapter "livestock" is defined as any camelid 3
	22	+	or hooved animal raised for domestic or commercial use. The 4
	23	+	Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized, subject to sections 4-168 to 5
	24	+	4-174, inclusive, to make orders and regulations concerning the 6
	25	+	importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, exhibiting, 7
	26	+	examining, testing, identification, quarantining or disposing of livestock 8
	27	+	to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among 9
	28	+	livestock and to protect the public from such diseases as may be 10
	29	+	transmissible to human beings, either directly or through the products 11
	30	+	of such animals, and orders and regulations for the conservation of 12
	31	+	livestock the products from which are used for food or clothing. The 13
	32	+	commissioner shall give notice of any such order to any person named 14
	33	+	therein by leaving a copy of such order with, or at the last-known place 15
	34	+	of abode of, such person, if a resident of the state; if not a resident of the 16
	35	+	state, by leaving a copy with, or at the last-known place of abode of, an 17
	36	+	agent of such person, or the person having custody of the animals 18 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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35		-	such order by registered or certified mail addressed to the last-known
36		-	address of the person named therein. The commissioner, in case of
37		-	emergency, may give notice of any regulation limiting or prohibiting the
38		-	importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, exhibiting or
39		-	disposing of livestock on any highway by publishing a copy of such
40		-	regulation in a newspaper published or having a substantial circulation
41		-	in the town in which the highway affected by such regulation may be
42		-	located. The commissioner shall give notice of any such order or
43		-	regulation to any common carrier named therein or affected thereby by
44		-	leaving a copy of such order or regulation with the president, secretary
45		-	or treasurer of the company acting as common carrier, or by leaving a
46		-	copy with any person or firm acting as a common carrier, or at the last-
47		-	known residence of any such person or a member of such firm in charge
48		-	of any office of such carrier. The commissioner is authorized to employ
49		-	assistants needed to enforce any such order or regulation. Any person
50		-	or any officer or agent of any corporation who violates any provision of
51		-	any such order or regulation, or who obstructs or attempts to obstruct
52		-	the commissioner or any assistant engaged in the discharge of any duty
53		-	hereunder, may be fined not more than one hundred dollars or may be
54		-	assessed an administrative civil penalty in accordance with section 22-
55		-	7.] For the purposes of this chapter and sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of
56		-	this act:
57		-	(1) "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is approved
58		-	under Category II of the National Veterinary Accreditation Program by
59		-	the United States Department of Agriculture and by the state animal
60		-	health official of the state in which such veterinarian is licensed to
61		-	practice;
62		-	(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the
63		-	commissioner's designated agent including the State Veterinarian;
64		-	(3) "Certificate of veterinary inspection" or "health certificate" means
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	43	+	described in such order, if within the state, or by forwarding a copy of 19
	44	+	such order by registered or certified mail addressed to the last-known 20
	45	+	address of the person named therein. The commissioner, in case of 21
	46	+	emergency, may give notice of any regulation limiting or prohibiting the 22
	47	+	importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, exhibiting or 23
	48	+	disposing of livestock on any highway by publishing a copy of such 24
	49	+	regulation in a newspaper published or having a substantial circulation 25
	50	+	in the town in which the highway affected by such regulation may be 26
	51	+	located. The commissioner shall give notice of any such order or 27
	52	+	regulation to any common carrier named therein or affected thereby by 28
	53	+	leaving a copy of such order or regulation with the president, secretary 29
	54	+	or treasurer of the company acting as common carrier, or by leaving a 30
	55	+	copy with any person or firm acting as a common carrier, or at the last-31
	56	+	known residence of any such person or a member of such firm in charge 32
	57	+	of any office of such carrier. The commissioner is authorized to employ 33
	58	+	assistants needed to enforce any such order or regulation. Any person 34
	59	+	or any officer or agent of any corporation who violates any provision of 35
	60	+	any such order or regulation, or who obstructs or attempts to obstruct 36
	61	+	the commissioner or any assistant engaged in the discharge of any duty 37
	62	+	hereunder, may be fined not more than one hundred dollars or may be 38
	63	+	assessed an administrative civil penalty in accordance with section 22-39
	64	+	7.] For the purposes of this chapter and sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of 40
	65	+	this act: 41
	66	+	(1) "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is approved 42
	67	+	under Category II of the National Veterinary Accreditation Program by 43
	68	+	the United States Department of Agriculture and by the state animal 44
	69	+	health official of the state in which such veterinarian is licensed to 45
	70	+	practice; 46
	71	+	(2)"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the 47
	72	+	commissioner's designated agent including the State Veterinarian; 48
	73	+	(3) "Certificate of veterinary inspection" or "health certificate" means 49
	74	+	an official document on a form approved by the state animal health 50
	75	+	official in the state of origin or by the United States Department of 51 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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69		-	official in the state of origin or by the United States Department of
70		-	Agriculture that is used for verification of veterinary inspection and is
71		-	issued by a licensed and accredited veterinarian at the point of origin
72		-	for a shipment of livestock;
73		-	(4) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture;
74		-	(5) "Livestock" means any camelid or hooved animal raised for
75		-	domestic or commercial use, generally used to produce food or fiber and
76		-	considered to be farm animals;
77		-	(6) "Notifiable disease" means a disease of livestock or poultry
78		-	published in the United States Department of Agriculture's National
79		-	List of Reportable Animal Diseases;
80		-	(7) "Official identification" means a numbering system approved by
81		-	the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Veterinarian
82		-	for the official identification of individual animals that provides a
83		-	nationally unique identification number for each animal and prescribes
84		-	the animal identification methods and devices approved for use in each
85		-	species of livestock and that is affixed to each animal by tag or other
86		-	United States Department of Agriculture approved method;
87		-	(8) "Owner-shipper statement" means a document that meets the
88		-	requirements of 9 CFR 86.1, and that is signed by the owner or shipper
89		-	of the livestock and contains a statement certifying that the animals are
90		-	being transported for purposes stipulated on such form in accordance
91		-	with Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
92		-	(9) "Poultry" has the same meaning as provided in section 22-324; and
93		-	(10) "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.
94		-	Sec. 2. Section 22-279 of the general statutes is repealed and the
95		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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99		-	(a) The [Commissioner of Agriculture or his deputy or authorized
100		-	agents] commissioner may quarantine all animals that [they have] the
101		-	commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe (1) are infected with a
102		-	communicable disease, (2) do not meet import, export or disease testing
103		-	requirements of the department, or (3) are kept under unsanitary
104		-	conditions [which] that, in the opinion of the commissioner, [or his
105		-	deputy or authorized agents,] endanger the public health or the health
106		-	of such animals. The quarantine may (A) prohibit or regulate the sale or
107		-	movement of such quarantined animals, including any mortalities, and
108		-	all the products of such quarantined animals, and (B) require that such
109		-	animals, including any mortalities, and the products of such animals be
110		-	confined in a place designated by the commissioner [or his deputy or
111		-	authorized agents,] for such time as the commissioner judges necessary.
112		-	[(b) Any person who violates any provision of any quarantine
113		-	imposed under this section shall be fined five hundred dollars for each
114		-	day during which such violation continues, up to a maximum fine of
115		-	twenty-five thousand dollars.]
116		-	(b) (1) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with
117		-	the provisions of chapter 54, and make orders concerning the
118		-	importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, exhibiting,
119		-	examining, testing, identification, quarantining or disposing of livestock
120		-	to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among
121		-	livestock and to protect the public from such diseases as may be
122		-	transmissible to human beings, either directly or through the products
123		-	of such animals. Such orders and regulations may provide for the
124		-	conservation of livestock that is produced for use as food or clothing.
125		-	(2) The commissioner shall give notice of any such order to any
126		-	person named therein by leaving a copy of such order with, or at the
127		-	last-known place of abode of, such person, if a resident of the state. If
128		-	such person is not a resident of the state, such notice shall be provided
129		-	by leaving a copy of such order with, or at the last-known place of abode Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	82	+	Agriculture that is used for verification of veterinary inspection and is 52
	83	+	issued by a licensed and accredited veterinarian at the point of origin 53
	84	+	for a shipment of livestock; 54
	85	+	(4) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture; 55
	86	+	(5) "Livestock" means any camelid or hooved animal raised for 56
	87	+	domestic or commercial use, generally used to produce food or fiber and 57
	88	+	considered to be farm animals; 58
	89	+	(6) "Notifiable disease" means a disease of livestock or poultry 59
	90	+	published in the United States Department of Agriculture's National 60
	91	+	List of Reportable Animal Diseases; 61
	92	+	(7) "Official identification" means a numbering system approved by 62
	93	+	the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Veterinarian 63
	94	+	for the official identification of individual animals that provides a 64
	95	+	nationally unique identification number for each animal and prescribes 65
	96	+	the animal identification methods and devices approved for use in each 66
	97	+	species of livestock and that is affixed to each animal by tag or other 67
	98	+	United States Department of Agriculture approved method; 68
	99	+	(8) "Owner-shipper statement" means a form issued by the state 69
	100	+	animal health agency in the state of origin that contains a statement 70
	101	+	certifying that the animals are being transported for purposes stipulated 71
	102	+	on such form in accordance with Title 9 of the Code of Federal 72
	103	+	Regulations, and that is signed by the owner or shipper of the livestock; 73
	104	+	(9) "Poultry" has the same meaning as provided in section 22-324; and 74
	105	+	(10) "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture. 75
	106	+	Sec. 2. Section 22-279 of the general statutes is repealed and the 76
	107	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 77
	108	+	(a) The [Commissioner of Agriculture or his deputy or authorized 78
	109	+	agents] commissioner may quarantine all animals that [they have] the 79 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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133		-	of, an agent of such person, or the person that has custody of the animals
134		-	described in such order, if such person or agent is located in the state. If
135		-	such agent or person that has custody of such animals is not located in
136		-	the state, the commissioner shall cause a copy of such order to be sent
137		-	by registered or certified mail to the last-known address of the person
138		-	named in such order or, alternatively, by electronic notice if previously
139		-	consented to by the person named in such order.
140		-	(3) The commissioner, in the instance of an emergency, as determined
141		-	by the commissioner, may give notice of any order limiting or
142		-	prohibiting the importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving,
143		-	exhibiting or disposing of livestock on any highway by publishing a
144		-	copy of such order in a newspaper that is published or that has a
145		-	substantial circulation in the town in which the highway affected by
146		-	such order is located.
147		-	(4) The commissioner shall give notice of any such order or regulation
148		-	to any common carrier named in such order or affected by such order
149		-	or regulation by leaving a copy of such order or regulation: (A) With the
150		-	president, secretary or treasurer of the company that acts as such
151		-	common carrier, (B) any person or firm acting as a common carrier, (C)
152		-	at the last-known residence of any such person or a member of such firm
153		-	in charge of any office of such carrier, or (D) at the electronic mail
154		-	address of the common carrier if previously consented to by the
155		-	common carrier.
156		-	(5) The commissioner may employ assistants needed to enforce any
157		-	such orders or regulations.
158		-	(6) Any person including, but not limited to, any officer or agent of
159		-	any corporation, who violates the provisions of: (A) This section, or (B)
160		-	any order or regulation authorized by this section, or who obstructs or
161		-	attempts to obstruct the commissioner, or any assistant of the
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	116	+	commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe (1) are infected with a 80
	117	+	communicable disease, (2) do not meet import, export or disease testing 81
	118	+	requirements of the department, or (3) are kept under unsanitary 82
	119	+	conditions [which] that, in the opinion of the commissioner, [or his 83
	120	+	deputy or authorized agents,] endanger the public health or the health 84
	121	+	of such animals. The quarantine may (A) prohibit or regulate the sale or 85
	122	+	movement of such quarantined animals, including any mortalities, and 86
	123	+	all the products of such quarantined animals, and (B) require that such 87
	124	+	animals, including any mortalities, and the products of such animals be 88
	125	+	confined in a place designated by the commissioner [or his deputy or 89
	126	+	authorized agents,] for such time as the commissioner judges necessary. 90
	127	+	[(b) Any person who violates any provision of any quarantine 91
	128	+	imposed under this section shall be fined five hundred dollars for each 92
	129	+	day during which such violation continues, up to a maximum fine of 93
	130	+	twenty-five thousand dollars.] 94
	131	+	(b) (1) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with 95
	132	+	the provisions of chapter 54, and make orders concerning the 96
	133	+	importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, exhibiting, 97
	134	+	examining, testing, identification, quarantining or disposing of livestock 98
	135	+	to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among 99
	136	+	livestock and to protect the public from such diseases as may be 100
	137	+	transmissible to human beings, either directly or through the products 101
	138	+	of such animals. Such orders and regulations may provide for the 102
	139	+	conservation of livestock that is produced for use as food or clothing. 103
	140	+	(2) The commissioner shall give notice of any such order to any 104
	141	+	person named therein by leaving a copy of such order with, or at the 105
	142	+	last-known place of abode of, such person, if a resident of the state. If 106
	143	+	such person is not a resident of the state, such notice shall be provided 107
	144	+	by leaving a copy of such order with, or at the last-known place of abode 108
	145	+	of, an agent of such person, or the person that has custody of the animals 109
	146	+	described in such order, if such person or agent is located in the state. If 110
	147	+	such agent or person that has custody of such animals is not located in 111
	148	+	the state, the commissioner shall cause a copy of such order to be sent 112 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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166		-	pursuant to this section may be fined not more than five hundred
167		-	dollars, per day per animal, for each day during which such violation
168		-	continues, up to a maximum fine of twenty-five thousand dollars.
169		-	Sec. 3. Section 22-279a of the general statutes is repealed and the
170		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
171		-	Any livestock animal or poultry [being] that is tested for any disease
172		-	in accordance with the Uniform Methods and Rules of the United States
173		-	Department of Agriculture or for any biological or chemical residue
174		-	known to be in this state shall be quarantined on the premises where the
175		-	test is made until the test results are available and the test chart is signed
176		-	by a licensed accredited veterinarian or an employee of the Department
177		-	of Agriculture administering the test, provided the commissioner may
178		-	release such livestock animal or poultry from quarantine at any time.
