HB84 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

David SessionsSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Livestock markets and dealers, language updated and duplicative permitting requirements repealed, Secs. 2-15-93, 2-15-95, 2-15-115 to 2-15-127, inclusive, repealed; Secs. 2-15-41, 2-15-61, 2-15-91, 2-15-92, 2-15-131, 2-15-133 am'd.

Summary

HB84 updates and streamlines Alabama's livestock market rules by consolidating permits, removing the board's charter requirement, and cutting duplicate weighing provisions.

What This Bill Does

It updates and clarifies regulations for livestock markets, dealers, and weighmasters regulated by the Department of Agriculture and Industries. It repeals the Alabama Public Livestock Market Board and the requirement that a livestock market be chartered by the board, and it merges the market permitting system into the department's existing permits. It preserves dealer and weighmaster permit rules but integrates market permits with other department permits to simplify compliance. It repeals duplicative language about weighing livestock to reduce overlapping rules.

Who It Affects

• Livestock markets and dealers in Alabama, who would face merged market permits and removal of the separate market charter requirement, simplifying compliance.
• Regulators in the Department of Agriculture and Industries, whose rules would be updated and streamlined, and who would enforce the revised, consolidated framework and reduced duplicative weighing language.

Key Provisions

• Amends sections 2-15-41, 2-15-61, 2-15-91, 2-15-92, 2-15-131, and 2-15-133 to update and streamline language for markets, dealers, and weighmasters, and to merge market permitting into existing department permits.
• Repeals sections 2-15-93 and 2-15-95, and sections 2-15-115 to 2-15-127, removing the Alabama Public Livestock Market Board and its chartering requirements and eliminating duplicative weighing rules.
• Keeps dealer and weighmaster permit requirements with clarified processes, including permit timing and fee structure described in the amended sections (e.g., permit fees not to exceed $37.50).
• Defines and updates key terms (e.g., dealer, livestock market, weighmaster) in the amended sections to ensure consistency across regulations.

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Subjects

Agriculture and Industries Department