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2018 SESSION
SB 962 Herd shares; written shared herd ownership agreements, requirements, penalty.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Herd shares; written shared herd ownership agreements; requirements; penalty. Requires a person to enter into a written agreement with the owner of a herd of milk-producing animals in order to obtain an ownership interest in the owner's milking herd and any of the milking herd's milk production equal to the percentage ownership interest, subject to certain requirements relating to provision and retention of files, packaging, acknowledging certain dangers, and prohibiting sale or resale. The bill requires the State Health Commissioner to investigate any report of illness that results from the consumption of unpasteurized milk provided pursuant to such an agreement. Any violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor, with each day of violation being counted as a separate offense.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18105531D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18106566D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/19/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18105531D
- 01/19/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18106566D-S1
- 02/01/18 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 8-N)