179		-	Any blood, tissue or milk sample taken from any livestock animal or
180		-	poultry pursuant to this section shall be submitted for analysis to a
181		-	laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The
182		-	laboratory shall report the results of the test to the commissioner who
183		-	shall notify the person administering the test of such results.
184		-	Sec. 4. Section 22-287 of the general statutes is repealed and the
185		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
186		-	[(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may cause all neat cattle and
187		-	all goats in the state to be tuberculin tested by a licensed accredited
188		-	veterinarian at the expense of the state or by a veterinarian employed by
189		-	the United States Department of Agriculture or by a veterinarian
190		-	employed by the Department of Agriculture. The owner of any such
191		-	herd to be so tested shall provide assistance and proper restraint for
192		-	confining the animals for and during the application of said tests. When
193		-	said commissioner has determined the condition of such animals by
194		-	physical examination and tuberculin test performed by said
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199		-	~~segregated from~~ the ~~animals not reacting to such test by~~ the ~~owner~~
200		-	~~thereof and each animal reacting to~~ such ~~test shall be appraised as~~
201		-	~~provided~~ in ~~section 22-288~~ ~~and shall be disposed of and the premises~~
202		-	~~upon which such animal has been kept shall be cleaned and disinfected~~
203		-	~~within fifteen days thereafter, subject to~~ the ~~approval~~ of ~~the~~
204		-	~~commissioner or his deputy or any authorized agent of~~ the
205		-	~~commissioner. No animals shall be added to the herd until such~~
206		-	~~premises have been so cleaned and disinfected and inspected and~~
207		-	~~approved~~ by ~~the commissioner or his deputy or any authorized agent of~~
208		-	~~the commissioner~~. ~~Any animal reacting to such test which has been~~
209		-	~~disposed~~ of ~~as provided by this section shall be paid for by the~~
210		-	~~Comptroller, provided funds shall be available for~~ such ~~purposes and~~
211		-	~~provided~~ the ~~animal reacting to such test and disposed of shall have~~
212		-	~~been approved by said commissioner~~ as ~~a proper addition to the herd.~~
213		-	(b) ~~Surveillance tests may be performed by~~ a ~~technician trained by~~
214		-	~~and under~~ the ~~supervision~~ of ~~the State Veterinarian and employed by~~
215		-	~~the Department~~ of ~~Agriculture~~, ~~provided no condemnation shall be~~
216		-	~~made on~~ the ~~basis of such surveillance tests.~~ The ~~owner of any herd to~~
217		-	~~be so tested shall provide assistance and proper restraint for confining~~
218		-	~~the animals for and during~~ the ~~application of such tests.]~~
219		-	~~(a) At the expense of the state, the commissioner may require and~~
220		-	~~provide for the testing and the control~~ of ~~tuberculosis in livestock in this~~
221		-	~~state.~~ Any ~~condemnation~~ of ~~livestock infected with tuberculosis shall~~
222		-	~~comply with the provisions of section 22-288, as amended~~ by this ~~act.~~
223		-	~~The procedures for testing for tuberculosis and~~ the ~~control and~~
224		-	~~disposition~~ of ~~livestock classified as reactors shall conform to one of the~~
225		-	~~following: (1) For goats,~~ ~~cattle, bison and captive cervids,~~ ~~the~~
226		-	~~procedures~~, ~~methods~~, ~~testing and the disposition of reactors shall~~
227		-	~~conform~~ to ~~the USDA Uniform Methods and Rules for Bovine~~
228		-	~~Tuberculosis Eradication;~~ ~~(2) for species~~ of ~~livestock other than goats,~~
229		-	~~cattle, bison or captive cervids,~~ ~~the procedures,~~ ~~methods, testing and the~~ Substitute ~~House~~ Bill No. 6726
	155	+	by registered or certified mail to the last-known address of the person 113
	156	+	named in such order or, alternatively, by electronic notice if previously 114
	157	+	consented to by the person named in such order. 115
	158	+	(3) The commissioner, in the instance of an emergency, as determined 116
	159	+	by the commissioner, may give notice of any order limiting or 117
	160	+	prohibiting the importation, transportation, trailing, riding, driving, 118
	161	+	exhibiting or disposing of livestock on any highway by publishing a 119
	162	+	copy of such order in a newspaper that is published or that has a 120
	163	+	substantial circulation in the town in which the highway affected by 121
	164	+	such order is located. 122
	165	+	(4) The commissioner shall give notice of any such order or regulation 123
	166	+	to any common carrier named in such order or affected by such order 124
	167	+	or regulation by leaving a copy of such order or regulation: (A) With the 125
	168	+	president, secretary or treasurer of the company that acts as such 126
	169	+	common carrier, (B) any person or firm acting as a common carrier, (C) 127
	170	+	at the last-known residence of any such person or a member of such firm 128
	171	+	in charge of any office of such carrier, or (D) at the electronic mail 129
	172	+	address of the common carrier if previously consented to by the 130
	173	+	common carrier. 131
	174	+	(5) The commissioner may employ assistants needed to enforce any 132
	175	+	such orders or regulations. 133
	176	+	(6) Any person including, but not limited to, any officer or agent of 134
	177	+	any corporation, who violates the provisions of: (A) This section, or (B) 135
	178	+	any order or regulation authorized by this section, or who obstructs or 136
	179	+	attempts to obstruct the commissioner, or any assistant of the 137
	180	+	commissioner, while engaged in the discharge of any duty undertaken 138
	181	+	pursuant to this section may be fined not more than five hundred 139
	182	+	dollars, per day per animal, for each day during which such violation 140
	183	+	continues, up to a maximum fine of twenty-five thousand dollars. 141
	184	+	Sec. 3. Section 22-279a of the general statutes is repealed and the 142
	185	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 143 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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233		-	disposition of reactors shall be determined by the State Veterinarian; or
234		-	(3) the most recent USDA approved and published procedures for
235		-	testing for tuberculosis and the control and disposition of tuberculosis
236		-	positive livestock.
237		-	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damage incurred or alleged to
238		-	have been incurred by any such test performed pursuant to this section.
239		-	(c) Official testing for tuberculosis shall be restricted to the State
240		-	Veterinarian, veterinarians employed by the federal government and
241		-	accredited veterinarians licensed to practice in this state. Surveillance
242		-	tests may be performed by an employee of the department trained by
243		-	and under the supervision of the State Veterinarian, provided no
244		-	condemnation shall be made on the basis of such surveillance tests. The
245		-	owner of any herd to be so tested shall provide assistance and proper
246		-	restraint for confining the animals for such testing and during the
247		-	application of such tests.
248		-	Sec. 5. Section 22-288 of the general statutes is repealed and the
249		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
250		-	(a) The [Commissioner of Agriculture] commissioner may cause any
251		-	[domestic animal which has given a positive reaction to the tuberculin
252		-	test to be killed,] livestock infected with an infectious or contagious
253		-	disease, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis, anthrax or foot and
254		-	mouth disease to be euthanized to protect the public health or prevent
255		-	the spread of such disease but no such [bovine animal] livestock shall
256		-	be [killed] euthanized until its value has been determined by the [owner
257		-	and the] commissioner. [If they are unable to agree upon the value of
258		-	such animal, each shall choose an arbitrator and the two so chosen shall
259		-	choose a third and the three so chosen, or a majority of the three so
260		-	chosen, shall determine the value of such animal, and the value so
261		-	determined shall be approved by the commissioner.] In determining the
262		-	value of condemned livestock, the commissioner shall consider the age, Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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	192	+	Any livestock animal or poultry [being] that is tested for any disease 144
	193	+	in accordance with the Uniform Methods and Rules of the United States 145
	194	+	Department of Agriculture or for any biological or chemical residue 146
	195	+	known to be in this state shall be quarantined on the premises where the 147
	196	+	test is made until the test results are available and the test chart is signed 148
	197	+	by a licensed accredited veterinarian or an employee of the Department 149
	198	+	of Agriculture administering the test, provided the commissioner may 150
	199	+	release such livestock animal or poultry from quarantine at any time. 151
	200	+	Any blood, tissue or milk sample taken from any livestock animal or 152
	201	+	poultry pursuant to this section shall be submitted for analysis to a 153
	202	+	laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The 154
	203	+	laboratory shall report the results of the test to the commissioner who 155
	204	+	shall notify the person administering the test of such results. 156
	205	+	Sec. 4. Section 22-287 of the general statutes is repealed and the 157
	206	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 158
	207	+	[(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may cause all neat cattle and 159
	208	+	all goats in the state to be tuberculin tested by a licensed accredited 160
	209	+	veterinarian at the expense of the state or by a veterinarian employed by 161
	210	+	the United States Department of Agriculture or by a veterinarian 162
	211	+	employed by the Department of Agriculture. The owner of any such 163
	212	+	herd to be so tested shall provide assistance and proper restraint for 164
	213	+	confining the animals for and during the application of said tests. When 165
	214	+	said commissioner has determined the condition of such animals by 166
	215	+	physical examination and tuberculin test performed by sa id 167
	216	+	veterinarians, each animal reacting to such test shall be immediately 168
	217	+	segregated from the animals not reacting to such test by the owner 169
	218	+	thereof and each animal reacting to such test shall be appraised as 170
	219	+	provided in section 22-288 and shall be disposed of and the premises 171
	220	+	upon which such animal has been kept shall be cleaned and disinfected 172
	221	+	within fifteen days thereafter, subject to the approval of the 173
	222	+	commissioner or his deputy or any authorized agent of the 174
	223	+	commissioner. No animals shall be added to the herd until such 175
	224	+	premises have been so cleaned and disinfected and inspected and 176 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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266		-	sex, grade and purpose for which such animal was kept. The
267		-	commissioner may consult with livestock dealers, commission sales
268		-	stables or other sources familiar with the value of livestock in
269		-	determining the value of condemned animals. When a certificate has
270		-	been filed with the commissioner that such animal has been [killed]
271		-	euthanized and the premises disinfected according to the order of the
272		-	commissioner, within a period of [fifteen days] time specified by the
273		-	commissioner, following the issuance of such order, the amount
274		-	determined under [subsection (b) of] this section shall be paid to the
275		-	owner by the state. [If a majority of the three arbitrators do not agree,
276		-	they shall so find and report and the commissioner shall then determine
277		-	the value of such animal or animals, which shall be final; but no] No
278		-	animal, the physical condition of which is such that it is of no real value,
279		-	and no animal which has been in the state for a period of less than three
280		-	months next preceding its quarantine shall be paid for by the state [;
281		-	provided such award may be paid in the case of cattle from any herd
282		-	which has been officially accredited, or from an officially declared
283		-	modified accredited area, or from any herd the entire number of which
284		-	has passed two negative tests and such cattle have not, since passing
285		-	such tests, been exposed to infection from tuberculosis. The provisions
286		-	of this section shall not apply to animals condemned to prevent the
287		-	spread of foot and mouth disease or anthrax] unless such animal was a
288		-	natural addition to the herd that was born in this state or was imported
289		-	into this state in compliance with this chapter.
290		-	(b) [The state shall appraise any condemned registered purebred
291		-	bovine animal for a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars and any
292		-	grade bovine animal for a sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars.]
293		-	The amount paid by the state for any [bovine animal which] livestock
294		-	that is condemned pursuant to this section and sold for slaughter, shall
295		-	be deposited by the commissioner [in] into the General Fund. The
296		-	amount paid by the state to the owner of any such animal shall be
297		-	limited to the difference between the fair market value of such animal, Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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301		-	established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and the amount of
302		-	any indemnity or payment for such animal received by the owner from
303		-	the federal government. No compensation shall be paid to the owner of
304		-	any such [domestic animal] livestock by the state unless such animal has
305		-	been destroyed to prevent the spread of an infectious or contagious
306		-	disease or to protect the public health. Any animal [which has reacted
307		-	to the tuberculin test] that is condemned shall be [tagged in the left ear
308		-	by the person making such test with a numbered metal ear tag, which
309		-	tag shall have stamped or impressed thereon the following: "Ct.
310		-	Reacted, Number (....)", including the number of such tag. Such tags
311		-	shall be furnished by said commissioner and shall be numbered
312		-	consecutively beginning with the number one, and such animal shall
313		-	also be branded at the time of the test with the letter "T" on the left jaw]
314		-	identified with a tag, brand device or marking approved by the
315		-	commissioner. No such animal shall be [killed] moved, euthanized, sold
316		-	or used for food, except under the direction of [said] the commissioner.
317		-	(c) Any person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to
318		-	condemn livestock pursuant to this section may appeal such order to the
319		-	superior court for the judicial district of Hartford not later than seven
320		-	days after issuance of such order.
