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53 | 53 | | STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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55 | 55 | | 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) |
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57 | 57 | | SENATE BILL 762 By: Bullard |
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63 | 63 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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65 | 65 | | An Act relating to intrastate meat processors; |
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66 | 66 | | amending Section 1, Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2020 (2 O.S. |
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67 | 67 | | Supp. 2020, Section 6 -182.1), which relates to |
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68 | 68 | | intrastate meat processors; modifying language; |
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69 | 69 | | defining terms; requiring inspections; providing for |
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70 | 70 | | payment of technologies and costs; setting |
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71 | 71 | | requirements for on-site inspectors; allowing |
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72 | 72 | | cooperative agreements for certain purpose; stating |
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73 | 73 | | qualification for inspectors; stating remote |
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74 | 74 | | inspection criteria; requiring time stamp on remote |
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75 | 75 | | viewing technology; stating viewing criteria for |
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76 | 76 | | remote inspections; setting standards for slaughter, |
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77 | 77 | | carcass processing and butchering; requiring |
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78 | 78 | | temperature readings; providing for labels; |
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79 | 79 | | authorizing intrastate processing of por k and chicken |
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80 | 80 | | by rule; providing an effective date; and declaring |
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81 | 81 | | an emergency. |
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87 | 87 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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88 | 88 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2020 |
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89 | 89 | | (2 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 6-182.1), is amended to read as follows: |
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90 | 90 | | Section 6-182.1. A. Upon approval by the United States |
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91 | 91 | | Department of Agriculture, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, |
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92 | 92 | | Food, and Forestry may establish standards for Oklah oma producers |
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93 | 93 | | that market and sell beef and bison in intrast ate commerce. |
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145 | 145 | | B. The Department is authorized to promulgate rules regarding |
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146 | 146 | | slaughter facilities that to implement the provisions of this |
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147 | 147 | | section and provide for the following: |
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148 | 148 | | 1. Establish standards Standards that allow for flexibility in |
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149 | 149 | | beef and bison inspection, including, but not limited to, |
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150 | 150 | | establishing the minimum number of inspectors at a facility and the |
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151 | 151 | | use; |
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152 | 152 | | 2. Standards for the use of technologies to digitally remotely |
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153 | 153 | | inspect meat; |
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154 | 154 | | 2. 3. Establish standards Standards for the labeling of beef |
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155 | 155 | | and bison products sold in intrastate commerce; |
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156 | 156 | | 3. 4. Establish standards Standards for the number of head of |
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157 | 157 | | cattle and bison over which processed in a facility that shall |
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158 | 158 | | require the facility to pay for a state on-site inspector; and |
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159 | 159 | | 4. 5. Establish any Any other standards necessary to increase |
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160 | 160 | | the ability of producers to market and sell beef and bison in |
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161 | 161 | | intrastate commerce. |
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162 | 162 | | C. Any rules promulgated pur suant to this section shall ensure |
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163 | 163 | | that food safety will not be compromised in any way and will ensure |
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164 | 164 | | that consumers are protected. |
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165 | 165 | | D. For purposes of this section: |
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166 | 166 | | 1. “Intrastate commerce” means business that is transacted only |
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167 | 167 | | within the jurisdictional boundarie s of this state; |
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219 | 219 | | 2. “Intrastate processor ” means a slaughter facility that |
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220 | 220 | | produces meat food products or meat by -products from cattle or bison |
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221 | 221 | | for wholesale or retail sales in intrastate commerce i n this state |
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222 | 222 | | and whose calendar year production is ten thousand head of cattle or |
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223 | 223 | | bison or less. Such term includes a mobile slaughter facilit y that |
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224 | 224 | | processes cattle or bison for intrastate commerce in this state; and |
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225 | 225 | | 3. “Technologies” means the use of one or more systems, |
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226 | 226 | | cameras, computers, recording devices, projectors, videos, satellite |
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227 | 227 | | devices or other electronic, fiber-optic or digital means to |
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228 | 228 | | actually view, check and inspect meat and meat processes from a |
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229 | 229 | | remote location in real time. |
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230 | 230 | | E. All intrastate processors shall have a Department inspector, |
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231 | 231 | | a contract Department-certified inspector or shall operate with |
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232 | 232 | | remote technologies that allow inspection during the slaughter, |
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233 | 233 | | processing and butchering of cattle or bison. The cost of |
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234 | 234 | | technologies and inspections shall be paid by the meat processor. |
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235 | 235 | | Processing facilities that process more th an ten thousand head of |
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236 | 236 | | cattle or bison in a calendar y ear shall be required to have and pay |
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237 | 237 | | for on-site inspectors certified by the Department. |
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238 | 238 | | F. Cooperative agreemen ts may be facilitated by counties, |
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239 | 239 | | municipalities, extension services, intrastate processors and/or |
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240 | 240 | | livestock producers to pay the costs of retaining contract |
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241 | 241 | | Department-certified inspectors. |
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293 | 293 | | G. 1. Persons who provide inspections for intrastate |
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294 | 294 | | processors remotely or on-site for the Department and person s |
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295 | 295 | | certified by the Department to provide contract inspections for |
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296 | 296 | | intrastate processors sha ll: |
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297 | 297 | | a. possess the necessary qualifications required of the |
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298 | 298 | | United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety |
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299 | 299 | | and Inspection Service for meat inspectors, |
