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SENATE BILL NO. 1004

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S1004..........................................................by SCHROEDER
DOMESTIC CERVIDAE - Amends existing law to provide a moratorium on the
registration of domestic cervidae farms and ranches.
                                                                        
01/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/15    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff

Bill Text

                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1004
                                                                        
                                        BY SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO DOMESTIC CERVIDAE; AMENDING SECTION 25-3701, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PRO-
  3        VIDE  A  MORATORIUM  ON  THE  REGISTRATION  OF DOMESTIC CERVIDAE FARMS AND
  4        RANCHES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 25-3701, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        25-3701.  DOMESTIC  CERVIDAE FARMING DEEMED AGRICULTURAL PURSUIT. It shall
  9    be lawful for any person, association or corporation to breed, own or  control
 10    domestic  cervidae,  which are defined as fallow deer (dama dama), elk (cervus
 11    elaphus) or reindeer (rangifer tarandus),  but  shall  not  include  red  deer
 12    (urasian  cervidae) or any subspecies or hybrids thereof, and hold such animal
 13    in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes on domestic cervidae  farms
 14    or  ranches,  provided  the premises have been registered with the division of
 15    animal industries prior to the effective date of this act  or  after  July  1,
 16    2012.  Reindeer  (rangifer  tarandus)  shall not be held for domestic purposes
 17    north of the Salmon River. For the purposes of all classification and adminis-
 18    tration of the laws of the state of Idaho, and all administrative  orders  and
 19    rules pertaining thereto, the breeding, raising, producing, harvesting or mar-
 20    keting of such animals or their products by the producer or his agent shall be
 21    deemed  an  agricultural  pursuit;  such animals shall be deemed livestock and
 22    their products shall be deemed agricultural products; the persons  engaged  in
 23    such agricultural pursuits shall be deemed farmers, cervidae farmers, cervidae
 24    breeders  or cervidae ranchers; the premises within which such pursuit is con-
 25    ducted shall be deemed farms, cervidae farms, or cervidae ranches.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 27    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 28    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16615


The purpose of this legislation is to place a moratorium on the
establishment of new domestic Cervidae farms in the State of
Idaho from the date of passage of this legislation until 2 July,
2012.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.



Contact
Name:  Senator Gary Schroeder 
Phone: 332-1324


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1004