321		-	Sec. 6. Section 22-288a of the general statutes is repealed and the
322		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
323		-	If the [Commissioner of Agriculture] commissioner finds the
324		-	presence of tuberculosis or brucellosis recurring in one herd of livestock
325		-	within any two-year period, or if [he] the commissioner finds any herd
326		-	of [cattle] livestock substantially infected with tuberculosis, [or]
327		-	brucellosis or other infectious or contagious disease, [he] the
328		-	commissioner may order the condemnation of such herd to prevent the
329		-	spread of such disease or to protect the public health and compensation
330		-	therefor shall be paid in accordance with section 22-288, as amended by
331		-	this act. [Said] Such compensation shall not be paid, nor shall the herd Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	231	+	approved by the commissioner or his deputy or any authorized agent of 177
	232	+	the commissioner. Any animal reacting to such test which has been 178
	233	+	disposed of as provided by this section shall be paid for by the 179
	234	+	Comptroller, provided funds shall be available for such purposes and 180
	235	+	provided the animal reacting to such test and disposed of shall have 181
	236	+	been approved by said commissioner as a proper addition to the herd. 182
	237	+	(b) Surveillance tests may be performed by a technician trained by 183
	238	+	and under the supervision of the State Veterinarian and employed by 184
	239	+	the Department of Agriculture, provided no condemnation shall be 185
	240	+	made on the basis of such surveillance tests. The owner of any herd to 186
	241	+	be so tested shall provide assistance and proper restraint for confining 187
	242	+	the animals for and during the application of such tests.] 188
	243	+	(a) At the expense of the state, the commissioner may require and 189
	244	+	provide for the testing and the control of tuberculosis in livestock in this 190
	245	+	state. Any condemnation of livestock infected with tuberculosis shall 191
	246	+	comply with the provisions of section 22-288, as amended by this act. 192
	247	+	The procedures for testing for tuberculosis and the control and 193
	248	+	disposition of livestock classified as reactors shall conform to one of the 194
	249	+	following: (1) For goats, cattle, bison and captive cervids, the 195
	250	+	procedures, methods, testing and the disposition of reactors shall 196
	251	+	conform to the USDA Uniform Methods and Rules for Bovine 197
	252	+	Tuberculosis Eradication; (2) for species of livestock other than goats, 198
	253	+	cattle, bison or captive cervids, the procedures, methods, testing and the 199
	254	+	disposition of reactors shall be determined by the State Veterinarian; or 200
	255	+	(3) the most recent USDA approved and published procedures for 201
	256	+	testing for tuberculosis and the control and disposition of Brucellosis 202
	257	+	positive livestock. 203
	258	+	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damage incurred or alleged to 204
	259	+	have been incurred by any such test performed pursuant to this section. 205
	260	+	(c) Official testing for tuberculosis shall be restricted to the State 206
	261	+	Veterinarian, veterinarians employed by the federal government and 207
	262	+	accredited veterinarians licensed to practice in this state. Surveillance 208 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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334	264
335		-	be restocked, until the premises from which such herd was taken have
336		-	been cleaned and disinfected, and such premises have been inspected
337		-	and approved by the commissioner. [or his deputy or any authorized
338		-	agent of the commissioner.] Any person aggrieved by an order of the
339		-	commissioner to so condemn a herd may, [within] not later than seven
340		-	days after such order, appeal therefrom in accordance with the
341		-	provisions of section 4-183.
342		-	Sec. 7. Section 22-294 of the general statutes is repealed and the
343		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
344		-	The owner of any herd of livestock shall house, feed and care for such
345		-	herd under such sanitary conditions as shall promote the health and
346		-	welfare of such herd. No calf shall be fed milk or any other dairy product
347		-	except such milk or other product [as has been] that is produced by a
348		-	herd that [has been tuberculin tested] is negative for tuberculosis, or
349		-	such milk or other dairy product [as has been] that is pasteurized by
350		-	being maintained at a heat of one hundred forty-two degrees Fahrenheit
351		-	for a period of thirty minutes.
352		-	Sec. 8. Section 22-295 of the general statutes is repealed and the
353		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
354		-	The owner of any herd of livestock shall keep a record [which shall
355		-	include a description] of each [registered or graded] animal in such herd
356		-	[and] including the final disposition of such animal that is made by such
357		-	owner. [which such owner makes of any animal of such herd.] Each such
358		-	animal shall be marked [by a tag or other marking approved by the
359		-	Commissioner of Agriculture] with official identification when such
360		-	animal leaves the premises and such official identification shall be made
361		-	part of such record. Such record shall be kept for the life of the animal
362		-	plus one additional year.
363		-	Sec. 9. Section 22-296 of the general statutes is repealed and the Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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	269	+	tests may be performed by an employee of the department trained by 209
	270	+	and under the supervision of the State Veterinarian, provided no 210
	271	+	condemnation shall be made on the basis of such surveillance tests. The 211
	272	+	owner of any herd to be so tested shall provide assistance and proper 212
	273	+	restraint for confining the animals for such testing and during the 213
	274	+	application of such tests. 214
	275	+	Sec. 5. Section 22-288 of the general statutes is repealed and the 215
	276	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 216
	277	+	(a) The [Commissioner of Agriculture] commissioner may cause any 217
	278	+	[domestic animal which has given a positive reaction to the tuberculin 218
	279	+	test to be killed,] livestock infected with an infectious or contagious 219
	280	+	disease, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis, anthrax or foot and 220
	281	+	mouth disease to be euthanized to protect the public health or prevent 221
	282	+	the spread of such disease but no such [bovine animal] livestock shall 222
	283	+	be [killed] euthanized until its value has been determined by the [owner 223
	284	+	and the] commissioner. [If they are unable to agree upon the value of 224
	285	+	such animal, each shall choose an arbitrator and the two so chosen shall 225
	286	+	choose a third and the three so chosen, or a majority of the three so 226
	287	+	chosen, shall determine the value of such animal, and the value so 227
	288	+	determined shall be approved by the commissioner.] In determining the 228
	289	+	value of condemned livestock, the commissioner shall consider the age, 229
	290	+	sex, grade and purpose for which such animal was kept. The 230
	291	+	commissioner may consult with livestock dealers, commission sales 231
	292	+	stables or other sources familiar with the value of livestock in 232
	293	+	determining the value of condemned animals. When a certificate has 233
	294	+	been filed with the commissioner that such animal has been [killed] 234
	295	+	euthanized and the premises disinfected according to the order of the 235
	296	+	commissioner, within a period of [fifteen days] time specified by the 236
	297	+	commissioner, following the issuance of such order, the amount 237
	298	+	determined under [subsection (b) of] this section shall be paid to the 238
	299	+	owner by the state. [If a majority of the three arbitrators do not agree, 239
	300	+	they shall so find and report and the commissioner shall then determine 240
	301	+	the value of such animal or animals, which shall be final; but no] No 241 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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367		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
368		-	When infection [of tuberculosis] with any disease listed as reportable
369		-	or notifiable by the department or the USDA is found in any herd of
370		-	[cattle or goats] livestock, the [remaining] animals in such herd shall be
371		-	quarantined. [until such herd has passed three successive negative tests,
372		-	at least sixty days to elapse between each two tests.] Such quarantine
373		-	shall remain in effect until such time as the State Veterinarian
374		-	determines the quarantine should be removed. No animals shall be
375		-	removed from such herd while under quarantine, except under a
376		-	written permit issued to the owner of the herd by the [Commissioner of
377		-	Agriculture or his agents] commissioner to move directly from the
378		-	quarantined premises to [immediate slaughter] another premises for the
379		-	purpose and under the conditions specified in such permit. Such permit
380		-	shall accompany such animals from the quarantined premises. [to the
381		-	point where slaughter is to be effected.] The owner shall deliver such
382		-	permit to any person [purchasing] receiving such animals, and such
383		-	person shall exercise all reasonable diligence in determining that such
384		-	permit is [received by him and is valid, and that such permit shall
385		-	accompany such animals to slaughter] valid.
386		-	Sec. 10. Section 22-298 of the general statutes is repealed and the
387		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
388		-	[(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may require and provide for
389		-	the drawing and collecting of blood samples for the control of
390		-	brucellosis from goats over three months of age and herds of bovine
391		-	animals, including male bovine animals, six months of age or over, but
392		-	not including steers, and may at his discretion decide not to test heifers
393		-	which have been officially calfhood vaccinated, until they have calved
394		-	or are eighteen months of age. All blood samples shall be submitted to
395		-	a laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture and all milk
396		-	samples shall be submitted to a laboratory approved by said
397		-	commissioner for examination and the results of such tests shall be Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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401		-	reported by the laboratories to the commissioner in a manner prescribed
402		-	by him. Upon receipt of the laboratory reports on any such tests, the
403		-	commissioner shall inform the owner or agent and the veterinarian of
404		-	the result thereof. When the commissioner has determined the condition
405		-	of such herd by such tests, all animals reacting positively to any test for
406		-	brucellosis shall be identified by branding with a hot iron on the left jaw
407		-	and a metal number reactor tag in the left ear as approved by the
408		-	commissioner. All such reactors shall be appraised, branded, tagged
409		-	and slaughtered within fifteen days and the premises cleaned,
410		-	disinfected and approved within thirty days after slaughter in order to
411		-	qualify for indemnity under section 22-307. If the reaction of any animal
412		-	to a test for brucellosis is suspicious, it may be identified and
413		-	quarantined and shall not be disposed of without first obtaining written
414		-	permission from the commissioner.
415		-	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damage incurred or alleged to
416		-	have been incurred by any such test.
417		-	(c) No swine or goats used for breeding purposes shall be kept on the
418		-	same premises as cattle unless such swine or goats are certified free from
419		-	brucellosis. Any positive reactors shall be immediately slaughtered and
420		-	the premises cleaned and disinfected.
421		-	(d) The drawing of blood samples for brucellosis tests shall be
422		-	restricted to the State Veterinarian, veterinarians employed by the
423		-	Department of Agriculture, veterinarians employed by the federal
424		-	government and veterinarians licensed to practice in this state and
425		-	assigned by the commissioner for that purpose.]
426		-	(a) The commissioner may require and provide for the drawing and
427		-	collecting of samples for testing and the control of brucellosis in
428		-	livestock in this state. All blood and milk samples shall be submitted to
429		-	a laboratory approved by the commissioner and the results of such tests
430		-	shall be reported by the laboratories to the commissioner in a manner Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	308	+	animal, the physical condition of which is such that it is of no real value, 242
	309	+	and no animal which has been in the state for a period of less than three 243
	310	+	months next preceding its quarantine shall be paid for by the state [; 244
	311	+	provided such award may be paid in the case of cattle from any herd 245
	312	+	which has been officially accredited, or from an officially declared 246
	313	+	modified accredited area, or from any herd the entire number of which 247
	314	+	has passed two negative tests and such cattle have not, since passing 248
	315	+	such tests, been exposed to infection from tuberculosis. The provisions 249
	316	+	of this section shall not apply to animals condemned to prevent the 250
	317	+	spread of foot and mouth disease or anthrax] unless such animal was a 251
	318	+	natural addition to the herd that was born in this state or was imported 252
	319	+	into this state in compliance with this chapter. 253
	320	+	(b) [The state shall appraise any condemned registered purebred 254
	321	+	bovine animal for a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars and any 255
	322	+	grade bovine animal for a sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars.] 256
	323	+	The amount paid by the state for any [bovine animal which] livestock 257
	324	+	that is condemned pursuant to this section and sold for slaughter, shall 258
	325	+	be deposited by the commissioner [in] into the General Fund. The 259
	326	+	amount paid by the state to the owner of any such animal shall be 260
	327	+	limited to the difference between the fair market value of such animal, 261
	328	+	established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and the amount of 262
	329	+	any indemnity or payment for such animal received by the owner from 263
	330	+	the federal government. No compensation shall be paid to the owner of 264
	331	+	any such [domestic animal] livestock by the state unless such animal has 265
	332	+	been destroyed to prevent the spread of an infectious or contagious 266
	333	+	disease or to protect the public health. Any animal [which has reacted 267
	334	+	to the tuberculin test] that is condemned shall be [tagged in the left ear 268
	335	+	by the person making such test with a numbered metal ear tag, which 269
	336	+	tag shall have stamped or impressed thereon the following: "Ct. 270
	337	+	Reacted, Number (....)", including the number of such tag. Such tags 271
	338	+	shall be furnished by said commissioner and shall be numbered 272
	339	+	consecutively beginning with the number one, and such animal shall 273
	340	+	also be branded at the time of the test with the letter "T" on the left jaw] 274
	341	+	identified with a tag, brand device or marking approved by the 275 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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433	343
434		-	prescribed by the commissioner. Upon receipt of the laboratory reports
435		-	on any such tests, the commissioner shall inform the owner or agent of
436		-	any corporation and the applicable veterinarian of the results. Any
437		-	condemnation of livestock infected with brucellosis shall comply with
438		-	section 22-288, as amended by this act. The procedures for testing for
439		-	brucellosis and the control and disposition of livestock infected with
440		-	brucellosis shall conform to one of the following: (1) For cattle and bison,
441		-	the procedures, methods, testing and disposition shall conform to the
442		-	USDA uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication in cattle
443		-	and bison; (2) for swine, the procedures, methods, testing and
444		-	disposition of shall conform to the USDA uniform methods and rules
445		-	for brucellosis eradication in swine; (3) for cervidae, the procedures,
446		-	methods, testing and disposition of shall conform to the USDA uniform
447		-	methods and rules for brucellosis eradication in cervidae; (4) for species
448		-	other than cattle, bison, swine or cervidae, the procedures, methods,
449		-	testing and disposition for brucellosis shall be determined by the State
450		-	Veterinarian; or (5) the most recent USDA approved and published
451		-	brucellosis procedures for testing and the control and disposition of
452		-	brucellosis positive livestock.
453		-	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damage incurred or alleged to
454		-	have been incurred by any such test performed pursuant to this section.
455		-	(c) No swine or goats used for breeding purposes shall be kept on the
456		-	same premises as cattle unless such swine or goats are certified free from
457		-	brucellosis.
458		-	(d) The drawing of samples for brucellosis tests shall be restricted to
459		-	the State Veterinarian, veterinarians and trained employees of the
460		-	department, veterinarians employed by the federal government and
461		-	accredited veterinarians licensed to practice in this state.