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300 | 300 | | b. have ten (10) or more years of experience in meat |
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301 | 301 | | processing and possess certification by a relevant |
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302 | 302 | | food safety course provided by the Oklahoma Department |
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303 | 303 | | of Career and Technology Education or an accredited |
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304 | 304 | | university, or |
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305 | 305 | | c. possess a bachelor’s degree in animal science or other |
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306 | 306 | | related field approved by the Department and possess |
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307 | 307 | | the American Meat Science Associat ion Meat Evaluation |
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308 | 308 | | Certification or complete the twenty-day Basic |
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309 | 309 | | Livestock Slaughter Inspection Training Course of the |
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310 | 310 | | United States Department of A griculture Food Safety |
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311 | 311 | | and Inspection or other relevant training |
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312 | 312 | | certification approved by the Department . |
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313 | 313 | | 2. Persons who meet the qualifications provided in paragraph 1 |
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314 | 314 | | of this subsection shall be certified by the Department to contract |
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315 | 315 | | with intrastate processors and conduct on-site inspections or remote |
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316 | 316 | | inspections. |
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368 | 368 | | H. 1. Intrastate processers who utiliz e remote inspectors |
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369 | 369 | | shall provide uninterrupted technolog ies at the facility that allow |
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370 | 370 | | for live-feed actual viewing of the cattle and bison from their |
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371 | 371 | | entry at the facility to the end of processing , except while the |
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372 | 372 | | carcass is placed in cold storage . Technologies utilized must |
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373 | 373 | | provide an accurate time stamp with live-feed remote viewing and |
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374 | 374 | | filming for the entirety of the process. |
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375 | 375 | | 2. Before slaughter, live-feed remote viewing of the cattle and |
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376 | 376 | | bison shall be high resolution and with enough lighting to show any |
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377 | 377 | | discoloration, spots on the hide or any other known markers |
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378 | 378 | | routinely used by on-site certified inspectors to identify illness |
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379 | 379 | | or injury and to show the ability of the animal to walk under its |
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380 | 380 | | own power without assistance . |
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381 | 381 | | 3. Live-feed remote viewing angles and resolution of the |
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382 | 382 | | technologies must provide close actual viewing of the hooves, mouth, |
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383 | 383 | | nose, eyes, udders, hair and hide, and the whole o f the body in a |
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384 | 384 | | manner sufficient to allow the remote inspe ctor to determine a |
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385 | 385 | | potential illness or injury. The technologies may allow the remote |
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386 | 386 | | inspector the ability to adjust the viewing angle or enhan ce the |
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387 | 387 | | resolution and/or view of the animal. |
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388 | 388 | | 4. Slaughter of the animal must be live-feed viewing in a |
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390 | 390 | | the process was conducted in compliance with humane slaughter |
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391 | 391 | | regulations. |
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443 | 443 | | 5. Processing of the carcass during suspension, exsanguina tion, |
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444 | 444 | | hide removal, splitting and evisceration must allow remote viewing |
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445 | 445 | | of the entire process and viewing angles that may show multiple |
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446 | 446 | | carcasses or processing operations ; provided, the overall remote |
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447 | 447 | | viewing is sufficient to allow the remote inspector to determine |
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448 | 448 | | compliance with regulations . |
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449 | 449 | | 6. Butchering process of the carcass must allow remote viewing |
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450 | 450 | | of the entire butchering process and viewing from angles that may |
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451 | 451 | | show multiple carcasses or butcheri ng and processing operations; |
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452 | 452 | | provided, overall remote viewing is sufficient to allow the remote |
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453 | 453 | | inspector to determine compliance with reg ulations. |
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454 | 454 | | 7. Intrastate processors shall utilize technologies that provide |
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455 | 455 | | the remote inspectors with temperature readings of the carcass, |
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456 | 456 | | processing rooms and cold storage as required by regulations. |
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457 | 457 | | Temperature readings shall be accompanied wit h an accurate time of |
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458 | 458 | | measurement that is synchronized with the required live-feed |
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460 | 460 | | I. 1. All packaging of meat food products or meat by-products |
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461 | 461 | | produced by intrastate processors shall have an attached label |
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462 | 462 | | prominently displayed that states: “Inspected by ODAFF only for sale |
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463 | 463 | | in Oklahoma.” Labels shall include batch number s that are provided |
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464 | 464 | | to the Department. |
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516 | 516 | | 2. Intrastate processors may place a brand label on the pa ckage |
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517 | 517 | | that is agreed upon by the i ntrastate processor and the l ivestock |
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518 | 518 | | producer that provide d the cattle or bison. |
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519 | 519 | | J. In addition to intrastate processing of beef and bison as |
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520 | 520 | | provided in this section, the Department is authorized to promulgate |
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521 | 521 | | rules to allow the intrastate processing of pork and chicken in a |
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522 | 522 | | manner substantially similar to the provisions of this section |
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523 | 523 | | including use of technologies, remote inspections, contract |
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524 | 524 | | Department certified inspectors and on-site Department inspectors, |
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525 | 525 | | and the number of on-site inspectors required for processing certain |
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526 | 526 | | numbers of animals and fowl at a facility. |
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527 | 527 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021. |
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528 | 528 | | SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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529 | 529 | | of the public peace, healt h or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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530 | 530 | | declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and |
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531 | 531 | | be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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533 | 533 | | 58-1-224 NP 1/21/2021 2:09:19 PM |
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