SB115 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tom Whatley

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Livestock markets and dealers, language updated and duplicative permitting requirements repealed, Secs. 2-15-93, 2-15-95, 2-15-115 to 2-15-127, inclusive, repealed; Secs. 2-15-41, 2-15-61, 2-15-91, 2-15-92, 2-15-131, 2-15-133 am'd.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

SB115 streamlines livestock market regulation by merging permitting into existing processes and repealing the Public Livestock Market Board and related charter requirements.

What This Bill Does

It updates and simplifies the regulation of livestock markets, dealers, and weighmasters under the Department of Agriculture and Industries. It repeals the Alabama Public Livestock Market Board and the requirement that markets be chartered by that board. It consolidates multiple permit requirements for livestock markets into the department's existing permit framework and removes duplicative weighing language. It maintains core permit, bond, and recordkeeping standards but shifts oversight away from the former board to the department.

Who It Affects

• Livestock market operators, dealers, and weighmasters in Alabama, whose permitting requirements would be updated and consolidated, with existing bond, recordkeeping, and weighmaster rules maintained but streamlined.
• The Alabama Public Livestock Market Board and related regulatory framework, whose authority and chartering requirements would be repealed and reassigned to the Department of Agriculture and Industries.

Key Provisions

• Repeal the Alabama Public Livestock Market Board provisions and the market chartering requirement (Sections 2-15-115 to 2-15-127 and related portions).
• Merge and update permitting requirements for livestock markets, dealers, and weighmasters into the Department of Agriculture and Industries’ existing permit framework (amend Sections 2-15-41, 2-15-61, 2-15-91, 2-15-92, 2-15-131, and 2-15-133).
• Repeal duplicative language relating to weighing of livestock (Sections 2-15-93 and 2-15-95).
• Preserve core permit, bond, and recordkeeping requirements within the department, with adjustments reflecting the merger of regulatory authority and streamlined processes, and maintain related fees and penalties.
• Effective date: the act becomes law on the first day of the third month following passage and approval.

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Subjects

Agriculture and Industries Department