462		-	Sec. 11. Section 22-301 of the general statutes is repealed and the
463		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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	348	+	commissioner. No such animal shall be [killed] moved, euthanized, sold 276
	349	+	or used for food, except under the direction of [said] the commissioner. 277
	350	+	(c) Any person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to 278
	351	+	condemn livestock pursuant to this section may appeal such order to the 279
	352	+	superior court for the judicial district of Hartford not later than seven 280
	353	+	days after issuance of such order. 281
	354	+	Sec. 6. Section 22-288a of the general statutes is repealed and the 282
	355	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 283
	356	+	If the [Commissioner of Agriculture] commissioner finds the 284
	357	+	presence of tuberculosis or brucellosis recurring in one herd of livestock 285
	358	+	within any two-year period, or if [he] the commissioner finds any herd 286
	359	+	of [cattle] livestock substantially infected with tuberculosis, [or] 287
	360	+	brucellosis or other infectious or contagious disease, [he] the 288
	361	+	commissioner may order the condemnation of such herd to prevent the 289
	362	+	spread of such disease or to protect the public health and compensation 290
	363	+	therefor shall be paid in accordance with section 22-288, as amended by 291
	364	+	this act. [Said] Such compensation shall not be paid, nor shall the herd 292
	365	+	be restocked, until the premises from which such herd was taken have 293
	366	+	been cleaned and disinfected, and such premises have been inspected 294
	367	+	and approved by the commissioner. [or his deputy or any authorized 295
	368	+	agent of the commissioner.] Any person aggrieved by an order of the 296
	369	+	commissioner to so condemn a herd may, [within] not later than seven 297
	370	+	days after such order, appeal therefrom in accordance with the 298
	371	+	provisions of section 4-183. 299
	372	+	Sec. 7. Section 22-294 of the general statutes is repealed and the 300
	373	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 301
	374	+	The owner of any herd of livestock shall house, feed and care for such 302
	375	+	herd under such sanitary conditions as shall promote the health and 303
	376	+	welfare of such herd. No calf shall be fed milk or any other dairy product 304
	377	+	except such milk or other product [as has been] that is produced by a 305
	378	+	herd that [has been tuberculin tested] is negative for tuberculosis, or 306 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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467		-	No milk may be offered for sale in Connecticut unless produced from
468		-	herds complying with sections 22-287, as amended by this act, and 22-
469		-	298, as amended by this act. [22-299a, 22-303, 22-304, 22-306 and 22-307
470		-	and this section. Before a permit may be issued by the Commissioner of
471		-	Agriculture for the sale of milk, information must be available from the
472		-	state Department of Agriculture or from the livestock official of the state
473		-	where milk is produced that such herd producing milk for sale has
474		-	reacted negatively to tests which meet Connecticut specifications for the
475		-	control of tuberculosis and brucellosis.] For each new milk producer
476		-	registered pursuant to section 22-172 or 22-173a, if such herd or any
477		-	animals in such herd does not have a current tuberculosis and
478		-	brucellosis negative test result, such herd shall be tested and found
479		-	negative to a tuberculosis and brucellosis test prior to the issuance of the
480		-	registration to produce milk. Such tuberculosis and brucellosis test may
481		-	be conducted by employees of the department. Thereafter, each
482		-	registered milk producing herd shall be surveillance tested for
483		-	tuberculosis and brucellosis by the department at a frequency to be
484		-	determined by the state veterinarian.
485		-	Sec. 12. Section 22-303 of the general statutes is repealed and the
486		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
487		-	(a) Each owner of bovine animals in this state may have all of [his]
488		-	such owner's female calves vaccinated for the control of brucellosis at
489		-	ages [the commissioner shall establish by regulation] established
490		-	pursuant to the uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication
491		-	of the United States Department of Agriculture. [Animal and Plant
492		-	Health Inspection Service.] Calves may be vaccinated at the owner's
493		-	expense by [an approved] a licensed accredited veterinarian. [, an
494		-	approved federal or state full-time employed veterinarian assigned
495		-	directly and authorized by the Commissioner of Agriculture or by a
496		-	livestock inspector employed and authorized by the commissioner.]
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501		-	to have been incurred by the use of any vaccine.
502		-	(c) No person, firm or corporation, and no agent or employee of any
503		-	corporation, shall [have in his possession] possess any brucellosis
504		-	vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms unless
505		-	written permission has been obtained from the commissioner.
506		-	(d) No female bovine animal over the maximum vaccination age, as
507		-	established by the commissioner in accordance with the uniform
508		-	methods and rules for brucellosis eradication of the United States
509		-	Department of Agriculture, [Animal and Plant Health Inspection
510		-	Service,] shall be vaccinated with Brucella Abortus vaccine. Brucellosis
511		-	vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms shall not be
512		-	shipped into the state except upon written permission of the
513		-	commissioner.
514		-	Sec. 13. Section 22-308 of the general statutes is repealed and the
515		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
516		-	[All neat cattle and goats brought into this state shall be accompanied
517		-	by a permit obtained from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Such
518		-	permit shall accompany all waybills or, if the animals are driven over
519		-	the highways, shall be in the possession of the person in charge of the
520		-	same. The commissioner may refuse to grant a permit to any person, or
521		-	any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates any statute or
522		-	regulation governing the importation of livestock or poultry. Neat cattle
523		-	and goats brought into this state for the purpose of immediate slaughter
524		-	upon premises where federal inspection is maintained need not be
525		-	accompanied by such permit, provided all such cattle or goats
526		-	transported into this state shall be accompanied by a bill of sale or
527		-	certificate of assignment, made out by the consignor and showing the
528		-	name of the consignee and the destination. The owner of each
529		-	establishment where federal inspection is maintained shall report
530		-	weekly to the commissioner, upon forms furnished by him, the number Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	385	+	such milk or other dairy product [as has been] that is pasteurized by 307
	386	+	being maintained at a heat of one hundred forty-two degrees Fahrenheit 308
	387	+	for a period of thirty minutes. 309
	388	+	Sec. 8. Section 22-295 of the general statutes is repealed and the 310
	389	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 311
	390	+	The owner of any herd of livestock shall keep a record [which shall 312
	391	+	include a description] of each [registered or graded] animal in such herd 313
	392	+	[and] including the final disposition of such animal that is made by such 314
	393	+	owner. [which such owner makes of any animal of such herd.] Each such 315
	394	+	animal shall be marked [by a tag or other marking approved by the 316
	395	+	Commissioner of Agriculture] with official identification when such 317
	396	+	animal leaves the premises and such official identification shall be made 318
	397	+	part of such record. Such record shall be kept for the life of the animal 319
	398	+	plus one additional year. 320
	399	+	Sec. 9. Section 22-296 of the general statutes is repealed and the 321
	400	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 322
	401	+	When infection [of tuberculosis] with any disease listed as reportable 323
	402	+	or notifiable by the department or the USDA is found in any herd of 324
	403	+	[cattle or goats] livestock, the [remaining] animals in such herd shall be 325
	404	+	quarantined. [until such herd has passed three successive negative tests, 326
	405	+	at least sixty days to elapse between each two tests.] Such quarantine 327
	406	+	shall remain in effect until such time as the State Veterinarian 328
	407	+	determines the quarantine should be removed. No animals shall be 329
	408	+	removed from such herd while under quarantine, except under a 330
	409	+	written permit issued to the owner of the herd by the [Commissioner of 331
	410	+	Agriculture or his agents] commissioner to move directly from the 332
	411	+	quarantined premises to [immediate slaughter] another premises for the 333
	412	+	purpose and under the conditions specified in such permit. Such permit 334
	413	+	shall accompany such animals from the quarantined premises. [to the 335
	414	+	point where slaughter is to be effected.] The owner shall deliver such 336
	415	+	permit to any person [purchasing] receiving such animals, and such 337
	416	+	person shall exercise all reasonable diligence in determining that such 338 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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534		-	of head so imported. Such owner shall also report to said commissioner
535		-	the ear tag or identification number and the name of the previous owner
536		-	of all animals purchased within the state and delivered to such
537		-	establishments.]
538		-	(a) All livestock brought into this state shall be accompanied by a
539		-	livestock importation permit obtained from the commissioner and a
540		-	certificate of veterinary inspection. Such certificate of veterinary
541		-	inspection shall include the following: (1) Date of examination, (2)
542		-	physical location of origin of such livestock, (3) name and mailing
543		-	address of the consignor, (4) physical location of the destination in this
544		-	state, (5) name and mailing address of the consignee, (6) official
545		-	identification of each animal's age, sex, breed and species for each
546		-	animal represented on the certificate of veterinary inspection, and (7)
547		-	results of all tests required by this chapter. At the time of examination,
548		-	the issuing veterinarian shall verify that each animal represented on the
549		-	certificate of veterinary inspection bears identification tags or other
550		-	identification to officially identify the livestock. Such certificate of
551		-	veterinary inspection shall also include a statement verifying that the
552		-	livestock identified on the document have been inspected and that they
553		-	are free from clinical signs of any contagious, infectious or
554		-	communicable diseases and that the livestock do not originate from an
555		-	area of quarantine, infestation or infection. A certificate of veterinary
556		-	inspection shall be valid for thirty days after the date of issuance and
557		-	shall be signed by an accredited veterinarian. Any livestock import
558		-	permit issued pursuant to this section shall expire fifteen days after the
559		-	date of issuance.
560		-	(b) Not later than forty-eight hours after imported livestock arrives at
561		-	the destination for such livestock in this state, the owner of such
562		-	livestock shall complete and return the import permit to the
563		-	commissioner and report the number of each species imported and
564		-	include a copy of the certificate of veterinary inspection that Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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	423	+	permit is [received by him and is valid, and that such permit shall 339
	424	+	accompany such animals to slaughter] valid. 340
	425	+	Sec. 10. Section 22-298 of the general statutes is repealed and the 341
	426	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 342
	427	+	[(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may require and provide for 343
	428	+	the drawing and collecting of blood samples for the control of 344
	429	+	brucellosis from goats over three months of age and herds of bovine 345
	430	+	animals, including male bovine animals, six months of age or over, but 346
	431	+	not including steers, and may at his discretion decide not to test heifers 347
	432	+	which have been officially calfhood vaccinated, until they have calved 348
	433	+	or are eighteen months of age. All blood samples shall be submitted to 349
	434	+	a laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture and all milk 350
	435	+	samples shall be submitted to a laboratory approved by said 351
	436	+	commissioner for examination and the results of such tests shall be 352
	437	+	reported by the laboratories to the commissioner in a manner prescribed 353
	438	+	by him. Upon receipt of the laboratory reports on any such tests, the 354
	439	+	commissioner shall inform the owner or agent and the veterinarian of 355
	440	+	the result thereof. When the commissioner has determined the condition 356
	441	+	of such herd by such tests, all animals reacting positively to any test for 357
	442	+	brucellosis shall be identified by branding with a hot iron on the left jaw 358
	443	+	and a metal number reactor tag in the left ear as approved by the 359
	444	+	commissioner. All such reactors shall be appraised, branded, tagged 360
	445	+	and slaughtered within fifteen days and the premises cleaned, 361
	446	+	disinfected and approved within thirty days after slaughter in order to 362
	447	+	qualify for indemnity under section 22-307. If the reaction of any animal 363
	448	+	to a test for brucellosis is suspicious, it may be identified and 364
	449	+	quarantined and shall not be disposed of without first obtaining written 365
	450	+	permission from the commissioner. 366
	451	+	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damage incurred or alleged to 367
	452	+	have been incurred by any such test. 368
	453	+	(c) No swine or goats used for breeding purposes shall be kept on the 369
	454	+	same premises as cattle unless such swine or goats are certified free from 370 Substitute Bill No. 6726
567	455
568		-	accompanied the livestock into this state.
569		-	(c) The commissioner may refuse to grant a livestock import permit
570		-	to any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates
571		-	any statute or regulation governing the importation of livestock.
572		-	Whenever an import permit is refused or revoked, the commissioner
573		-	shall notify such person importing the livestock of the violations and
574		-	corrections necessary and, after making corrections, such person may
575		-	reapply for a livestock import permit.
576		-	(d) Livestock brought into this state: (1) For the purpose of immediate
577		-	slaughter upon premises where federal inspection is maintained, (2) to
578		-	a slaughter facility approved by the commissioner, or (3) to a licensed
579		-	livestock commission sales stable authorized to handle out-of-state
580		-	livestock by the USDA and the State Veterinarian, shall be exempt from
581		-	the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, provided all such
582		-	livestock transported into this state are accompanied with an owner-
583		-	shipper statement that shall include the following: (A) The name and
584		-	address of the consignor and the consignee; (B) the point of origin of
585		-	such livestock and identification of the premises that is the destination
586		-	for such livestock; (C) the date of entry into the state and a statement
587		-	that all livestock are consigned for immediate slaughter; (D) a listing of
588		-	official identification of each animal, as required in subsection (a) of this
589		-	section; and (E) the signature of the shipper certifying that the animals
590		-	are imported for slaughter only.
591		-	(e) Any person who transports livestock or equines into this state for
592		-	exhibition or competition purposes may obtain an exhibition permit
593		-	from the commissioner prior to entering the state. Livestock or equines
594		-	listed in the exhibition permit and on the certificate of veterinary
595		-	inspection shall be exempt from the requirement for a new certificate of
596		-	veterinary inspection every thirty days for the duration of the exhibition
597		-	permit. All tests required pursuant to this chapter and chapter 438a, as
598		-	applicable, to qualify for importation shall be listed on the certificate of Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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602		-	veterinary inspection and shall be kept current for the duration of the
603		-	exhibition permit. Exhibition permits shall expire six months after the
604		-	date of issuance.
605		-	Sec. 14. Section 22-309 of the general statutes is repealed and the
606		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
607		-	The commissioner may refuse to grant permits to import animals
608		-	from any and all sections or areas [which in his opinion] that the
609		-	commissioner determines are infected with a contagious disease, and
610		-	[he] the commissioner may, at any time, revoke any permit previously
611		-	issued and then outstanding, for the importation into this state of
612		-	animals [which] that in [his] the commissioner's opinion are infected,
613		-	and all damages caused or claimed to have been caused by such
614		-	revocation shall be borne by the owner. All [neat cattle and goats]
615		-	livestock entering the state shall be identified by [ear tags, registration
616		-	name or number, tattoo or other markings appro ved by the
617		-	commissioner] official identification.
