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SENATE BILL NO. 1141 – Horse bd assessment, horses/mules

SENATE BILL NO. 1141

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S1141...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
HORSE BOARD - ASSESSMENT - Amends existing law to provide that all horses,
mules and asses issued an annual or seasonal brand inspection certificate
by the Brand Board pursuant to Section 25-1121, Idaho Code, or all horses,
mules and asses confined for slaughter shall only be subject to a one
dollar per head assessment by the Horse Board.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/28    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/15    Recommited to Agric Aff

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1141
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS ON ANIMALS; AMENDING SECTION 25-2505, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE  THAT  ALL  HORSES,  MULES  AND ASSES ISSUED AN ANNUAL OR SEASONAL
  4        BRAND INSPECTION CERTIFICATE  BY  THE  BRAND  BOARD  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
  5        25-1121, IDAHO CODE, OR ALL HORSES, MULES AND ASSES CONFINED FOR SLAUGHTER
  6        SHALL  ONLY  BE SUBJECT TO A ONE DOLLAR PER HEAD ASSESSMENT; AND DECLARING
  7        AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 1.  That Section 25-2505, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        25-2505.  ASSESSMENTS  --  COLLECTION.  (1)  There  is  hereby  levied and
 12    imposed upon all horses an assessment of three dollars ($3.00) per head to  be
 13    paid  by  the  owner. The assessment shall revert to one dollar ($1.00) if the
 14    referendum held as provided in section 25-2510(1), Idaho Code,  results  in  a
 15    majority  vote  opposing the three dollar ($3.00) assessment. A reversion to a
 16    one dollar ($1.00) assessment shall be effective on the date the  director  of
 17    the department of agriculture announces, as provided in section 25-2510, Idaho
 18    Code,  that the referendum resulted in a majority vote opposing the three dol-
 19    lar ($3.00) assessment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all horses,  mules  and
 20    asses  issued  an annual or seasonal brand inspection certificate by the brand
 21    board pursuant to section 25-1121, Idaho Code, or all horses, mules and  asses
 22    confined  for slaughter shall only be subject to a one dollar ($1.00) per head
 23    assessment.
 24        (2)  The assessment levied and imposed in this section shall be  collected
 25    on all brand inspections completed on horses in the state of Idaho.
 26        (3)  The  state  brand  inspector shall collect the assessment in addition
 27    to, at the same time, and in the same manner as  the  fee  charged  for  state
 28    brand inspections. The assessment so collected belongs to and shall be paid to
 29    the  Idaho horse board, either directly or later by remittance together with a
 30    report detailing collection of the assessment. The board shall  reimburse  the
 31    state  brand  inspector for the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for
 32    such collection, in an amount determined by the board and the inspector.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 34    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 35    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                           RS 10819C1
                                
All horses, mules and asses issued an annual or seasonal brand
inspection certificate, by the Brand Board, pursuant to Section

25-1121, Idaho Code, which does not require a change of
ownership, or all horses, mules and asses going to slaughter,
shall only be subject to $1.00 per head assessment.


Because of a 96 hour limit on change of ownership certificate,
shippers are frequently required again, to get a new
certificate, at an additional charge.


                          FISCAL IMPACT
None
                                
                                
                                
                                



Contact:
      Name:    Sen. Don Burtenshaw 332-1406 
            Rep. Tim Ridinger 332-1000






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