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SENATE BILL NO. 1127 – Cervid carcass, importation

SENATE BILL NO. 1127

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S1127..........................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
CERVID CARCASS - IMPORTATION - Adds to existing law to provide for
restrictions on the importation and disposal of cervid carcasses from
chronic wasting disease endemic areas; to provide exceptions; to provide
for violations and penalties; and to provide that the Idaho Department of
Fish and Game shall publish lists of chronic wasting disease endemic areas.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Res/Env

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1127
                                                                        
                           BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO FISH AND GAME; AMENDING CHAPTER 5, TITLE 36, IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE
  3        ADDITION  OF A NEW SECTION 36-506, IDAHO CODE, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE
  4        FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION AND DISPOSAL  OF  CERVID  CAR-
  5        CASSES  OR  PARTS OF CERVID CARCASSES FROM CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE ENDEMIC
  6        AREAS, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE FOR VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES,  TO
  7        PROVIDE  THAT THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME SHALL PUBLISH LISTS OF
  8        CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE ENDEMIC AREAS AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN  RULEMAK-
  9        ING.
                                                                        
 10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  5,  Title  36, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 12    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 13    ignated as Section 36-506, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        36-506.  RESTRICTION  OF  IMPORTATION OF CERVID CARCASSES FROM CWD ENDEMIC
 15    AREAS. (1) When used in this section:
 16        (a)  "CWD" means chronic wasting disease;
 17        (b)  "CWD endemic area" means any county  within  the  United  States,  or
 18        county,  district,  division  or  regional  municipality within a Canadian
 19        province, with one (1) or more documented case of CWD in  either  wild  or
 20        domestic cervidae.
 21        (2)  No cervid carcass or parts of a cervid carcass shall be imported into
 22    the  state  of  Idaho  from  a CWD endemic area, except for the following body
 23    parts:
 24        (a)  Boned-out meat and commercially processed cuts of meat;
 25        (b)  Portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
 26        (c)  Hides with no heads attached;
 27        (d)  Clean skull plates, with no meat or  tissue  attached,  with  antlers
 28        attached;
 29        (e)  Antlers with no meat or tissue attached;
 30        (f)  Finished taxidermy heads; and
 31        (g)  Upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, ivories).
 32    Any  person  violating the provisions of this subsection shall be found guilty
 33    as provided in section 36-1401, Idaho Code, and shall be punished as set forth
 34    in section 36-1402, Idaho Code.
 35        (3)  The provisions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  nonresidents
 36    traveling  through  the  state  of Idaho, provided that no person, including a
 37    nonresident, shall dispose of any cervid carcass or parts of a cervid  carcass
 38    from a CWD endemic area in the state of Idaho. Any person violating the provi-
 39    sions  of  this  subsection shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be pun-
 40    ished as set forth in section 36-1402, Idaho Code.
 41        (4)  The Idaho department of fish and game shall  publish,  on  an  annual
 42    basis,  a  list  of all CWD endemic areas. During the interim between publica-
 43    tions, the department shall add  by  temporary  rule  additional  CWD  endemic
                                                                        
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Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 16836

This legislation amends Title 36 of Idaho Code to restrict the
importation of carcasses or certain designated parts of carcasses
of deer, elk and other cervids from areas where chronic wasting
disease is known to occur.




                          FISCAL IMPACT

     There is no impact to the general fund.

   
                                
Contact
Name: Sen. David Langhorst    332-1352
      Sen. Jeff Siddoway      332-1386
     


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1127