618		-	Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person shall import, or
619		-	cause to be imported, into this state any livestock that is under any state
620		-	or federal quarantine due to the presence of, or the suspected presence
621		-	of, an infectious or contagious disease.
622		-	(b) No person shall import, or cause to be imported, into this state
623		-	any livestock that is infected with, or has been exposed to, any infectious
624		-	or contagious disease including, but not limited to, tuberculosis,
625		-	brucellosis, anaplasmosis, psoroptic scabies, chronic wasting disease,
626		-	bovine spongiform encephalopathy, hog cholera, pseudorabies, rabies
627		-	or scrapie.
628		-	(c) No person shall import, or cause to be imported, into this state any
629		-	livestock unless an import permit issued pursuant to section 22-308 of
630		-	the general statutes, as amended by this act, is obtained and each animal Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	461	+	brucellosis. Any positive reactors shall be immediately slaughtered and 371
	462	+	the premises cleaned and disinfected. 372
	463	+	(d) The drawing of blood samples for brucellosis tests shall be 373
	464	+	restricted to the State Veterinarian, veterinarians employed by the 374
	465	+	Department of Agriculture, veterinarians employed by the federal 375
	466	+	government and veterinarians licensed to practice in this state and 376
	467	+	assigned by the commissioner for that purpose.] 377
	468	+	(a) The commissioner may require and provide for the drawing and 378
	469	+	collecting of samples for testing and the control of brucellosis in 379
	470	+	livestock in this state. All blood and milk samples shall be submitted to 380
	471	+	a laboratory approved by the commissioner and the results of such tests 381
	472	+	shall be reported by the laboratories to the commissioner in a manner 382
	473	+	prescribed by the commissioner. Upon receipt of the laboratory reports 383
	474	+	on any such tests, the commissioner shall inform the owner or agent of 384
	475	+	any corporation and the applicable veterinarian of the results. Any 385
	476	+	condemnation of livestock infected with brucellosis shall comply with 386
	477	+	section 22-288, as amended by this act. The procedures for testing for 387
	478	+	brucellosis and the control and disposition of livestock infected with 388
	479	+	brucellosis shall conform to one of the following: (1) For cattle and bison, 389
	480	+	the procedures, methods, testing and disposition shall conform to the 390
	481	+	USDA uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication in cattle 391
	482	+	and bison; (2) for swine, the procedures, methods, testing and 392
	483	+	disposition of shall conform to the USDA uniform methods and rules 393
	484	+	for brucellosis eradication in swine; (3) for cervidae, the procedures, 394
	485	+	methods, testing and disposition of shall conform to the USDA uniform 395
	486	+	methods and rules for brucellosis eradication in cervidae; (4) for species 396
	487	+	other than cattle, bison, swine or cervidae, the procedures, methods, 397
	488	+	testing and disposition for brucellosis shall be determined by the State 398
	489	+	Veterinarian; or (5) the most recent USDA approved and published 399
	490	+	brucellosis procedures for testing and the control and disposition of 400
	491	+	brucellosis positive livestock. 401
	492	+	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damage incurred or alleged to 402
	493	+	have been incurred by any such test performed pursuant to this section. 403 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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633	495
634		-	is accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an
635		-	accredited veterinarian certifying that each animal has been inspected,
636		-	is not showing signs of infectious or contagious diseases, and has been
637		-	tested in accordance with the requirements of chapter 433 of the general
638		-	statutes.
639		-	(d) Livestock imported into this state for movement directly to
640		-	slaughter at a facility under a grant of inspection from the United States
641		-	Department of Agriculture, or approved by the commissioner, are
642		-	exempt from subsection (c) of this section provided such livestock are
643		-	accompanied by the owner-shipper statement required pursuant to
644		-	subsection (d) of section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by
645		-	this act. No such livestock shall be sold or transferred live to any person,
646		-	firm or corporation.
647		-	Sec. 16. (NEW) (Effective from passage) All cattle or bison imported into
648		-	this state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant
649		-	to section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a
650		-	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian
651		-	thirty days or less prior to entry to the state that includes the dates and
652		-	results of any tests required by this section, the official identification of
653		-	each animal and certification that such cattle or bison meet the following
654		-	requirements: (1) They originated from a herd that was negative to a
655		-	whole herd tuberculin test performed not more than twelve months
656		-	prior to such entry into this state and each imported animal was
657		-	included in such whole herd test or tested negative to a tuberculosis test
658		-	performed not more than sixty days prior to entry into this state, and (2)
659		-	for bulls and non-brucellosis vaccinated female cattle six months of age
660		-	and older and for official calfhood vaccinates eighteen months of age
661		-	and older, that they are negative to an official test for brucellosis that
662		-	was performed not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state.
663		-	Spayed heifers and steers imported as feeder cattle are exempt from
664		-	such brucellosis testing. Cattle and bison vaccinated as adults for Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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	500	+	(c) No swine or goats used for breeding purposes shall be kept on the 404
	501	+	same premises as cattle unless such swine or goats are certified free from 405
	502	+	brucellosis. 406
	503	+	(d) The drawing of samples for brucellosis tests shall be restricted to 407
	504	+	the State Veterinarian, veterinarians and trained employees of the 408
	505	+	department, veterinarians employed by the federal government and 409
	506	+	accredited veterinarians licensed to practice in this state. 410
	507	+	Sec. 11. Section 22-301 of the general statutes is repealed and the 411
	508	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 412
	509	+	No milk may be offered for sale in Connecticut unless produced from 413
	510	+	herds complying with sections 22-287 and 22-298, as amended by this 414
	511	+	act. [22-299a, 22-303, 22-304, 22-306 and 22-307 and this section. Before a 415
	512	+	permit may be issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the sale 416
	513	+	of milk, information must be available from the state Department of 417
	514	+	Agriculture or from the livestock official of the state where milk is 418
	515	+	produced that such herd producing milk for sale has reacted negatively 419
	516	+	to tests which meet Connecticut specifications for the control of 420
	517	+	tuberculosis and brucellosis.] For each new milk producer registered 421
	518	+	pursuant to section 22-172 or 22-173a, if such herd or any animals in 422
	519	+	such herd does not have a current tuberculosis and brucellosis negative 423
	520	+	test result, such herd shall be tested and found negative to a tuberculosis 424
	521	+	and brucellosis test prior to the issuance of the registration to produce 425
	522	+	milk. Such tuberculosis and brucellosis test may be conducted by 426
	523	+	employees of the department. Every two years thereafter, each 427
	524	+	registered milk producing herd shall be surveillance tested for 428
	525	+	tuberculosis and brucellosis by the department. 429
	526	+	Sec. 12. Section 22-303 of the general statutes is repealed and the 430
	527	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 431
	528	+	(a) Each owner of bovine animals in this state may have all of [his] 432
	529	+	such owner's female calves vaccinated for the control of brucellosis at 433
	530	+	ages [the commissioner shall establish by regulation] established 434 Substitute Bill No. 6726
667	531
668		-	brucellosis are not eligible for entry into the state. Cattle and bison that
669		-	were vaccinated when they were more than three hundred fifty-nine
670		-	days of age with diluted brucella abortus vaccine are not eligible for
671		-	entry into the state.
672		-	Sec. 17. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any sheep imported into this
673		-	state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to
674		-	section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a
675		-	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian
676		-	not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state that includes the
677		-	dates and results of any required tests, the official identification of each
678		-	animal and certification that the sheep listed on the certificate of
679		-	veterinary inspection have not been exposed to scrapie.
680		-	Sec. 18. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any goat imported into this
681		-	state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to
682		-	section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a
683		-	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian
684		-	not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state that includes: (1)
685		-	The dates and results of any tests required by this section, (2) the official
686		-	identification of each animal, and (3) certification that any goat listed on
687		-	the certificate of veterinary inspection has not been exposed to scrapie.
688		-	Additionally, any such goat shall meet the following requirements: (A)
689		-	They shall originate from a herd where they were included in a whole
690		-	herd with negative tuberculosis tests administered not more than
691		-	twelve months prior to such entry, (B) any such goat over three months
692		-	of age shall have tested negative to a tuberculin test not more than sixty
693		-	days prior to such entry, and (C) any goat over three months of age shall
694		-	have tested negative for brucellosis not more than thirty days prior to
695		-	such entry. Any kid goat under three months of age may be imported
696		-	on the dam's test chart if the dam was brucellosis tested and found
697		-	negative not more than twelve months prior to such entry and a copy of
698		-	such test result is provided to the commissioner. Any wether shall be Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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702		-	exempt from such brucellosis testing.
703		-	Sec. 19. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any camelid imported into this
704		-	state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to
705		-	section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a
706		-	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian
707		-	not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state. Such certificate
708		-	shall include the dates and results of any tests required by this section
709		-	and the official identification of each animal. Additionally, any such
710		-	camelid shall: (1) Have tested negative for tuberculosis using an axillary
711		-	tuberculin test not more than sixty days prior to such entry, and (2) if
712		-	six months of age or older, test negative for brucellosis not more than
713		-	thirty days prior to such entry.
714		-	Sec. 20. (NEW) (Effective from passage) All cervidae imported into this
715		-	state shall be accompanied by an import or exhibition permit required
716		-	pursuant to section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this
717		-	act, and a certificate of veterinary inspection that verifies compliance
718		-	with the provisions of section 26-57a of the general statutes and any
719		-	regulations adopted pursuant to said section.
720		-	Sec. 21. Section 22-316 of the general statutes is repealed and the
721		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
722		-	[All cattle or goats found to be affected with a communicable disease
723		-	shall be killed and the carcasses disposed of and premises disinfected in
724		-	accordance with the order of the Commissioner of Agriculture and at
725		-	the expense of the owner.] All carcasses of diseased livestock
726		-	condemned pursuant to this chapter shall be disposed of in a manner
727		-	acceptable to the commissioner. The premises shall be disinfected in a
728		-	manner acceptable to the commissioner before livestock are
729		-	reintroduced to such premises.
730		-	Sec. 22. Section 22-318a of the general statutes is repealed and the Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	537	+	pursuant to the uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication 435
	538	+	of the United States Department of Agriculture. [Animal and Plant 436
	539	+	Health Inspection Service.] Calves may be vaccinated at the owner's 437
	540	+	expense by [an approved] a licensed accredited veterinarian. [, an 438
	541	+	approved federal or state full-time employed veterinarian assigned 439
	542	+	directly and authorized by the Commissioner of Agriculture or by a 440
	543	+	livestock inspector employed and authorized by the commissioner.] 441
	544	+	(b) The state shall not be liable for any damages incurred or alleged 442
	545	+	to have been incurred by the use of any vaccine. 443
	546	+	(c) No person, firm or corporation, and no agent or employee of any 444
	547	+	corporation, shall [have in his possession] possess any brucellosis 445
	548	+	vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms unless 446
	549	+	written permission has been obtained from the commissioner. 447
	550	+	(d) No female bovine animal over the maximum vaccination age, as 448
	551	+	established by the commissioner in accordance with the uniform 449
	552	+	methods and rules for brucellosis eradication of the United States 450
	553	+	Department of Agriculture, [Animal and Plant Health Inspection 451
	554	+	Service,] shall be vaccinated with Brucella Abortus vaccine. Brucellosis 452
	555	+	vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms shall not be 453
	556	+	shipped into the state except upon written permission of the 454
	557	+	commissioner. 455
	558	+	Sec. 13. Section 22-308 of the general statutes is repealed and the 456
	559	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 457
	560	+	[All neat cattle and goats brought into this state shall be accompanied 458
	561	+	by a permit obtained from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Such 459
	562	+	permit shall accompany all waybills or, if the animals are driven over 460
	563	+	the highways, shall be in the possession of the person in charge of the 461
	564	+	same. The commissioner may refuse to grant a permit to any person, or 462
	565	+	any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates any statute or 463
	566	+	regulation governing the importation of livestock or poultry. Neat cattle 464
	567	+	and goats brought into this state for the purpose of immediate slaughter 465 Substitute Bill No. 6726
731	568
732		-	Public Act No. 23-187 23 of 30
733	569
734		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
735		-	Any herd owner, auctioneer, [cattle] livestock dealer or sales
736		-	manager, who contemplates a complete dispersal sale of a herd or a sale
737		-	in which more than ten head is to be sold in a group shall furnish a list
738		-	of animals to be sold to the [Commissioner of Agriculture]
739		-	commissioner not later than fourteen days prior to the sale. [, unless the
740		-	commissioner, in his sole discretion, shall find that this requirement,
741		-	under existing conditions, would impose undue hardship on the seller,
742		-	in which case he may waive it.] No owner, auctioneer, [cattle] livestock
743		-	dealer or sales manager shall conduct a dispersal sale without the
744		-	approval of the commissioner. The [commissioner may, in his
745		-	discretion,] State Veterinarian may require such herd to be [tuberculin
746		-	or brucellosis tested, or both,] tested for diseases, as the State
747		-	Veterinarian determines are necessary, before such sale. If such herd has
748		-	been tested or is tested in accordance with the provisions of this section
749		-	[and is found negative to both tests, or a permit has been issued by the
750		-	commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 22-303] and
751		-	is found negative, permission shall be granted for said sale. [These tests
752		-	shall be applied as private tests if not a routine test assignment. Any
753		-	person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more
754		-	than one hundred dollars.] Any test required pursuant to this section
755		-	shall be performed at the owner's expense.
756		-	Sec. 23. Section 22-319b of the general statutes is repealed and the
757		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
758		-	(a) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the growing of swine
759		-	that are to be used or disposed of elsewhere than on the premises where
760		-	such swine are grown shall register with the [Commissioner of
761		-	Agriculture] commissioner on forms furnished by the commissioner.
