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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- LIVESTOCK DEALERS

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Sheehan, Archambault, P Fogarty, and Walaska

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 4-7-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-7 entitled "Livestock

Dealers" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     4-7-2. Rules and regulations -- Terms of licenses -- License and renewal fees. -- The

director of environmental management may make rules and regulations governing animal care,

the issuance of licenses and the carrying out of the licensed business and relative to the

maintenance of premises, buildings and conveyances, the health rating of livestock intended for

sale, and the method and time of inspection and checking of those animals. In lieu of any rules

and regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter, all livestock dealers must comply

with the most current livestock welfare and care standards adopted by the Rhode Island livestock

welfare and care standards advisory council pursuant to chapter 26 of title 4. Each license shall

expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June of each year. The fee for every license or renewal is one

hundred dollars ($100).

     SECTION 2. Sections 4-7-14 and 4-7-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-7 entitled

"Livestock Dealers" are hereby repealed.

     4-7-14. Vehicle number plates. -- The director shall furnish for each vehicle to be used

by a licensee in the business of buying, selling, and/or transporting livestock, two (2) number

plates. These plates shall be displayed prominently on the vehicle used in the buying, selling

and/or transporting of livestock under this chapter.

     4-7-16. License plate fees. -- The fee for the first license issued to any one individual or

corporation in accordance with this chapter is fifty dollars ($50.00), which entitles the licensee to

one set of number plates. The fee for each additional license and set of number plates is twenty-

five dollars ($25.00).

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- LIVESTOCK DEALERS

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     This act would modernize provisions of the general laws pertaining to livestock dealers

by repealing the statutory requirement that livestock dealers have a DEM-issued numbered

license plate, and would require livestock dealers to care for animals in their custody according to

standards adopted by the Rhode Island livestock welfare and care standards advisory council.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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