09 LC
25 5384
House
Bill 699
By:
Representative Franklin of the
43rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 4 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to control of
infectious or contagious diseases in livestock, so as to provide that no owner
or any animal or premises in this state shall be required to participate in the
federal National Animal Identification System; to prohibit entering private
property to administer such system unless an owner of animals thereon is a
voluntary participant; to provide a penalty; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
1 of Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to control of infectious or
contagious diseases in livestock, is amended by adding a new Code section to
read as follows:
"4-4-7.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any private property in this
state for the purpose of administering any provision of the federal National
Animal Identification System unless an owner of animals kept on such premises or
the owner of such premises is a voluntary participant in such system. Violation
of this subsection shall constitute criminal trespass for purposes of Code
Section 16-7-21 and shall be punished as provided in that Code
section.
(b)
No owner of any animal or premises in this state shall be required to
participate in the federal National Animal Identification System.
(c)
Neither the department nor any other state or local government agency shall
enter into any cooperative agreement with the federal government which would
require the owner of any animal or premises in this state to participate in the
federal National Animal Identification System.
(d)
Neither the department nor any other state or local government agency shall use
information from any other data base, including but not limited to Coggins test
results, for the purposes of registering any premises as part of the federal
National Animal Identification System without the express consent of the owner
of such premises."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.