762		-	The commissioner may make orders and adopt regulations, in
763		-	accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning examination,
764		-	quarantine, disinfection, preventive treatment, disposition, Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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	574	+	upon premises where federal inspection is maintained need not be 466
	575	+	accompanied by such permit, provided all such cattle or goats 467
	576	+	transported into this state shall be accompanied by a bill of sale or 468
	577	+	certificate of assignment, made out by the consignor and showing the 469
	578	+	name of the consignee and the destination. The owner of each 470
	579	+	establishment where federal inspection is maintained shall report 471
	580	+	weekly to the commissioner, upon forms furnished by him, the number 472
	581	+	of head so imported. Such owner shall also report to said commissioner 473
	582	+	the ear tag or identification number and the name of the previous owner 474
	583	+	of all animals purchased within the state and delivered to such 475
	584	+	establishments.] 476
	585	+	(a) All livestock brought into this state shall be accompanied by a 477
	586	+	livestock importation permit obtained from the commissioner and a 478
	587	+	certificate of veterinary inspection. Such certificate of veterinary 479
	588	+	inspection shall include the following: (1) Date of examination, (2) 480
	589	+	physical location of origin of such livestock, (3) name and mailing 481
	590	+	address of the consignor, (4) physical location of the destination in this 482
	591	+	state, (5) name and mailing address of the consignee, (6) official 483
	592	+	identification of each animal's age, sex, breed and species for each 484
	593	+	animal represented on the certificate of veterinary inspection, and (7) 485
	594	+	results of all tests required by this chapter. At the time of examination, 486
	595	+	the issuing veterinarian shall verify that each animal represented on the 487
	596	+	certificate of veterinary inspection bears identification tags or other 488
	597	+	identification to officially identify the livestock. Such certificate of 489
	598	+	veterinary inspection shall also include a statement verifying that the 490
	599	+	livestock identified on the document have been inspected and that they 491
	600	+	are free from clinical signs of any contagious, infectious or 492
	601	+	communicable diseases and that the livestock do not originate from an 493
	602	+	area of quarantine, infestation or infection. A certificate of veterinary 494
	603	+	inspection shall be valid for thirty days after the date of issuance and 495
	604	+	shall be signed by an accredited veterinarian. Any livestock import 496
	605	+	permit issued pursuant to this section shall expire fifteen days after the 497
	606	+	date of issuance. 498 Substitute Bill No. 6726
767	607
768		-	transportation, importation, feeding and sanitation for the protection of
769		-	swine from contagious and infectious disease. Said commissioner shall,
770		-	at once, cause an investigation of all cases of such diseases coming to the
771		-	commissioner's knowledge and shall use all proper means to
772		-	exterminate and prevent spread of the same. Instructions shall be
773		-	issued, in writing, by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent that
774		-	shall contain directions for quarantine and disinfection of the premises
775		-	where such disease exists. [No swine shall be brought into Connecticut
776		-	by any individual, corporation or common carrier, unless the same
777		-	originate from a herd that is validated as brucellosis-free and qualified
778		-	pseudorabies-negative, and are accompanied by a permit issued by the
779		-	commissioner and an official health certificate showing such animals to
780		-	be free from any contagious or infectious disease, except that swine
781		-	brought into this state for the purpose of immediate slaughter upon
782		-	premises where federal inspection is maintained need not be
783		-	accompanied by an official health certificate and the owner of each
784		-	establishment where federal inspection is maintained shall report
785		-	weekly to the commissioner, upon forms furnished by the
786		-	commissioner, the number of such swine imported. Such permit shall
787		-	accompany all waybills or, if animals are driven or carted over
788		-	highways, shall be in the possession of the person in charge of swine. In
789		-	addition to any other requirements of this section, all swine imported
790		-	for other than immediate slaughter that are over three months of age,
791		-	other than barrows, shall be negative as to a blood test for brucellosis
792		-	and pseudorabies within thirty days of importation. With approval of
793		-	the State Veterinarian, a thirty-day blood test may not be required for
794		-	swine originating from, and residing for at least thirty days prior to
795		-	importation in, a state that is validated as brucellosis-free and stage V
796		-	pseudorabies-free, or for swine originating from any herd which the
797		-	State Veterinarian determines to be pathogen-free. With such approval,
798		-	swine may be imported pursuant to an import permit and a current
799		-	official health certificate. All swine brought into the state for immediate
800		-	slaughter shall be killed in an approved slaughterhouse under Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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804		-	veterinary inspection.]
805		-	(b) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in breeding swine in this
806		-	state shall have all breeding swine tested for brucellosis and
807		-	pseudorabies. Such testing shall be performed by an accredited
808		-	veterinarian, a veterinarian employed by the USDA, or the department
809		-	or an employee employed by the department, under supervision of the
810		-	State Veterinarian. The owner of any herd or animal to be so tested shall
811		-	provide assistance and proper restraint for confining the animals for and
812		-	during the application and diagnosis of said test. The state shall not be
813		-	liable for any damages incurred or alleged to have been incurred from
814		-	such test. Testing for brucellosis shall comply with section 22-298, as
815		-	amended by this act. The procedures for testing for pseudorabies and
816		-	the control and disposition of pseudorabies positive swine shall
817		-	conform to the USDA, pseudorabies eradication program standards.
818		-	(c) All swine imported into this state shall be accompanied by an
819		-	import permit required pursuant to section 22-308, as amended by this
820		-	act, and a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited
821		-	veterinarian not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state and
822		-	that includes the dates and results of any tests required by this section,
823		-	the official identification of each swine and certification that each swine
824		-	originated from a: (1) Brucellosis validated free herd, provided the herd
825		-	number, the date of the last whole herd negative brucellosis test that
826		-	includes the swine being imported shall be recorded on the certificate of
827		-	veterinary inspection, or, in the alternative, each swine over three
828		-	months of age shall have been tested and found negative for brucellosis
829		-	not more than thirty days prior to such entry; and (2) pseudorabies
830		-	qualified free herd, provided the number and date of the last whole herd
831		-	negative test that includes the swine being imported shall be recorded
832		-	on the certificate of veterinary inspection, or, in the alternative, each
833		-	swine shall have been tested and found negative for pseudorabies not
834		-	more than thirty days prior to such entry. Barrows shall be exempt from Substitute House Bill No. 6726
	613	+	(b) Not later than forty-eight hours after imported livestock arrives at 499
	614	+	the destination for such livestock in this state, the owner of such 500
	615	+	livestock shall complete and return the import permit to the 501
	616	+	commissioner and report the number of each species imported and 502
	617	+	include a copy of the certificate of veterinary inspection that 503
	618	+	accompanied the livestock into this state. 504
	619	+	(c) The commissioner may refuse to grant a livestock import permit 505
	620	+	to any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates 506
	621	+	any statute or regulation governing the importation of livestock. 507
	622	+	Whenever an import permit is refused or revoked, the commissioner 508
	623	+	shall notify such person importing the livestock of the violations and 509
	624	+	corrections necessary and, after making corrections, such person may 510
	625	+	reapply for a livestock import permit. 511
	626	+	(d) Livestock brought into this state: (1) For the purpose of immediate 512
	627	+	slaughter upon premises where federal inspection is maintained, (2) to 513
	628	+	a slaughter facility approved by the commissioner, or (3) to a licensed 514
	629	+	livestock commission sales stable authorized to handle out-of-state 515
	630	+	livestock by the USDA and the State Veterinarian, shall be exempt from 516
	631	+	the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, provided all such 517
	632	+	livestock transported into this state are accompanied with an owner-518
	633	+	shipper statement that shall include the following: (A) The name and 519
	634	+	address of the consignor and the consignee; (B) the point of origin of 520
	635	+	such livestock and identification of the premises that is the destination 521
	636	+	for such livestock; (C) the date of entry into the state and a statement 522
	637	+	that all livestock are consigned for immediate slaughter; (D) a listing of 523
	638	+	official identification of each animal, as required in subsection (a) of this 524
	639	+	section; and (E) the signature of the shipper certifying that the animals 525
	640	+	are imported for slaughter only. 526
	641	+	(e) Any person who transports livestock or equines into this state for 527
	642	+	exhibition or competition purposes may obtain an exhibition permit 528
	643	+	from the commissioner prior to entering the state. Livestock or equines 529
	644	+	listed in the exhibition permit and on the certificate of veterinary 530
	645	+	inspection shall be exempt from the requirement for a new certificate of 531 Substitute Bill No. 6726
835	646
836		-	Public Act No. 23-187 26 of 30
837	647
838		-	such brucellosis testing.
839		-	Sec. 24. Section 22-320a of the general statutes is repealed and the
840		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
841		-	As used in [sections 22-320a] this section and sections 22-320b to 22-
842		-	320h, inclusive:
843		-	[(a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture;
844		-	(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;
845		-	(c) "Person" means the state or any political subdivision thereof, or
846		-	any institution, public or private, any corporation, any limited liability
847		-	company, any individual or any partnership;
848		-	(d)] (1) "Garbage" means any material containing meat resulting from
849		-	the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including
850		-	animal carcasses or parts thereof. [, but the term "garbage" shall]
851		-	"Garbage" does not [apply to] include waste materials from
852		-	slaughterhouses [which] that go directly to rendering plants for
853		-	processing; and
854		-	[(e)] (2) "Garbage-feeding swine farm" includes all premises on which
855		-	one or more swine are maintained and are fed garbage.
856		-	Sec. 25. Section 22-321 of the general statutes is repealed and the
857		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
858		-	(a) Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who
859		-	violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is
860		-	provided, [or] who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the [Commissioner
861		-	of Agriculture or his deputy or any of his assistants] commissioner, an
862		-	authorized agent of the commissioner or an employee of the department
863		-	in the performance of [his duty] a duty established in this chapter, or
864		-	who violates any regulation established by said commissioner, shall be Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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866		-	Public Act No. 23-187 27 of 30
	652	+	veterinary inspection every thirty days for the duration of the exhibition 532
	653	+	permit. All tests required pursuant to this chapter and chapter 438a, as 533
	654	+	applicable, to qualify for importation shall be listed on the certificate of 534
	655	+	veterinary inspection and shall be kept current for the duration of the 535
	656	+	exhibition permit. Exhibition permits shall expire six months after the 536
	657	+	date of issuance. 537
	658	+	Sec. 14. Section 22-309 of the general statutes is repealed and the 538
	659	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 539
	660	+	The commissioner may refuse to grant permits to import animals 540
	661	+	from any and all sections or areas [which in his opinion] that the 541
	662	+	commissioner determines are infected with a contagious disease, and 542
	663	+	[he] the commissioner may, at any time, revoke any permit previously 543
	664	+	issued and then outstanding, for the importation into this state of 544
	665	+	animals [which] that in [his] the commissioner's opinion are infected, 545
	666	+	and all damages caused or claimed to have been caused by such 546
	667	+	revocation shall be borne by the owner. All [neat cattle and goats] 547
	668	+	livestock entering the state shall be identified by [ear tags, registration 548
	669	+	name or number, tattoo or other markings approved by the 549
	670	+	commissioner] official identification. 550
	671	+	Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person shall import, or 551
	672	+	cause to be imported, into this state any livestock that is under any state 552
	673	+	or federal quarantine due to the presence of, or the suspected presence 553
	674	+	of, an infectious or contagious disease. 554
	675	+	(b) No person shall import, or cause to be imported, into this state 555
	676	+	any livestock that is infected with, or has been exposed to, any infectious 556
	677	+	or contagious disease including, but not limited to, tuberculosis, 557
	678	+	brucellosis, anaplasmosis, psoroptic scabies, chronic wasting disease, 558
	679	+	bovine spongiform encephalopathy, hog cholera, pseudorabies, rabies 559
	680	+	or scrapie. 560
	681	+	(c) No person shall import, or cause to be imported, into this state any 561
	682	+	livestock unless an import permit issued pursuant to section 22-308 of 562 Substitute Bill No. 6726
867	683
868		-	fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first such violation or obstruction
869		-	and for any such second violation or obstruction shall be guilty of a class
870		-	D misdemeanor.
871		-	(b) Any person who misleads or attempts to mislead the
872		-	commissioner by removing or altering the official identification of any
873		-	livestock or by falsifying a certificate of veterinary inspection shall be
874		-	fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first such violation and shall be
875		-	guilty of a class D misdemeanor for any second or subsequent such
876		-	violation.
877		-	Sec. 26. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any laboratory or veterinarian
878		-	that conducts testing of livestock or poultry in this state shall notify the
879		-	State Veterinarian, on forms or in a manner prescribed by the
880		-	Commissioner of Agriculture, of any positive test results for any
881		-	notifiable or reportable disease pursuant to section 22-26f of the general
882		-	statutes. Such notification shall be made not later than twenty-four
883		-	hours after receipt of any such results. Any person who violates this
884		-	section for a first violation shall be subject to an administrative civil
885		-	penalty, issued pursuant to section 22-7 of the general statutes, of not
886		-	more than five hundred dollars, and for any such second or subsequent
887		-	violation, not more than one thousand dollars.
