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HOUSE BILL NO. 128 – Fur-bearing animals, farming

HOUSE BILL NO. 128

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H0128..................................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
FUR-BEARING ANIMALS - Amends existing law to revise criteria for the lawful
business of propagating, breeding, owning or controlling certain fur-bearing
animals; to expand the rulemaking authority of the administrator of the
Division of Animal Industries relating to domestic fur-bearing animals and fur
farms; and to delete an exception to certain prohibited conduct relating to
live fox, skunk and raccoon.
                                                                        
01/29    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/30    Rpt prt - Held at desk
02/03    Ref'd to W/M

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 128
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO FUR-BEARING ANIMALS; AMENDING  SECTION  25-3001,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        REVISE  CRITERIA  FOR THE LAWFUL BUSINESS OF PROPAGATING, BREEDING, OWNING
  4        OR CONTROLLING CERTAIN FUR-BEARING ANIMALS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORREC-
  5        TION; AMENDING SECTION 25-3004,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  EXPAND  THE  RULEMAKING
  6        AUTHORITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRIES RELAT-
  7        ING  TO DOMESTIC FUR-BEARING ANIMALS AND FUR FARMS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL
  8        CORRECTION; AND AMENDING SECTION 25-236, IDAHO CODE, TO REFERENCE RULEMAK-
  9        ING AUTHORITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRIES
 10        RELATING  TO  DOMESTIC  FUR-BEARING  ANIMALS  AND  FUR FARMS, TO STRIKE AN
 11        EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN PROHIBITED CONDUCT RELATING TO LIVE  FOX,  SKUNK  AND
 12        RACCOON,  TO  PROVIDE  CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORREC-
 13        TION.
                                                                        
 14    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 15        SECTION 1.  That Section 25-3001, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        25-3001.  FUR  FARMING DEEMED AGRICULTURAL PURSUIT. It shall be lawful, on
 18    fur farms, for any person, persons, association or corporations to  engage  in
 19    the  business  of  propagating,  breeding, owning or controlling domestic fur-
 20    bearing animals, which are defined as fox, mink, chinchilla, karakul,  marten,
 21    fisher,  muskrat,  nutria,  beaver,  and  all  other  fur-bearing animals, the
 22    department of agriculture may designate by rule, bred and raised in  captivity
 23    for breeding or other useful purposes the purpose of harvesting pelts. For the
 24    purposes  of all classification and administration of the laws of the state of
 25    Idaho, and all administrative orders  and  rules  and  regulations  pertaining
 26    thereto,  the  breeding,  raising,  producing  or marketing of such animals or
 27    their products by the producer shall be deemed an agricultural  pursuit;  such
 28    animals  shall be deemed livestock and their products shall be deemed agricul-
 29    tural products; the persons engaged in such  agricultural  pursuits  shall  be
 30    deemed  farmers,  fur  farmers,  fur  breeders,  or fur ranchers; the premises
 31    within which such pursuit is conducted shall be deemed farms,  fur  farms,  or
 32    fur ranches.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  2.  That  Section 25-3004, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        25-3004.  RULES FOR LICENSING,  REGULATION  AND  DISEASE  PREVENTION.  The
 36    administrator  of  the  division of animal industries is hereby authorized and
 37    empowered to make, promulgate, and enforce general and  reasonable  rules  and
 38    regulations  not  inconsistent  with  law, for the licensing and regulation of
 39    domestic fur-bearing animals and fur farms, and the prevention of  the  intro-
 40    duction  or  dissemination  of  diseases among domestic fur-bearing animals of
 41    this state, and to otherwise effectuate enforcement of the provisions of title
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    25, chapter 2, Idaho Code, applicable to domestic fur-bearing animals.
                                                                        
  2        SECTION 3.  That Section 25-236, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  3    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  4        25-236.  SALE,  TRADE, BARTER, EXCHANGE AND IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS. (a) No
  5    person shall possess, offer for sale, trade, barter, exchange  or  importation
  6    into  the state of Idaho any fox, skunk or raccoon, except as provided in sub-
  7    section (b) of this section, or in accordance with rules promulgated  pursuant
  8    to chapter 30, title 25, Idaho Code.
  9        (b)  An  animal specified in subsection (a) of this section may be offered
 10    for sale, trade, barter, exchange or importation into the state of  Idaho  for
 11    commercial  fur farming without the requirement of a permit; but an Any animal
 12    specified in subsection (a) hereof of this section may be  offered  for  sale,
 13    trade,  barter,  exchange or importation into the state to a public park, zoo,
 14    museum or educational institution  for  educational,  medical,  scientific  or
 15    exhibition  purposes  only  if the organization entity possesses a permit from
 16    the department of agriculture. The department of  agriculture  may  refuse  to
 17    issue a permit if the department finds that the organization entity requesting
 18    the  permit  does not have physical facilities adequate to maintain the animal
 19    in health and safety and to prevent the escape of the animal from confinement.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 12635
The purpose of this legislation is to clarify which animals are
domestic fur bearing animals and where they can be held and for
what purposes; to provide for licensing and regulation of
domestic fur bearing animals.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.


Contact
Name: John Chatburn, Department of Agriculture 
Phone: 332-8540




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        H 128