CHAPTER 142
HB 310 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 310
AN ACT providing that the department of agriculture, markets, and food shall not conduct meat inspections unless and until such time as the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state.
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill provides that the department of agriculture, markets, and food shall not conduct meat inspections unless and until such time as the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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99-0005
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT providing that the department of agriculture, markets, and food shall not conduct meat inspections unless and until such time as the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
142:1 New Section; Livestock and Meat Inspection; Applicability of Meat Inspection Subdivision. Amend RSA 427 by inserting after section 1 the following new section:
427:1-a Applicability. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply or be in effect unless and until such time as the Food Safety and Inspection Service Division of the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state.
142:2 Poultry Inspection; Applicability of Other Provisions. Amend RSA 428:1 to read as follows:
428:1 Applicability of Other Provisions. The procedure for poultry inspection, as well as the rights and duties of those parties involved in such inspection, shall be substantially that prescribed by RSA 427, with the exception of RSA 427:1-a, provided that the applicability of said chapter shall be subject to any contrary provision contained in this chapter.
142:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 23, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 22, 2000)