888		-	Sec. 27. Subsection (a) of section 22-277 of the general statutes is
889		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
890		-	passage):
891		-	(a) As used in this section, "livestock animal" means any camelid or
892		-	hooved animal raised for domestic or commercial use. The
893		-	Commissioner of Agriculture shall supervise commission sales stables
894		-	where livestock animals are sold at public auctions. Any person, firm or
895		-	corporation engaged in the business of selling livestock animals at such
896		-	auctions or sales shall annually apply to said commissioner for a license
897		-	upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner. The fee for each such Substitute House Bill No. 6726
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901		-	~~license shall be one hundred ninety dollars~~, ~~payable to said~~
902		-	~~commissioner. Each such license shall be~~ issued ~~for the period of one~~
903		-	~~year from July first and may be revoked for cause. If~~, ~~in the judgment of~~
904		-	~~the commissioner,~~ ~~any provision~~ of ~~this section~~ has been ~~violated, the~~
905		-	~~commissioner shall send notice by registered or certified mail to~~ the
906		-	~~licensee, who shall be given a hearing, and, if violation is proven, the~~
907		-	~~license shall be revoked.~~ ~~If a license~~ to ~~deal in livestock, issued to any~~
908		-	~~person, firm or corporation by another state,~~ ~~has been suspended or~~
909		-	~~revoked~~ by ~~such state within five years next preceding~~ the ~~date of~~
910		-	~~issuance or renewal~~ of ~~a license to~~ such ~~person, firm or corporation~~
911		-	~~under~~ the ~~provisions of this section,~~ ~~such suspension or revocation shall~~
912		-	~~constitute just cause for revocation under this~~ section~~. All dairy animals~~
913		-	to be sold ~~at such auction shall be segregated from beef animals prior~~ to
914		-	~~such sales~~. ~~The sale of dairy animals shall precede the sale of those~~
915		-	~~assigned for slaughter.~~ All ~~bovines more than three hundred pounds in~~
916		-	~~weight, except dairy and breeding animals,~~ ~~that are delivered to a sale~~
917		-	~~shall be branded with~~ the ~~letter "S" in~~ a ~~conspicuous place or identified~~
918		-	~~in a manner acceptable to the commissioner or the commissioner's~~
919		-	~~designee by~~ the ~~operator of~~ the ~~sale or the operator's representative. All~~
920		-	~~dairy and breeding animals from within~~ the ~~state arriving at a sale shall~~
921		-	~~be from a herd~~ that~~: (1) Is under state supervision for~~ the ~~control of~~
922		-	~~brucellosis and tuberculosis and~~ that ~~has been tested for brucellosis and~~
923		-	~~tuberculosis less~~ than ~~fourteen~~ months ~~before the sale, (2) has been~~
924		-	~~tested for tuberculosis less than fourteen months before the sale~~ and is
925		-	~~regularly~~ tested ~~under the brucellosis ring~~ test ~~program of the~~
926		-	~~Department of Agriculture,~~ ~~or (3) is certified~~ to ~~be brucellosis-free~~ ~~under~~
927		-	~~the program established pursuant to section 22-299a. All dairy~~ and
928		-	~~breeding animals which are not cosigned~~ for ~~immediate slaughter,~~
929		-	~~arriving at a sale from outside the state shall comply with [section~~ ~~22-~~
930		-	~~304] chapter 433 and be accompanied by a health certificate issued by~~
931		-	~~the livestock official of the state of their origin~~ and ~~by an import permit~~
932		-	~~from the commissioner or, alternatively,~~ such ~~dairy or breeding animals~~
933		-	~~shall be examined by a licensed accredited veterinarian who shall issue~~ Substitute ~~House~~ Bill No. 6726
	689	+	the general statutes, as amended by this act, is obtained and each animal 563
	690	+	is accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an 564
	691	+	accredited veterinarian certifying that each animal has been inspected, 565
	692	+	is not showing signs of infectious or contagious diseases, and has been 566
	693	+	tested in accordance with the requirements of chapter 433 of the general 567
	694	+	statutes. 568
	695	+	(d) Livestock imported into this state for movement directly to 569
	696	+	slaughter at a facility under a grant of inspection from the United States 570
	697	+	Department of Agriculture, or approved by the commissioner, are 571
	698	+	exempt from subsection (c) of this section provided such livestock are 572
	699	+	accompanied by the owner-shipper statement required pursuant to 573
	700	+	subsection (d) of section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by 574
	701	+	this act. No such livestock shall be sold or transferred live to any person, 575
	702	+	firm or corporation. 576
	703	+	Sec. 16. (NEW) (Effective from passage) All cattle or bison imported into 577
	704	+	this state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant 578
	705	+	to section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a 579
	706	+	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian 580
	707	+	thirty days or less prior to entry to the state that includes the dates and 581
	708	+	results of any tests required by this section, the official identification of 582
	709	+	each animal and certification that such cattle or bison meet the following 583
	710	+	requirements: (1) They originated from a herd that was negative to a 584
	711	+	whole herd tuberculin test performed not more than twelve months 585
	712	+	prior to such entry into this state and each imported animal was 586
	713	+	included in such whole herd test or tested negative to a tuberculosis test 587
	714	+	performed not more than sixty days prior to entry into this state, and (2) 588
	715	+	for bulls and non-brucellosis vaccinated female cattle six months of age 589
	716	+	and older and for official calfhood vaccinates eighteen months of age 590
	717	+	and older, that they are negative to an official test for brucellosis that 591
	718	+	was performed not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state. 592
	719	+	Spayed heifers and steers imported as feeder cattle are exempt from 593
	720	+	such brucellosis testing. Cattle and bison vaccinated as adults for 594
	721	+	brucellosis are not eligible for entry into the state. Cattle and bison that 595 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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937		-	an interstate health certificate for such animal at the expense of the
938		-	licensee. All animals offered for dairy or breeding purposes shall be
939		-	identified by an official ear tag, or by a breed registration number if
940		-	accompanied by the corresponding breed registration certificate.
941		-	Animals consigned for slaughter shall be sold only to owners or agents
942		-	of slaughtering establishments and moved directly to such slaughtering
943		-	establishments for immediate slaughter or slaughter that occurs not
944		-	later than seventy-two hours after the time of sale. All stables and sales
945		-	rings shall be kept clean and shall be suitably disinfected prior to each
946		-	sale. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of an
947		-	individual herd at an auction conducted by the owner thereof. Any
948		-	person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates any
949		-	provision of this section or who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the
950		-	Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's deputy or assistants
951		-	in the performance of their duty, shall be guilty of a class D
952		-	misdemeanor.
953		-	Sec. 28. Subsection (c) of section 22-342 of the general statutes, as
954		-	amended by section 3 of public act 23-17, is repealed and the following
955		-	substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
956		-	(c) The commissioner, the Chief Animal Control Officer or any state
957		-	animal control officer may at any time inspect any kennel including all
958		-	facilities of any kennel in which dogs are bred or housed or cause it to
959		-	be inspected by a Connecticut licensed veterinarian appointed by the
960		-	commissioner. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, such kennel is
961		-	not being maintained in good repair and in a sanitary and humane
962		-	manner or if the commissioner finds that communicable or infectious
963		-	disease or other unsatisfactory conditions exist in the kennel, he may
964		-	issue such orders as he deems necessary for the correction of such
965		-	conditions and may quarantine the premises and animals. If the owner
966		-	or keeper of such kennel fails to comply with such orders, the
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	728	+	were vaccinated when they were more than three hundred fifty-nine 596
	729	+	days of age with diluted brucella abortus vaccine are not eligible for 597
	730	+	entry into the state. 598
	731	+	Sec. 17. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any sheep imported into this 599
	732	+	state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to 600
	733	+	section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a 601
	734	+	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian 602
	735	+	not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state that includes the 603
	736	+	dates and results of any required tests, the official identification of each 604
	737	+	animal and certification that the sheep listed on the certificate of 605
	738	+	veterinary inspection have not been exposed to scrapie. 606
	739	+	Sec. 18. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any goat imported into this 607
	740	+	state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to 608
	741	+	section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a 609
	742	+	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian 610
	743	+	not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state that includes: (1) 611
	744	+	The dates and results of any tests required by this section, (2) the official 612
	745	+	identification of each animal, and (3) certification that any goat listed on 613
	746	+	the certificate of veterinary inspection has not been exposed to scrapie. 614
	747	+	Additionally, any such goat shall meet the following requirements: (A) 615
	748	+	They shall originate from a herd where they were included in a whole 616
	749	+	herd with negative tuberculosis tests administered not more than 617
	750	+	twelve months prior to such entry, (B) any such goat over three months 618
	751	+	of age shall have tested negative to a tuberculin test not more than sixty 619
	752	+	days prior to such entry, and (C) any goat over three months of age shall 620
	753	+	have tested negative for brucellosis not more than thirty days prior to 621
	754	+	such entry. Any kid goat under three months of age may be imported 622
	755	+	on the dam's test chart if the dam was brucellosis tested and found 623
	756	+	negative not more than twelve months prior to such entry and a copy of 624
	757	+	such test result is provided to the commissioner. Any wether shall be 625
	758	+	exempt from such brucellosis testing. 626
	759	+	Sec. 19. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any camelid imported into this 627
	760	+	state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to 628 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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971		-	or keeper. [Each] On or after July 1, 2023, each such kennel [shall] may
972		-	be inspected annually by an animal control officer appointed pursuant
973		-	to section 22-331 or 22-331a with jurisdiction in the municipality in
974		-	which such kennel is located, or upon receipt of any complaint about
975		-	such kennel. Such inspection shall include an evaluation of: (1) The
976		-	sanitary conditions in which the dogs are kept, (2) the dogs' access to
977		-	proper and wholesome food, potable water, exercise and veterinary care
978		-	when necessary, including rabies vaccinations, and (3) records of
979		-	veterinary care and records of the transfer of dogs or puppies to new
980		-	owners. Any crate or other enclosure in which any dog is kept for more
981		-	than four hours shall be clean and in good repair, such that the crate or
982		-	enclosure does not pose a hazard to the dog, and shall be of sufficient
983		-	size as to allow the dogs to stand, sit, lie down, turn around and make
984		-	normal postural movements. If any animal control officer finds
985		-	conditions exist in such kennel that may adversely affect the health,
986		-	safety or welfare of any dog, such animal control officer may issue such
987		-	orders as are necessary for the correction of such conditions. If such
988		-	animal control officer suspects a communicable or infectious disease is
989		-	present, such officer may order the licensee to consult a Connecticut
990		-	licensed veterinarian at such licensee's expense to address the suspected
991		-	health condition. The licensee shall implement any order of the animal
992		-	control officer to correct any condition that may adversely affect the
993		-	health, safety or welfare of any such dog, and shall follow any
994		-	recommendation of such veterinarian, as applicable. A municipality
995		-	may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue any local kennel license under
996		-	this section for cause.
997		-	Sec. 29. Sections 22-284, 22-304, 22-318, 22-318b, 22-291 to 22-293,
998		-	inclusive, and 22-310 to 22-313, inclusive, of the general statutes are
999		-	repealed. (Effective from passage)
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	767	+	section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and a 629
	768	+	certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian 630
	769	+	not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state. Such certificate 631
	770	+	shall include the dates and results of any tests required by this section 632
	771	+	and the official identification of each animal. Additionally, any such 633
	772	+	camelid shall: (1) Have tested negative for tuberculosis using an axillary 634
	773	+	tuberculin test not more than sixty days prior to such entry, and (2) if 635
	774	+	six months of age or older, test negative for brucellosis not more than 636
	775	+	thirty days prior to such entry. 637
	776	+	Sec. 20. (NEW) (Effective from passage) All cervidae imported into this 638
	777	+	state shall be accompanied by an import or exhibition permit required 639
	778	+	pursuant to section 22-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this 640
	779	+	act, and a certificate of veterinary inspection that verifies compliance 641
	780	+	with the provisions of section 26-57a of the general statutes and any 642
	781	+	regulations adopted pursuant to said section. 643
	782	+	Sec. 21. Section 22-316 of the general statutes is repealed and the 644
	783	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 645
	784	+	[All cattle or goats found to be affected with a communicable disease 646
	785	+	shall be killed and the carcasses disposed of and premises disinfected in 647
	786	+	accordance with the order of the Commissioner of Agriculture and at 648
	787	+	the expense of the owner.] All carcasses of diseased livestock 649
	788	+	condemned pursuant to this chapter shall be disposed of in a manner 650
	789	+	acceptable to the commissioner. The premises shall be disinfected in a 651
	790	+	manner acceptable to the commissioner before livestock are 652
	791	+	reintroduced to such premises. 653
	792	+	Sec. 22. Section 22-318a of the general statutes is repealed and the 654
	793	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 655
	794	+	Any herd owner, auctioneer, [cattle] livestock dealer or sales 656
	795	+	manager, who contemplates a complete dispersal sale of a herd or a sale 657
	796	+	in which more than ten head is to be sold in a group shall furnish a list 658
	797	+	of animals to be sold to the [Commissioner of Agriculture] 659 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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	804	+	commissioner not later than fourteen days prior to the sale. [, unless the 660
	805	+	commissioner, in his sole discretion, shall find that this requirement, 661
	806	+	under existing conditions, would impose undue hardship on the seller, 662
	807	+	in which case he may waive it.] No owner, auctioneer, [cattle] livestock 663
	808	+	dealer or sales manager shall conduct a dispersal sale without the 664
	809	+	approval of the commissioner. The [commissioner may, in his 665
	810	+	discretion,] State Veterinarian may require such herd to be [tuberculin 666
	811	+	or brucellosis tested, or both,] tested for diseases, as the State 667
	812	+	Veterinarian determines are necessary, before such sale. If such herd has 668
	813	+	been tested or is tested in accordance with the provisions of this section 669
	814	+	[and is found negative to both tests, or a permit has been issued by the 670
	815	+	commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 22-303] and 671
	816	+	is found negative, permission shall be granted for said sale. [These tests 672
	817	+	shall be applied as private tests if not a routine test assignment. Any 673
	818	+	person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more 674
	819	+	than one hundred dollars.] Any test required pursuant to this section 675
	820	+	shall be performed at the owner's expense. 676
	821	+	Sec. 23. Section 22-319b of the general statutes is repealed and the 677
	822	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 678
	823	+	(a) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the growing of swine 679
	824	+	that are to be used or disposed of elsewhere than on the premises where 680
	825	+	such swine are grown shall register with the [Commissioner of 681
	826	+	Agriculture] commissioner on forms furnished by the commissioner. 682
	827	+	The commissioner may make orders and adopt re gulations, in 683
	828	+	accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning examination, 684
	829	+	quarantine, disinfection, preventive treatment, disposition, 685
	830	+	transportation, importation, feeding and sanitation for the protection of 686
	831	+	swine from contagious and infectious disease. Said commissioner shall, 687
	832	+	at once, cause an investigation of all cases of such diseases coming to the 688
	833	+	commissioner's knowledge and shall use all proper means to 689
	834	+	exterminate and prevent spread of the same. Instructions shall be 690
	835	+	issued, in writing, by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent that 691
	836	+	shall contain directions for quarantine and disinfection of the premises 692 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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	843	+	where such disease exists. [No swine shall be brought into Connecticut 693
	844	+	by any individual, corporation or common carrier, unless the same 694
	845	+	originate from a herd that is validated as brucellosis-free and qualified 695
	846	+	pseudorabies-negative, and are accompanied by a permit issued by the 696
	847	+	commissioner and an official health certificate showing such animals to 697
	848	+	be free from any contagious or infectious disease, except that swine 698
	849	+	brought into this state for the purpose of immediate slaughter upon 699
	850	+	premises where federal inspection is maintained need not be 700
	851	+	accompanied by an official health certificate and the owner of each 701
	852	+	establishment where federal inspection is maintained shall report 702
	853	+	weekly to the commissioner, upon forms furnished by the 703
	854	+	commissioner, the number of such swine imported. Such permit shall 704
	855	+	accompany all waybills or, if animals are driven or carted over 705
	856	+	highways, shall be in the possession of the person in charge of swine. In 706
	857	+	addition to any other requirements of this section, all swine imported 707
	858	+	for other than immediate slaughter that are over three months of age, 708
	859	+	other than barrows, shall be negative as to a blood test for brucellosis 709
	860	+	and pseudorabies within thirty days of importation. With approval of 710
	861	+	the State Veterinarian, a thirty-day blood test may not be required for 711
	862	+	swine originating from, and residing for at least thirty days prior to 712
	863	+	importation in, a state that is validated as brucellosis-free and stage V 713
	864	+	pseudorabies-free, or for swine originating from any herd which the 714
	865	+	State Veterinarian determines to be pathogen-free. With such approval, 715
	866	+	swine may be imported pursuant to an import permit and a current 716
	867	+	official health certificate. All swine brought into the state for immediate 717
	868	+	slaughter shall be killed in an approved slaughterhouse under 718
	869	+	veterinary inspection.] 719
	870	+	(b) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in breeding swine in this 720
	871	+	state shall have all breeding swine tested for brucellosis and 721
	872	+	pseudorabies. Such testing shall be performed by an accredited 722
	873	+	veterinarian, a veterinarian employed by the USDA, or the department 723
	874	+	or an employee employed by the department, under supervision of the 724
	875	+	State Veterinarian. The owner of any herd or animal to be so tested shall 725
	876	+	provide assistance and proper restraint for confining the animals for and 726 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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	883	+	during the application and diagnosis of said test. The state shall not be 727
	884	+	liable for any damages incurred or alleged to have been incurred from 728
	885	+	such test. Testing for brucellosis shall comply with section 22-298, as 729
	886	+	amended by this act. The procedures for testing for pseudorabies and 730
	887	+	the control and disposition of pseudorabies positive swine shall 731
	888	+	conform to the USDA, pseudorabies eradication program standards. 732
	889	+	(c) All swine imported into this state shall be accompanied by an 733
	890	+	import permit required pursuant to section 22-308, as amended by this 734
	891	+	act, and a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited 735
	892	+	veterinarian not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state and 736
	893	+	that includes the dates and results of any tests required by this section, 737
	894	+	the official identification of each swine and certification that each swine 738
	895	+	originated from a: (1) Brucellosis validated free herd, provided the herd 739
	896	+	number, the date of the last whole herd negative brucellosis test that 740
	897	+	includes the swine being imported shall be recorded on the certificate of 741
	898	+	veterinary inspection, or, in the alternative, each swine over three 742
	899	+	months of age shall have been tested and found negative for brucellosis 743
	900	+	not more than thirty days prior to such entry; and (2) pseudorabies 744
	901	+	qualified free herd, provided the number and date of the last whole herd 745
	902	+	negative test that includes the swine being imported shall be recorded 746
	903	+	on the certificate of veterinary inspection, or, in the alternative, each 747
	904	+	swine shall have been tested and found negative for pseudorabies not 748
	905	+	more than thirty days prior to such entry. Barrows shall be exempt from 749
	906	+	such brucellosis testing. 750
	907	+	Sec. 24. Section 22-320a of the general statutes is repealed and the 751
	908	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 752
	909	+	As used in [sections 22-320a] this section and sections 22-320b to 22-753
	910	+	320h, inclusive: 754
	911	+	[(a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture; 755
	912	+	(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture; 756
	913	+	(c) "Person" means the state or any political subdivision thereof, or 757 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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	920	+	any institution, public or private, any corporation, any limited liability 758
	921	+	company, any individual or any partnership; 759
	922	+	(d)] (1) "Garbage" means any material containing meat resulting from 760
	923	+	the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including 761
	924	+	animal carcasses or parts thereof. [, but the term "garbage" shall] 762
	925	+	"Garbage" does not [apply to] include waste materials from 763
	926	+	slaughterhouses [which] that go directly to rendering plants for 764
	927	+	processing; and 765
	928	+	[(e)] (2) "Garbage-feeding swine farm" includes all premises on which 766
	929	+	one or more swine are maintained and are fed garbage. 767
	930	+	Sec. 25. Section 22-321 of the general statutes is repealed and the 768
	931	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 769
	932	+	(a) Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who 770
	933	+	violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is 771
	934	+	provided, [or] who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the [Commissioner 772
	935	+	of Agriculture or his deputy or any of his assistants] commissioner, an 773
	936	+	authorized agent of the commissioner or an employee of the department 774
	937	+	in the performance of [his duty] a duty established in this chapter, or 775
	938	+	who violates any regulation established by said commissioner, shall be 776
	939	+	fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first such violation or obstruction 777
	940	+	and for any such second violation or obstruction shall be guilty of a class 778
	941	+	D misdemeanor. 779
	942	+	(b) Any person who misleads or attempts to mislead the 780
	943	+	commissioner by removing or altering the official identification of any 781
	944	+	livestock or by falsifying a certificate of veterinary inspection shall be 782
	945	+	fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first such violation and shall be 783
	946	+	guilty of a class D misdemeanor for any second or subsequent such 784
	947	+	violation. 785
	948	+	Sec. 26. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any laboratory or veterinarian 786
	949	+	that conducts testing of livestock or poultry in this state shall notify the 787
	950	+	State Veterinarian, on forms or in a manner prescribed by the 788 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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	957	+	Commissioner of Agriculture, of any positive test results for any 789
	958	+	notifiable or reportable disease pursuant to section 22-26f of the general 790
	959	+	statutes. Such notification shall be made not later than twenty-four 791
	960	+	hours after receipt of any such results. Any person who violates this 792
	961	+	section for a first violation shall be subject to an administrative civil 793
	962	+	penalty, issued pursuant to section 22-7 of the general statutes, of not 794
	963	+	more than five hundred dollars, and for any such second or subsequent 795
	964	+	violation, not more than one thousand dollars. 796
	965	+	Sec. 27. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) The Commissioner of 797
	966	+	Agriculture shall be the state official in charge of inspecting any 798
	967	+	producer and any producer that also operates as a rabbit processing 799
	968	+	facility. Any inspection conducted pursuant to this section by the 800
	969	+	commissioner, or the commissioner's designated agent, shall be 801
	970	+	consistent with the requirements of any applicable provision of the 802
	971	+	Code of Federal Regulations, including, but not limited to, any health, 803
	972	+	sanitary and safety-related provision. Rabbit processing facilities that 804
	973	+	have passed Department of Agriculture facility inspections pursuant to 805
	974	+	this section shall be designated as approved food sources for household 806
	975	+	consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses and retail food 807
	976	+	establishments. For purposes of this section, "producer" means any 808
	977	+	person, firm or corporation engaged in the breeding, raising or keeping 809
	978	+	of not more than one thousand rabbits in a calendar year for the purpose 810
	979	+	of food production. 811
	980	+	Sec. 28. Subsection (a) of section 22-277 of the general statutes is 812
	981	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 813
	982	+	passage): 814
	983	+	(a) As used in this section, "livestock animal" means any camelid or 815
	984	+	hooved animal raised for domestic or commercial use. The 816
	985	+	Commissioner of Agriculture shall supervise commission sales stables 817
	986	+	where livestock animals are sold at public auctions. Any person, firm or 818
	987	+	corporation engaged in the business of selling livestock animals at such 819
	988	+	auctions or sales shall annually apply to said commissioner for a license 820
	989	+	upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner. The fee for each such 821 Substitute Bill No. 6726
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	996	+	license shall be one hundred ninety dollars, payable to said 822
	997	+	commissioner. Each such license shall be issued for the period of one 823
	998	+	year from July first and may be revoked for cause. If, in the judgment of 824
	999	+	the commissioner, any provision of this section has been violated, the 825
	1000	+	commissioner shall send notice by registered or certified mail to the 826
	1001	+	licensee, who shall be given a hearing, and, if violation is proven, the 827
	1002	+	license shall be revoked. If a license to deal in livestock, issued to any 828
	1003	+	person, firm or corporation by another state, has been suspended or 829
	1004	+	revoked by such state within five years next preceding the date of 830
	1005	+	issuance or renewal of a license to such person, firm or corporation 831
	1006	+	under the provisions of this section, such suspension or revocation shall 832
	1007	+	constitute just cause for revocation under this section. All dairy animals 833
	1008	+	to be sold at such auction shall be segregated from beef animals prior to 834
	1009	+	such sales. The sale of dairy animals shall precede the sale of those 835
	1010	+	assigned for slaughter. All bovines more than three hundred pounds in 836
	1011	+	weight, except dairy and breeding animals, that are delivered to a sale 837
	1012	+	shall be branded with the letter "S" in a conspicuous place or identified 838
	1013	+	in a manner acceptable to the commissioner or the commissioner's 839
	1014	+	designee by the operator of the sale or the operator's representative. All 840
	1015	+	dairy and breeding animals from within the state arriving at a sale shall 841
	1016	+	be from a herd that: (1) Is under state supervision for the control of 842
	1017	+	brucellosis and tuberculosis and that has been tested for brucellosis and 843
	1018	+	tuberculosis less than fourteen months before the sale, (2) has been 844
	1019	+	tested for tuberculosis less than fourteen months before the sale and is 845
	1020	+	regularly tested under the brucellosis ring test program of the 846
	1021	+	Department of Agriculture, or (3) is certified to be brucellosis-free under 847
	1022	+	the program established pursuant to section 22-299a. All dairy and 848
	1023	+	breeding animals arriving at a sale from outside the state shall comply 849
	1024	+	with [section 22-304] chapter 433 and be accompanied by a health 850
	1025	+	certificate issued by the livestock official of the state of their origin and 851
	1026	+	by an import permit from the commissioner. All animals offered for 852
	1027	+	dairy or breeding purposes shall be identified by an official ear tag, or 853
	1028	+	by a breed registration number if accompanied by the corresponding 854
	1029	+	breed registration certificate. Animals consigned for slaughter shall be 855
	1030	+	sold only to owners or agents of slaughtering establishments and moved 856 Substitute Bill No. 6726
	1031	+
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	1035	+	28 of 29
	1036	+
	1037	+	directly to such slaughtering establishments for immediate slaughter or 857
	1038	+	slaughter that occurs not later than seventy-two hours after the time of 858
	1039	+	sale. All stables and sales rings shall be kept clean and shall be suitably 859
	1040	+	disinfected prior to each sale. The provisions of this section shall not 860
	1041	+	apply to the sale of an individual herd at an auction conducted by the 861
	1042	+	owner thereof. Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, 862
	1043	+	who violates any provision of this section or who obstructs or attempts 863
	1044	+	to obstruct the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's 864
	1045	+	deputy or assistants in the performance of their duty, shall be guilty of 865
	1046	+	a class D misdemeanor. 866
	1047	+	Sec. 29. Sections 22-284, 22-304, 22-318, 22-318b, 22-291 to 22-293, 867
	1048	+	inclusive, and 22-310 to 22-313, inclusive, of the general statutes are 868
	1049	+	repealed. (Effective from passage) 869
	1050	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	1051	+	sections:
	1052	+
	1053	+	Section 1 from passage 22-278
	1054	+	Sec. 2 from passage 22-279
	1055	+	Sec. 3 from passage 22-279a
	1056	+	Sec. 4 from passage 22-287
	1057	+	Sec. 5 from passage 22-288
	1058	+	Sec. 6 from passage 22-288a
	1059	+	Sec. 7 from passage 22-294
	1060	+	Sec. 8 from passage 22-295
	1061	+	Sec. 9 from passage 22-296
	1062	+	Sec. 10 from passage 22-298
	1063	+	Sec. 11 from passage 22-301
	1064	+	Sec. 12 from passage 22-303
	1065	+	Sec. 13 from passage 22-308
	1066	+	Sec. 14 from passage 22-309
	1067	+	Sec. 15 from passage New section
	1068	+	Sec. 16 from passage New section
	1069	+	Sec. 17 from passage New section
	1070	+	Sec. 18 from passage New section
	1071	+	Sec. 19 from passage New section
	1072	+	Sec. 20 from passage New section Substitute Bill No. 6726
	1073	+
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	1077	+	29 of 29
	1078	+
	1079	+	Sec. 21 from passage 22-316
	1080	+	Sec. 22 from passage 22-318a
	1081	+	Sec. 23 from passage 22-319b
	1082	+	Sec. 24 from passage 22-320a
	1083	+	Sec. 25 from passage 22-321
	1084	+	Sec. 26 from passage New section
	1085	+	Sec. 27 October 1, 2023 New section
	1086	+	Sec. 28 from passage 22-277(a)
	1087	+	Sec. 29 from passage Repealer section
	1088	+
	1089	+	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
	1090	+	JUD Joint Favorable
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